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New York City musician Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs recently played a cover of “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor in the style of 20 different Super Bowl halftime performers. The original song for comparison:

IMAX has release a new featurette for the upcoming Deadpool film adaptation where director Tim Miller talks about the importance of great storytelling and beautiful visuals in his new movie. Deadpool is scheduled to blast its way into theaters on February 12th, 2016.

Storyboard artist Marty Cooper (a.k.a. “Hombre_McSteez“) has released “Aug(de)mented Reality 4,” an awesome new collection of animations where he superimposes his cute characters over real life backdrops with the aid of an iPhone and transparency film. We previously posted about the first three installments in the series.

Frinkiac is a search engine specifically for finding screencaps from The Simpsons from its database of nearly 3,000,000 images. Named for Springfield‘s resident mad scientist Jonathan Frink, Frinkiac will return image results based on keywords. Once an image is clicked users will also get a relevant quote and links to other images from the same scene. The site […]

A photo posted by Scot Rossillo @The Bagel Store (@thebagelstore) on Jan 26, 2016 at 8:26am PST For over 20 years, bagel artist Scot Rossillo of The Bagel Store in Brooklyn has been creating delicious looking rainbow bagels filled with magical cotton candy, rainbow-sprinkle-cake-flavored cream cheese, and more. INSIDER Food recently went behind the scenes […]

Feels good to be back in action on Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2!!! I can't even tell you how excited I am. Ok I'll try. I'm ecstatic. I'm bursting with joy. I'm overwhelmed by feelings of enthusiasm, joy, gratitude, conviviality, camaraderie, elation, exhilaration. I just used an online thesaurus for these words. I suggest […]

Stephen King, J.J. Abrams, James Franco, Bridget Carpenter, Sarah Gadon and Daniel Webber take a behind the scenes look at their new Hulu orginal series 11.22.63, which permiers on Feburary 15, 2016. Hulu Original series 11.22.63 is a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent […]

Maymo, the silly lemon beagle whose amusing antics we’ve posted in the past, confronts a pushy plush bunny hand puppet who launched a surprise attack. The bunny may have redeemed itself in Maymo’s eyes for a bit with the carrots, but little sister Penny decided that “no-bunny” picks on her big brother when she’s around. […]

In their latest video, Chris Poole, the wonderful human belonging to the adorable feline duo Cole and Marmalade, offers some helpful and inexpensive tips to make cleaning, play time and nap time much easier in a cat-friendly household including a homemade hidey-hole made from a t-shirt, whack-a-mouse made from a box and treat toy made […]

A Turkish reporter doing an interview accidently starts talking into a giant mushroom he is holding, thinking it is his microphone. via reddit

MILES AHEAD Official Trailer In the new trailer for the upcoming biopic Miles Ahead, actor Don Cheadle, who was hand-chosen by the musician’s family to play this role, captures the voice, passion and volatility of the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis during his comeback period. The filmmakers turned to Indiegogo in order to raise funds […]

Burger Fiction presents some of the best Mexican Standoffs that have been featured in movies.

Kermit, do you think we have free will, or is there someone controlling our every movement? Stephen Colbert and Kermit the Frog stare into the stars to ask the big questions on The Late Show. The pair tackle issues of free will, time travel, and what makes a person themselves. Kermit appeared on the show to […]

The Little Book of Butts by Attaboy, artist, designer and author of The Book of Hugs, is a soft-cover illustrate book about the posterior of the human body . It is currently available for purchase through Hi-Fructose. “The Little Book of Butts’ by Attaboy is a perfect guide to the padded flesh flaps we’ve all […]

xkcd illustrator Randall Munroe gave an elaborate answer to the question, “How long would it take for a single person to fill up an entire swimming pool with their own saliva?” as part of his What If? series. The answer compares the time it would take to fill the hypothetical pool to the evolution of human […]

Augmented reality technology changes the world of a near future Brooklyn in the Amazon Studios film Creative Control. The movie stars Benjamin Dickinson and Reggie Watts, and it was directed by Dickinson. Production of the film was funded through a Kickstarter campaign. The film will be released in theaters on March 11, 2016.

