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In 2014, vlogger Matt Mignogna aka Conjecture created a very meta tribute parody to his favorite educational creators such as VSauce, CGP Grey and the vlogbrothers. Throughout the video, Mignogna very cleverly defined the concept of parody using each of the vlogger’s unique and distinctive styles. These are my favorite educational creators, so I made […]

Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, stars Seth Rogen as a sentient sausage that learns the truth about what happens to food when it leaves the grocery store and embarks on a mission to go back and warn his food friends. Rogen cowrote the movie with his Superbad collaborator Evan Goldberg. The film will […]

The Piper Raspberry Pi computer kit teaches children or adults the basics of electronics and engineering while playing Minecraft. The kit includes a Raspberry Pi 2 project board and a variety of components that the user unlocks in the game like buttons buzzers, and more. The more the user plays and unlocks components in the […]

Fashion designer, mixed artist, and cosplay model Kay Pike has returned with a fantastic time lapse video that features Kay painting a Batman costume on her own body at 1,000x speed. Pike captured the footage while she was streaming live on Twitch. Her entire collection of Batman photos are available on Imgur and Instagram. Fans […]

aBetterMonkey has created a LEGO set based on Cartoon Network‘s popular animated television series, Adventure Time. The set was recently approved by LEGO to be made into an official product. They are currently “still working out the final product design, pricing, and availability.” image via LEGO Ideas via LEGO Ideas

A teaser trailer has been released for a new year-round attraction coming to Universal Studios Hollywood in summer 2016 that takes guests through the post-apocalyptic world of AMC‘s The Walking Dead. Prepare to fight for survival in a fully immersive journey as you navigate through a world overrun by hungry walkers. Follow in the footsteps […]

Hamilton star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda recently performed a freestyle rap in the White House Rose Garden with President Barack Obama, who held a series of words on cards that Miranda worked into the rap. Miranda and the cast of Hamilton were in Washington D.C. to perform the musical for the President as part of a live […]

A documentary teaser has been released giving us a first look at the numerous hidden cameos and secrets in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The full collection of amazing bonus content will be found in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray combo packs. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is scheduled to […]

The only reason I’m alive is because they think I’m dead. In the new trailer for the fourth season of Orphan Black, new female clones with varying hairstyles (all played by the amazing Tatiana Maslany) are introduced into the mix, including M.K., who seems to know more than others and warns Sarah to run. Season […]

Netflix has released the trailer for season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which premiers on April 15th. Ellie Kemper stars as Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York. After living in a cult for fifteen years, Kimmy decides to reclaim her life and start over […]

Rob Scallon, an incredibly talented musician with a great sense of humor, performed a one-string version of the head-banging 1990s angsty anthem “Killing In The Name” by Rage Against the Machine on his amazing fretless shovel guitar. Scallon’s unusual guitar was made by Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff, who very generously shared […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” demonstrates how to create a Nutella fire starter by mixing the chocolate hazelnut spread with potassium permanganate. As Kulakov shows, the mixture lights with ease and burns intensely. He recommends storing some of the mixture for survival situations.

Comedian Pete Holmes shares his thoughts on pinatas in an animated video by Eric Goscicki. The audio was taken from one of his live stand up performances.

Sacha Baron Cohen presented his new action comedy The Brothers Grimsby and his character Nobby in the style of an Apple keynote event. The Brothers Grimsby was released in theaters on March 11, 2016.

The Cycloid Drawing Machine by Joe Freedman is a device similar to a Spirograph toy made using adjustable and interchangeable wooden gears that can be used to create elaborate and beautiful designs on paper. A video review of the Cycloid by Wayne Schmidt shows a number of configurations in action as different gears are swapped out. photos […]

Eclectic Method has released a supercut remix of comedian Ricky Gervais laughing in films, television shows, talk shows, and more.

ThinkGeek is featuring a Aliens Warrior Ceramic Cookie Jar modeled after the deadly Xenomorph species that first appeared in the 1986 Aliens film. Guests will think twice the next time that they want to steal a cookie from the cookie jar. Game over man! Aliens. Those darn Xenomorphs are always trying to shove something down […]

A new trailer for Alice Through the Looking Glass asks, “Where does the time go?” Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter reprise their Alice in Wonderland roles as Alice, The Mad Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts respectively, and Sacha Baron Cohen joins the cast as Time. The film will be released in theaters on May […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” over-inflated a 40-foot weather balloon and filmed it bursting in slow motion. Kulakov said he is unsatisfied with the results and plans to make another video when he gets more weather balloons.

