Lemmy in Moscow!

MOSCOW, RUSSIA. DECEMBER 21, 2009. Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister performs at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena during their tour of Russia. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Vladimir Astapkovich) Photo via Newscom / Content © 2009 Newscom All rights reserved.

Dressing -- and undressing -- in the display window

CNN had a feature on these live window-display models for XOXO in NYC. They really were changing their clothes in the window display, while an enraptured, mostly male, crowd looked on.

Models dress each other in the holiday window displays at XOXO Live in New York City. (Alan Behr/MCT) Photo via Newscom
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Last-minute gifts -- beer and pop culture

Gift suggestions for all budgets!
Norm Peterson from Cheers!



The "real" Michael Jackson!

An expensive brew

The Boston Beer Co., makers of Samuel Adams, has taken beer to a new extreme.

Utopias, the company's biennial beer, has been upgraded: 27 percent alcohol by volume.

It comes in a 24-ounce bottle of ceramic and copper that looks like a brew kettle, at only $150 each.

But you probably won't find it in South Carolina.

In May 2007, the S.C. General Assembly passed a law allowing stronger beers to be sold in the state. Previously, the law allowed only beers that contained 6 percent alcohol by volume or less. The 2007 law raised the cap to 17.5 percent alcohol by volume, allowing numerous beer styles and imports to enter the state legally.

But at 27 percent, Utopias is illegal in South Carolina. Thanks a lot, Boston Beer Co.

You'd never believe the wine choices at my friend's Christmas party

For red wine, you could have either

A) Fidelity

or

B) Menage a Trois

After the age of 25, we become slowly rotting fruit...

After the age of 25, we pretty much become slowly rotting fruit -- and this is a good thing. Consider it the miracle of fermentation.