Click on the photo to see how Ron Howard makes blockbusters

His blockbusters, ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ ($260 million), ‘The Davinci Code’ ($217 million) and ‘Angels & Demons’ ($155 million world wide this weekend) rely on a much stranger secret formula than you’d think.

The Countdown

Lara Croft gets younger, hotter in new series reboot – [True/Slant]

The most disturbing human growths ever – [OMG Blog]

Jesse Ventura is one wacky interviewer – [Micklanders]

Good movies with really crappy titles – [UGO]

The world’s deadliest washing machine – [io9]

Anyone want to play bikini bowling with the Japanese? – [Spike]

Check out the tech toy of the day – [Funtasticus]

7 dark moments in popcorn movies – [Screenjunkies]

Screens for the game “King’s Orders” – [Gonintendo]

Isn’t this just adorable? – [Blog of Hilarity]