Every weekday, PR Daily associate editor Alan Pearcy highlights the day’s most compelling stories and amusing marginalia on the Web in this, #TheDailySpin.

Move over, Samuel L. Jackson. Make way, David Letterman. While your respective F-bombs caught the attention of the Federal Communications Commission this week, they were nothing compared to the slips of the tongue that Jimmy Kimmel catches every week. The late-night host has collected the best of those humorously fabricated gaffes in this video on the year in “unnecessary censorship.”

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Another video retrospective on the past year peeks in on the world of filmography with a super-cut of 300 movies from 2012, edited by Genevieve Ip. To see a listing of all the films, click here.



With a film list of its own, the Library of Congress unveiled its annual selection of 25 movies added to the National Film Registry. This year’s inductees include “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “A League of Their Own,” and holiday classic “A Christmas Story.”

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While Hollywood’s box office banks on new movies released around the holiday season, sometimes it’s just nice to curl around a Yule log—preferably one created with bacon.



The holidays also bring about some “interesting” light displays:

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Dos Equis’ “most interesting man” isn’t the only icon in the holiday spirit. From Facebook as fruitcake and Instagram as the Grinch, The Joy of Tech reimagines a few of the biggest names in technology as Christmas icons.

Of course, the biggest Christmas icon of them all has to be Santa—most likely thanks in part to his publicist. In fact, his likeness is so synonymous with seasonal merriment, it could prove difficult imagining St. Nick as anything other than jolly. That is, until reading New York Times writer Joyce Wadler’s “Fifty Shades of Santa.”

Perhaps that can be No. 51 on The Daily Beast’s list of the 50 ways “Fifty Shades of Grey” has changed the world.

A world that’s ending Friday, mind you. But just in case NASA was wrong and we should have quit mocking the Mayans long ago, Gothamist highlights a few post-apocalyptic works of literature to read.

Speaking of literature, Inspirationalist picked out 20 exceptional book-packaging designs worth a look.

It was a package of Oreos sent to Antarctica that stole headlines earlier this week as part of a yearlong celebration marking the brand’s 100th birthday. Perhaps that was the initial inspiration for BuzzFeed’s list of the 15 hottest food trends of 1912, the year the Oreo first made its debut.

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Meanwhile, Cadbury marketers already have their eyes set on holiday trends of 2013. The brand’s first order of business: launching an integrated campaign encouraging consumers to “have a fling” with their seasonal favorite, the Crème Egg.

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