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Did you hear about the Connecticut parents who let their 5-year-old daughter swim with sharks on their vacation in the Bahamas?

Naturally, mom blogs and morning shows are beside themselves with joy as this incident has caused a larger debate on the pros and cons of the parenting philosphy equivalent of "YOLO."

But it seems to us this is a case of real life imitating web video art, since Steve Rannazzisi's character in Daddy Knows Best believed that letting his kid swim with sharks would guarantee viral video success.

The Daddy Knows Best video premiered in April, and the Connecticut YOLO family uploaded their video to YouTube in June. Hmm...coincidence? Seems the only difference between real life and fiction is that the fictional father at least thought to put his kid in a cage. Surely a cage would have made all the difference in the world, right?

Are you in the comments, YOLO family? Are you watching? Let us know! And tell us if you'd like to recreate any other Daddy Knows Best videos! Or at least, give us the exclusive on the footage you shoot of your kid visiting a strip club, okay?

1. The Olympics are over. The USA had more medals than any other country. The closing ceremony felt like one really long Annie Lennox video, which was actually pretty fun, until we learned that Great Britain considers Jessie J a national treasure, which, frankly, is really disappointing.

2. The Jeremy Renner era of the Bourne franchise was compelling enough to knock The Dark Knight Rises from the top spot in the weekend box office.

3. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux got engaged! Finally, America's favorite spinster can be really really really really really happy. On another note, we assume that since their romance heated up on the set of Wanderlust, David Wain must be really good at helping people find true love. We smell a matchmaking reality series!

4. Miley Cyrus cut off all her hair! Well, not all of it, just most of it. And it's platinum blonde! I can't be the only one who hopes this is all part of her master plan to get a Legend of Billie Jean remake greenlit.

5. Shark Week 2012 started on Sunday! And Shark Week is 25 years old! You'd think that by now people would be tired of Shark Week, but, no. People love sharks. Except for people who have galeophobia- a word we learned in an episode of Daily Grace. The more you know!

Today we learned that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, wife of the future King of England, and total fox, is pregnant with Prince William's Royal Baby.  

Now, it's a well-known fact that I'm pretty into the entire Royal Family. It started when I lived in London for three months back in college, and after that, I read some books about various members of the royal family, like The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown. Good reading!  I'm a loser! KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON! 

So, in honor of this momentous occasion, I will be giving you my top 5 members of the Royal Family, past and present.

5) Princess Diana, Princess of Wales - Okay, I'll be honest. I'm only putting Diana on the list because if I don't, people will probably get upset and write angry letters to me complaining that I left Diana off. She definitely had charm and moxie, and she did a lot to help the less fortunate, but she didn't have the right constitution to be in the Royal Family: she was too sensitive and kind to be involved with the extremely weird and messed up world of the British Royals. That said, the people of England loved her. She's the people's choice.

4) Prince Harry of Wales - The dude's a menace. Showing up to Halloween as a Nazi! Underage drinking! The smoking of cannabis! Nude billiard parties in Vegas! I'd party with Prince Harry any day of the week. It kind of sucks for him that he's a ginger, but whatever, it's OK because he's royalty and all.

3) Henry VIII - Six wives, son! Six! Dude must've been a player. I mean, except for him killing Anne Boleyn pretty much just because he was tired of her, he seemed pretty charismatic. Plus, there's this classic tune.

2) Elizabeth II - She's done it all. She's seen it all. You can't rattle her. You can't phase her. She's been serving the realm as Queen since 1952.  She was there for the Great War, and this year she had her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 60 years as Queen. You know how hard it is to hold any job for 60 years? Near impossible. Sure, it was her divine right and it's impossible to take the throne away from her, but still! 60 years ain't nothing to laugh at.

1) Colin Firth - Out of all the Royals, Colin Firth was the best King of England of all-time. He didn't plan on being King; his brother Guy was supposed to be king. But when it was time for Colin to sit on the throne-- even though he had a severe speech impediment!-- he came through big time and helped England get through World War II. Colin Firth was the best monarch ever, hands down.  

That's my definitive list. Congrats to William and Kate!  

