An 800-pound alligator minding his own business at a Texas shopping center was accosted, lassoed, and paraded around in bawdy finery like a common tramp in Houston this week.

Film star and reigning King of Monsters Godzilla, 61, has finally been recognized as a citizen of Japan, Anime News Network reports.

I saw Godzilla earlier this week and have thought about it on my own precisely zero times since then. Gareth Edwards' take on the classic is as great-looking as it is dumb. It conveys enormity extremely well, as well should a movie that stars monsters who dwarf skyscrapers. For all of his twitching, nostril-flaring, and saliva-string-producing, Godzilla has never looked more life-like (or zaftig—check out that thick neck, bro). His nemeses, a pair of giant cockroaches called MUTOs, looked real enough to mildly nauseate me.

Hackers in San Francisco (let's imagine this as a real group of people and not key characters in an Aaron Sorkin pilot pitch) provided the new Godzilla movie with unsolicited viral marketing earlier this week by hacking an electronic road sign to read "GODZILLA ATTACK!"

The first official trailer for the second American reboot of the Godzilla franchise landed on the Internet's shores today, bringing with it the promise of the first successful homage to Toho's creature feature classic.

Scientists working in Japan have uncovered the world's newest Godzillas: butterflies collected from the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Last night, Conan's new holiday decorations were revealed. The decorator? None other than Kenny Erwin Jr. He brought a new look to the show including: Godzilla with a candy cane, a Larry King shrine, and a giant Christmas chicken sandwich!

Two of that show's stars are tromping back onto television. Also today: a biopic gets a benefactor, Madonna makes a bad life choice, and aieee!!! Godzilla!!!