Finger-Painting, All Grown Up

Iris Scott’s oil paintings elevate the childhood practice of using fingers instead of brushes to a higher form of art. Her grown-up finger-painting technique results in vibrant, uniquely textured works that would do her inner child proud.

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Thank goodness April showers have given way to May flowers, because “Presidents look like doofuses in the rain.”

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Details from Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” trials have grown increasingly bizarre as the case nears its close, with reports that the former Prime Minister of Italy had women perform for him dressed as nuns and President Barack Obama.

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This Arrested Development party crammed in dozens of jokes from the series, from Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand to the stair car to goodie bags labeled “Dead Dove, Do Not Eat.” Hot Cops made an appearance, and guests feasted on Hot Ham Water and fresh cornballs.

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The Office may have spent nearly a decade making a mockery of the corporate workplace, but Michael Scott and coworkers shared some genuine insight into how to survive the 9-5 drudgery.

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An enterprising movie theater manager in Missouri thought it would be a clever promotional stunt to hire actors in body armor, fully armed with plastic weapons, to storm a midnight premiere of Iron Man 3. Needless to say, he thought wrong.

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These pets riding Roombas make spring cleaning look fun.

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There’s a growing threat to relationship bliss: Netflix adultery, wherein one partner watches ahead on a TV show without the other. In an informal survey, 12% of participants admitted to this shameful infidelity. Watch your queues.