(Paramore, june 17, Melkweg, Amsterdam. Photo: Cosmo)

In the p.c. enclave of hipster Brooklyn, New York, residents are hardly batting an eye over the opening of a new kind of sex shop.
The high-design Babeland shop, which sells itself as being “kid-friendly,” doesn’t exactly scream sex though.
Unlike the older sex shops, which are dark and dingy, the Babeland store has upbeat music, well-dressed [...]

The Adidas Europass is probably the most watched object of this moment, as it’s the official match ball of Euro 2008. We took a look to see how it’s produced.

The last two matches of the first round at Euro 2008 are on for tonight. Greece takes on Spain while Russia faces Sweden. Can we have your predictions and who will go through to the quarter finals?

Well, at least we still have the pix

Euro 2008 is not just about football and beer. Euro 2008 is also about love.

Ever done some skydiving? How did that make you feel? A little like what will see after the break?

Tricia Walsh Smith has publicly called for Senator Hillary Clinton and talk show entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey to take up her cause in the newest round of controversy from the YouTube Divorce superstar.
The UK-born actress/playwright became a global sensation when she posted videos on YouTube describing her problems with soon-to-be-ex husband, New York theatre impressario [...]

A German athlete has sprinted up 91 floors in 10 minutes and 53 seconds to win the Taipei 101 race - a leg-burning effort that took him to the top of the world’s tallest skyscraper.
Thomas Dold, a specialist at stair racing who also won this year’s New York Empire State Building run-up, bounded up 2,046 [...]

No matter what Jason Alexander does (including this 80’s McDonald’s commercial) he’ll always be George Costanza to me.

At Euro 2008 tonight: the Netherlands vs. Romania. The Netherlands are already qualified for the quarter finals, while Romania could benefit best with a win to proceed. If Romania does win, it means both France and Italy are out of the tournament. What are your predictions?

Film director Alfred Hitchcock often said people go to scary movies for the same reason we ride on roller coasters. We enjoy being scared … more or less safely. And we enjoy anticipating the fright and how we’ll respond to it.
So, on the anniversary of the opening of the first gravity-driven amusement-park roller coaster, we [...]

The many deaths of Kenny

Wooden bicycles can be found all over the world. These handmade bikes are often larger-scale scooters that you sit on. Made with whatever wood can be found, they use small wooden home-made wheels covered with discarded rubber rims. Forward movement depends on the rider pushing with their feet.

Scientists may have found the key to managing cane toads – scaring them to death.
The Northern Territory News reports Rob Capon is heading a group of scientists who believe they may be close to identifying an “alarm chemical” in toad tadpoles that could be used to control the toxic pest.
He said when a tadpole [...]

Two of this summer’s biggest movies star superheroes who can’t get laid — or terrible things will happen. (We won’t reveal which movies here, since it’s a minor spoiler.) But in any case, these heroes aren’t alone — a vow of chastity has been part of the “great responsibility” that has come with superheroes’ great [...]

Amazingly enough, this year’s CMA Music Festival set a record for attendance. While most might find that to be an amazing accomplishment considering gasoline prices and increasingly difficult traveling conditions, I find it to be quite obvious: The Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders.

Inventive people can be found all over the world. Now what if your mom and dad won’t take you to Six Flags or some other amusement park filled with rollercoasters? What do you do? One thing you could do is buid yourself a rollercoaster in your own backyard.

The stunningly delusional Tila Tequila told Us Magazine that it was because of her and her bi-sexual themed show, A Shot at Love, that gay marriage is now legalized in California.
“Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships],” she said. “Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is really into this [...]

Water is having a significant impact on many people’s lives around the world right now. From droughts to quake lakes, floods to monsoons, people and animals are dealing with water in many ways. In these recent photos, we can see people play, wash, mourn, survive, escape, celebrate and marvel with something so basic as water. [...]

Attention Chicken! is a three dimensional version of the collage that goes by the same title.
Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O’Herlihy created a ten-foot rotisserie chicken out of polystyrene foam, hard coated, and then painted with latex paint and final coat of high gloss varnish.

Men who play baseball are civilized? Not in South Korea. When they have an argument they start a fight. A real mean fight. Take that, Major League!

After spending any amount of time in a European pub, it is easy to feel like such a newbie on the planet as a U.S. citizen. I remember one instance from a pub in Ireland that had been built in the 1600s, when I realized how long ago those stones had been set, I vowed [...]

We always knew Boston fan was a different breed. Any person willing to stick with a team through the Bill Buckner debacle is a special breed. Now we have further proof how loyal these freaks are

She’s British, blond and very pleasant to look at. That’s all we have to say about Jennifer Ellison.