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In episode 17 of his series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the remarkable career of the late Pete Postlethwaite, whose unique face made very recognizable British character actor, but whose American notoriety didn’t really take off until the 1980s. Throughout his career, Postlethwaite has played an immense […]

Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette for Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the rebooted Star Trek film franchise, directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious). The video features Justin Lin talking about his deep passion for everything Star Trek and interesting comments from cast members Star Trek Beyond is currently scheduled to […]

The Poo-Plunger by The Plunger Project is a poop emoji shaped plunger designed with the slogan “Smile While You Plunge.” The creators are currently raising money on Kickstarter for a production run of the whimsical bathroom helper and have committed to donating a portion of proceeds to charities that help provide clean water and sanitation […]

Centinel4 recently shared a photo on reddit of a radioactive waste cake that was carefully crafted for a radioactive waste manager’s birthday. We are not sure who actually created the cake, but Centinel4 may have been at the celebration because he mentioned that the barrels were made of marzipan, not earplugs or marshmallows as numerous […]

One Giant Hand created this wonderful “Clown Activity” warning sign as guest post on Obvious Plant.

Honest Trailers – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice by Screen Junkies Strap in for the superhero film that was so highly anticipated it could never have lived up to all our expectations and instead turned into a badass Batman movie trapped inside a mediocre attempt at a Man of Steel sequel- Batman v Superman: […]

New York City research and analytics firm The Insurrection has just launched There Is Only R, a new digital magazine covering the world of virtual reality. The Insurrection founder Elizabeth Spiers, who is the publisher of There Is Only R, shares more about the launch of the magazine and what it will cover. Our mission […]

In response to his son Moses’ instagram request to play songs from their favorite movie Back to the Future, singer Chris Martin of Coldplay invited the amazing Michael J. Fox and his guitar up on stage during their show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to play two significant songs from the film’s classic soundtrack […]

During a speech on July 18, 2016 at theTransit Museum in Brooklyn, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced an ambitious new plan to modernize the aging New York City subway system, offering technological, environmental and communication solutions for subway cars, stations and entrances. This new plan will be funded under the $27 billion […]

DaiSho Fisheries has created an awesome shark tea bag that releases a red colored tea into your cup that looks like gruesome blood. They are currently raising funds on Makuake crowdsourcing website to help with production costs. images via Makuake via Tokyo Weekender, Mashable, Foodiggity, Incredible Things

A photo posted by Lucie Davis (@luciedavis) on Jun 26, 2016 at 6:50am PDT Lucie Davis, a jewelry design student at Central Saint Martins, painted a set of acrylic nails the color of an Oyster Card, embedded an RFID chip and then cleverly used them for swipeless entry into the London Underground. Davis told WAH-Nails […]

Fan-O-Rama is an upcoming live-action fan film, created and developed by Cinema Relics, based on the popular animated sci-fi series Futurama. Cinema Relics recently released an amazing trailer that features the entire Futurama crew making their way through space. “Coming soon!” image via Fan-O-Rama

On a recent episode of Tested, Adam Savage visited the incredible Stanley Kubrick Exhibition on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, giving insightful commentary as he checked it out. After making its way around the world, the incredible exhibition of Stanley Kubrick’s work has arrived in San Francisco. Adam Savage tours the […]

Filmmaker Kristian Williams took an in-depth look at the animated Futurama and how its use of science and math helped elevate its comedy and impact as social satire. A look at the show that brought humor and emotion into the sterile world of science and arithmetic.

Everything Wrong With Ice Age by CinemaSins Ice Age… somehow they’ve made, like, five of these f*cking things. After reviewing the original for sins… we have no idea how, why, or how.

