Everybody, Freak Out: Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion!

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Looks like Spider-Man will be hanging out with Mickey Mouse more often than he wants. The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment and all its superheroes. The total cost of the acquisition will be around $4 billion.

Disney will now have access to over 5,000 Marvel characters, some of them which include house hold names like Spider-Man, X-Men, and Iron-Man. This is what Marvel’s CEO, Ike Perlmutter, had to say: Read more…

Beastie Boys Check Your Head Reissue Available Now!

cyhBeastie Boys fans (aka, everybody), get excited: the reissue of their ‘92 classic, Check Your Head is now available for download! The re-release includes 36 remastered tracks, including 16 B-sides and rare tracks, and is also available in a 4 vinyl set, eco CD and a 2 vinyl set (as well as MP3 format). But to get in on the action immediately, just head over to BeastieBoys.com, where you can…

• stream all the tracks off Check Your Head and all of the B-sides, too
listen to the audio commentary about Check Your Head
• watch nine videos- both CYH music videos and Beasties TV appearances
• play the game Wave Skate, where you collect records and change characters by hopping through the clouds
• add a picture of yourself to a collage (just like the album art for CYH)
• add your Beastie Boys story to the world map
• grab some online trading cards
• play with a mixer for “Gratitude”- drag the cursor around to hear different instruments/vocals
purchase the album as a Digital Download, Ecopack Double CD, Standard Double Vinyl, Exclusive T-shirt Combo, or Collector’s Vinyl

Fall Video Game Releases: Buy, Rent or Kill

6 games to buy, 10 games to rent and 7 games to kill

Blake Lively’s got legs

It isn’t college without drinking games

Shawn Johnson’s Taco Pops

Fan’s of winning football teams have better sex

YouTube in 1985

Lindsay Lohan is a Cheerleader

Nose gel dispenser is fun for the whole family

Kung Poo

Saturday college football picks

Drunk babies are out of control

Cleanup: 5 Tips for Buying Your First Suit

paul-stuart-flannel-suit.jpg Two weeks ago I had never owned, bought, or even worn a suit. Now, I’ve done all three of those things, and I picked up some valuable information along the way. I’d like to pass it on to any other nubes contemplating their first grown-up outfit. Keep in mind that less than a month ago I had never associated with a suit or an event that called for one, so if any of these tips seem a bit elementary you’ll have to wait for my Level 2 tips; these are for beginners.

1) Don’t button the bottom button

No matter what you do leave that last button alone. Two-button, three-button, even four; the one closest to your feet is never used. I’m not sure why it’s there if you’re not allowed to use it, but it is. I quickly made this mistake while putting on my first jacket and was reprimanded immediately. Turns out even buttons can be for show. It seems like extra work for whoever makes the suit. But I’m not Calvin Klein, so I’ll leave that sort of thinking up to him. (more…)

Michael Vick’s Written Apology on eBay

Michael VickCanine-connoisseur Michael Vick felt really, really sorry about kicking the s*** out of small puppies…so he wrote down all of his feelings on a piece of paper.

Vick used a cue-card of sorts when he held a press conference last month condemning his own actions, using key words like “apologize” and “forgive” numerous times. Like the poet Baudelaire before him, Vick’s use of words were ripe with rhythm and reason.

Thought to be lost forever, the legendary “apology slip” of Michael Vick has been found.

Now, for all you feisty eBayers out there, you can own this slice of history at an affordable price!

Folks, this is your ONE chance to own an important piece of sports memorabilia.

Take a gander at the apology slip of paper, reprinted in all of its glory, after the jump!

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