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created a new special effects-filled video where Master Chief does not want to die after taking a plasma grenade to the helmet. He lives out his final seconds knocking things off of his bucket list.

An absolutely adorable little pug with an oversized tongue and big brown eyes carefully licked at a multi-colored, multi-flavored popsicle that his human held out for him to enjoy. It’s been suggested that dogs with hanging tongue syndrome lick at frozen goodies to keep the tongue moisturized, so this human is doing a very good […]

In an amusing parody tribute to the cunning Coen Brothers character Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) from the classic film The Big Lebowski, video editor and parody creator Bonecage mashed together scenes from the film and set the whole thing to a parody of the Danzig song “Mother“. The Big Lebowski was another one of those […]

Grover, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Telly from Sesame Street perform “Tha Crossroads” by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony in a mashup video by Mylo the Cat (Adam Schleichkorn). The cast of Sesame Street performs the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony classic, “Tha Crossroads”. Starring Grover as Bizzy Bone, Elmo as Layzie Bone, Cookie Monster as Krayzie Bone, and Telly as Wish […]

“Automatron” will be the first add-on for Fallout 4. It will feature the ability to customize your own robots and use them to engage in mechanical warfare. In the new trailer from Behtesda, they give us a look at how crazy we can get with our custom robotic abominations. “Automatron” will become available to download […]

While a naïve golfer was trying to capture a picture of a wild fox who had strayed onto the golf course on a windy day, the bold little vulpine was attempting to capture the man’s wallet from the bright red unzipped golf bag right in front of both of them. The wallet didn’t go very […]

Ryan Reynolds recently shared a retro VHS style promotional trailer, titled “Regenerate the Meowgic,” for Deadpool that celebrates the record breaking film’s cinematic “monthiversary.” The trailer features epic scenes from the superhero movie, hilarious voice over from Reynolds, and a gentle nod to Cats the Musical. Happy #Monthiversary! Everyone going to see Deadpool on 3/12 […]

In their wonderful awareness campaign “Mutual Rescue“, the Humane Society of Silicon Valley (HSSV) tells the touching story of a man named Eric who was morbidly obese and needed to lose weight. Following his doctor’s advice that a dog would get him moving, Eric went to HSSV and found his canine soulmate Peety. Together the […]

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver explains the importance of encryption and the current legal battle between the FBI and Apple.

In his short montage “Film Meets Art“, actor and director Vugar Efendi beautifully illustrates how films have borrowed distinctive, and sometimes even iconic, images from fine art and seamlessly incorporated them into scenes. Art inspires cinema, cinema inspires art. As lover of both, I just wanted to look into films that are inspired by famous […]

On the most recent episode of These Are The Actors You’re Looking For, host Jamie Stangroom sat down to chat with Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best once again. Ahmed used his vocal talent and imagined what the Gungan would sound like as an evil Sith Lord. Best also addressed the Darth Jar Jar fan […]

In episode three of Metal Kitchen, metalcore vocalist Linzey Rae of The Anchor teamed up with the band Atreyu and sang an awesome heavy metal tutorial on how to make spaghetti and meatballs. Fans of Linzey can help support her future work on Patreon.

In “This Pi Day Is Round” mathematician Vi Hart argues that 3/14/16 is a more significant and accurate Pi Day than 3/14/15 even though the first five digits of pi are 3.1415. The argument is an unusual one for Hart, who has posted a number of rants over the years against Pi Day and pi itself, […]

Melbourne, Australia freelance artist Darren Wallace has created a fantastic new video that features Stay Puft Marshmallow Man sitting down and reacting to the new Ghostbusters trailer with his old pals Slimer and the Keymaster. “This is not necessarily a reflection of my opinion of the trailer but rather a satirical skit about the negative […]

Writer and filmmaker Peter Salomone has cleverly created the Walk of Life Project, a cinematic endeavor in which he seeks to prove that the 1985 Dire Straits song ‘Walk of Life‘ provides the perfect ending to any film. In order to prove his hypothesis, he attached the song to the final scene of 50 different […]

Bandai has created an awesome Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser that will help keep your teeth from turning to the dark side. When a lever on Vader‘s back is flicked, the iconic Sith Lord reaches into his cape, grabs a toothpick, and then holds it out to prepare for the ongoing war on food-filled pearly whites. […]

On the latest episode of her cooking show Nerdy Nummies, Los Angeles-based baker and author Rosanna Pansino demonstrated how to make how to make mini Raspberry Pi Pies to celebrate Pi Day today (March 14th). A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Mar 9, 2016 at 6:10pm PST A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino […]

John Atkinson takes a look at how book adaptations devolve when going to a movie, then to a television show and finally to a video game in his latest Wrong Hands comic.

