Jason Bailey

When the police strap a monitoring bracelet on someone, usually the instinct is to hide it under long pants and high socks because it’s a horrifying embarrassment. Not this woman.

22-year-old Rebecca Gallanagh of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England had an electronic monitor strapped onto her ankle in November after she was convicted for brawling outside of a club.

And she decided to make it a fashion statement. So Rebecca bedazzeled her police monitoring bracelet with fake diamonds.

When the monitoring staff checked in on her and saw it, they told the cops.

She was fined $220 by a judge for tampering with the ankle monitor.

The website Thrillist recently looked at different brands of chewing gum to see which one lost its flavor the fastest, and which one lasted the longest. And Eclipse lasted longer than any other brand.

Here are the top ten . . .

1. Eclipse. It lasted 6 minutes and 33 seconds before it lost its taste.

2. React 2, which is made by the brand 5 Gum. It lasted 6 minutes and 5 seconds.

3. Dentyne Ice, 5 minutes and 35 seconds.

4. Doublemint, 3 minutes and 33 seconds. So that’s about a two-minute drop-off between third and fourth place.

5. Orbit, 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

6. Bubble Yum, 3 minutes and 10 seconds.

7. Stride, 2 minutes and 52 seconds.

8. Trident, 2 minutes and 32 seconds.

9. Big Red, 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

10. Extra, 2 minutes and 22 seconds.

And the worst were Chiclets, which lost their flavor after just 1 minute and 20 seconds.

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“Rolling Stone” has put together a list of ‘The 40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time.’

They stuck with true adversarial villains, and didn’t include ‘antiheroes’ . . . like Don Draper from “Mad Men”, Walter White from “Breaking Bad”, and Tony Soprano from “The Sopranos”, because they’re central figures “who drive their own stories.”

Here’s the Top 20:

1. Ben Linus from “Lost”. He was played by Michael Emerson.

2. Marlo Stanfield from “The Wire” . . . played by Jamie Hector.

3. Livia Soprano from “The Sopranos” . . . was played by Nancy Marchand.

4. Joffrey Baratheon from “Game of Thrones” . . . played by Jack Gleeson.

5. Bob from “Twin Peaks” . . . played by Frank Silva.

6. Al Swearengen from “Deadwood” . . . played by Ian McShane.

7. Gus Fring from “Breaking Bad” . . . played by Giancarlo Esposito.

8. Montgomery Burns from “The Simpsons” . . . voiced by Harry Shearer.

9. The Borg alien race from “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.

10. Catwoman from “Batman” . . . played by Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt, and in the ’60s movie version Lee Meriwether.

11. J.R. Ewing from “Dallas” . . . played by Larry Hagman.

12. Gyp Rosetti from “Boardwalk Empire” . . . played by Bobby Cannavale.

13. Rowan Pope from “Scandal” . . . played by Joe Morton.

14. Boyd Crowder from “Justified” . . . played by Walton Goggins.

15. Head Six from “Battlestar Galactica” . . . played by Tricia Helfer.

16. Newman from “Seinfeld”. He was played by Wayne Knight.

17. Number Two from “The Prisoner” . . . played by a series of actors, including Leo McKern.

18. Hannibal Lecter from “Hannibal”. He was played by Mads Mikkelsen.

19. The Governor from “The Walking Dead”. He was played by David Morrissey.

20. Amanda Woodward from “Melrose Place”. She was played by Heather Locklear.

RollingStone.com has the complete list, with brief write-ups for each

Valentine’s Day is coming up . . . and if you were planning an epic night of “Call of Duty” to celebrate, you might want to rethink it.

A new survey had people rank a bunch of different couples’ activities on how romantic they are.

The four most romantic things you can do are . . .

1. Going on a picnic.

2. Going for a walk.

3. Eating at a restaurant.

4. Making a home-cooked meal together.

The four least romantic things are . . .

1. Playing video games.

2. Going to a sporting event.

3. Going bowling.

4. Binge watching a TV show.

Matt Glendinning is the head of a prep school in Providence, Rhode Island, and likes to get creative with his snow day announcements.  Last year he went viral when he cancelled classes by posting a parody of the song “Let It Go” on YouTube.

And now a snow day parody of Adele’s “Hello” that he sent out last Friday is getting a bunch of hits.

The YouTube channel The Slow-Mo Guys posted a new video, where one of them sticks his tongue in a mousetrap, so they can get slow-motion footage of it.

Chris Thile (with Sarah Jarosz, Richard Dworsky, members of Punch Brothers, and Ted Poor) sings “Omahallelujah” a tribute to Peyton Manning.

A reporter in San Francisco went to one of the local airports last Friday, to interview Denver Broncos fans who were flying in for the Super Bowl.  And one guy said he’d spent 21 grand on four Super Bowl tickets for his family.

First he said he spent “21,” and the reporter thought he meant 21 hundred.  But he said the whole trip was costing him about $30,000.  Then he added, quote, “Don’t tell my wife.”

Valentine’s Day is next weekend, and a new survey says the average couple spends $120 on each other. If that sounds like a lot, “The Huffington Post” has come up with some ways to celebrate without going broke . . .

1. Eat at home. Instead of making reservations at an expensive restaurant, cook dinner at home for way less money . . . and more privacy.

2. Celebrate early. You don’t have to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th. It’d be cheaper and less crowded to do it this weekend . . .or a day or two before.

3. Do a cheese, chocolate, or wine tasting. It’s a great way to sample some fancy stuff without going broke.

4. Give each other massages. Instead of booking expensive massages at a spa, give each other massages at home. Sure, it’s a little more work for both of you . . . but…..

If you’re going to a Super Bowl party, someone’s definitely going to propose a squares pool.

That’s where you pay to get a square on a board. It comes with two numbers. If those numbers are the last digits of the teams’ final scores, you win the pot. Like, if the final score is 13-10 and you have the square with three and zero, you’re the winner.

A new study looked at the BEST numbers to get, based on the final score of the past decade of Super Bowls. Here they are in order: Zero . . . 7 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 8 . . . 5 . . . 9 . . . and 2. Now you know.