The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you.

- Paris Hilton rather famously made a cameo in a recent John McCain campaign ad. So Funny or Die paid for her hilarious video response. It's the best thing we've ever seen her in! Way better than the sex video. (Via Debbie)
- Check out the Holy Grail of Buffy fandom, a never-before-seen three-minute demo reel for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated series. We love it! The fact that it "leaked" onto YouTube and has stayed leaked for some time suggests that it may actually have been released on purpose in order to gauge interest in actually creating the series. (Via)
- InventorSpot lists ten weird and bizarre Japanese soft drinks. There is some seriously weird and nasty stuff in there. (Via Sarah)
- Ed Harris directs and stars in a new Western called Appaloosa, and if the trailer is any indication, it is fantastic and bad-ass. It also stars Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons, and Renée Zellweger. (Via)
- As Outblush points out, the Pizza Pro is completely ridiculous, and yet awesome. it's a big pair of scissors with a spatula attached, so you can cut your pizza out and serve it all at the same time. (Via Sarah)
- Cinematical lists seven recent films that meet the Bechdel Rule, which requires that two of the characters be women who talk to each other about something other than a man.
- Samuel L. Jackson picks his 10 favorite new classic Asian films from the past 25 years. (Via)
- Kevin Smith got his R rating for Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
- E3 was a while ago now, but the web comic Slackerz took a look back at the E3 Nintendo press conference, and the results were so hilarious we had to slip you the link. (Via)
- The American Gladiator known as Titan (Mike O'Hearn) claims he's close to winning the role of Conan in the upcoming reboot. He's also got a casting session scheduled for Marvel's Captain America.
- Goonies 2 is really on the way, as a full-scale feature film.
- Windows Vista on a PS3. Why? Because it could be done!
- A bunch of classic characters from movies and video games recreated in Soul Calibur IV. (Via)
- Nine confirmed tracks and five more confirmed artists for Guitar Hero World Tour have been revealed in a recent Stuff Magazine article.
- A piece of what is apparently concept art from the Halo movie has hit the web. (Via)
- Download Squad picks 5 Apps You Run That Suck, and 5 Replacements That Don't. We're so glad to hear that someone else thinks Adobe Reader is a piece of crap program.
- Dude, custom printed M&Ms! (Via)
- It's the Twitter of video blogging: 12seconds. (Via)
- Good news for Wii-owning rhythm game fans: the word from Harmonix is that Rock Band 2 for Wii will compare favorably with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.
- Some details about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars seem to have leaked out onto the web via a customer survey.
- Futurama: Bender's Game will debut on DVD and Blu-ray disc on November 4th. George Takei and Rich Little will guest star. Click through for some intriguing details on special features.
- The World Boardgame Championships are coming to Lancaster, PA August 7th through the 10th. Exciting!
- David Goyer recently hinted that the villain in the next Batman movie might be a lesser known character from the hero's rogue's gallery. Meanwhile, the Underwire points out that Dark Knight's success may have paved the way for other languishing DC comics-based movies (like Green Lantern and Justice League) to go back into production.
- It's Doctor Who vs. Captain Picard in this summer's Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon! David Tennant is starring as Hamlet, and Patrick Stewart is playing Claudius.
- Enjoy some pretty thorough Wii Menu hacking.
- According to Telltale Games, the Strong Bad video game is supposed to hit WiiWare Monday, August 11th. But considering recent mix-ups with WiiWare and Virtual Console release dates, and the fact that Nintendo recently stated that "the Wii-kly Update is the only authority for confirmed release dates of Virtual Console games," don't hold your breath.
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