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Aside from having an abnormally difficult name to spell, Macaulay Culkin is best known for his role of Kevin McCallister in the John Hughes classic Home Alone. Child actors often fall off the map after they grow up, so I decided to investigate and see what Mr. Culkin has been up to since then.

Shortly after his breakout success he reprised his role as the precocious trouble maker in the underrated masterpiece Home Alone 2. He acted in a couple of other reasonably successful movies in the 90's including Richie Rich, My Girl and The Good Son but then suddenly stopped, essentially retiring from acting at age 14.

But he wasn't done stirring up headlines. In 1998 he shocked the world when he married actress Rachel Miner, both just the tender age of 18. Their love predictably didn't last and they seperated in 2000. After that he entered a five year old courtship with actress Mila Kunis which unfortunately also fizzled out.

He ran into some legal trouble in 2004 when he was put under arrest in Oklahoma City after being found in possesion of marijuana, Alprazolam and Clonazepam. He was let off with a slap on the wrist and a fine. Ever since then he has been dodging rumors of drug abuse from the media, which wasn't helped when he was seen getting sick against the wall of the Chateau Marmont.

But he was spotted out and about in New York City in August looking trim and healthy and decidedly NOT barfing on a wall, so maybe he's back on the right track. A a lifelong Culk-amaniac I sure hope so.

-Dean
@Petersoncinema

You want to make a good Christmas card this year? You're running out of time… Let me give you a few steps to making the perfect Christmas card in Photoshop.

1.Fix your families skin tone or your sons eczema in the family photo for your perfect Christmas card.

2. Don't let your text be boring and straight… put your text on a cool path!

3. Copy and paste a Christmas Ornament into the photo and then Clone Stamp the shit out of them!

Three easy steps to make a wonderful Family Christmas Card like this one (shown left)

Tweet me your Christmas Cards @MrChrisDonahue

OMG, you guys. Oh. Em. Gee.

Yesterday on My Damn Channel LIVE, Grace and Mitchell dared each other to do some, uh, things, so of course Grace mentioned the mother of all "dare" shows: Double Dare and its host Marc Summers. And, of course, someone mentioned it to him on Twitter and he tweeted at Grace and now we're only 2 degrees away from actually knowing Marc Summers and becoming his new best friend.

I realize a lot of you may be too young to remember this, but Double Dare was THE. BEST. SHOW. It was part trivia, part physical challenge and ALL BUCKETS OF FUN. I used to beg my mom to take us to Florida (where the show taped) so that I might have a shot at somehow being on this show. (Never happened. It's okay, mom. I still love you.)

Not really. I mean, this isn't exactly a tutorial. It's more like a "how to do your taxes if you're Grace's brother Tim." Although Tim and I did do our taxes in a similar manner: we both used springtime drinks to get us through it.

That's not illegal, right? I mean, as long as the numbers are right, right?

PS: This is also an open letter to the IRS to please never audit me. Or Tim.

It's TVgasm Tuesday once again, and my pledge to you is to make it through this without making a single presidential election joke. It's been a great week for music: Kid Rock released a new song, Rihanna is releasing a ridiculously expensive new album, and Briney Spears is in talks to write her very own autobiography? Oh did I saw great? I meant horribly, horribly, awful. Is Kid Rock even still a thing? I thought he magically disappeared in 2005 along with the terrible dial-up internet tone. Maybe TVgasm can help redeem this week for the world

This Week:

Sharon Osbourne is officially off of America's Got Talent, and the producers are trying to find someone to fill her judges chair. I'm pretty sure it'll have to be someone tiny because I have this theory that Sharon Osbourne is secretly a teeny tiny pixie that's made to look human sized with camera tricks. It's not that crazy, have you heard her voice?! Click to read the full story!

The Jersey Shore crew will be holding a hurricane Sandy fundraiser, and TVgasm has the full story. I guess the whole thing's going to be improvisation because I don't think the Jersey Shore cast can actually read off a teleprompter.

Life is hard on the Boardwalk, and TVgasm knows that. There are so many difficult questions like: Why don't people respond well when I set things on fire? Why Do I live on a boardwalk? Should I ask questions in threes? Read this weeks Dear TVgasm, addressed to the characters of Boardwalk Empire to get some honest answers.

Remember: If Kid Rock made it through the 2000's, you can make it through your day