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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Week in Web Trends: Rage Against the Octopus [Watch (HLS stream): The Week in Web Trends: Rage Against the Octopus](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/cmp4iD5m.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2010-07-30. The week's top web trends from TIME NewsFeed, including the gassed giant panda, weirdest actors-turned-singers and Iran’s rage on Paul the octopus_ --- Jul 27, 2023 2:23 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Week in NewsFeed](/video/x0k5B8hU/) ### The Week in NewsFeed [The Week in NewsFeed](/video/DPP0Mn8s/) ### The Week in NewsFeed [The Week in NewsFeed](/video/SWBXm6wK/) ### The Week in NewsFeed --- ## Transcript >> I'm Dan Fletcher and this is Megan Friedman. Here's what is trending around the web this week. So, Megan, it was kind of week of death on newsfeed. >> Yes, it was either death or apocalypse and either one really wasn't gonna make us happy this week. >> We started with a lot of sad stories but I think the big one that sort of got a lot of attention this week was the very sad panda who got gassed in China. >> The panda was in a zoo and it was, you know, accidentally fed into his cage of carbon monoxide, this is kind of a deadly poison there. And it sort of brought up, should the animals be in a zoo in the first place and what kind of negligence do we see in places like these zoos. >> There's not gonna be that much life to celebrate I guess in the future with news that a giant asteroid might strike and kill us all in 2182. >> But it really took off online, people are actually afraid of this stuff even though, you know, about that time none of us will really be around. >> None of us will be around, it's-- I think the line in the story was, you know, like global warming this is a problem for our grandkids. So, with all of these depressing news this week Megan and all these death, what better news than Dr. House singing the blues? >> Yes, Hugh Laurie, who is a British actor who plays House on Fox announced that he is going to be releasing a blues album. And this got me thinking, you know, how unexpected is that? So we put together on newsfeed the Top 10 Weirdest Actors Turned Singers. >> In the land of the Shire there's a brave little hobbit whom we all admire. >> For example Leonard Nimoy who played Spock on Star Trek, he came out with an album I think in the '70s. >> Everybody knows him. Bilbo, Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins. Only three feet tall. >> Jada Pinkett Smith, you know, wife of Will Smith has a heavy metal band that actually won on Ozzfest. So, it's just very interesting to see these side projects and how different they are from our public perception of them. >> You know, Megan, it's interesting that we had to have scientists tell us that this asteroid was coming because typically we can rely on future predictions from Paul the Octopus. You know, I think these days Paul is a little bit too busy fending off threats from the Iranian government. >> It turns out that the other day, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, called out Paul the Octopus saying that, you know, he spread the Western propaganda and countries that actually believe in him can't be global leaders. You know, even if you wanna look into the future of that asteroid, maybe you shouldn't do it if you're an octopus and a tourist attraction. So, from asteroids to octopuses, that was our week in web trends here on Newsfeed. >> We'll hope for a happier week next week. 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