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The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. For today, you know those times when you're plain lucky to escape harm. This man had one of those moments captured on videotape. He narrowly escapes when lightning rips a tree into shards of wood seconds after he walked past it. The car is to the right, the tree prominent in the middle.

Venus the two-faced cat is getting a lot of attention on the Internet. She has two distinct fur and eye colors, split right down the middle of her face. There were some doubts that Venus was real, but an appearance on "The Today Show" ended all that. First, Patrick Jones of Buzz 60 gives it a spin. Then, watch the YouTube video raw.

Simon Cowell to the rescue
"The X Factor" judge helps save the lives of nine passengers on a sinking ship. Here are the details.

Britney Spears is in the spotlight in a recently-released "X-Factor" promo.
Spears joins Demi Lovato, Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the show's judging panel. And, from the looks of the promo, which includes one "oops" moment, contestants get to see silly, serious and sweet sides of the singer. Buzz 60's Priya Desai has the story.

Today, let's visit some of the top reactions to Clint Eastwood's appearance at the Republican National Convention. You might recall his crazy empty chair interview with a fictional Barack Obama on the last night of the convention that threatened to steal the show from Mitt Romney. First is Buzz 60's report. Then, Ann Romney's response.
(Also, See what celebrities were tweeting.)

Norah O'Donnell and Charlie Rose speak with Anne Romney about Eastwood's moment and Mitt Romney.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Just a fun ending to the day: A mother and her baby dangling food over a stingray tank gives them a surprise.

LeAnn Rimes enters treatment
The singer who just celebrated her 30th birthday is seeking help for anxiety and stress. Get the details in this E! online report.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Today, have a three-martini break on us. Here you go:

Raw video: 550-lb. WWII bomb detonated
Explosives experts in Germany detonated the remains of a 550-pound World War II bomb in central Munich on Tuesday. About 3,000 residents were forced to leave their homes and debris caused fires in several nearby buildings

First look at Snooki's baby boy
The "Jersey Shore" star is spotted heading home after giving birth. See Snooki cradle Lorenzo as she leaves the hospital. See what she tweets. See who is following here everywhere.

Eager race car driver takes out crew with stuck airhose

Curiosity, the NASA rover on Mars sent to find out if the Red Planet was ever capable of supporting life, has sent back images of khaki-colored Martian terrain features.

Cold water in the face? That's what Isaac delivers to these thrill-seekers.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Have a sip as we watch what Isaac does. Raw video as the Florida Panhandle is bracing for what is expected to be a soaking from Hurricane Isaac. Rain from the storm could total up to 20 inches in isolated areas.

Gabby's racist claims disputed
Treaction to Gabby Douglas' remarks. Gym CEO denies the Olympic champ was bullied.

Bank executive claims excessive force in suit against LAPD
Brian Mulligan says he was beaten up by LAPD officers in a case of mistaken identity. Some pictures in the report are graphic.

Viral video: Man gets an exploding cake on his 50th birthday

David Banks got quite the surprise on his 50th birthday. His co-workers thought an exploding birthday cake would be an appropriate way to celebrate. He comes close to being hurt, it appears, but keeps his humor. I don't think I would have.

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died today due to complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. Read the obituary here.

A day after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency disciplined Lance Armstrong with a lifetime ban from professional cycling and vacated his seven Tour de France titles, he was back on his bike racing in Colorado. Here is the story on the race.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Let's end the day with this:

Florida police ended a high speed chase through Miami-Dade county with what appears to be the capture of at least three suspects. There's nothing like a good car chase, especially when the bad guys get caught.

Kim Kardashian's wild newlook
The E! star shares pics from a Diana Ross-inspired shoot. Check out the big hair, gold hoop earrings and crazy makeup.

Soccer team gets frightening wake-up call
In a common practice in the world of soccer, Scandanavian soccer fans give an opposing team's players a nasty wake up call.

Woman with baby races for subway, falls onto tracks
A woman holding her baby fell right off the subway platform and onto the tracks in Cambridge, Mass. This is the raw video. On "CBS This Morning," co-host Gayle King reported that the woman thought the train across the tracks was hers and was attempting to make it. Both baby and woman are reportedly OK.

Warning: Graphic elements in this video. Passersby try to help victims shot outside the Empire State Building on Friday.

Fire officials say several people have been shot outside the Empire State Building. A fire department spokesman says it received a call about the shooting just after at 9 a.m. Friday and that emergency units were on the scene within minutes.

