California * -- Tyson, the "skateboarding bulldog" was scheduled to be present at Stockton, California's Asparagus Festival, this past weekend. According the the dog's owner, the dog is self-taught and has appeared in a couple of movies, one of which was reportedly called the "worst movie of the year". Which year was not discussed.

According to the Charleston, South Carolina * Post and Courier newspaper, NTT DoCoMo, Japan *'s top mobile phone provider, has released a new "Skateboard Dash" game which uses the phone like a Nintendo * Wii * controller to control the boards movement in the game. "If you swing or swerve too hard, it'll be hard to keep your eyes on the screen, and you might bother those around you," noted DoCoMo spokesman Nobuyuki Hatanaka.

AZCentral.com reports that Bart Simpson will appear nude in the upcoming Simpsons movie. Apparently the animated boy will "flash his little part to the entire world" while skateboarding naked on a dare from his father, Homer Simpson. In 2002 *, apparently Bart appeared in Rolling Stone naked in a spoof on the cover of Nirvana's album, "Nevermind". The movie is set for release in July 2007.

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