The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A father went to a lot of trouble to find a copy of Guitar Hero III for his son for Christmas, but when he caught the kid smoking pot, he put the game up for sale on eBay - and made 9,000 dollars. (Via Ross) A couple of inmates in New Jersey's Union County jail pulled their own......

The saga of CBS 3’s Alycia Lane continues. She has been divorced twice, appeared on Dr. Phil, was romantically linked to WCBS anchor Chris Wragge, and of course infamously sent bikini photos to a married man. All of this seemed to make her one of the darlings of the New York Post’s Page Six column of late. So it is not a shock that she got into some trouble in New York, more specifically in......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The Onion A.V. Club has a wonderful feature: Let It Die: 23 Songs That Should Never Be Covered Again. Includes videos of particularly heinous covers of the songs in question. (Via) Pictures and video of a pretty impressive 10-foot-tall fan-made Optimus Prime costume. (Via Jason) We know it's fated to suck, but this trailer for the Iron Man video game sure......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Do you want to see a music video for the Gilbert & Sullivan version of "Baby Got Back?" Of course you do. (Via Sarah) Wow - turns out officer Chuck Cassidy and his shooting are the subject of an urban legend/email forward that already made it onto Snopes. (Via Debbie) Harmonix will send you a replacement for your busted Rock Band guitar if......

You know how we love the Reading Terminal Holiday Railroad. It's the holiday model train display that's set up annually just up the escalator from the Gallery, and when we see it going up, we know Christmas and the holidays are really on their way. You can see photos from the last two years' displays, and read us gushing about them, here and here. This year they've brought back more of the interactive elements......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Here's the fascinating story of how amateur sleuths solved the mystery of the missing remains of Czar Nicholas II's family members. (Via Jill) Just because the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over doesn't mean we're out of fun Thanksgiving-related links for you. First of all, turns out it's probably not the turkey itself that makes you sleepy after the......

Phillyist still isn't used to it being pitch black when the work day is over, but the folks at the Center City District are giving us a night light, for this evening at least. Five buildings along the Avenue of the Arts (from City Hall down to Pine) will be lit up like a movie starlet's makeup mirror. These "murals of art" aren't all though: there will be entertainment on the Avenue as well......

Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en.......

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A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Download Squad presents Five places to download free movies (legally!). In a similar vein, Wired's How to Wiki offers a list of sites where you can get free music - some legal, some not. Blabberize is a fun idea for a site. Use it to create and view talking pictures. You just upload a photo of a person or animal, use the capture......

The big news today is police shootings. The Inquirer and the Daily News both examine the alarming local and national trend. The Daily News also reveals some backstory on the gunman who shot four people, including a policeman, before jumping into the Schuylkill River Tuesday night (his body was found early yesterday morning). And finally there are two articles about yet another shooting that took place early yesterday morning when a man tried to......

Seriously, when William Congreve said, "Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast," he was really saying, "I've never been to a Bad Religion concert." When we saw Bad Religion over the summer, we knew there was a pit - hell, we took a picture of it. But the crowd was relatively small, and even so, we were in front of the pit, so we couldn't really see what was going on. Wednesday night, on......

Note: Almost all of the content in this post was stolen with permission from Gothamist editor Jake Dobkin. Hey Everyone-- as part of our continuing efforts to make Phillyist a friendly and reasonably polite place, we've eliminated "guest" comments on our posts. This means that to comment on the site, all users will need to complete a short registration process. We've decided to do this because the vast majority of bad behavior (trolling, spamming, incivility,......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Let's get some "old," but still exciting, entertainment news out of the way first: the possibility of a Doctor Who movie, the official confirmation of the rumor that Microsoft and Bungie are breaking up (but they'll still be BFFs), and the official confirmation of the rumor about the cheaper PS3 model - at least in Europe. We were considering getting a......

