Don Deane

During a videotaped message delivered during last night’s Republican National Convention, both former Bush presidents expressed support for Mitt Romney. But the most surreal moment came when the elder Bush recalled comedian Dana Carvey’s well-known impersonation of him.

Early Monday morning, NASA’s $2.5 billion Curiosity rover safely landed on Mars after eight months of interplanetary travel. The car-sized, one-ton rover now begins a two-year mission of exploration and discovery as it roams the surface of the red planet.

In a move that will probably delight and disgust convenience store shoppers at the same time, 7-11 has begun offering mashed potatoes and gravy via a vending machine. Alas, the machines aren’t available here in the US yet. As strange as it sounds, we’d probably be first on line if they were.

Sure, a Garbage Pail Kids tattoo can be cool, but a massive full-back design based on characters from the ’80s trading card series? Er, we might just have to draw the line there.

For many parents, the idea of their children playing with toys guns is a hotly debated one. Well, a gun range in Texas has made things even more complicated by offering to host birthday parties for kids as young as eight.

On Tuesday, a naked burglar was found by workers in a Kentucky supermarket completely covered in chocolate and peanut butter. Hey, can you blame him? The two go so perfectly together.

On hiatus since Nicole Scherzinger left the group to pursue a solo career, the Pussycat Dolls haven’t released a new album since 2008, but a revamped version of the pop girl group will makes its debut during a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial.

Can’t wait a week to see Honda’s Ferris Bueller-themed Super Bowl commercial starring Matthew Broderick? Turns out, you don’t have to! The car company released a two-minute version of the ad on the internet today and it’s just as awesome as we had hoped.

For no apparent reason whatsoever, a woman breaks out into a completely ridiculous, spastic dance in public.

As far as Jorge Santini, the major of San Juan, Puerto Rico is concerned, nothing says Christmas like one animal crushing the windpipe of another. Wait, what??? The mayor and his family posed for an incredibly macabre Christmas photo this year, which shows a taxidermied leopard going to town on the jugular of an unfortunate antelope. Thank you, Santini family. You’ve just given us Christmas nightm

Can’t wait until September 19th to see whether Charlie Sheen‘s winning streak continues at his Comedy Central roast? Then you’re in luck! The Hollywood Reporter recently wrote up highlights from the event, which took place on Saturday night.

Tar balls, which are thought to be the remnants of last year’s BP oil spill, have begun appearing on Gulf Coast beaches due to recent hurricane and tropical storm activity in the Atlantic.