When you purchase through links on our site , we may clear an affiliate commissioning . Here ’s how it works . Mars is the only recognize major planet in the universeinhabited alone by automaton , but on Monday ( Aug. 13)NASA’sMars Reconnaissance Orbiterhad a close encounter of the furry kind . Dotting the surface of the Red Planet ’s southern perch is , ostensibly , a geologic formation that looks just like the balloon - eyed , scarlet - maned science Muppet , Beaker ....

Photo: John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Alex Smith suffered a season-ending injury, and now, his career may also be in jeopardy. The Washington Redskins quarterback, 34, underwent surgery last month after he was tackled mid-play and suffered a gruesome compound fracture his fibula and tibia, according toSports Illustrated. Smith went into the surgery just hours after the Nov. 18 game as a precautionary measure to avoid infections. But the doctors’ swift action was not enough, as Smith is now reportedly dealing with major setbacks from the surgery and remains in the hospital....

Photo: Jordyn Oakland A Washington woman is raising awareness this Halloween after nearly losing her eyesight during her “nightmare” experience with costume contact lenses. Jordyn Oakland, a 27-year-old licensed esthetician, told PEOPLE that she ordered color contact lenses for her “cannibal esthetician” Halloween costume last year, which left her in the emergency room. Oakland said she had issues with the lens in her right eye when she attempted to take it out after wearing the contacts for six hours....

Fans of the lateFoo Fightersdrummer Taylor Hawkins continue to spread the love. More than a thousand musicians gathered Saturday, May 21, at Stade de France, a national stadium in Paris, to perform “My Hero” in honor of Hawkins, whodied at age 50on March 25. The performance came from a massive band called the Rockin'1000, which consists of musicians from 25 different countries. More than 50,000 people gathered to watch. The band was initially launched to lure theFoo Fightersto the small town of Cesena, Italy, in 2015....

Andy CohenandAnderson Cooperaren’t letting an alcohol ban ruin theirNew Year’s Evefun. During CNN’sNew Year’s Eve Livebroadcast on Saturday night, the longtime friends joked about “the elephant in the room” — a.k.a. the network’s decision tolimit and monitor the evening’s on-air drinking— before revealing they had something drinking-related up their sleeves anyway, with no booze required, for the top of each hour. “We will take the shot, and then we will guess what it was,” said Cohen, 54, explaining the rules of the toasting game after the two put on glassesto keep the drinks a surpriseand the contents of the first shot glass were displayed across the screen: pickle juice....

Jennifer Lopezis giving fans a look at her “very difficult” pole dancing training forHustlers. Lopez — who plays a stipper in the highly-anticipated upcoming film — shared abehind-the-scenes videoto her YouTube channel on Thursday, showing clips of herself practicing her moves and eventually performing them on the set of the film. In the beginning of the video, Lopez andher trainerJohanna Sapakie talk about setting up a practice pole in her home, and the actress mentions that her fiancéAlex Rodriguez“is gone for the next few days, so we can leave it in place....

Photo: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty, Raymond Hall/GC Images Melanie Lynskeyremembers working withDrew Barrymoreas nothing short of a fairytale. While appearing Thursday onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, theYellowjacketsstar, 45, demonstrated her impression of herEver Aftercostar while raving that Barrymore, 48, is “the most special, the kindest person” after working together on the 1998Cinderellaadaptation. “I had this moment, she gave me a gift when we started doingEver After, and it was so sweet,” said Lynskey....

Things go from bad to worse forRainn Wilsonin this hilariousSuper Bowl commercial. Starring in Little Caesars’ first-ever ad for the big game,The Officestar, 54, plays the CEO of Sliced Bread Inc. — and he gets a rude awakening after learning what customers are saying about the pizza chain’snew delivery service. “Little Caesars delivery, that’s the best thing since sliced bread,” a customer quips, much to Wilson’s dismay. “We got a problem, there’s a new best thing,” a startled Wilson learns, before rejecting a long list of ideas — ranging from travel-sized bread to selling bedazzled loafs — on how to make the grocery staple exciting again....

Hamiltonstar Miguel Cervantes and his wife Kelly gave PEOPLE’s sister site Parents a glimpse at their life caring for their daughter Adelaide before her death from infantile spasms. Adelaide passed away on Oct. 12, just a few short days before her fourth birthday, and spent nearly her entire life battling seizures no one can still quite explain. In the moving video, Kelly, 37, underlines just how scary it was to live with that reality every day....

Diane Keatonand Brendan Gleeson are finding love again in their new film.In a PEOPLE exclusive clip ofHampstead, Keaton stars as Emily, a widow struggling to figure out where to go in life. She meets the gruff Irish loner Donald (Gleeson) who lives off the land in a makeshift cabin.When their worlds collide, they find themselves in the middle of an unexpected romance.In the clip, Donald asks Emily, “So, am I different to what you expected?...

Photo: Jeff Crilly/Facebook A group of New Jersey fisherman had a startling encounter with a giant great white shark on Monday off the coast of Point Pleasant — and the incident was captured in a pair of now-viral videos. Jeff Crilly, owner of the 31-foot boat Big Nutz Required II, recorded footage of the moments the shark swam up to the vessel and latched onto a bag of fish bait,according to theAsbury Park Press....

When it comes to iconic scenes in the history of Bravo’sReal Housewivesfranchise, it’s hard to beatTeresa Giudice‘stable flipon the season one finale ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseyback in 2009. The moment, which came up during a tense dinner with then-rivalDanielle Staub, has inspired countless memes and parodies since. And now, 10 years later, Giudice and Staub are back again to recreate the scene for a hilarious new hidden camera prankin an exclusive PEOPLE premiere....

Photo: Marlon Wayans Instagram Howell Wayans, the patriarch of the famous Wayans family, has died at 86 years old, his youngest sonMarlonannounced Saturday. Marlon Wayans reported the news on Instagram with a touching tribute, calling his father — who was also dad toKeenen Ivory,Damon, Shawn, Dwayne, Kim, Nadia, Elvira, Diedra, and Vonnie with wife Elvira Alethia — a “legend.” In the photo he shared honoring his father, Marlon and Howell gesture to the camera with peace signs, as the patriarch kisses his son’s forehead....