Sometimes,
the jokes just write themselves. Case in point: the New
Zealand man being charged with assault for flinging a hedgehog at a 15-year-old
boy. Then again, sometimes it’s harder to find the funny. Lucky for us, Scanner brings their A-game on the
daily. Take a jaunt with them down to the Museum
of Broken Relationships, where jilted lovers showcase the detritus of their
failed romances; then marvel at the architectural
porn that is the Finnish ice
palace (like that story by F. Scott Fitzgerald! Anyone? Anyone?). But
Scanner doesn’t just bring the news, they also ask the questions others are
afraid to tackle, such as: How
skinny is unf*ckable if you’re Jennifer Connolly? Tyra
Banks vs. Jessie Spano, who’d you rather? Plus: The
last supper turned hot gay orgy.
Over in Screengrab
territory, we get a migraine-inducing preview of Oliver Stone’s Dubya biopic
which, from the script snippets we’ve been handed, may as well be called Turdblossom
and Friends; The
Rep Report brings us the art house haps in three major cities; the DVD Digest gives us the skinny newly
released flicks, from Munchausen
to milkshakes; and finally, we get a look at Scarlett
Johansson’s bone-crushingly literal album
cover for her upcoming release (seriously, the only other option on the
obviousness scale would be Tom Waits swaddled in a sheet.)
And lastly but not leastly,
the Nerve Video Blog serves up bears
playing hockey, the
infamous pregnant man inviting the SNL cast to his baby shower (complete
with pregnant stripper!), and an airline ad featuring hot
buttered tits.
— Caitlin MacRae
