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In the 2018 remake of the 1973 film Papillon, which was based on an autobiography of the same name, actors Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) recreate the roles of Henri Charrière and Louis Dega. These roles were originally played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman respectively. The film tells the...The post Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek Plan to Escape From a French Guiana Prison in Remake of ‘Papillon’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Grant O’Brien of College Humor offered five handy tips on cooking for a single solitary person. The first two tips, (ordering takeout and cereal with alcohol), didn’t involve cooking at all, while the next two tips really brought home how lonely he really was. The final tip was shown only in banners as O’Brien had...The post Five Helpful Tips That Make the Most of Cooking for a Lonely Party of One appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The really wonderful human at Camels and Friends who has rescued wolves, minks, baladi dogs and Patagonian Maras and rams, shared an amazing if not, slightly uncomfortable video of her Dromedary camels Baby and Nessie, as they were eating a prickly pear cactus that had long needles on its exterior. The camels quite enjoyed the...The post Two Dromedary Camels Easily Crunch Through Long Needles While Eating Prickly Pear Cactus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Boy Band is a comedy film, written and directed by Stephen and Joel Levinson, that premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 14, 2018. The film follows members of a successful 1990s boy band, known as The Heartthrob Boyz, who all became old and fat without even realizing it. The innovative group of...The post Boy Band, A Comedy Film About a 1990s Boy Band Who Became Old and Fat Without Realizing It appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who demonstrated how to properly pick up a cat and how to safely approach a dog, very affably offered step-by-step instructions for properly brushing a cat’s teeth. Using his own cat Clawdia as an example, Dr. Burstyn shared how to get a cat accustomed to the process,...The post Helpful Step-by-Step Instructions Showing How to Safely and Properly Brush a Cat’s Teeth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Atlantic animator and producer Atthar Mirza created a fascinating two-minute video that explores the visual history of light. It covers everything from wood fires by early man to modern day hydrogen fusion. 400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals discovered fire. This ignited a relationship between people and photons that changed the course of mankind—and...The post An Animation Exploring the Visual History of Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Viva Dirt League, a gaming comedy troupe in Aukland, New Zealand created a rather amusing parody of the distinctive Planet Earth documentary style. This parody was made complete with a Sir David Attenborough sound-alike narrator who commented on the mating rituals of humans in their natural club habitat. Unfortunately, the advances by the male of...The post An Amusing ‘Planet Earth’ Parody on the Mating Rituals of Humans in Their Natural Club Habitat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke showed off her amusing wide range of facial expressions by recreating business stock photos for Vanity Fair. Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee ImpressionFirst Trailer Released for ‘Terminator Genisys’, The Fifth Film in the Ongoing Series Starring Arnold SchwarzeneggerGame of Thrones’ Emilia...The post Emilia Clarke Recreates Business Stock Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Three adorable Transformers Kids showed off their functional homemade Optimus Prime, Starscream, Bumblebee costume in awesome footage posted by Robby Eccleshall on Facebook. Here’s another look pic.twitter.com/sd2yXtwwSd — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 Backstage photos pic.twitter.com/wpECV8GiV7 — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 via Technabob An Adorably Dreadlocked Dog Dresses as a Mop In...The post Three Adorable Little Kids Show Off Their Functional Homemade Transformers Costumes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderful species specific enrichment exercise, a whoop of chimpanzees at the Project Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia, gleefully played in and around a colorful ball pit, but only after their human caretaker showed them how. These playful chimps were rescued from life of experimentation after the National Institute of Health decided in...The post Rescued Chimpanzees Gleefully Play in a Colorful Ball Pit After Their Caretaker Shows Them How appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Zack Bornstein, Jamie Brew, Rob Dubbin of Botnik Studies along with animator Felipe Dipoi, musician Kyle Rodriguez and and narrator Jonathan Roumie created a hilariously absurd video that explains the concept of Bitcoin through artificial intelligence. The data for the video was gathered through a predictive keyboard algorithm that parsed through dozens of Bitcoin...The post A Hilariously Absurd AI Explanation of Bitcoin Using Data Gathered via Predictive Keyboard Algorithms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story star Emilia Clarke sat down with Jimmy Fallon on an episode of The Tonight Show and unleashed her hilariously embarrassing Wookiee impression. She then chatted about how she sneaked away, during a screening of Solo, to watch the royal wedding. Cute Photos of Two Boys and a Dachshund Dressed as...The post Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

