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Japanese Artist Turns Tom And Jerrys Most Unfortunate Moments Into Sculptures, And The Result Is Hilarious (New Pics)

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The famous American animated series follows Tom’s attempts to capture Jerry and the mayhem and destruction that follows. Tom rarely succeeds in catching Jerry, mostly because of Jerry’s cleverness, cunning abilities, and luck. But they both suffer in the process. And I’m not even talking about bruises or broken bones. Tom, for example, can get his head bashed with a frying pan so hard, thė impact reshapes it into the pan itself. #2 In fact, when Barbera pitched the idea of a cat-and-mouse series, none of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer employees were…

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Stolen Pit Bull Found 2,000 Miles Away Returns Home For Christmas With The Help Of 15 Volunteers

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Our pets are members of our own families. So when a pet goes missing, we do everything that we can to get them back, from putting up posters to turning to social media for help. But sometimes that’s not enough, because our pets can end up halfway across the country. It’s a good thing there are so many kind-hearted people out there! A dog named Zeus, who is a pit bull mix and lives in Butte, Montana, was stolen along with some of his owner Cassandra’s things back in October.…

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American Dream: can this giant New Jersey mega-mall revive US retail?

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The owners of a massive new shopping complex are convinced of success. But has Americas once-great retail format simply had its day? On a dreary Tuesday morning shortly before Christmas, two passengers boarded the 9.30am 355 bus from New Yorks Port Authority bus terminal bound for American Dream, the most ambitious new mall to be built in the US in a generation. One was a mall worker who didnt want to talk to the media; the other was me. Depending on who you speak to, American Dream, the optimistically named…

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Thank you to … the stranger who knew I needed to cry for my mother

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In this series writers celebrate someone who changed their lives. Here Samantha Morton recalls the person who arrived out of nowhere to provide comfort in her grief Dear stranger, I often wonder if you were an angel. The feast of the assumption was upon me again. I was feeling frightened, lost, alone, raw; riddled with the unexpected sucker punch of grief. I was filming far away from home, from my friends and family and the things that grounded me, things that had always helped me cope in the past. At…

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The Family Who Sold Their Limbs For Quick Cash

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Jim Goad Updated December 25, 2019 (Flickr) Jim Goad Updated December 25, 2019 (Flickr) Peering into his empty refrigerator, Lee Shartles decided it was time to sell another one of his limbs. He didn’t want to sell another one this soon, but he didn’t know any other way to keep him and his family from starving. A long time ago, before what was known as The Great Collapse, Lee worked in something called “Systems Management” until the systems figured out how to manage themselves. He’d bought a house for his…

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Colorado day care owner charged after allegedly hiding toddlers behind a false wall

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(CNN)The owner of a Colorado day care that allegedly used a “false wall” to hide 26 toddlers in a basement has been arrested and charged, court documents show. The day care had a licensed capacity of six children, according to May 2019 data on the Colorado Department of Human Services website. The department immediately suspended the day care’s license while it investigated, the agency said in a statement at the time. Police didn’t immediately find any children when they first arrived at the day care, Colorado Springs police said in…

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China’s yuan is getting a little stronger

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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Asian markets moved slightly higher on Thursday, while the Chinese central bank guided the yuan to its highest level in nearly five months. The Chinese currency is now trading at about 6.996 yuan per dollar in mainland China. In trading outside of China, where the yuan moves more freely, one dollar can buy about 6.994 yuan — slightly weaker than Wednesday. Even so, the yuan has rebounded about 1.5% against the dollar since mid-December, when the United States and China reached an interim trade deal. A Chinese…

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A giant red star is acting weird and scientists think it may be about to explode

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(CNN)A young, bright star has been acting a little erratic lately. Guinan and his colleagues have been closely observing the star for decades, with “continuous coverage since 1980,” he said. In the last half-century, the star has never dimmed so aggressively, and that could mean we’re on the verge of something extraordinary. “What causes the supernova is deep inside the star,” Guinan said. And because the star is so huge, it’s impossible to tell what’s going on so far down. It could be a prelude to a supernova Betelgeuse is…

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Boxing Day sales dip blamed on Black Friday deals

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Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said the final figures might improve but they are still likely to be substantially down on last year. She said many consumers were still celebrating Christmas with their family on Boxing Day, while the rainy weather, online shopping and increased Black Friday spending were also possible factors for the drop in footfall. “Boxing Day is indisputably a less important trading day than it once was,” Ms Wehrle said. Related Topics UK economy Retailing Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/50919880

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