Well done, ABC7 Local News. (And no, it wasn't me, though if I had access to a machete right now I might copycat. Friday!)

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Link: http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/mary-hk...

Internet candy: The Awl's Natasha Vargas-Cooper and Mary HK Choi break down the latest Twilight movie for your enjoyment. The Jordan Catalano call is pretty much spot-on.

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If you're auditioning for a movie about a bear, it seems pretty reasonable to audition with a live bear. You want to give the director some context.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg's crazy new video features Beck and a bunch of images that may be familiar if you read the internet. (The director cited reddit and ffffound as his inspirations, so really, put your weird geek hat on.)

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Don't be the girl wearing Jessica McClintock. Be this girl, teens of America! (Update: Jack informs me that this was on Regretsy, but I do NOT think it is a regret! So there.)

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2. Tetris Dress - Featured on BuzzFeed

…with smallpox blankets. So begins Thanksgiving Week on Buzzfeed. Cool! Trinkets!

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STYLE BUZZ: The 20-year-old model was found dead in her Paris apartment; NYMag reports that the death was a suicide. (Update: French officials say Kim was found hanged in her apartment.) Daul wrote a smart and fashion-y blog that can still be read here.

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1. Kim was found hanged in her apartment, say authorities.
2. 20-Year-Old Model Daul Kim Is Dead
3. Model Daul Kim Found Dead In Paris, Aged 20
4. Her personal blog.
5. Daul was one of NYLON TV’s first model citizens, and appeared in our pages many times. She was also one of the only models we can remember that ate everything and anything backstage at shows, and even before we met her and realized she was nice and funny, we thought that made her cool.
6. The South Korean model kept a blog called I Like To Fork Myself, and yesterday made her last posting under the title “say hi to forever.” The post was a song called “I Go Deep” by Jim Rivers, under which she wrote “best track forever.”
7. Daul Kim’s NYMag Model Profile
8. Daul’s Fashion Week photos
9. Daul Kim’s Proust(ish) Questionnaire
10. Model Diaries with Daul Kim

Christoph Niemann (yaaaay) has discovered at least 30 new types of trees for your enjoyment and edification. (The other 26 are here. )

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If you live in the San Diego area, please keep an eye out for this 70-something bank robber, who has managed to hold up five banks with an oxygen tank in tow. The FBI would appreciate your help.

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1. Officials say that in the most recent robbery Monday, he approached a Bank of America teller in La Jolla, displayed a handgun and asked for cash. He fled on foot.
2. More photos here.
3. Pictures from the October 28 heist

The world of “creative” “professionals” was briefly rocked last night when Justin Johnson proposed to Marissa Nystrom with a video posted on the Tumblr dashboard (for all users to see).

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1. The issue at play here is that it would have been one thing if the well-edited video proposal was simply included in a post, but the entire site (or “dashboard” in Tumblr parlance) was reconfigured to accommodate his proposal.
2. Tumblr Proposal—some reactions
3. Justin Johnson’s Tumblr
4. And it’s already a meme.
5. Alex Blagg: “Jesus Christ, Tumblr really is the Zach Braff movie of web publishing platforms.”
6. The ring (not bad).

Please enjoy the first episode of your new favorite internet talk show not involving ferns. It has just the right amount of gadgets.

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1. Gabe and Max’s Internet Thing - Featured on BuzzFeed

Finally, a Catholic video game. Transubstantiation brought to the laypeople!!! (BuzzFeed Dan Brown Book Club taught me that there is room in the world for technology and religion, so I do not think this is fake.)

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Kristen Stewart (of Twilight fame, Jesus, read an US Weekly ) has been rocking quite the mullet on her New Moon press tour. It's a statement! Some other famous people should really try it out.

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1. 15 Celebrities That Look Hot With Kate Gosselin’s Hair Style - Featured on BuzzFeed

And we have another. Surprisingly, this is Carmen Electra's first sex tape and really, it is less of a sex tape than a make out with a chick tape. (Unless there is a part 2). Also, who knew that Carmen looked so much like Fergie when she is making out with people?

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2. Carmen Electra Leaked Video on BuzzFeed
3. Carmen Electra Sex Tape Preview?
4. “The last shot definitely looks like something hardcore is going on.”

Good morning, here's a video of a domesticated baby otter. New pet trend!!!

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Bill O'Reilly asks Lou Dobbs (earnestly, in prime time). Because Sarah Palin does not have a monopoly on this week's ridiculous Republican talk show fun. There's room in the ratings for everyone.

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CELEBRITY BUZZ: Tom is the star of Pirate Radio (which is charming) and Robert Pattinson's BFF. He is also my official new internet boyfriend. Man bangs are back!

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1. A lot of very attractive pictures.
2. Tom on MySpace
3. Here is a fan video devoted to the Tom/RPatz Bromance.
4. Tom Sturridge on Wikipedia
5. Tom Sturridge on IMDB
6. Dreamy accent, check.
7. Another Tom/RPatz fan video (there are like thousands, search at your own risk)
8. Pirate Radio Trailer
9. Tom Sturridge.com, for your fansite needs
10. Aw he keeps a Moleskine dreeeeeeeeeamy
11. The British actor got his start in a television adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels at age nine. “My father [Charles Sturridge] was the director, my mother [Phoebe Nicholls] was starring in it, and I think they just wanted their kid to come along
12. Tom and RPatz, Bros About Town
13. Tom in ‘Being Julia’
14. Tom in ‘Vanity Fair’ (around the 3:12 mark)

This family was just minding its own business in the Johannesburg Lion Safari Park, like you do. Didn't they learn anything from Jurassic Park? Don't stop the car, duh.

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God Loves You: Zach Galifianakis' award-winning television show has returned, this time with an Easy button that plays crickets. (Also Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter.)

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It's not abusive if you feed him Reese's Pieces. (Only 340something days til the Pet Halloween Parade!!!)

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