MetaBallStudios made a great new visualization that compares the sizes of well-known video game monsters like Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, a deathclaw from Fallout, and the god Gongen Wyzen from Asura’s Wrath. ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’, A Video Game Featuring People Hunting Robotic Monsters in a Lush Post-Apocalyptic LandBBC Officially Announces a Brand-New Monster for the Newest...The post Comparing the Sizes of Monsters in Video Games appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented pianist Lord Vinheteiro stared straight into the camera and performed an interpretive piano arrangement evolution of meme music beginning with “Greensleeves” at around 1500 AD and concluding in present day with the Luis Fonsi song “Despacito“. This range covered a lot of very popular songs including the Rickrolling theme song “Never Gonna Give...The post An Amazing Piano Arrangement of the Evolution of Meme Music From 1500 AD Through Present Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a welcoming episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all over the world show how they say hello and say goodbye per their native tradition. In this episode of Many People from Many Countries, 70 people reveal how to say...The post 70 People From Around the World Show How They Traditionally Say Hello and Goodbye in Their Country appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Never one to miss an event, Bad Lip Reading delivered funny spin on the very, very proper Royal Wedding. Amongst the more notable moments were Prince Harry and Meghan were at the altar naming their favorite Harry Potter character, the chorus learning how to “glide and glint” and Prince William and Harry sitting alone together...The post A Bad Lip Reading of Select Portions of the Royal Wedding Between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For the film The King, award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki travelled across the United States in a 1963 Rolls Royce once owned by Elvis Presley in order to learn more about the legendary singer’s life and how his meteoric rise and downfall is analogous to the current political climate of the United States. Along his journey,...The post The King, A Powerful Road Trip Film That Likens the Current Political Climate to the Life of Elvis Presley appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Photographer / Filmmaker (@xavierportela) on May 8, 2018 at 1:56am PDT For his vivid photo series “New York Glow“, Belgo-Portugese photographer Xavier Portelo hopped aboard a helicopter, climbed into the sky and captured stunning overhead shots of Times Square , the Empire State Building and other city neighborhoods, all drenched in...The post Stunning Overhead Shots of a Glowing Pink and Turquoise New York City Taken From a Helicopter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When proud Tesla Model 3 owner Andre Mercier returned to his car at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, he immediately noticed the presence of a gorgeous pileated woodpecker, who appeared to be very interested in something about the car (perhaps the faux wood dashboard). Mercier nervously watched as the woodpecker rounded the...The post A Bold Woodpecker With Expensive Taste Tentatively Taps on the Windshield of a Tesla Model 3 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Michael Rice of Elite Reef in Denver, Colorado, has created a number of really beautiful timelapse videos that captures the lush growth of handmade coral reefs of his own original designs. One such video features a rather gorgeous variety of corals springing to life. Coral time lapses captured….featuring palythoas, favia, pavona, duncans, frogspawn and chalice....The post A Hypnotic Timelapse Showing a Uniquely Designed Coral Reef Lushly Springing to Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On Monday’s episode of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres made some of the biggest summer movies from 2018 even better by adding a whole lot of dancing. She featured movie characters grooving in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. A Supercut Tribute to Some of the Most Amazing Women...The post Ellen Adds Dancing to 2018 Summer Movies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Fondoodler, a unique product that we first wrote about back in November 2016. The Fondoodler is a super simple, food-safe reloadable hot gun that melts most types of string, shredded, block or sheet-style cheese in a cylindrical canister, just like...The post The Fondoodler, A Food-Safe Reloadable Hot Gun That Can Doodle, Draw and Design With Cheese appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Heart of Sky is a short animated sci-fi film, brought to life in 2016 by the creative visual storytellers at Mirari & Co., about how life might have been created on earth. They drew their inspiration for the film from ancient Mayan mythology and references from the cultural narrative, Popol Vuh. In the past...The post The Heart of Sky, A Short Animated Sci-Fi Film About How Life Might Have Been Created on Earth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Brian David Gilbert, about whom we’ve previously written, wrote and performed a clever little jingle about the most unusual of subjects – the cause, treatment and the absurd side effects of a painful case of shingles. ♪ Hi my name is Brian I have shingles I’m told that this is strange because this often...The post A Clever Jingle About a Painful Case of Shingles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ben Uyeda of HomeMade Modern demonstrates how to make a concrete fire pit using silicone molds of 3D printed blocks. Uyeda’s small, medium, and large 3D files are available to download from Autodesk. A post shared by Ben Uyeda (@benjaminuyeda) on Apr 22, 2018 at 7:43pm PDT via The Awesomer A DIY Spiral Staircase Created...The post How to Make a Concrete Fire Pit Using Silicone Molds of 3D Printed Blocks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona (@naolito) on