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What would Pepsi-flavored Cheetos taste like? Thanks to this amazing food review from the site TheImpulsiveBuy.com, you no longer have to imagine. Unfortunately (actually, make that fortunately), the novelty snack is currently only being sold in Japan, and Frito Lay—the mad scientists behind the sinister concoction—has no plans on bringing them to the United States. The review opens with several thought provoking lines, notably this quote from Jurassic Park’s Dr. Ian Malcolm, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Frito Lay has gone too far this time …

Do you have an expansive knowledge of old Nickelodeon shows, Saturday morning cartoons, TGIF favorites and primetime hits? You can find out with this interactive TV show theme song quiz from Vulture. Users listen to a five-note clip from a famous theme song and see if they can correctly guess what TV show it’s from. A totally productive use of your valuable time …

Ben Stiller may be best known for his roles in commercial comedies like Meet the Parents and There’s Something about Mary, but the trailer for his new film will make you see the actor in a different light. Stiller directed and stars in this adaptation of the James Thurber short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and if the trailer is any indication, the visuals alone will be pretty amazing …

Some days, you write the headlines. Other days, the headlines write themselves. This is a case of the latter, in which a Chinese man named Li tried to smuggle his beloved turtle through airport security by putting it in a hamburger container between two buns and a slice of cheese. Oh, my. Where to even begin with this one. Li is a hero, and the fact that he did not succeed does not diminish his accomplishment (airport security noticed a few "odd protrusions" on his burger which reportedly led Li to insist, "There's no turtle in there, just a hamburger!" So, again, he's a hero.) But you also have to hand it to this crack airport security team who saw through this airtight scheme. So, really, everyone's a hero here. Thank-you, airport. Thank-you, Li. Thank-you, Hamburger Turtle ...

According to a report in the Latino Review—an outlet that has broken some pretty significant casting news in the past, including being the first one to break the news that Harrison Ford would be appearing in the new films—young Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Zac Efron are both in talks to have major roles in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII.

The new film is said to take place 30 years after Return of the Jedi, and according to early rumors, Gosling is in talks to play the son of Luke Skywalker, and filmmakers may be interested in Efron for the role of Han Solo’s son. Star Wars was mysteriously absent from this year’s Comic-Con, and there’s some speculation that Disney (who now owns the Star Wars franchise) is saving any major casting revelations for its own D23 Expo in August. Now, Gosling's reps have denied the meetings, but that's standard practice. Interestingly, both Gosling and Efron have ties to Disney: Efron rose to fame following the Disney Channel’s High School Musical craze, and Gosling is a former Mouseketeer. Patton Oswalt was unavailable for comment …

There will be a few new faces in Pawnee when season six of Parks and Recreation returns to NBC this fall. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kristen Bell will guest star as a snobby councilwoman from the rival town of Eagleton, and Henry Winkler (he’s very good) will be making an appearance as the father of party animal Jean-Ralphio …

Marge Wolf is the 97-year-old owner of Wolf's Grocery Store in Marshfield, Wisc., and she's been running it for 54 years. She's also a total rock star, because when a masked, knife-wielding robber came into her store and demanded money, she straight up told him to take a hike. He told her to walk to the back of the store, and she said "No, I'm not walking to the back of the store. I'm standing right here and I'm staying here." When he told her to open the cash register, she said "I'm not opening the cash register." She even told the armed(!) robber to take his mask off so she could see his face, because, as we established, she is a rock star.

And, oh man, you haven't even heard the best part. Once the robber found out that he was in way over his head, he started to leave empty handed, but not before Marge offered to let him have a handful of Tootsie Rolls. That's right. Marge will beat you at your own game, and then give you some candy so you have something to take solace in while you're weeping in humiliation at the fact that sweet old lady just beat you. But of course, this isn't just any sweet old lady. This is Marge Wolf: rock star ...

Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz recently attended the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Canada, and used the forum to address a few questions about the future of his beloved show. When asked if Netflix subscribers would be seeing more of the Bluth family any time soon, Hurwitz replied, “Definitely.” And this time around, he'll reunite the entire cast—not put them in separate episodes. Hurwitz, who was with Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, continued, “I don’t want to get into a whole negotiation right now, but I’ve got a family to feed. I kinda go back and forth between [a movie] and a series. But here’s the most important thing, whatever we do, I want to get the cast all together and not do another anthology thing. And that’s why I keep thinking about kicking off with a special or a three-part show and then going into a series” …

If you were one of the many Parks & Recreation fans heartbroken over the news that Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones would be leaving the show midway through season 6, we’ve got some good news. According to Deadline, the actor is currently in talks with NBC to develop a new series. Though there’s no details about the new show’s concept, and certainly no indication that it will be in anyway related to his beloved character on Parks & Rec, we're going to do what Chris Traeger has always taught us—be insanely optimistic to the point of delusion …

Thanks to the courage of one little kid and a 19-year-old Marine, this inspiring picture has gone viral. Here’s the story: During a recent 5K run in Michigan, a 5-year-old boy become separated from the runners he started with. When he saw Lance Cpl. Kerr, who was part of a group of Marines also running the race separately wearing boots and equipment, the little guy asked him, “Sir? Will you please run with me?” At the finish line, fearing that their fellow Marine had become injured or overheated after not crossing the line in his normal time, other soldiers began to make their way back down the course, when they saw Kerr and this boy coming across the final turn. According to a Facebook post following the race, “Lance Cpl. Kerr urged him on when the boy wanted to give up and ensured that the boy saw the course to completion where he was reunited with his party.” Kerr later tweeted that the boy’s parents gave him a $100 restaurant gift card. If you ask us, they’re both heroes …

