Nicole Kidman weds Keith Urban pictures - OK, so Nicole Kidman finally did marry ex-cocaine addict Keith Urban after signing prenup to make sure her $150 million fortune is safe. Photoshop Kidman-Urban's wedding showing all shocking details media has missed. Remember to keep your entries Safe For Work.
Music Bands pictures -
This week I stumbled upon the list of the 50 worst music band names in history. While the chart is subjective it offers some insights about how the group names were chosen, with some witty author's comments.
I was surprised to learn that "Green Day" was made as a reference to the whole day of pot smoking. And it's interesting to see the band which made #1 spot of the chart, - it reminds me the conversation we had in FreakingNews chat room yesterday.
Create visualizations of music band names of your choice. E.g. huge rocks rolling down the hill would remind us of one of the greatest bands in music history. It's up to you whether you want to reveal the band's name in your entry title, or camouflage it with something else, and ask other members to guess group's name in the comments. For the purposes of this contest we will also allow names of individual music artists and one-man groups.
Bananas pictures - What goodies terrorists get from corporate Chiquita banana corporation? Show how Chiquita is using banana products to help the terror groups.
Banana pictures - Photoshop this banana image (CLICK HERE to download) any way you wish. Examples may include changing its shape, merging the banana with some other object or animal, including the banana in paintings. These are just some ideas.
You have 3 days to submit your entry. Submitting it early will give you plenty of time to read the critique comments and edit your image accordingly.
Many thanks to Lyina for help with the concept, and to Stock Exchange for providing the source image.
Cuban pictures - Help any Cuban get to America - design an alternative watercraft vehicle for them. Using items only available to Cubans (or material only found in Cuba) is a plus.
Trabant pictures -
Trabant celebrates its 50th anniversary today. On November 8, 1957
East German auto maker Sachsenring AG started producing Trabant cars.
Despite the poor performance and smokey engine the car was designed as an
"affordable car for all" and as a socialist reply to the expensive
West German cars. It had a steel carcass, but the roof,
bonnet, bootlid and doors were made of plastic - which made the car
light, while it was reasonably fast and could fit 5 adults. It was
destined to become one of the symbols of Western Germany and had been
manufactured for over 30 years (till 1991) without major changes.
While Trabant is no longer produced, there are over 120 Trabant clubs
in the world. The name Trabant means "fellow traveler" in German, but
many people still call it "Trabi" with love and nostalgia.
Photoshop Trabant (any models) any way you like. Some examples are: giving Trabant a facelift designing a modern model, or merging it with other cars; including Trabant in the old paintings; designing the advertisement poster or billboard for Trabant.
Hacking Banks pictures - Show how hackers would change a "face" of famous American banks - banks' names, logos, trademarks, etc.
Bankruptcy pictures -
Wall Street had its worst day since 9/11, shaken by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers - the biggest bankruptcy in history. Feds are injecting $70 billion into banking system, but it may not be enough to stop the credit crunch hitting hard the big names. Who's the next big company to go bust?
Make your prediction on who (company, person, country) is the next one to go bankrupt, and photoshop its bankruptcy as a magazine cover, or newspaper front page.
Any magazine or newspaper will do.
Dave Matthews Band pictures - Use your imagination to create images of how "big Stink" will impact Dave Matthews Band, their careers, CD's or the music industry in general. Feel free to use any other bands or artists in your submissions. (and don't forget to hold your noses!)
Piggy Bank pictures - Photoshop this piggy bank image any way you wish. Use your imagination as you see fit. This image supplied by Stock Exchange. Most of us collected coins in a piggy bank when we were kids.
Today we chose thie image of piggy bank as a theme post, to have fun for a change.
You will have 3 days to submit your entry. Submitting it early will give you plenty of time to read the critique comments and edit your image accordingly. Typical Freaking News entry guidelines also apply. You can find them here.
Thanks to Keb for sponsoring this contest.
Elizabeth Banks pictures - Source Pic / Good job. There's a bit of a smudge which damaged the outer frake next to Elizabeth's hand. / Yikes. I didn't even know you could do that to a pic NewsMaster. I will have to keep an eye out for that in the future when using the liquify tool. Thanks.
Banana Melon pictures - A-peeling Melon. No more mess. Just peel & eat. Banana Source Watermelon Skin Source Watermelon Cut Source / very well done. When I first started scrolling down, all I saw was the tinting of the banana flesh, but after seeing the whole image, including the watermellon rind not to mention the incredible job on the watermellon flesh at the top of the peeled banana really makes this image stand out / Very well done. Looks tasty... I'll order a bunch. / I dunno if I'd eat it, but this banana melon looks very real. Quality work here
Stingray Bank Robber pictures - / "stop flapping I will give you the money" / bank,teller,robber..undersea.lots of work and good idea. / Put the money in the bag and noone gets stubbed
Banana pictures - This new Banana advertisement based on: Former Colombian Paramilitary Boss Admits Funds From Chiquita / Awesome job turning the bananas into dynamite. / Professionally done. Congrats on trifecta, Reg. Several top notch chops from you in this contest.