May 8, 2018 at 5:15am PDT Barcelona artist Nacho Diaz (Naolito) has created a relatable collection of illustrations featuring super cute characters in hilarious before and after situations. Prints of Diaz’s drawings are available to purchase from their website. A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona...The post Relatable Illustrations of Cute Characters in Hilarious Before and After Situations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Science Channel went behind the scenes at Chapman‘s factory in Canada to find out exactly how they go about making their delicious looking ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cones. via The Awesomer Cone Crust Pizza, An Ice Cream Cone-Like Crust Offering by Pizza HutSriracha Ice Cream SandwichesGorgeously Sleek Black Ice Cream Cones Made...The post How Ice Cream Sandwiches and Cones Are Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the latest episode of School of Dad by The Dad, a boy gets excited about a new actor finally stepping in to play Han Solo in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story film. His baffled father interrupted to teach his son about the importance of legendary actor Harrison Ford‘s acting career, Ford’s iconic...The post A Baffled Father Must Teach His Confused Son the Importance of Harrison Ford as Han Solo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ears never blink, we’re always listening. New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle, co-founder of cdza and a member of New Museum incubator NEW INC, has created Sound Voyage. Like his other projects, Sound Voyage is an immersive audio experience, but this one gives the user access to natural soundscapes from around the the world...The post Sound Voyage, An Immersive Audio Experience With Customizable Soundscapes From Around the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A colorful video by the PBS series Reactions explains how chameleons uniquely change color with the use of nano crystals called iridophores, which produce iridescent light. This extra light means the chameleon has extra colors to use as means of communication with others and in order to regulate temperature. And while chameleons share color changing...The post The Amazing Natural Nanotechnology Embedded in the Camouflaging Skin of Chameleons appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A sanguine animation by the insightful School of Life addresses the problem with over-achievement, specifically the depression that hits once a goal is reached. For the over-achiever, it’s the action of getting things done rather than the result and upon completion, a sense of unintentional but inevitable failure can set in. In other words, over-achievers...The post How the Quest to Over-Achieve Can Lead to an Unintentional But Inevitable Sense of Failure appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon has created “Commodity City“, a documentary that takes a revealing look at the infamous five district, 4 million square meter Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Known as the largest market in the world, Kingdon showcases the human side of the 75,000 booths w.ithin Commodity City is an observational documentary...The post A Revealing Look Inside Yiwu International Trade City, the Largest Consumer Market in the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who performs beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, nervously addressed a Mannheim, Germany TEDx audience to discuss and demonstrate how he makes his guitar, a single instrument, sound like an entire band. When I write music I know I’m not trying to make as many noises and sounds as...The post Guitarist Alexandr Misko Explains and Demonstrates His Incredible Finger Style Talent to a TEDx Audience appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Vivera (@vivavivera) on May 15, 2018 at 8:01am PDT In 2016, we wrote about the Impossible Burger (and more so since then), specifically how the company was able to recreate not only the taste and smell of a beef burger, but also the juicy texture and the unique mouth-feel of the...The post Dutch Company Plans Release of a Plant-Based Steak That Looks, Smells and Tastes Like Real Meat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Japanese toy maker Bandai announced on April 1st that they were manfacturing Neko Busou (Armed Cats in English), a line of cute feline figurines that armed to the teeth with deadly weapons. Bandai’s figures started off as an April Fools joke, but due to the popularity of their post on Twitter, the Armed Cats...The post Bandai Releasing Cute Feline Figurines That Are Armed to the Teeth With Deadly Weapons appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jason Beale, Director of Live Animal Care at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center in Petersburg, Pennsylvania demonstrated an example of species specific enrichment with a wonderfully responsive, eager and very friendly black vulture named Mathilda. In order to keep her skills sharp, Beale placed pieces of meat into an empty egg carton, closed it up and...The post A Black Vulture Digs for Treats Hidden in an Egg Carton During Species Specific Enrichment Exercise appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented musician Davide Biale (Davie504) has a little fun while performing 30 music memes on his signature Retrovibe EVO bass guitar in 2 minutes. The Thomas & Friends theme song, “Hotline Bling” by Drake, and “All Star” by Smash Mouth are among a few of the songs played. 