Pixar is working on a Being John Malkovich-like movie, that we’ll be honest, kind of sounds bonkers. Inside Outside takes place inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl after her family embarks on an emotionally turbulent move across the country. Instead of typical Pixar-fare, like talking animals or anthropomorphic toys, the film’s characters are actually emotion’s inside the little girl’s brain. Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith from The Office) and Joy (Amy Poehler) all attempt to win control over the mind’s central “headquarters.” Huh …

Linguists fought hard, but there is no resisting the tide of ages. There's no telling when it happened, but Google's definition of "literally" now literally includes the opposite of "literally." Let the angels weep ...

According to the site AllThingsD, Apple will unveil the new iPhone on Sept. 10. Tech-watchers believe that along with demoing some new features (like a fingerprint sensor and menu overhaul), as well as the new iOS, Apple will also showcase a low-cost version of the iPhone 5. The new phones will also come equipped with a Candy Crush-blocker, allowing users to have access to the addictive app preemptively blocked so that precious, fleeting hours of their lives are no longer wasted in an ultimately pointless effort to try to align pieces of colorful candy …

Kenji Nakayama is a professional artist living in Boston, where he provides hand-painted logos and signs for companies in the area. But a few years ago, he decided to use his talent to serve more than just local businesses—he wanted to help Boston’s homeless community. Nakayama began creating high-quality, hand-painted signs that could replace old, cardboard signs used by members of the homeless community that were looking for help. After his work became noticed in the local New England media, he decided to try to figure out other ways to help the homeless. Now, after he paints them a new sign, he interviews them and posts their stories on a blog. Nakayama told Boston Magazine, “The signs are more about telling people why they are homeless. The bios [on the blog] are more about giving a name and a face to the homeless. Each one is a human being, and their needs are different.” If you have a moment today, reading some of the entries on the Homeless Signs blog is pretty moving …

Following the wildly successful release of tacos made from Doritos, Taco Bell is continuing its mission to usher in the coming apocalypse by rolling out a “Waffle Taco” across America. The company says that the breakfast concoction was a bestseller at test store locations in Southern California, and starting today, customers at about 100 stores across the country will be able to start their morning off with an extremely questionable decision. The company said that if the roll-out is as successful as they are anticipating, the Waffle Taco could be a menu-item staple by 2014, just as the end of days begin …

A group of burglars, who broke into an office outside of Los Angeles and stole several computers, evidently had a change of heart when they realized they had just stolen from a non-profit organization that helps victims of sexual violence. The day after the theft, a box containing all of the stolen goods along with a note was found outside of the office of the San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services. The confession read: "We had no idea what we were taking. Here your stuff back we hope that you guys can continue to make a difference in peoples live. God bless" …

Even though Jason Segel isn’t returning for the Muppets movie sequel, the film still features a pretty impressive cast. Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey all star Muppets Most Wanted, which hits theaters in March …

The documentary Blackfish caused quite a stir when it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and now that it’s in wide release, SeaWorld has begun to engage in a high-profile PR war with the filmmakers. The movie exposes the toll that life in captivity takes on orcas, and focuses on Tilikum, the whale that killed its trainer during a performance at the Orlando theme park. The backlash from the documentary has been so substantial, that there are now reports that Pixar is rewriting the end to its upcoming Finding Nemo sequel. [Warning: Some possible spoilers lay ahead.] A source from the animation studio told The New York Times that during a part of Finding Dory when some of the fish and their friends are taken to an aquatic center, the script will be changed so it will be clear that they have the option to leave. The implication is, that after seeing the public response to Blackfish—and the possible mistreatment of killer whales at SeaWorld—Pixar filmmakers weren’t sure if the whole human/wild-animal-friendship-thing was going to sit too well with audiences. SeaWorld has called the documentary “shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading, and scientifically inaccurate” …

There has been no rush of presidential speeches or parades to celebrate today, Middle Child's Day, and maybe that's the way it's supposed to be. According to Bruce Hopman, founder and only member (of course) of the International Middle Child Union, "Our whole lives, middle children crave attention, but we're always ignored, so it's typical that someone would give us a holiday just so they could ignore it." So, as part of our RELEVANT salute to middle children, here's a list of famous middle children. Enjoy ...

Hannah Gastonguay, a 26-year-old mother of two, was rescued along with her husband after being lost at sea for weeks. Evidently, they set sail from San Diego because they were tired of "abortion, homosexuality, in the state-controlled church," and thought their Christian faith would fare better elsewhere. So Hannah's husband “decided to take a leap of faith and see where God led us.” They had every intention of sailing to Kiribati, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, because "we didn’t want to go anywhere big.”

The trouble is, of course, the ocean is big, and the Gastonguay family found themselves in a lot of trouble after a series of squalls got them hopelessly off course. Running low on food, they were finally rescued by a Venezuelan fishing vessel (the Captain of which allegedly told them, "Do you know where you're at? You're in the middle of nowhere,)" and they're being sent back to the States. For now, at least, their attempt to see where God would lead them has sent them back to where they started from ...