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While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor Rami Malek talked about his experience of portraying Freddie Mercury in the highly-anticipated upcoming biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, how he wore prosthetic teeth to further resemble the late singer, and how he felt honored by the approval of Freddie’s Queen bandmates, friends and family. He also related a funny,...The post Rami Malek Talks About His Incredible Experience Playing Freddie Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an absolutely adorable ad campaign for the Japanese egg company Akita, mega rock star Yoshiki of X Japan prepares a nice warm omelet as a blanket for Kiyonya, a shivering orange cat made out of ketchup rice. Once Kiyonya was cozily tucked in, Yoshiki signed his name on the egg blanket in ketchup. In...The post Japanese Rock Star Yoshiki Prepares a Warm Omelet Blanket For a Shivering Cat Made Out of Ketchup Rice appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Texas band Hiraeth very cleverly put out a call for a vocalist to join them with a heavy metal instrumental entitled “We Need a Singer“. Really. We need a singer. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMetalcore Vocalist Linzey Rae Sings a Heavy Metal Tutorial on How to Make a Shepherd’s PieMetalcore Vocalist Linzey Rae...The post Texas Band Hiraeth Tries to Recruit a Vocalist With a Heavy Metal Instrumental Called ‘We Need a Singer’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Howard Stern Show to promote his new album, the great Paul McCartney responded to a question about the breakup of The Beatles posed to him by Stern. McCartney responded without hesitation that it was John Lennon’s fault, but he understood because John was in love. Who better to answer once and...The post Sir Paul McCartney Talks About the Legendary Breakup of The Beatles on The Howard Stern Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Trombonist Christopher Bill gathered 27 of his talented peers to perform an amazing cover of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody“. This brilliant performance took place at the 2018 International Trombone Festival. Secret Project Finally Released!!!!! Enjoy my 2018 ITF Collaboration: Bohemian Rhapsody, with many of the most amazing trombonists alive today. via The Awesomer...The post An Amazing Cover of the Iconic Queen Anthem ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed by 28 Trombones appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Several months before his untimely death, actor Burt Reynolds appeared on Conan to talk about his career. During the interview, Conan brought up the subject of the deeply disturbing 1972 film Deliverance, particularly the oft-quoted line “He got a real purty mouth ain’t he”. Reynolds responded with an amusing story about how the role of...The post Burt Reynolds Explains the Story Behind the ‘Purdy Mouth’ Line in a Scene From ‘Deliverance’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the 2011 PBS documentary My Life as a Turkey, American naturalist and author Joe Hutto explains how he’s learning to communicate with the young wild turkeys whom he raised since hatching and even offered a few demonstrations of the calls he’s learned. I didn’t have the capacity to understand every vocalization,...The post How a Naturalist Learned to Communicate With the Wild Turkey Youngsters He’d Raised From Hatchlings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Real Life Lore offers some helpful assistance in the confusing subject of common genetic ancestry, which connects all of humanity to an MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor). This mysterious MCRA is said to have procreated greatly, with progeny who settled all over the Earth. All of us alive on earth watching this video can mutually...The post The Ancient Genetic Component That Connects All of Humanity to a Single Ancestor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an interview with Insider, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson affably talks about the wide array of accents he’s portrayed in a number of films, explaining how he incorporates the sounds and mouth shapes. He also shares which of the accents he considers to be most difficult. It’s funny, Southern American is definitely easier than a...The post Actor Domhnall Gleeson Explains How He’s Able to Play Such a Wide Array of Different Accents appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In memory of the late, great Aretha Franklin, the doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down “Respect” one of the Queen of Soul’s most iconic songs. He illustrates how the syncopated bass line, the use of the blue note, the dischordant sax solo, the background singers and of course, Franklin’s...The post The Brilliant Complexity Embedded in the Simple I IV V Chord Progression of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented Lily Havesh, who designs wonderfully elaborate domino displays, sat down with the Wired series Obessed to talk about her passion for the medium. Havesh spoke about the joy she gets from setting up the designs and then knocking them down, the occasional criticism she receives for calling her displays art and the amount...The post 19 Year Old Domino Artist Shares Her Motivation for Creating Wonderfully Elaborate Temporary Displays appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who previously performed a hauntingly beautiful cover of the U2 song ‘With or Without You‘ on his custom namesake triple neck guitar crafted by Italian luthier Davide Serracini, played an absolutely incredible original acoustic medley of three different Iron Maiden songs on that very same instrument. “Iron Maiden”, arranged and performed by...The post An Incredible Medley of Three Popular Iron Maiden Songs Performed on a Gorgeous Triple Neck Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While workers in Mooroolbark Victoria, Australia were laying down a new sidewalk, a wayward chicken came out