19 Year Old Musical Wunderkind Perfectly Recreates...The post Musician Performs 30 Music Memes on a Bass Guitar in 2 Minutes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by travishetman (@travishetman) on Aug 4, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT Denver artist Travis Hetman has created a wonderful Tuesday tradition during which he releases a new detailed graphite sketch of Tom Waits in a unique iterations and/or form. Calling the series “Tom Waits Tuesdays“, Hetman uses existing photographs, album covers, movie scenes...The post Tom Waits Tuesdays, Denver Artist Draws Uniquely Detailed Portraits of the Artist on a Weekly Basis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a sympathetic and somewhat self-deprecating episode of his travel series Amazing Places, host Tom Scott explained why the town of Asbestos, Quebec wants to keep their name, despite the negative connotations associated with the mineral that kept the town running for many years. Using well-researched information from the book A Town Called Asbestos by...The post Why the Town of Asbestos, Quebec Wants to Keep Its Name Despite the Negative Connotations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While traveling on a small road outside of the Avery Lake near Atlanta, Michigan, Ontarians Nicole Lewis and Ed Trist encountered the rather rare sight of two angry lynx facing off by the side of the road. They came to a stop and watched through the front windshield as the two big cats loudly argued...The post Two Angry Lynx Literally Butt Heads While Engaging in Very Loud Argument on the Side of a Small Road appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the brand’s 50th anniversary, Donut Media and Race Service released a great video that takes us on a high-speed journey through the evolution of Hot Wheels cars. via Geekologie An Ambitious Cat Hilariously Attempts to Catch a Hot Wheels Car Going Full Speed Around a TrackPOV Footage of a Hot Wheels Car...The post The Evolution of Hot Wheels Over the Past 50 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Karoline Hinz/Prop Shop Berlin (@karolinehinz) on May 17, 2018 at 10:19am PDT Berlin freelance prop maker, costume designer, and sculptor Karoline Hinz has built an incredibly realistic looking three-toed sloth costume. Hinz’s full collection of costume photos are available to view on Instagram and her website. Three-finger sloth suit Padded underwear,...The post An Incredibly Realistic Three-Toed Sloth Costume appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Leigh Lahav created a new animated short for How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) that humorously illustrates the five stages of watching a Star Wars movie. The Five Stages of Watching a Young Adult MovieThe Five Stages of Watching a Disney Movie RemakeAn Animated Guide to the Five Stages of Watching a Pixar MovieThe post The Five Stages of Watching a Star Wars Movie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Mowgli, an upcoming live-action adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis, which is a darker take on The Jungle Book stories by Rudyard Kipling. The trailer follows Mowgli (Rohan Chand) as he faces dangers lurking in the jungle and meets his own human kind. Mowgli is set to...The post Mowgli Fights to Survive in a Darker Live-Action Take on The Jungle Book Stories Directed by Andy Serkis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Neil Cicierega of Guaranteed Video created a fascinating video in which he absurdly posits the official nightmares for all 50 states within United States, unofficially attaching these bizarre dreams to hilarious state maps, as if they were the a bird, flower, song or flag. Every state has an official bird, an official flower, and...The post A Hilariously Absurd Reading of the Official State Nightmares for Every State Within the United States appeared first on Laughing Squid.

New York developer Patrick Weaver has created “Record Player” a really amazing interface that can read photos of album covers using the Google Cloud Vision API, which will then search Spotify to find the appropriate match and give the user and option to play the album. After logging into Spotify, upload an image. The image...The post A Fun Interface That Challenges Google Cloud Vision to Use an Album Cover to Find the Match on Spotify appeared first on Laughing Squid.

We Spoke Out is a brilliant and powerful compilation of classic superhero comic books from a range of popular publishers that specifically address the atrocities of the Holocaust. This moving book is a collaboration between legendary illustrator Neal Adams, Wyman Institute director Rafael Medoff, and comics historian Craig Yoe, all of whom feel that that...The post We Spoke Out, A Powerful Compilation of Classic Comics About the Atrocities of the Holocaust appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Deland, Florida skydiving instructor and base jumper Carlos Pedro Briceño went all in back in 2015 as he fearlessly leaped from the Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world’s highest waterfall. BASE Jumper Leaps Off the KL Tower in Kuala Lumpur and Lands in a Rooftop Swimming PoolBASE Jumping Off of the Burj Dubai, The World’s...The post Fearless Base Jumper Leaps From the World’s Highest Waterfall in Venezuela appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artistic 14-year-old pool player, Jaden Dupree, has been practicing and fine turning his trick shot skills for the past two years. He demonstrates his skills by curving a difficult jump shot and making insane bank shots. Dupree has an impressive collection of how to videos available to view on his YouTube channel. A post shared...The post 14-Year-Old Performs Amazing Pool Trick Shots appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Writer, performer, and video maker Dylan Marron stood before a Vancouver TED audience to talk about some of his socially-themed YouTube projects, his inspiration for these projects and the hateful comments that inevitably followed. While Marron is quite able to take this kind of the vitriol in stride, he decided that accepting it wasn’t enough....The post Creator Turns Negative Online Comments Into Thoughtfully Productive Real Life Conversations appeared first on Laughing Squid.