If you’ve ever wanted to see a tiger high off his ass on catnip, now is your chance.  Aw man, he just ate all the Cap’n Crunch!  (gammasquad)

17 cats eating pizza?  Holy shit.  They must of gotten a hold of some of that same catnip.  Get a haircut, you kitties!  (buzzfeed)

The guy that makes all those awesome 1950’s style “premakes” of popular sci-fi movies has made a new one:  The Avengers.  (youtube)

In case you’re not 100% positive everyone knows what a gigantic alcoholic you actually are, might as well err on the side of safety and buy this beercan bandolier.  Sure you’ll look like a complete asshole, but that’s point.  Perhaps the police will see you and think you’re carrying some sort of artillery, and then shoot and kill you.  Because you’re the obnoxious alcoholic who bought a beercan bandolier.  (likecool)

6 most horrifying ingredients in everyday cosmetic products.  Why isn’t baby oil on this list?  You know how many babies they probably have to flatten to fill an entire bottle full of oil?  Lots.  (cracked)

Some really cute girl quits her job in a really cute way.  Gosh, she’s cute.  Really cute.  Cute.  Huh?  It’s three days later and I just came to.  (thechive)

First look at Kilowog.  Look kinda like Bebop.  Wonder where Rocksteady is?  (gammasquad)

Here’s the recipe for fake blood that they used in Evil Dead.  That was fake blood?  I thought that was a documentary.  Are you trying to tell me The Book of the Dead isn’t a real book??  What the fuck! (moviemiscellany)

Kelly Brook is naked in Piranha 3D, if you’re into that sorta thing.  Me, I like it when the piranhas are naked.  Yeeeah. Oh, hey — THIS little maritime cutie looks like fun.  (wwtdd)

So some witches scientists just created a flavor-changing cookie.  Cool, I’ll be right back — I’m just gonna go FREAK THE FUCK OUT.  (youtube)

And lastly, in honor of Justin Bieber getting nailed in the face with a water bottle yesterday, we are presented with “Celebrities getting hit in the face: a video essay”.  (guyism)

Let’s start this off on a decaying foot: Zombie Daily is a blog where a guy illustrates awesome zombies each day.  If only you could be here to see my boner.  (zombiedaily)

Teaser trailer for the new Guillermo del Toro produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which of course you damn well should be after watching this.  (youtube)

Speaking of teasers: The Avengers, anyone?  (iwatchstuff)

Geeky tattoos.  You may be able to lose the weight, get rid of the retainer and trade your glasses in for contacts…but that Na’vi shrine all over your back is forever.  (ugo)

5 annoying trends that most movies use these days to make them look like each other.  You know what I hate?  Stuff that’s in the trailer, but not the actual film.  Like that tire flying through the car windshield in the Twister trailer.  Damn you, Jan de Bont! (cracked)

In honor of Shark Week, here we have the 10 weirdest sharks — as if we needed anymore reasons to stay out of deep water.  Though I’m surprised this list didn’t include the weirdest shark of them all: Streex, of the Street Sharks.  (neatorama)

No rest for the wicked, and the righteous don’t need any.  America’s most notorious pimps and hookers.  (businesspundit)

9 biggest WTF ice cream truck incidents.  Seems like a fairly specific list to make but, I assure you, after reading these you will definitely say/type “WTF”.  (ranker)

And lastly, I never understood television programming that explained how the world would end.  You know, that shit on TLC.  It’s all so ominous and foreboding.  They point out the warning signs around us and how we do nothing to help ourselves, and then with computer animation, spell out our ultimate and eventual death.  It’s so depressing and unnecessary.  That being said, here is a website that explains how the world is gonna end.  Websites I’m okay with.  (scientificamerican)

Well coming out of the San Diego Comic Con this year, Thor was getting quite the good buzz based off of what was shown to the fans in attendance at the Thor panel. Well now the trailer shown to the fans is now online (well at least for now). It’s quite the long trailer and shows a lot of fantastic shots of Asgard and all the characters. Along with that was the official release teaser trailer for the Thor video game set to arrive around the same time as the movie does next May.

UPDATE: The original trailer was pulled so here is the Youtube version, note that the image is flipped.

UPDATE 2: Looks like Paramount is getting all of these taken down, I’ll post another if I can find one.