British YouTuber and filmmaker Joe Sugg recently released a great video where he does 75 impressions of popular characters from movies and television shows in 5 minutes. He manages to bring The Walking Dead‘s Rick Grimes, Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, and more to life. via Tastefully Offensive

Vox looked back on the history of the Concorde supersonic airplane and why it failed. Although the plane could fly from New York to London in just three and a half hours, it had serious drawbacks that prevented it from ever finding commercial stability in the competitive airline industry. You might remember the Concorde, the supersonic […]

13-year-old trumpeter Bryce Hayashi and flugelhorn player Michael Miller (a.k.a. “Mickle“) recently teamed up to play the classic Star Wars theme song outside composer John Williams‘ home. The 2 boys were over the moon when Williams eventually came outside to meet and greet them. Here is extra footage from bigeyezzzzzzz of Bryce and Michael rehearsing […]

Stephen Colbert appeared at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio as his character Julius Flickerman, the brother of The Hunger Games announcer Caesar Flickerman, to announce the start of the Republican National Hungry for Power Games from the convention’s main stage. Flickerman was quickly escorted off the stage, but not before landing a final […]

Grande Prairie, Alberta photographer Noelle Mirabella captured a wonderful series of photos featuring Tim and Bethani Webb‘s gorgeous identical quadruplet baby girls. The girls all look like actual baby dolls cuddled up together in each image. Noelle’s full collection of photos are available to view on Facebook. Tim and Bethani were trying for 1 baby […]

Aldo Jones has created an incredibly bizarre trailer for the Marvel film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Psylocke slices through a giant sandwich, Slimer almost gets hit with Cyclops‘ eye beam, and much more. Fans of Aldo can help support his future work on Patreon.

Smart traffic lights in the Netherlands detect when cars or cyclists approach to minimize the wait times for everyone. An even more detailed look at how the lights can be found on Bicycle Dutch. In Dutch traffic light installations, detection loops register every single road user. The times of the signals – red, as well […]

“Puppet Masters” is the title of the new trailer release by Warner Bros. for Suicide Squad, the upcoming superhero film directed by David Ayer and based on the DC Comics supervillain team. The trailer features U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) assembling and pulling the strings of her dangerous team to help save world. […]

MinuteEarth explained why orchids are masters of lying, cheating and stealing. Their unique survival strategies are different than most of Earth’s other successful species, but their methods have found them specialized niches in habitats around the world.

18 fighting robots competed in an intense free-for-all battle at RoboChallenge 2015. The robots flipped, rammed, and crashed into each other until it was only Minimoth remaining operational in the ring. This year’s gladiator event featured 24 bots fighting to stay alive. via reddit

In June 2016, A sweetly determined yellow lab puppy named Gracie in Jupiter, Florida, made several valiants attempt to do her family proud and retrieve the Sunday newspaper from the edge of the driveway. Luckily, she had the loving encouragement of her very patient human Peter Shulz. 9 week old Gracie tries to bring in […]

Grillo is a beautiful folding portable stainless steel grill for on-the-go barbeques. It features a ring mesh basket that can hold any solid fuel like wood or charcoal, and its open design allows it reach high temperatures quickly. After it cools down from use it can easily be collapsed and stored in its carrying case. […]

In “What’s Hiding Deep Within The Ocean?” by Life Noggin, narrator Blocko aka Pat Graziosi explains via animation the features of creepy deep sea creatures, some of which science has only recently discovered. About 71% of the earth’s surface is covered in water yet a massive amount of the oceans still remains a mystery to […]

On the Sunday night before the start of the Republican National Convention, the amazing Stephen Colbert crashed the center stage hilariously dressed as Caesar Flickerman, host of the Hunger Games to officially announce the launch of the 2016 “Republican Hunger for Power Games“. Colbert was quickly escorted off by security, but not before making a […]

Great Big Story tells the remarkable tale of Justo Gallego Martínez, the dedicated 90-year old former Trappist monk who in 1963, began building a memorial cathedral to Our Lady of the Pillar on land near Madrid, Spain that he inherited from his parents. In the 53-years since, Gallego has worked every day, either by himself […]

PneuHound is a pneumatic-powered robot dog being developed at Osaka University‘s Adaptive Robotics Laboratory. The machine’s name derives from its resemblance to an excited running puppy while moving at a top speed of 9.5 km/h attached to a leash-like tether. via IT Media, RocketNews24

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created a funny Pokémon Go video where they get dressed up as real life Pokémon Trainers, offer random people actual incense, and battle a massive Pikachu in the streets. Fans of Corridor Digital can help support their future work on Patreon.

