"Racially segregated proms have been held in Montgomery County — where about two-thirds of the population is white — almost every year since its schools were integrated in 1971"

NYT:

When the actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for last year’s first-of-its-kind integrated prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, his home state, the idea was quickly embraced by students — and rejected by a group of white parents, who held a competing “private” prom.

Big Trouble in Little China t-shirt

Big Trouble in Little China neon sign t-shirt on sale for $45.

Abraham Lincoln and the tree of mystery

Mark Ryden's Tree of Mystery print and frame.

Emma Frost as drawn by Roger Hargreaves

Emma Frost drawn by Steven Anderson in the style of Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men and Little Miss series. Just part of a series by Anderson, who has also drawn the Watchmen and other comic book heroes.

Custom Metroid Wii

Custom Metroid Wii by Morpheon Mods.

Little door of mystery

Little door spotted at We Love You so.

Plush Tauntaun with frozen Luke Skywalker

Plush Tauntaun with frozen Luke Skywalker by Heidi Kenney. Luke can be removed and inserted into the Tauntaun's belly, which has a zipper. More photos here, and here's Heidi's store.

Video of Charles Barkley hitting a bystander with a golf ball

The Simpsons and Spongebob

Ads by La Facultad.

"We used to call [Hugh Jackman] Chicken Legs."

“When we were building Hugh up for the Wolverine movie, we got a call from Baz Luhrmann who was directing Hugh in the movie Australia. Baz said, ‘Come on, guys, back it off! He’s getting too big.’ And you can see Hugh getting bigger in the film.

Golgo 13 sleep mask

Golgo 13 sleep mask on sale for about $12 here.

Krang and his android papercraft

Krang, nemesis of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, inside his android body. Download the paper toy here.

Gloomy Bear gauntlets

Gloomy Bear "arm pillows" on sale here.

Burger King Klingons at the Star Trek premier

There's also a website called, "When Kingons Attack."

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.

The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. has goods for sale:

Abisko Washbasin

Abisko Washbasin by Johann Kauppi and Lars Sundstrom of We Think design.

New series from Genndy Tartakovsky

Sym-Bionic Titan.

The robot apocalypse will be flavored with lychee

Terminator toys and themed-slurpees at 7-Eleven: "Apocalyptic Ice is a blood orange-flavored Slurpee with a hint of lychee, a sweet, tropical fruit popular in Asian countries."