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The Women's World Cup kicked off June 26, with 16 teams set to compete over three weeks of play. The opener between host nation Germany and Canada broke German TV records, and though U.S. fans were slightly less excited for their squad's debut, Team U.S.A. (in white, above) beat North Korea 2-0 in its first-round match. We expect fewer vuvuzelas this time around.

WINNER

And the Ugliest Shall Be First

Yoda, a 14-year-old Chinese crested--Chihuahua mix, won this year's World's Ugliest Dog Competition. A Chinese crested or a Chihuahua has won the title nine of the past 10 years. So if your kid keeps begging for a puppy ...

532

Number of cars destroyed during the filming of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, according to director Michael Bay

MOVIES

Silver-Screen Schemes

Director Robert Rodriguez's announcement that Spy Kids 4 viewers will receive scratch-'n'-sniff cards to heighten their sensory experience reminded us of some other Hollywood gimmicks:

3-D MOVIES

The most enduring cinematic stunt, 3-D began popping up in the '20s, and since then, it has periodically made audiences dizzy with delight.

SMELL-O-VISION

The scent shtick has been done before. In 1960 producer Mike Todd Jr. used a complex conveyer-belt system to pump theaters full of plot-related smells.

THE TINGLER

In an effort to ensure that his horror film would literally be spine tingling, William Castle installed vibrating devices in the backs of theater chairs for 1959's The Tingler.

SENSURROUND

Special speakers added low-frequency bass to amplify the sound for '70s flicks like Earthquake. Problem: the subwoofer pulses were so strong, they damaged theaters.

CINERAMA

Developed in the '50s and still found in some theaters, this pricey ploy uses three projectors and a giant, curved screen to create a widescreen-on-steroids effect.

STYLE

Red, Black And Green All Over

Nostalgia for the King of Pop still reigns two years after his death. A signed jacket from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video sold at auction for $1.8 million, snapped up by a Texas commodities trader who plans to take it on tour to raise funds for children's hospitals.

4 THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WEEK

1. The loss of Tom Petty's rock cred. The musician has asked Republican Michele Bachmann to stop playing "American Girl" at her campaign stops.

2. The supremacy of nature. You can't beat it, so don't try. On June 29, New York City's JFK airport experienced delays due to turtles--turtles!--on the runways.

3. A Luddite Pope. A recent video showed Benedict XVI tweeting for the first time. On an iPad.

4. Anything, really. It's the Fourth of July! Watch some fireworks, have a beer, grill some meat, get in the pool. Not in that order.