Manchester, NH Police are inviting criminals on their Wanted Persons list to come to the booking area of their police station for a chance to catch a rare Charizard Pokémon.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a new trailer for The Magnificent Seven, a remake of the 1960 western film of the same name that is being directed by Antoine Fuqua. The trailer follows a bounty hunter, gambler, trapper, outlaw, assassin, Comanche warrior, sharpshooter, and an assassin as they all go out with guns blazing to […]

Marine conservationists and professional freedivers Ocean Ramsey and Juan Oliphant have captured with their GoPro Hero4, amazing footage of Ramsey swimming with and alongside gentle whale sharks in the waters of the Philippines. Join shark biologist and freediver Ocean Ramsey as she films with whale sharks in the Philippines to document migrating populations. Whale shark […]

The W301R Zenith is a camera drone that gives its pilot a high-definition first-person-view while in flight through their smartphone or a special VR headset. The drone’s controls feature both a flip button for 360° rolls and a return button that brings the drone back to the pilot. The W301R Zenith is available now in […]

mrs broomecutie A photo posted by obreu (@olafbreuning) on Mar 31, 2016 at 9:45am PDT Artist and photographer Olaf Breuning, known for his wonderful avant-garde work, has created a playful photo series in which simple, cartoonish faces are made apparent in food, drink, nature and other common household goods and given cleverly appropriate names. mrs […]

A woman walking her dog in the woods came across a curious sight, a team from Boston Dynamics walking one of their Atlas robots. Her dog was not sure what to make of it all. via reddit

A rather buoyant, relentlessly playful baby Diana monkey at the Twycross Zoo in Atherstone, Warwickshire UK repeatedly attempted to garner the attention of his/her frustrated mother who was clearly having none of it. Perhaps the little one was just too young to take a hint. The bouncy baby Diana monkey …definitely knows how to annoy […]

Jim Meskimen, the extremely talented Master Impressionist and teacher, performed an incredibly touching poetic tribute to Robin Williams in the late comedian’s distinctive voice. The text of the poem. They didn’t burn all the pianos when fredrick chopin died Didn’t outlaw oil paints When Picasso took his final ride No one put a stop to […]

Boomer the Bengal, little brother to the skateboarding Didga showed off some moves of his own as he rolled past dogs and curious onlookers who grabbed quickly their phones to capture this amazing sight. A photo posted by Robert Dollwet (@catmantoo) on Jul 14, 2016 at 5:47am PDT

Sochi, Russia video editor Zurik Marziev (a.k.a. “Zurik 23M“) has created a beautiful video montage featuring memorable scenes from seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones. The montage is set to Clarity‘s fantastic cover of the Coldplay song “Don’t Panic.” via Tastefully Offensive

Scientists have developed a special microscope for use at the seafloor. The tool is capable of capturing views down to just one micron, one hundredth the width of a human hair. An episode of the New York Times series ScienceTake shows footage captured by the microscope of two competing species of coral.

Wired recently sat down with Paul Feig, director and co-writer of the Ghostbusters reboot film, to get his and writer Katie Dippold‘s untold backstory for the iconic character known as Slimer.

In a web exclusive video, the wonderfully incorrigible John Oliver announced his support for most the decidedly non-political subjects of animals in human clothing, interspecies relationships, combining gingham shirts with striped ties and the 1999 John Cusack/Billy Bob Thornton comedy Pushing Tin. Now in the spirit of the season I personally I’m ready to make […]

PyroGirl recently released a video tutorial where she demonstrates how to create a mini flamethrower out of a Toothless action figure from the How To Train Your Dragon film series. I convert Toothless into a mini flamethrower using IV tubing and pressurized lighter gas. The method is relatively simple and safe if you follow my […]

The Useless Duck Company have created “Pokemon GO HACK,” a funny video where they show how make playing Pokémon Go a little more realistic by shaking your phone to throw a poké ball. It turns out to be quite an expensive modification.

Netflix has introduced Flixtape, a simple service for creating and sharing video playlists of movies or television shows with friends similar to mixtapes. Users create a name for their Flixtape list, and Netflix makes a few suggestions of what to include based on that name. Users can then add or remove titles to customize their […]

Disney recently recapped the story of Zootopia using adorable emoji that feature Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash, Chief Bogo, Dawn Bellwether, and more.

?????????(?)?????????????? pic.twitter.com/m5HQWN0JzM — ????? (@warusoneko) July 16, 2016 A Roomba vacuum robot modified by Warusoneko kicks up dust as it speeds around a park. The robot had its motor replaced with one used in remote-controlled vehicles, giving it enhanced speed. via AtTrip, RocketNews24