Celebrity Buzz Perry’s mermaid-inspired shoot for David LaChapplle turned out quite nicely, but knowing that the singer was taking pictures of herself planking with this mermaid tail on makes it all the more impressive.
Culture Buzz So I thought this had already happened, but planking is definitely over now, right? When a trend is used to voice support for a man who enabled a child molester that's the end of the trend. It's over.
Quite possibly the sexiest viral sensation to date. Either that or the weirdest. What's this all about? Watch the video.
Culture Buzz Where's Waldo? At New York Comic Con! He's at your con, Waldobombing your photos. See if you can spot him in each picture.
Culture Buzz In reaction to students planking on the streets of Metro Manila as a protest against the rise in oil prices, a Filipino congressman has submitted a bill that would ban the practice. Here is what Representative Winston “Winnie” Castelo wrote in his explanatory note of House Bill 5316, otherwise known as “Anti-Planking Act of 2011.” (Sources: Sun Star, Congressman Castelo's website)
Culture Buzz New viral photo trends come as quickly as they go these days. Take a look at some of the highlights from the past few months and maybe discover a few new trends that you may have missed.
Culture Buzz Americans throw away almost two billion disposable razors each year, but a razor's usefulness doesn't have to end just because it's gone dull. Hang on to that old razor and hit the streets for some good old-fashioned razorbombing.
Culture Buzz A challenger appears! Unlike planking or horsemaning, batmanning seems pretty freaking dangerous.
Yep. The chillest of all the nut lovers is now in the planking game. Skip to 0:22 and 1:15 for proof.
So while Eliza Dushku was taking a break from helping construct a trauma and rehabilitation center in Uganda, she decided to do what anyone would do: plank. And thus, I think we can safely put this meme behind us. (via thedailywh.at)
One man takes back an Internet phenomenon from two Dallas news anchors.
Culture Buzz Irony levels maxed. Critical mass reached. Internet failure imminent.
Culture Buzz Forget planking and owling, this takes dedication and a good camera. It’s the next big thing, seriously! Via.
Culture Buzz As predicted, Harry Potter blows Transformers away! Argentina has a new Viral Video meme, and Planking won't stop producing mutations! It's your Weekly Viral Forecast for Monday, July 18th, 2011!
As Carmageddon draws to a close, let's thank the lucky stars that someone out there did what we've all wanted to do for weeks… Plank one of the busiest highways in the world. This must be what people felt like watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon before they found the Transformer on the dark side. (via gawker.com)
Planking is kind of funny. It's also random and hard to explain. That is why it's kind of funny. But when Chip and Tim From Fox 4 News in Dallas started planking (UGH), they ruined it. Why? Well because someone on their site wrote this: “Planking is all the rage for hipsters these days. And Tim is nothing if not hip. Chip as well. Look up the definition of “hip” in the dictionary and you'll see their pictures. Unfortunately you'll only see these videos here because only FOX 4 is awesome that way.” Hilarious. It's like learning your dad listens to LCD Soundsystem because they dress well. (via deadspin.com)
Sports Buzz Nightmare Ant (who is technically known as Mad Ant but everyone knows that he's really Nightmare Ant) is the mascot for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the D-League. He recently joined in the planking craze. Which means that planking officially is a thing. It may have come and gone in Internet land, but nothing actually happens in the real world until Nightmare Ant says that it can. (via deadspin.com)
Culture Buzz First came 'planking', then came 'owling'.Will 'toothpicking' be next? Add your own!
TV Buzz A “very obscure piece of video” has surfaced proving that Tom Green is THE planking hipster. (via mediaite.com)
Culture Buzz A worthy successor to “planking” is finally upon us as “owling” is beginning to explode in popularity on Reddit. The craze was only founded 15 hours ago but “owling” is quickly becoming more and more viral and certainly has the potential to really take off. Jump on the bandwagon now and check out some examples of “owling” from Reddit below.
Richard Simmons asks the question everybody should be asking about planking. (via theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com)
Culture Buzz Yo dawg, I heard you like planking…so that means you're rather callously emulating the slave trade. How dare you. We'll let Xzibit explain in his own Twitter words (Twords). (via tmz.com)