NASA has recently released video of the NASA Curiosity rover landing from the jettison of the head shield to the touchdown

Police are trying to find whomever was responsible for duct-taping a turtle to several balloons and letting it fly in a San Diego neighborhood. Despite the animal abuse, the turtle was OK.

Man rides mini bike
In Russia, a man takes out a very small bike and rides it down the street.

Raw video: Air mattress raft ride
Three men took advantage of flooding in the Las Vegas area to go raft riding on an air mattress. Authorities eventually made them stop. Read the related story here.

Raw video: Prince Harry vegas swim race
Britain's Prince Harry raced U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Ryan Lochte during a Las Vegas pool party. The video is really grainy but you get the general atmosphere at the pool. The Prince's visit has received a great deal of media attention after nude photos of him surfaced.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Today, let's listen to this AP exclusive. A Tennessee man searching through his attic several months ago discovered a piece of American history: An audio reel of an unreleased interview with Dr. Martin Luther King conducted by his father for a book project that was never finished.

Here's a report on Prince Harry's trip to Vegas that is all over the Internet. What happens in Vegas apparently doesn't always stay in Vegas, TMZ obtained exclusive pictures of the Prince partying in his hotel room...naked. Vanessa Yurkevich has the show and tell about his wild weekend.

OK, don't try this - for this very reason. A man on a scooter tries showing off by doing a wheelie but the scooter flips and sends him falling onto the pavement. The crowd applauds.

Uma Thurman: The new mom almost hits the pavement when carrying her one-month-old baby in NYC.

Kelly Ripa: According to reports, Michael Strahan will take over for Regis Philbin as Kelly's partner on the morning show. How many did he beat out? And what about his football show?

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Here's one - a man from china is recovering after doctors removed a twisted steel bar from his head. One word: Ouch! One more word: Amazing!

EA Sports leading designer Patrick Bellanca talks about Madden NFL 13 and promises a game-changing experience with the Infinity Engine and its all-new physics, as well as Connected Careers mode for connecting players to the NFL like never before. There may even be some Tebowing. Ultimately, you'll make the call.

A 20-year-old Venice man and his family are calling for justice, claiming police pinned him to the ground and beat him after he was already subdued. This video is from a KTLA report. Read the story here.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. What a great video to end the day and the work week. Unmitigated mirth is contagious as we see in this video of a baby who can't stop laughing at spraying two dogs with a garden hose.

Caught on camera: One of Lady Gaga's bodyguards takes down an autograph seeker.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Well, today marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and last night thousands of fans swarmed to Elvis' famous Memphis residence, Graceland, for a candlelight vigil honoring the late legend. ET caught up with Presley's former wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie, who made an impromptu appearance at the annual vigil.

Don't try this on a freeway. Watch the mayhem while participants try to explain why they do it.

Just when I thought I was tired of LMFAO and "Call Me Maybe" parodies, the engineers and scientists at NASA come up with a totally entertaining spoof of "Sexy and I Know It." It features the Mohawk Guy, of whom you can read more about in this story on the new "Geek Chic.". This is a very entertaining video.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. A teenage guitarist born without arms got the opportunity of a lifetime when he was invited to play onstage with his idols. Here's some of that performance.

If you want to see more of George Dennehy, here's the YouTube video hit of his performance of the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris."

Things happen when you find out you're related to royalty. A distant relative of the duchess, Katrina Darling, a burlesque dancer who only recently found out about her royal ties, models in the men's magazine, E! Online reports

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Here's one for you. A cat fell through the ceiling of a university classroom in Costa Rica. I like the way the cat walks back across the front of the classroom toward the end of the video.

President Barack Obama must have gained at least 10 more votes here. The Iowa State Fair wasn't on his official schedule, but the lure of a beer and a pork chop may have been too much to pass up. During a stop at a Bud Light booth, chants of four more years quickly turned into 4 more beers.

As a crowd watches, the singer loses her bikini bottom at a water park.

Don't worry. No serious injuries here. Amazingly. The video from CBS shows a race car taking part in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, taking a turn too fast, rolling down a large hill and breaking apart.

E! Online spots all five original members rehearsing for the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Here's a report on a viral video of Ukranian kid doing pullups on a 360-foot tower. He leaps off the side, onto a cross bar, and does several pull-ups well above the ground.

The supermodel poses in nothing but a pair of boots for "Harper's Bazaar." E! Online tells about the steamy photos.

This sleeping swimmer caused quite a scare. He apologized but said he was just enjoying life to its fullest.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Here are two animal videos to end the day on. First, did you ever wonder what your cat does when you're not there? In the second video, a Utah deputy frees a moose stuck in a swingset.