The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida partnered up with Disney in the new exhibition “Disney & Dalí: Architects of the Imagination“. Featured within the exhibition is “Dreams of Dali“, which offers a completely immersive virtual reality tour inside of the artist’s classic piece Archeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus. Go inside and beyond Dalí’s painting […]

After Maine state trooper Douglas Cropper pulled over a driver over for speeding, he ended up saving his life from a heroin overdose, with assistance from Leon Chick, an emergency room nurse who stopped by to help out. via reddit

Two friends named Nick and Daniel filmed a lightning strike in Sydney, Australia’s Oyster Bay as it hit the boat shed they were standing in to shelter from the storm. After the incident, the young men appeared on the Australian morning show Sunrise to discuss their near miss. via Yahoo News, Neatorama

In 2014, Marine biologist and Ph.D. Candidate Juan C. Levesque posted a comprehensive article in the Florida Sportsman about the fascinating lifecycle of the broadbill swordfish. Included with the article was an absolutely amazing closeup photo of a baby swordfish just a few millimeters long. Born with a short snout and prickly scales, swordfish develop […]

The Great Big Story network explores the life of Ashima Shiraishi, a 14-year-old girl from Queens, New York who is one of the best female rock climbers in the world. Ashima Shiraishi can scale boulders and rock faces that most people twice her age simply can’t. The 14-year-old New York native started climbing boulders in […]

Russian craftsman Andrei of MTM Wood who makes beautiful end grain wood cutting boards, has generously provided instructions for creating what he calls “3D end grain cutting board #1” one of many highly creative optical illusion boards. Sometimes I make 3D end grain cutting boards. I want to show you how to make simple and […]

Every year, Intuit purchases a 30-second Super Bowl ad slot and runs a “Small Business Big Game” contest where they give the spot away to a deserving small business. Round Lake, New York-based Death Wish Coffee managed to take the prize this year with their commercial, “Storm’s a-Brewin’” featuring a ship filled to the brim […]

AVbyte has created a short musical about the pros and cons of selfie culture. The video stars Michael Ruocco, Sean Welsh Brown, Molly Gallagher, and Alex Gibson. They have made the song from the video available for download, and created a behind the scenes look at the production.

Nick Greene shares some interesting facts about coffee on episode 405 of “List Show” on Mental Floss.

For those of us who love cats and motorcycles with equal measure, Russian motorcycle helmet company Nitronos Motostudio has created the Neko-helmet, a uniquely adorable cat-themed helmet with ears affixed at the top. The helmets are made in-house and can be customized to the customers desires. The company offers different choices including a single color […]

In 2015, designer Kylie Mangles of Letterpress Bakery made an incredible 3D cake portraying Homer Simpson as a Stormtrooper. Capture the Moment Media recently created a great short video that follows Kylie as she builds the Stormtrooper Homer cake. We previously wrote about her 3D cake depicting a half-dissected Ralph Wiggum. I give you…Stormtrooper Homer […]

A fast and fun animation by Bill Wurtz covers the history of Japan in under 10 minutes. The animation covers the major events in the country’s history including its economic, governmental, and social developments. via The High Definite

“London – The Square Mile City in 4K” by Devin Graham and Hogan Carter and is a gorgeous, high-definition film that offers a visual time lapse tour of some of the most iconic sights within the city of London, England, including the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the London Eye, the River Thames and of course, […]

Alice travels to Underland and must journey through time to save The Mad Hatter and her Wonderland friends in the new trailer for Alice Through the Looking Glass. Alice Through the Looking Glass stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts, and Sacha Baron Cohen as Time. The film will be released on […]

Vat19 is featuring a giant inflatable Gummy Bear lounge chair. The portable air-filled chair is just right “for little ones but big enough for adults who are young at heart.” Get comfy on an inflatable piece of furniture in the shape of a majestic gummy bear. The Gummy Bear Chair is a simple piece of […]

A waterfall on the Scottish Isle of Mull was blown backwards on itself as strong winds from Storm Henry hit the cliffs over Loch Scridain on February 1, 2016. via BBC News

