Jada Pinkett Smith launches "The Black Oscars"

By +Alexa Rankin

Hollywood has again been rocked by racism as "The Academy" is called out for not nominating a single black person for an award. An ever growing list of black stars are threatening to boycott this years Academy Awards, leaving host, Chris Rock, as the only black person in the Dolby (née Kodak) Theater. Jada Pinkett Smith was so furious about her husband, Will, being blackballed (metaphorically speaking) that she is having her own 'Black Oscars' instead.

Coca-Cola announce new Coke Platinum

By +Ian C

For many years people have used the popular soft drink, Coca-Cola, to mix with their alcoholic beverages. The phrase 'and coke' has punctuated many drink selections such as Jack, Captain, Bacardi, Kahlua and even Jagermeister, but many liquor snobs purists have said, "My whisky/rum/vodka is too good to mix with coke". Well Coca-Cola have listened and have come up with new Coke Platinum.

Coke Platinum is available in Light and Dark

Scientists reveal naturally colored snow

By +Ian C

A team of international scientists based in Helsinki, Finland, have announced that they have created different colored snow, and not by adding food coloring. According to their press release, their method is entirely natural and does not involve dyes or colors.

The magic of photo editing shows what colored snow won't look like

Priest speaks out against pubic shaving

By +Alexa Rankin

Father Wade Mackenzie of St. Martin's Catholic church in Pittsburgh, has stunned his congregation, and is gathering a strong viral following after his comments on personal grooming during last Sunday's service. While preaching about the sins of the flesh he surprisingly shared his interpretation of what God thought about trimming and shaving the pubic region.

Father Mackenzie and his spiritual triangle

Vietnamese Brothers demonstrate levitation sacks

By +Tina Cruris

30 years ago, a certain movie promised us hover boards by the year 2015. So far the technology has not materialised in a workable format, but they could be about to change thanks to Hoi Dong and Quan Tri Noi, two brothers from Vietnam who have recently demonstrated their levitation sacks, which appear to defy gravity without the need for any kind of magnetic track.

Hoi and Quan show off their sacks

What would Hitler's social media look like?

By +Brad Naylor

I know facebook is only 11 years old, and Adolf Hitler died 70 years ago, but can you imagine what his social media accounts would look like if the internet was around during World War II?

Hitler's facebook page

The return of the OxterBug

By +Tina Cruris

It would seem that I am becoming the resident entomologist at STP, with my post about avoiding mosquito bites last month and now this story about the resurgence of an insect thought to be eradicated. The Axilla Beetle also known as the OxterBug is a parasitic insect related to the head louse, which makes it's home in the human armpit, feeding on the blood of the host and laying it's eggs in the humid human equivalent of the Amazon rainforest.

Not to scale - an oxterbug munching a celebrity armpit

Celebrate LGBT Pride Month with a sandwich

By +Alexa Rankin

For many members of the population, June is LGBT Pride Month, and is celebrated to honor the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. A series of spontaneous riots broke out in Manhattan, New York in response to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn on June 28th 1969. One local business is celebrating in their own way by making a special LGBT Sandwich available for this weekend only. 

LGBT Sandwich from the Original Sandwich Shoppe

Oprah to feature on redesigned $10 bill?

By +Tina Cruris

The Treasury Department have announced that a newly redesigned $10 bill will be launched in 2020 and for the first time in history a US banknote will feature the image of a woman. The question on everybody's lips is "Which Woman?"

The Oprah $10 bill

Orange Is The New Black causes crime spree

By +Ian C

A New York woman went on a mini crime spree around Queens this week, after binge watching the newly released Season 3 of the Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black. Florence Weber, 33, of Bayside, Queens had been waiting patiently for almost a year to get her fix of the prison comedy/drama, and was all set with a bottle of wine and the remote to catch up on the latest happenings in Litchfield Penitentiary.

Orange is the new Black

Scientists discover drugs on meteorites

By +Brad Naylor

A group of research scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered that 70% of the meteorites that they have studied have traces of drugs in their structure. The team have found evidence of THC, LSD, and MDMA on over 300 pieces of space rock including the world famous Willamette Meteorite during their 6 year study.

Willamette Meteorite found to be covered with drug residue

Walmart workers fired after having sex with products

By +Brad Naylor

The management team of the Scottsboro, Alabama Walmart have fired 3 employees after they were discovered to be having sex, not with each other, but with stock items. Security video footage shows the 2 men and a woman having intimate moments with a variety of items in the stock room and in one instance, on the sales floor.

Employees caught having sex in Scottsboro Walmart

New Jack Daniels for women, offensive?

By +Tina Cruris

With the liquor world getting more and more competitive, major labels are doing whatever they can to lure in more drinkers from other areas to maintain their market share. One such trend is the appearance and growth of whiskey liqueurs. Whiskey variants made with honey, cherry or cinnamon flavors are becoming more common and more sickly sweet, in a covert attempt to draw more women into the world of whiskey.

Do you find this ad offensive?

Peter Jackson set to finish Bad Taste Trilogy

By +Brad Naylor

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... or 3 decades ago in New Zealand, to be more accurate, a young, aspiring movie maker with an old 16mm video camera began filming what was to become the cult movie classic known as Bad Taste. That man was Lord of the Trilogies, Peter Jackson.

Peter Jackson

Dozens of sinkholes appear across the US

By +Ian C

America has woken up to a spate of sinkholes opening up and swallowing cars this morning. So far 24 incidents of cars disappearing into holes have been reported today, on what is quickly being called Sinkhole de Mayo.

Another car falls victim of a sinkhole

Do vampires really sparkle in sunlight?

By +Alexa Rankin

There have been some recent modifications to vampire lore thanks to the popularity of the Twilight books and movies, and TV shows like The Vampire Diaries. You may even say that they have been revamped (I'm not even remotely sorry for that one). The one modern misconception is that vampires are not only able to move around during the daytime, but they sparkle when sunlight hits their body.

Edward Cullen - Brooding with angst and sparkle

Amazon's 1-click hookers

By +Alexa Rankin

Amazon's Home Services officially launched this week, offering over 2.4 million 'contractors' across 700+ categories from plumbing to home theater installation to goat rental. We even found what appeared to be a page offering the world's oldest professional service.

Amazon Home Services offer almost everything

Who is your favorite Taylor Swift lookalike?

By +Alexa Rankin

Have you ever wondered what Taylor Swift would look like if she was a man? 5 finalists have been selected for the world's weirdest Taylor Swift lookalike contest and we want your help to select the winner. The Maylor Swift contest is a men only battle to be crowned as the person most resembling Taylor Swift. Since nobody in the real world takes this kind of nonsense seriously, the organizers look to fringe websites with weird followers (like STP) to promote the contest and collect the votes. Take a look at the finalists...

Taylor Strauss, Peter Ostrum, Bingo, Fabio Lanzoni Jr. and Jeff Bonner

New York City unveils electric police cars

By +Alexa Rankin

Government departments are under constant pressure and scrutiny to adopt cleaner, greener methods while staying within federal budgets and maintaining service levels. While this is a tricky tightrope for anybody to walk, the city of New York is doing it's part by introducing electric police cars to the fleet.

The original concept for the electric cop car

TaxSniper software slammed by experts

By +Tina Cruris

Spokespersons from H&R Block, TaxACT and TurboTax have all warned US taxpayers about the dangers of using a brand new tax software from a company called TaxSniper.

Wesley Snipes promotes TaxSniper software