Partial Birth Abortion Ban pictures - Upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban / What a powerful statement. I know you asked for no critique, so this is just a comment. Very Tastefully done. Love It. / Incoherent - the judgement was not in favour of crushing babies heads. Abortion concerns foetuses, not babies. / Apraxine...How can you say incoherent. Read what the entry says, and the news story. It's about Partial Birth Abortions and the Judgement to STOP them. / In that case, why is the judge's gavel about to squash the kid's head . The headline suggests the opposite. It doesn't make sense. In any case, the pic seems to suggest a bigoted "pro-life" point of view. / Bigoted Pro Life....HAHAHAHAHAHAH, . Man, What a sense of humor you have. / Meaning...that it was allowed before....by a judges gavel, but now it isn't.
banana gun pictures - / Awesome Makri...& thanx You know wat 4 / fruit revolution
Corn banana pictures - Have a Cornana / Try to make the edges on the corn a little rounder. Maybe instead of the straight lines, go into deep detail and erase the outling of the individual kernels. I envy the idea . / Also, just another small thing, You might want to do a slight inner shado on the corn at the bottom. Zoom way in to get rid of the jagged edges around the corn at the top, and you've got a great image. / NICE Trophy shelf... I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. ya done GOOD.... / mm. tasty but why is the corn's top flat.
Cuban Tunnel pictures - Stretching 90 miles from Cuba to Key West, the newly created Cuba Libre tunnel . / Beautifully, cleverly done - but not at all believable that Cubans could do this.
Rhesus Banana pictures - Full is nicer and apologies to any zoologists in the house for taking liberties. / superbly lit, you've got some great chops, sosumi Great stuff. / Thanks all. This one was great fun to do, kept finding myself humming the theme music. / Very professional. It has an almost 3D quality about it. Great chop.
Elizabeth Banks pictures - Source Pic / Good job. There's a bit of a smudge which damaged the outer frake next to Elizabeth's hand. / Yikes. I didn't even know you could do that to a pic NewsMaster. I will have to keep an eye out for that in the future when using the liquify tool. Thanks. 
Banana Melon pictures - A-peeling Melon. No more mess. Just peel & eat. Banana Source Watermelon Skin Source Watermelon Cut Source / very well done. When I first started scrolling down, all I saw was the tinting of the banana flesh, but after seeing the whole image, including the watermellon rind not to mention the incredible job on the watermellon flesh at the top of the peeled banana really makes this image stand out / Very well done. Looks tasty... I'll order a bunch. / I dunno if I'd eat it, but this banana melon looks very real. Quality work here
Stingray Bank Robber pictures - / "stop flapping I will give you the money" / bank,teller,robber..undersea.lots of work and good idea. / Put the money in the bag and noone gets stubbed
Banana pictures - This new Banana advertisement based on: Former Colombian Paramilitary Boss Admits Funds From Chiquita / Awesome job turning the bananas into dynamite. / Professionally done. Congrats on trifecta, Reg. Several top notch chops from you in this contest.
Partial Birth Abortion Ban pictures - Upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban / What a powerful statement. I know you asked for no critique, so this is just a comment. Very Tastefully done. Love It. / Incoherent - the judgement was not in favour of crushing babies heads. Abortion concerns foetuses, not babies. / Apraxine...How can you say incoherent. Read what the entry says, and the news story. It's about Partial Birth Abortions and the Judgement to STOP them. / In that case, why is the judge's gavel about to squash the kid's head . The headline suggests the opposite. It doesn't make sense. In any case, the pic seems to suggest a bigoted "pro-life" point of view. / Bigoted Pro Life....HAHAHAHAHAHAH, . Man, What a sense of humor you have. / Meaning...that it was allowed before....by a judges gavel, but now it isn't.
banana gun pictures - / Awesome Makri...& thanx You know wat 4 / fruit revolution 
Corn banana pictures - Have a Cornana / Try to make the edges on the corn a little rounder. Maybe instead of the straight lines, go into deep detail and erase the outling of the individual kernels. I envy the idea . / Also, just another small thing, You might want to do a slight inner shado on the corn at the bottom. Zoom way in to get rid of the jagged edges around the corn at the top, and you've got a great image. / NICE Trophy shelf... I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. ya done GOOD.... / mm. tasty but why is the corn's top flat.
Cuban Tunnel pictures - Stretching 90 miles from Cuba to Key West, the newly created Cuba Libre tunnel . / Beautifully, cleverly done - but not at all believable that Cubans could do this.
Tyra Banks pictures - Some people can be soooo mean. Read all about it. 
Rhesus Banana pictures - Full is nicer and apologies to any zoologists in the house for taking liberties. / superbly lit, you've got some great chops, sosumi Great stuff. / Thanks all. This one was great fun to do, kept finding myself humming the theme music. / Very professional. It has an almost 3D quality about it. Great chop.