of nowhere and rudely walked across the wet cement, leaving a trail of distinctive footprints in her wake. The clever workers decided to find a way to keep the bird occupied while they fixed the mess she made....The post A Wayward Chicken Rudely Walks Across a Freshly Paved Concrete Sidewalk Leaving a Trail of Footprints appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a brilliantly and detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a look at the absolute genius of Steely Dan. He specifically speaks to the absolute need for perfection on the parts of both Walter Becker and Donald Fagen that drove them to use a rotating roster of absolutely brilliant session musicians whose respective...The post How Perfectionism Combined With a Rotating Roster of Brilliant Session Musicians Made Steely Dan So Good appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jim Cummings, the iconic voice behind Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too, sat down with Great Big Story to talk about his amazing career in voice-over work. In addition to the classic A. A. Milne. characters, Cummings has also provided his affable voice to such characters as Razoul in Aladdin, KAA in Jungle Book 2,...The post Jim Cummings, The Iconic Voice Behind Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Darkwing Duck appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the very last day of the 2018 Vertical Blue competition at Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas, Italian free immersion diver Alessia Zecchini set the women’s world record for the deepest dive in the shortest amount of time with fin. Zecchini pierced the surface of the water and then descended straight as an arrow down until...The post Italian Free Immersion Diver With a Fin Sets Women’s World Record at an Astounding Depth of 107 Meters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

At Eternity’s Gate is a very creative, semi-factual, fantastic biographical film by Julian Schnabel that goes inside the brilliant mind of the tortured and beleaguered artist Vincent Van Gogh (Willem DaFoe) and his interactions with other such as his his brother Theo (Rupert Friend), a priest (Mads Mikkelson) and most famously Paul Gaugin (Oscar Isaac)....The post At Eternity’s Gate, A Semi-Factual Biographical Film That Goes Inside the Brilliant Mind of Vincent Van Gogh appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Manami Ito is a woman of many talents. Not only is she a champion Japanese paralympic swimmer and nurse by trade, she also plays the violin beautifully. This list of accomplishments alone would be quite impressive, but with Ito, it’s even more so because she only has one arm. Ito’s lack of limb doesn’t appear...The post Talented One-Armed Musician Brilliantly Performs a Beautiful Violin Arrangement With a Prosthetic Bow Arm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderfully heartwarming animation “If You Fall” by Tisha Deb Pallai, a little girl named Lila is learning how to ride a bicycle, but is not yet ready to ride alone. As this is happening, Lila’s parents, he a struggling artist and she a television news reporter, are finding themselves at odds due to...The post If You Fall, A Loving Father Teaches His Daughter How to Ride a Bicycle in the Face of Family Discord appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“The Visitor” by Australian filmmaker and designer Pete Majarich is an absolutely stunning, atmospheric short film about a lone astronaut exploring the vast expanse of red-dusted land upon an uninhabited planet. This fantastic piece was shot entirely using the “active track” feature on a DJI Mavic Air drone, which captured from above the seemingly extra-terrestrial...The post Stunning Short Film About a Visitor to an Uninhabited Planet Shot Entirely by a Drone in the Utah Desert appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing vignette from the crowdfunded Dempsey Rice documentary, The Animated Mind Of Oliver Sacks (still in development as of this date), the legendary neurologist and prolific author relates an amusing story about the time he worked on his book while standing hip deep in lake while leaning against the dock in between swimming...The post A Wonderful Animated Vignette About Writing While Swimming by Legendary Neurologist Oliver Sacks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An elderly pet rat who has had trouble getting around the house as of late, was able to walk through the kitchen inside a homemade sling held in place by a kind barefooted human who helped guide the way. Related Laughing Squid PostsBlind Chihuahua Tests Out the Homemade Safety Bumper That His Compassionate Human Created...The post An Elderly Pet Rat Walks Around the Kitchen Inside a Homemade Sling Held in Place by a Kind Human appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism compares the spiteful personality of the purpetually purple clad kleptomaniacal narcissist Marie Shrader (Hank’s wife) with that of her increasingly dangerous brother-in-law Walter White. What they find...The post How Marie Schrader’s Spitefulness in ‘Breaking Bad’ Is a Microcosm of the Motivations That Drive Walter White appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone takes on one of the most puzzling, but beautiful pieces of modern classical music, the La Monte Young Opus “The Well Tuned Piano“. This piece, aside from being almost five hours long, employs dodecaphony, a twelve-tone (yup) technique that has a certain mathematical complexity that...The post The Mathematical Complexity of Dodecaphony Within La Monte Young’s Opus ‘The Well Tuned Piano’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the upcoming film Anna and the Apocalypse, a young woman named Anna and her friends are getting ready for Christmas when they discover that a zombie nightmare has descended upon them and they need to fight their way past the undead to reach their families. The most fabulous part of this...The post Anna and the Apocalypse, A Young Woman Hunts the Undead in a Christmastime Musical Horror Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @robyniko on Aug 23, 2018 at 2:40pm PDT It all started out with a tweet by architect Donna Sink, who asked if anyone does “paintings of Modern buildings in the style of Thomas Kincade?”