It says so right there in the email. Jake Tapper, where is your stupid Twitter when we kind-of mildly care?

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1. via The Awl
2. also via DListed
3. and Gawker too

Midtown NYC is reportedly full of these strip-cycles as a promotion for some stripper TV show. Didn't know stripper TV shows even needed stunt promotions like this but OK!

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1. Pictures! Midtown Full of Pole Dancers!

A stunt driver lost control of his Ferrari last night while filming Nicolas Cage's new movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice , crashing into a Sbarro in Times Square. Two people were injured, although that doesn't speak for the Sbarro's employees already convinced they're cursed for working at Sbarro's.

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1. via New York Post

I suck for missing this the first time around, but it’s still worth watching. David Blaine’s unique brand of stupid is well met in Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

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Pfizer is suing a man who was caught driving through Manhattan with a big, fake missile emblazoned with the words “Viva Viagra.” Self-proclaimed “crazy redneck Jew” Arye Sachs proudly touted, “I’m not only a defendant, I’m a customer.” (No, he really did.)

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1. Crazy Dude Loves Viagra

MOVIE BUZZ: A new documentary chronicles Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers. The film, which won both the World Cinema Jury and Audience awards at Sundance, explains in detail how Petit managed to pull off the amazing stunt. Explaining why he was moved to perform the dangerous and illegal act, Petit responds, “When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk.”

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1. Man on Wire
2. Man on Wire -Review
3. Stood On A Wire, Looking Down 1/4 Of A Mile
4. excavation by spoonfulls: Man on Wire
5. Philippe Petit, Man on Wire
6. ‘Man On Wire’: Defying Gravity And Time : (Listen)
7. Philippe Petit

MOVIE BUZZ: The infamous YouTube clip is now the basis for a movie. Little known fact: The man known to most of the world as Afro Ninja is in fact Mark Harris, a stuntman with a long list of movie credits to his name. Add one more: his film, Afro Ninja , takes the failed audition outtake as the beginning of one man’s transformation from a nobody with big hair to a true warrior.

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1. From Blooper to Warrior — “Afroninja: Destiny”
2. Official Site: Afro Ninja The Movie
3. The Original Afro Ninja Clip
4. Mark Hicks As A Stunt Man
5. “Hicks earns my respect for dusting himself off and attempting to turn this notorious 15 minutes of fame to his advantage.”

CULTURE BUZZ: The stuntman/magician breaks the world record for holding his breath. He stayed underwater for 17 minutes and 4 seconds - live on Oprah - without dying! He said afterwards he developed an irregular heartbeat towards the end, but wouldn’t reveal how he pulled off the trick.

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1. Holding Your Breath Isn’t a Dream, it’s Just Not Breathing
2. The Only Question Remaining: Who Will Take Blaine As a Spokesperson?
3. Not Even an Irregular Heartbeat Could Stop Him
4. Yes, It’s TV Sweeps Week
5. “Blaine said he had managed it by staying in a meditative state which was helped by the stage lights reflecting off the sphere.”