Good Fun: With associations for everything from motion pictures to rock-paper-scissors, it is not surprising to hear some of the odd tournaments there are in the world. One such tournament is a Pen spinning tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament is sponsored by—who else—the Pen Spinning Association Japan. Contest organizers viewed 276 videos of spinners before choosing 16 finalists. These finalists didn’t just pass a pen around; each incorporated their own barrage of tricks into their 30 second routine. A winner soon emerged, 16-year-old Ryuki Omura, a high school student. Omura and his fellow competitors used pens from Tomy Corporation, who manufactures pens just for this purpose. Interested in spinning? See the video at the end of this post.

Scary Fun: Hillary Duff has been playing around in a new film. Duff stars as young pop star in the political satire War Inc. Hillary blows away her past role as Lizzy McGuire on the Disney Channel, and is now a foreign bombshell. Hillary’s scary fun? As part of her role, Duff takes a live scorpion and puts it down the front of her pants. That’s right, a LIVE scorpion. During filming, Duff wore slightly large pants and dropped the animal down them five times before the perfect shot was achieved. While the acts that follow, her grinding with the scorpion in her pants, was preformed without a live scorpion, the act of putting the stinging animal in her clothing alone is enough for me to deem this scary.

Note to devoted readers: This just goes to confirm my theory that Disney pollutes young stars.