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King, and appreciated their beautiful skyline. Chicagoist knows what it's like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman's out......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. GameStop's merger with EB opens the door to the possibility of GameStop carrying video games rated as Adults Only, as EB has carried such games in the past. Apparently it's something GameStop will be considering on a case-by-case basis. Yet more posts on the Tokyo Game Show! This time it's just the important stuff: the maids and butlers helping people out......

We all remember the rather infamous incident earlier this year when an 18-year-old driver shot a 14-year-old on his bike supposedly because the boy didn't get out of his way fast enough. The accused attorney says his client did indeed kill the boy, but it wasn't a premeditated act; he saw the boy reach under his long T-shirt, thought he was in danger, and fired. Four young men from Mantua were arrested yesterday for......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Most versions of the Bible are apparently missing all the important bits where Spider-Man shows up to lend a hand. American viewers of the new Doctor Who series may be unaware that before she was the Doctor's assistant, Billie Piper was a one-woman Spice Girl! Sort of. (Via) This is absolutely brilliant: the classic "Trouble with Tribbles" episode......

In case you missed the eclipse and our pictures weren't enough, here's a video.......

A little Philly celebrity news: 50 Cent was in town earlier this week. Click through for details and pictures. Earlier this spring, when the whole thing came out about the Philadelphia School District's budget problems, their chief financial officer and budget overseer resigned. But it's just now coming out that, despite the fact that she only worked for the district for two years, she left with a ridiculously good deal: she was paid for unused......

UPDATE: Digg this, please! A while back, we posted pictures from the set of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening. Well, now a trustworthy source has told us some plot details, and we couldn't resist passing them on to you. However, in the interests of saving you from spoilers (and there's a pretty big one here!), we're putting the details after the jump. Click on... if you dare!!! Oh, also, if you want to try to......

Once again, nothing new this week, as theatre companies and performers around the city prepare for the Live Arts and Fringe Festivals. Check back here next week for our preview. Meanwhile, to make up for the short listings, here's a longer quote, from 1930s and '40s star of stage and screen Nelson Eddy (the handsome devil you see here): I know, I know the world wants love. I know that the fans want love on......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Just how creepy and weird is Alan Moore, famous comic book author and part-time wizard? Allow his friend Neil Gaiman to explain, in comic form. It appears to be official: James McAvoy will play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie. Which we think means we've got a real Russian playing Chekhov and a real Scotsman playing Scotty. What is Star......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Look out: it's a geek-splosion! This looks like a handy website: SeeqPod. It's essentially a search engine specifically for MP3s. Nice. (Via Thrillist, Via Jill) It's rumored that Kevin McKidd, who's starring in NBC's upcoming TV show Journeyman, might play Thor in a movie about the Marvel Comics character. RKO Pictures is planning a remake of the 1945 cult horror classic......

Back in April, I used this column to encourage you to be nice to tourists. I still absolutely stand by that column, but this week, I'd like to address the other side of the coin: how not to be an obnoxious tourist that the locals want to be rude to. Do not stop in the middle of the sidewalk. You are not the only person using it. Beyond that, not only tourists need to use......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. There's finally an official teaser trailer for The Dark Knight officially on the web, and you can watch it here. There's no footage from the film, just audio - but you do get to hear the Joker. (Via) Fun little profile of Neil Gaiman here, on the occasion of the upcoming release of the film adaptation of his book Stardust (via).......

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a......

The Decemberists. Wow. We all knew they would be good, but I wasn't expecting them to be that good. Last Sunday's concert was amazing (besides the humidity). They instantly jumped into this Phillyist's top-ten-best-concerts list. For the record, Phillyist has given The Decemberists nothing but positive reviews: "easily one of the best live shows we've ever seen," and another stated, "It was our first Decemberists show, and it won’t be our last." We agree......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Seth Rogen is going to write and star in a feature film version of The Green Hornet. Wait... Seth Rogen? Knocked Up guy? WTF?! That ain't right, people. They're releasing an 160 GB external USB hard drive for the PS3... in Japan. Harry Potter 7 finally comes out at midnight tonight! You better believe this Phillyist has his pre-order in and his wristband......