Upon noticing that their boxer was escaping from his crate on a regular basis, the dog’s humans set up a hidden camera to see how exactly how he accomplished this feat. It turns out that the tenacious canine used a bit of logic and a great deal of persistence to pull bottom out from the […]

Hank Green of SciShow offers a reasonable explanation as to why certain sounds are considered to be so universally unpleasant and cringe inducing. It turns out it’s the frequency. …it turns out that there’s a good scientific reason why certain sounds set most people’s teeth on edge: human ears are extra sensitive to a particular […]

In 2012, two adorable little babies, one human (Bella) and the other a Brazilian jaguar (Juma), enjoy their bottles side by side as if they were siblings. Being that Bella’s father is Airton Katsuyama, a well-known Brazilian biologist who rescues all sorts of animals, this particular sight isn’t as unusual as it seems. Bella is […]

Keith Emerson, the brilliantly passionate keyboardist who first incorporated Moog synthesizers into live shows, composer and founding member of the iconic progressive-rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, passed away at his home in Santa Monica, California on March 11, 2016. He was 71 years old. Keith Emerson (1944 – 2016)We regret to announce that Keith […]

Vox contributor Phil Edwards researched the history of Wingdings fonts and how it is used in the video, “Why the Wingdings font exists.” The fonts derived from dingbats, special characters used in pre-computer printing, and are an early predecessor to emoji. As a means of writing sentences, Wingdings fails — but that was never its purpose. […]

This @iamlilbub piece is still available in my Etsy store :) #lilbub #embroidery #embroideryhoop #hoopart A photo posted by Emillie Ferris (@emillieferris) on Jun 28, 2015 at 7:32am PDT British artist Emillie Ferris employs her incredible hand embroidery skills to create beautiful animal portraits that are amazingly realistic. Making these portraits, however, came about almost […]

Electronic Arts has released the announcement trailer for Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, a mobile collectible card-based strategy game that pits superhero plants against zombies. The mobile game is currently being tested in select regions and will become available worldwide in late 2016. Collect hundreds of characters, including new roster favorites from Plants vs. Zombies Garden […]

The AxiDraw by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories is a new plotter robot that writes and draws using a variety of pens and markers. The writing instrument can be angled, which allows the robot to use fountain pens for calligraphy and many other applications. The AxiDraw is an extremely versatile machine, designed to serve a wide […]

A tired pangolin (scaly anteater) named Katiti, worn out from the day’s events, sat a atop his human caretaker’s head as she headed home, curled into a ball and enjoyed the ride. When Katiti the pangolin ventures out on one of his foraging excursions, he’s never alone. The team from wildlife rehab centre REST follows […]

The Chart of Cosmic Exploration by Pop Chart Lab is a detailed poster of every space exploration mission to leave the Earth’s orbit. The poster features hand-drawn illustrations of each spacecraft and shows their path around the solar system. Probe the solar system from Mercury to Pluto with this stellar schematic of space exploration! From […]

Inventor Colin Furze blew his socks off while testing out his homemade fireworks rocket launcher. He also fired rockets at a tent and a moving truck, but as he put it, “I don’t really think accuracy is its strong point.” Furze posted a video about building the fireworks rocket launcher earlier this month.

Pastry chef Amber Spiegel of SweetAmbs, who’s known for creating beautifully intricate cookies, offers a step-by-step video demonstration showing how to make cookies that each look like a bowl of ramen with chopsticks on the side. Even Spiegel is impressed with these cookies, calling them her “favorite cookies yet!” After visiting Japan last year, ramen […]

A new teaser has been released giving us a first look at the full-cast table read of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The entire table read will be part of the amazing collection of bonus content found in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray combo packs. The film is scheduled to […]