Los Angeles musician Mike Diva has created a super catchy trap remix of a charismatic kid who absolutely loves playing the kazoo. The remix was created using clips from an instructional VHS video called Special Friends: Starring You on Kazoo! from 1989. Mike’s song is available to download on SoundCloud. Here is the original clip […]

FX released a new promo for the upcoming seventh season of Archer that brilliantly recreates the classic intro to Magnum, P.I., the 1980s crime drama TV series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum. Season seven of Archer is scheduled to debut on March 31st, 2016. A side-by-side view and the original intro for comparison:

ABC created this groovy televison promo for the debut of NFL Monday Night Football in 1970, which took place after the AFL-NFL merger. via Atlas Obscura

CineFix shares their top ten picks for the best closing shots in movies of all time. The final moments of a movie can make things feel complete, leave you wanting more, and bring out deep emotions.

Xbox created a time lapse video showing how zombies have evolved over the last 100 years in pop culture.

In 2006, Crackerjack Junction, a traditional barbershop quartet replete with straw hats, striped jackets and various forms of facial hair, performed a really amusing old-timey a cappella rendition of the now-deleted Ewok Celebration Song (“Yub Nub”) that originally appeared in the closing scene of the original Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. We […]

BBC Earth put a tough blue-eyed feline named Prince under surveillance to learn how cats try to communicate their intentions and feelings through the use of their meows, their tails and their unique body movements. Dr. Sarah Ellis, cat behavior expert, pointed out what and how Prince was trying to communicate. He spends a lot […]

An F-16 BM Block 15 takes off and flies nearly straight up, reaching 15,000 feet in about 45 seconds in a video by Murat ÖZPALA. ÖZPALA rode as the rear pilot in the jet which belongs to the 11th Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force. It was my great pleasure to sit behind the very first SOLOTURK […]

Filmmaker Oscar Boyson has created a wonderfully edited, thoughtful tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, the legendary Italian actor whose sophisticated style, suave manner and joie de vivre made him one of the most celebrated celebrities of his time. Boyson made this film for the fashion channel M2M on Apple TV.

Twins Days is an annual celebration of biological twins held in Twinsburg, Ohio. The festival was the subject of the short New Yorker documentary “Twins, Everywhere” by Alex Markman.

Firebox has released a personal cardboard home cinema kit that turns your smartphone and tablet into a movie screen. The cinema kit, which includes an “optional cardboard audience insert for added realism,” is available to purchase from the Firebox website. Made from super rugged cardboard, the Cardboard Home Cinema arrives flat-packed and can be quickly […]

Hank Green of SciShow recently took a look at several, highly propagated myths about cancer and used simple logic and clear explanations to easily debunk each myth one at a time. But antioxidants are still good for you, right? Might as well load up on them anyway–it can’t hurt. Actually, if you already have cancer, […]

A 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel Air were crashed head-on in a 2009 test to compare old and modern safety features. Although many people consider classic cars to have a more solid build, the test clearly shows that the driver of the Malibu would be much better off after the crash than […]

Amsterdam fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht has created a brilliant tutorial on how to build an awesome set of mechatronic LEGO Mindstorms wings that actually move while you are wearing them. The full tutorial is available to view on Instructables. images via Instructables via Tara Brown

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank” features a 1983 interview in which the legendary astronaut Sally Ride spoke with writer Gloria Steinem about what it was like being the first American woman in space, what it was like to be the only woman on the flight and […]

Mark Rober shows how he built a portable rapid-fire snowball machine gun using a leaf blower, complete with a snowball magazine that can be swapped out from the side. Here are the build instructions.

The Characters is a new Netflix series by eight comedians who each make one episode of the show. The series features Kate Berlant, Dr. Brown, Paul Downs, John Early, Lauren Lapkus, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, and Henry Zebrowski each portraying a number of different characters. The series will premiere on March 11, 2016.

Firebox is featuring a snuggly pillows shaped like a panda and grizzly bear that will lovingly hug you while you sleep tight in your bed. They are available to purchase from the Firebox website. Bear Hug Pillows are your new special someone. They’re ridiculously comfortable, gloriously squishy, you don’t have to talk to them and […]