Researchers at the University of Georgia armed 55 domestic cats with cameras, known as KittyCams, to learn more about their behavior. Scientists discovered cats hide, kill small animals and even find second families for food and shelter. Learn more about the KittyCam.

Sgt. Lane Findlay isn't usually called out to assist such large creatures as he patrols his beat in the mountains north of Salt Lake City. But this weekend, Findlay found himself face to face with a moose entangled in a backyard swing set.

Close to the finish line, a competitive motorcyclist encounters a deer. The deer jumps up into the path of the motorcycle. After the crash, the man picks up his cycle and manages to finish first. The report says the deer was unharmed, too.

Here is the video version of a popular online AP story. Every summer is hatchling season for American crocodiles at one South Florida nuclear power plant where the imperiled species is thriving. Biologists say crocodiles time their breeding and nesting to correspond with the season. Read the story here.

With a little reminder from the kids and a little help from her doctor, Kelly Ripa, the morning talk show host, keeps her looks. In an E! Online take, she admits to getting the cosmetic procedure as much as possible.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Joan Rivers gets the honors today.

In a report that received a lot of publicity today, acid-tongued comedienne Joan Rivers was escorted out of the Burbank Costco after she protested that the wholesaler would not sell her book.

Some viewers may find this video disturbing. It shows how dangerous it is to be a law enforcement officer, and how quickly situations can turn deadly. In a dashboard video of the attack, an Arkansas police officer is fatally shot during a traffic stop last year. Read the story of the released video here.

Well, it's not as bad as Elaine on "Seinfeld." U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets her groove on in Johannesburg, dancing as partygoers cheer her on at a dinner hosted by South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

A convenience store owner in New Bedford, Mass., takes on a knife-wielding robber, first with a broomstick, and then with a display race in an incident caught on video tape.

How cool would this have been when you were a kid? I wish I had had the DIY skill to pull it off for my son.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Today, we give you a clip of a baby fighting to stay awake. It could be any of us at 2:30 in the afternoon, right?

A Russian man ties up traffic in an unusual way - and seems not to disturbed over the entire episode.

This 15-year-old orangutan has been smoking for over a decade, thanks to zoo visitors tossing butts into his habitat.

World famous director Danny Boyle, who produced the Olympics opening ceremonies, has teamed up with a younger actress. E! Online has the dating scoop.

Meanwhile, Michael Phelps has been getting cozy with a beautiful blonde model - and it appears serious, E! Online tells.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. Here it is:

Matt LeBlanc, Lucy Liu, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kristin Kreuk, Lisa Kudrow, Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis reveal their feelings about Marilyn Monroe's legacy on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the star's death. See our Marilyn Monroe gallery here.

The funnyman calls Kristen Stewart a "Trampire" for cheating on Robert Pattinson. Check out his hilarious emotional outburst on Conan's show.

What an escape. A man who allegedly stole someone's iPhone on the subway was briefly trapped before getting away.

They look like a colorful flock of birds in the sky. After days and multiple attempts at the world record for a formation during a head first vertical drop, 138 skydivers set the mark Friday in Ottawa, Illinois. Videographer Brian Buckland was along for the record jump. Read the story here.

The Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot of the day before it's a wrap. So we leave you with these images - some regular folk singing happy birthday to a couple famous people, namely Tom Brady and Barack Obama.

1) Patriots quarterback Tom Brady turned 35 on Friday, and fans at the team practice at Gillette Stadium let him know it. He appears to be all about business, though.

2) President Barack Obama, who turns 51 Saturday, was serenaded to the tune of "Happy Birthday" on Thursday during the start of a campaign rally in battleground Florida.

Here's a collection of videos from news events.

1) If all goes well, the Curiosity Mars rover will complete a complicated routine and land safely on Mars on Sunday. NASA scientists and engineers break it down for you. Also, read about 5 things you may not know about the planet.

You never know who will be thrust into the headlines. Remember Tanning Mom? Well, she isn't tan anymore. Patricia Krentcil takes a break from the tanning bed. See her surprising new look, thanks to E! Online.

Seeing your country win Olympic gold will always heat things up. The usually prim and proper royal couple lets loose with an affectionate moment.

It's a big video world out there. We hope you stop here each day to find a handful of selected video gems worth viewing. Come back at 5 p.m. for the "Martini Shot," a Hollywood term that describes the final shot that wraps up the day.

Let's get started with this video of a bulldog that gets 500 porcupine quills to the face. And I thought my dog getting skunked the other night was the worst thing.