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If you’re done with planking, and you don’t have the pool required for leisure diving, or the friend required for horsemaning, maybe the latest photo game called “stocking” is for you.

To play, all you have to do is find a stock photo of somebody doing one of the mundane things that are featured in stock photos, and then try to replicate that pose as best you can. The blog Stocking Is the New Planking is the official clearing house for these images of imitation, a few of which you can check out below.

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Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, is impressive enough on its own, let alone when it’s done in miniature form. Yet that’s what artist Anja Markiewicz does, creating amazingly tiny sculptures of things like animals and snowflakes out of paper less than an inch in width.

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How would you react if a painting suddenly came to life? Alexa Meade‘s painted people look like works of art but move like humans — making for an eerie sight.

Whereas most artists would just paint their subjects on a canvas, Meade actually turns her subjects INTO the canvas. She creates life-size installations that are shockingly exact in their similarity to actual acrylic paintings. Upon first glance it’s almost impossible to tell that there are real people under all that paint.

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‘Twilight‘ beauty Kristen Stewart is nearly unrecognizable on the cover of W Magazine’s annual Fashion Issue.

Indeed, the normally reserved 21-year-old actress is in full-on glam mode on the retro ’60s cover, complete with smoky eyes, big hair and seductive pink lips. It’s arguably the best she’s looked in … well, maybe ever.

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At lunchtime on Tuesday, New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan were treated to an unusual sight — a small plane buzzing by the Standard and Poor’s building, towing a banner that read, “Thanks For The Downgrade: You Should All Be Fired.”

Commissioned by St. Louis banker and single mother Lucy Nobbe, who paid $895 to hire the pilot, the fly-by was a reaction to the US losing its longtime AAA credit rating last Friday.

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Artist Curtis Kilhorn is making it his mission to restore beauty to dead trees in the Colorado wilderness. Kilhorn paints their remains in a rainbow of bright colors, turning a dried-up tree skeleton into a technicolor conversation piece, and will install his creations in customers’ backyards. He says the intention of the installations is to remind people “of the splendor of the world around us” but we think it’s a righteous way to recycle. Mother Nature would be proud.

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When it comes to sponsorship opportunities in pro sports, putting ads right on the athletes means more eyes on your brand. With NASCAR, sponsors can cover a whole jumpsuit with logos and slogans. But with a sport like beach volleyball, skimpy uniforms mean sponsors need to work extra hard to make an impact. Gambling company Betfair is getting more bang for their buck by putting scannable QR codes on the rear of players’ bikini bottoms.

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Want to see Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez in the buff? Well, you can, thanks to sculptor Daniel Edwards, who recently unveiled a bronze metallic statue of the two singers and lovebirds fused together.

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Even the grungy apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Frances Bean Cobain, the 18-year-old daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole singer Courtney Love, showed off her tattoos and puffed on a cigarette for a series of black-and-white photos taken by fashion designer Hedi Slimane.

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Soap & Glory has a really interesting way of expressing gratitude: the British beauty company recently installed a giant sculpture of a bathing lady in Hamburg, Germany’s Alster Lake.

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After eight years of womanizing, boozing and children’s jingle writing, Charlie Sheen‘s ‘Two and a Half Men‘ character Charlie Harper has finally met his maker. These photos from the upcoming season premiere, scheduled to air on CBS on September 19 — give a sneak peek at the funeral scene. Notice his signature bowling shirt and shorts hanging center frame.

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Any lingering doubts comic book fans might have had about the decision to cast Henry Cavill as Superman should be erased today once they feast their eyes on the first official photo from ‘Man of Steel,’ which shows the hunky Cavill donning the iconic leotard and cape.

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