. Photoshop artist and fellow architect @robyniko answered the call with a gorgeous...The post Iconic Modernist Architecture Beautifully Reimagined in the Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade Paintings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a disquieting Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Christina Greer explains how memory is connected to stress levels through corticoidsteroids developed in the amygdala. These corticosteroids affect the amygdala, the hippocampus, which is where memories are cemented and the frontal cortex, where memories are recalled. In the...The post How the Flooding of Stress Induced Corticosteroids in the Brain Can Temporarily Wipe Out One’s Memory appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Jammy by RnD64 is a really neat super portable digital guitar that can be easily disassembled for traveling and reassembled for playing. When assembled, the jammy sports 15 full size frets, real steel strings, direct audio output and meets airline carry-on size regulations. You love your electric or acoustic guitar. You hate the hassle...The post Jammy, A MIDI Controlled Portable Steel String Digital Guitar That Can Be Easily Disassembled for Traveling appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.N.O.R.T. Rescue (@snortrescue) on Aug 7, 2018 at 6:03am PDT A teeny tiny French bulldog puppy who was given the name Augustus, but goes by Auggie, is a sweet little guy who could use a bit of help. Auggie was born with a number of medical...The post Awesome Auggie, A Tiny Rescued French Bulldog Puppy Who Needs Help Paying for Cleft Palate Surgery appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The fabulous online novelty retailer Archie McPhee, that has a fascination for innovative ways to reinvent the candy cane, has released their unique Clamdy Canes, a set of six clam-flavored candy canes. This particular flavor is perfect those who prefer to spend their winters on the beach in warmer climes. From the personified clam on...The post A Unique Set of Clam Flavored Candy Canes For Those Who Prefer to Spend Christmas on the Beach appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For the 11th year in a row, the innovative students of Musashino Art University along with those in the community, worked together to create incredible animals of immense stature out of rice straw, wood and rope. These gorgeous sculptures are part of the annual Straw Art Festival, which takes place every year during the last...The post Massive Animals Made Out of Rice, Straw and Rope Hold Court During the 2018 Wara Art Festival in Japan appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorably downy baby owl obligingly hopped across the grass with fluffy spread wings upon hearing a whistle in the air. When the owl arrived, the hoped for treat was not there, just a human with a warm hug. Related Laughing Squid PostsElegant Pop-Up Book Inspired Aluminum Owl Lamps That Reveal Their Wings With Light...The post A Downy Baby Owl Obligingly Hops Across the Grass With Spread Wings Upon Hearing Human’s Whistle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In their ongoing analysis of the popular series The Office, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism analyzed the highly abrasive but very independent spirit of Dwight K. Schrute. There’s no doubt that Dwight is eccentric, territorial and even violent, but at the same time he doesn’t care what other people think, particularly since they’re...The post How Dwight Schrute of ‘The Office’ Grew to Accept Others While Marching to the Beat of His Own Drum appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A fascinating video from National Liverpool Museums offers a view into the past with a comprehensive demonstration showing the specific order involved in the process of getting an 18th Century upper class gentleman got dressed for the day. This process is very similar to our previous post showing how an 18th Century working woman would...The post A Demonstration of How an Upper Class Gentleman in the 18th Century Would Get Dressed in the Morning appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a reflective look at the timelessness of Michael Jackson’s 1979 song “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough“. This was the first of Jackson’s crossover songs and has remained extremely popular due to the combination of different rhythms, syncopation and the rich layer of instruments...The post Why the Michael Jackson Song ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ Has Remained Timeless for So Many Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the amusingly brilliant stop motion animation “Captain 3D” by Victor Haegelin, a superhero action figure sitting upon a desk accidentally comes to life with the magnified power from a pair of 3D glasses that were haphazardly tossed in front of a light. As the hero awakens, he becomes aware that a sharp toothed green...The post Superhero Action Figure Comes to Life With the Power of 3D to Save Woman From the Jaws of an Octopus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stephen Bacque, a Cranford, New Jersey resident by way of Houston, Texas, rides around town on a battery powered horse of his own original design. Formerly homeless, Bacque is a rodeo announcer, author and motivational speaker who encourages those around him to challenge themselves no matter their life circumstances. Bacque sat down with NJ.com to...The post Rodeo Announcer Rides Around His Northern New Jersey Town on a Homemade Battery Powered Horse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Justin Roiland, the brilliant mind and voice behind the sublime animated series Rick and Morty, offers up some hilarious tips that can come in handy for successful voice over work. Amongst his suggestions are