UPDATE 3: Kris here…Paramount’s being VERY proactive about getting rid of any streams of the Thor Comic-Con footage (I uploaded a version and it was removed before I could even post about it). So, here’s a direct link to download the trailer.  Maybe this will last a little longer??

Also released this week (and courtesy of comicbookresources is a brand new trailer for the upcoming Avengers cartoon set to debut this fall on Disney XD.

At this weekends comic con, Marvel finally officially announced and confirmed their Avengers cast and director. Joining Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow, Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury and Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson we now have official confirmation that Jermey Renner will play Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner/The Hulk…..oh and nerd favoirte Joss Whedon has been confirmed as the director. This in my opinion is a fantastic cast and if everyone can get signed on maybe we’ll get more than one Avengers movie out of this group. Until then we’ll have Thor and Captain America to hold us over in 2011 until Avengers is released in 2012.

Yes!  They’re bringing Beavis and Butthead back to T.V.!  Now every time I laugh like Butthead after someone says something vaguely suggestive, it will once again be relevant!  (nypost)

I’m Still Here, the documentary that follows Joaquin Phoenix’s burgeoning rap career, is coming out September 10th.  Out of respect?  We’ll never know.  But this movie, if it lives up to the hype, is going to be awesome.  But I would have titled it Joaquin On Sunshine.  (filmdrunk)

Here’s your first look at Ryan Reynolds playing Ryan Reynolds as The Green Lantern.  (popwatch)

Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk?  Sure, why not.  All you need is Zooey Deschanel as the heroine, and Arcade Fire providing the soundtrack and you’ve got your first superhero indie flick.  My fingers are crossed!  (deadline)

So apparently the Westboro Baptist Church is going to be protesting the SDCC.  You know, the “God Hates Fags” people.  It doesn’t matter why because it won’t be logical or sane in any sense of the word.  But if I see any of these crazy fucks, I will terminate them with extreme prejudice.  You don’t mess with the nerds.  They’ve been persecuted far too long.  (blastr)

Speaking of idiots, the Army was so thoughtful enough to whip up a comicbook detailing homosexuality and respect while in the service.  Because being gay affects the ability to pull a trigger, apparently.  Won’t you be glad when the world ends in 2012??!  (eptc)

Steve Carell and Paul Rudd talk sports, and it’s the only time I’ll ever listen to anyone talk sports.  (totalprosports)

Did you know Chuck Palahniuk got his idea for Fight Club from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?  Well, he didn’t really.  But it would appear there are some similarities…  (youtube)

This is the first time I’ve ever gotten nauseous using a search engine not looking at German pornography.  I present to you, The Revolving Internet.  At least the soothing sounds of Dusty Springfield help a little.  (therevolvinginternet)

5 “bitter” truths about chocolate.  Haha, get it?  Hey, wait a sec — Don’t you DARE bad-mouth my beloved chocolate! Oh, wait — haha!  See what I did there?  Mouth?  Chocolate?  Haha, let’s be friends.  I have some wine coolers in my fridge.  (cracked)

These are handwritten notes.  But not just any ordinary handwritten notes.  These are funny.  Seriously though, can you believe how funny I am sometimes?  I mean — mouth, chocolate — you get it, right?  (manofest)

Oh Mel Gibson.  Yes, we all love blowjobs, it’s true.  What is sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion?  A blowjob, of course.  But none of us have so much at stake, as you do.  So if we demand them from a loved one in a voicemail, we’re not risking losing our 800 million dollars.  You poor, ignorant racist.  Once again, a mighty god has been felled by a blo-jo.  (asylum)

Swearing on T.V. is okay now, apparently.  Fuck yeah.  Swearing on the internet has been cool since it started, bro.  (iwatchstuff)

I’m glad Old Spice is getting the respect it finally deserves.  I’ve been wearing this shit about 13 years now, and I’m relieved to no longer have to defend why I smell like someone’s father.  (oldspicevoicemail)

Check out these water slides.  I say this should be the next Nerd City trip.  Guys?  (popularmechanics)

T.V. series you might not have known were remakes.  Suddenly Norman Lear doesn’t seem so prolific.  (pajiba)

6 weirdest video game tie-ins.  I forgot all about the Cool Spot.  You knew he was cool because of those sweet shades he was wearing.  (dorkly)

And lastly, a recipe for “flourless banana mish-mash muffins”.  GET IT?  Seriously, throw me a bone here.  (caloriecount)

Most unusual Dunkin Donuts from around the world.  Fuck you, S’more donut.  (buzzfeed)