drinking a cup of tea, performing mouth exercises, becoming the character and taking a nice big sip of Hennessy. Justin Roiland...The post Justin Roiland of ‘Rick and Morty’ Offers Several Hilariously Handy Tips for Successful Voice Over Work appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the haunting Reed Morano film I Think We’re Alone Now, the incredible Peter Dinklage plays the role of Del, an involuntarily reclusive man who is the only survivor of an unnamed apocalypse. His main purpose in life is to remove and bury the dead before rummaging through their houses for necessities. Del is so...The post I Think We’re Alone Now, A Haunting Film About the Sole Survivor of an Apocalypse Meeting Another Person appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The New York Times has put together a fascinating interactive chart that reveals just how much the temperature has increased (by number of days) in your hometown since the year of your birth. Additionally, this map goes on to project how much the heat will increase from this day forward through a startling graph that...The post Fascinating Chart Showing How Much the Temperature Has Increased in Your Hometown Since Your Birth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by kevin lai (@kvnlai) on Sep 5, 2018 at 6:05am PDT Since the passing of the great Aretha Franklin on August 16, 2018, some very creative New Yorkers have been erecting wonderful ad-hoc memorials to the legendary singer at subway stations around the city that carry her last name. Such examples have...The post MTA Pays Tribute to Aretha Franklin With ‘Respect’ Signs at NYC Subway Stations Named Franklin appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Over the July 4 weekend in 1977, the iconic southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd played to a sold-out crowd at the Oakland Coliseum in Northern California. The set included “Sweet Home Alabama“, which was heavily cheered despite the ongoing but good natured lyrical feud with Bay Area resident Neil Young. They also performed a legendary,...The post Amazing 1977 Footage of Lynyrd Skynyrd Performing in Oakland Three Months Before Their Tragic Plane Crash appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A pair of rather frisky fawns decided to play a game of tag, with a little hide-and-seek thrown in, around giant rolled up bale of hay. The owner of the Hulett, Wyoming ranch was able to witness first hand the sight of these adorable youngsters gleefully chasing one another around the grass. I was sitting...The post A Pair of Fiesty Fawns Play an Adorable Game of Tag With a Bit of Hide-and-Seek Around a Giant Bale of Hay appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The enigmatic HBO series Sharp Objects is anything but light and fluffy, yet the folks at Doing OK edited together some of the “happier scenes” of the series and set it to the cheery intro theme from the 1980s sitcom Full House, with an eerily heartwarming result. HBO’s Sharp Objects in the style of Full...The post An Eerie Mashup of ‘Happier’ Scenes from ‘Sharp Objects’ Set to the ‘Full House’ Theme Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay had an opportunity to speak with legendary sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn about the work they did together on the John Krasinski film AA Quiet Place. They explain how they used of the theme of the film to create sonic points of view,...The post How Sound Designers of ‘A Quiet Place’ Created Sonic Points of View to Connect Characters With the Audience appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Morgan Fallon, the Director of Photography for Parts Unknown, sat down with Variety to talk with them about the tragic, unexpected loss of his friend and colleague Anthony Bourdain. Fallon fondly remembered the adventurous chef, noting Bourdain’s insistence upon bearing witness to local customs without the fanfare of his celebrity and complete generosity of spirit....The post ‘Parts Unknown’ Director of Photography Fondly Remembers Anthony Bourdain’s Generosity of Spirit appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Funny or Die has created an funny, perfectly-timed mashup using scenes from the American version of The Office with those from the Amazon Prime series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The mashup hilariously centers the fact that as both Jim Halpert and as Jack Ryan, actor John Krasinski plays a paper pusher with a dangerous nemesis...The post A Really Funny John Krasinski Mashup of ‘The Office’ With the Amazon Series ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When hoodied musician Dr K (Brendan Kavanaugh) of Badass Boogie encountered a couple of teenagers who had never heard of Boogie Woogie, he sat down at the Yamaha Platform 88 public piano and rocked a mean Boogie Woogie tune to school them musically on the finer points of the genre. Dr K meets two dudes...The post Hoodied Musician Rocks a Mean Boogie Woogie on a Public Piano in London for Kids Who Never Heard of It appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Engineers at Embodied Media have created Fusion, a truly remarkable wearable robotic backpack that sports an convenient pair of arms that can be controlled by a remote operator (body surrogacy) for collaboration over any distance. The Fusion can also be handily employed in those situation where an extra body is needed, but no one else...The post Fusion, A Wearable Robotic Backpack With Remote Controlled Arms for Collaborative ‘Hands On’ Projects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very creative design shop Hello Velocity has created Brand New Roman, a ingeniously hilarious font that is made up entirely of highly recognizable, popular corporate logos. The font is available in both color embedded for browsers with that capability (Firefox and Microsoft Edge)) and in monochrome for those that don’t (Chrome and Safari). Now...The post Brand New Roman, A Hilarious Font Made Up Entirely of Highly Recognizable, Popular Corporate Logos appeared first on Laughing Squid.