Jeremy Renner joins The Avengers as Hawkeye?  No word on if he’ll have to disarm any bombs.  (heatvisionblog)

First five minutes of Get Him to the Greek.  Spoiler: does not contain any Greeks.  (chud)

New Dinner For Schmucks trailer.  Looks extra Schmucky.  (youtube)

Trent Reznor’s new band and their FREE album.  (howtodestroyangels)

New Thor concept art!  Looks extra Swedey!  (collider)

Another Three Men and a Baby film?  Sure, why not.  (mtv)

Gameboy-shaped soap!  Wonder if it smells like Kirby’s Dream Land.  (geekologie)

Some cool console-inspired fonts.  Me, I prefer wingdings.  (albotas)

Coolest pairs of shoes in pop culture history.  What, no Crocs?  (gunaxin)

Shit My Dad Says is now a show on CBS, but it should be retitled Shit Shit Shitty Shit. (iwatchstuff)

Garbage Pail Kids!  (icanhasinternets)

Video of a crazy woman destroying a liquor aisle.  What a waste of liquor.  (break)

Steak-scented billboard?  Congrats, America.  We did it.  (gizmodo)

Oil spill not preventing sea animals from doing what’s most important (youtube)

Marvel Comics, in association with ComiXology, have created a new app that will allow you purchase and read a large selection of their library on the upcoming iPad (along with iPhone and iPod touch). This app will allow consumers to read back issues of Marvel Comics ranging from the silver age all the way to the modern age. When the application launches, expect 500 titles available for immediate download, all for the price of $1.99 each. To celebrate the launch of the application, Marvel will be offering free downloads of New Avengers 1, Captain America 1, Invincible Iron Man 1 and Thor 1. Marvel states that they will have new content up every week, but they do not state if that content will feature new books for the week or just more back issues. I would expect them not to launch with new weekly books as the average price of a new comic is $3.99, Marvel would loose a good chunk of money if they allow the new books to go for $1.99. More information on what those new books each week will be once the application launches. I hope that this app succeeds as it is always nice to have a new format to read comics and may introduce more people to comics as well, but coming from someone who reads his comics on a computer, I feel nothing will be able to replace the physical copy in your hands. For more information on this app, head on over to Marvels website

With the news coming out last week in regards to Bendis’ and Romitas Avengers book, there have been many questions in regards to what the other titles may be if any. Well, Marvel announced today the second Avengers book entitled Secret Avengers. This book will be written by Ed Brubaker, who has been doing a fantastic job with Captain America and had a brilliant run on Uncanny X-men previously, and will be drawn by Mike Deodato who currently is the artist on Dark Avengers. Now with the Secret Avengers book being announced we get a teaser image of the first roster member, who this is can be anybodies guess as the image is blacked out but I’m going with Venom for the hell of it.

While doing promotion for the upcoming film The Wolfman, director Joe Johnston spoke about his upcoming gig of directing The First Avenger: Captain America. As reported by CHUD, via Aintitcool, Johnston confirmed that the villain for the upcoming film will be none other than The Red Skull. This was pretty much a guarantee considering the movie takes place during WWII, but it is always nice to have 100% confirmation. On top of that new though, is that The Invaders will play a very substantial role in the film as well, being featured in “the whole second half of the film” according to Johnston. The Invaders were a group of heroes consisting of Namor, The Human Torch (the original not Johnny Storm), Toro, Bucky, Cap and many other rotating heroes. Basically they were The Avengers of that time period. What will be interesting of course is what heroes will be featured in these Invaders. If Namor is there it would be a perfect way to set up his solo film or even have him find Cap frozen in ice at the end of the movie, setting up the Avengers movie for 2012. With all this news, we should be hearing casting confirmation for Cap, Red Skull and many other characters soon as The First Avenger: Captain America is set to be released on July 22nd 2011.

With the announcement earlier this week that Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr would be the creative team for one of the Avengers books that will be coming out after The Siege, Marvel has continued to release promo images of The Avengers by Romita. So far all the art looks great, but really JRJR can’t do wrong in my book, but what is interesting is a new teaser image by Brian Hitch that features Hawkeye. We have a Hawkeye design by JRJR so speculation still continues in regards to who will be on what teams and what creative teams will be handling each Avengers book. So speculate away, until then enjoy the great art of Romita and Hitch below.

All images courtesy of Newsarama.