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Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for The Nice Guys, an upcoming comedy thriller film directed by Shane Black (Iron Man 3). The movie follows private detective Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hitman Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) as they team up to solve a crazy case together. The Nice Guys is currently scheduled […]

In the Saturday Night Live sketch “Close Encounter,” Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, and Cecily Strong play alien abductees being interviewed after their experience by government agents Aidy Bryant and Bobby Moynihan. McKinnon’s character appears to have had a wildly different experience than her fellow abductees, and her descriptions of the bizarre events causes her costars to all break […]

Photographer Marco Restivo captured striking images and timelapse video of the December 3, 2015 eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily, the tallest active volcano in Europe. The eruption caused volcanic lightning known as a “dirty thunderstorm” as ash spewed from the volcano’s Voragine crater.

They Might Be Giants has released “I Am Alone”, the new music video directed by David Plunkert and animated by Plunkert and Joyce Hesselberth, that was created for week 48 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

Mashable explains the Netflix series Narcos in under four minutes in their latest TL;DW video. Netflix’s Narcos is the story of notorious Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar. And a blonde dude with a mustache.

Marvel has released Chris Pratt (Star-Lord) and Dave Bautista‘s (Drax) funny screen test for Guardians of the Galaxy. This behind-the-scenes footage, plus much more, will be available to view on the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase 2 Blu-ray Collection being released on December 8th, 2015.

The Fort Worth, Texas, Police Department has created a clever recruitment video that features Darth Vader failing horribly while interviewing for a position on their force. The powerful Sith Lord’s noticeable breathing problem and dark side trickery just don’t cut it. Maybe we should’ve interviewed Yoda, right Darth?

Rob Pugh has obtained footage of Santa wiping out on one of those ubiquitous “Hoverboard” self-balancing scooters while trying to deliver presents. Santa is not alone, Darth Vader has similar coordination issues while riding a Hoverboard. via Tastefully Offensive

11. Italian loaf ???? A video posted by Bread Face (@breadfaceblog) on Nov 14, 2015 at 8:52am PST The Instagram account “Bread Face” documents an unnamed woman’s extreme fondness for smashing and rolling her face around on various types bread, “giving the people something they didn’t ask for”. 8. Bergen Bagel Everything bagel ???? A […]

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster alerts us to a recent sighting of the Pastafarianism deity in a pair of sacred headphones.

A “Hipster Santa” with a man bun has been spotted at the Pioneer Place shopping mall in downtown Portland, Oregon sitting in a PDX carpet chair, wearing jeans and a stylish sweater that appears to be simlar to the one worn by “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski. images via KOIN via KOIN

The ever-forthright Carrie Fisher and her wonderful dog Gary recently sat for an interview with Amy Robach of Good Morning America to talk about her latest role as “General Leia” in the highly anticipated upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 38 years after she played

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In a fairly recent episode of SciShow, host Hank Green explains the physiology and the purpose of that little dangly thing at the back of the human throat called the palantine uvula. the uvula is packed full of glands that can quickly make a large amounts of theme watery saliva. These glands are connected to […]

A gorgeous long-haired cat named Sir Silas has come a long way since being found on the side of the road, near death, with his beautiful white fur all matted and dirty and his beautiful blue eyes completely bloodshot and crusty. Since that time, Silas has grown into a majestic cat, with tons of glorious, […]

Hi, Billy Mays here for… J.T. Sexkik recreated a video he saw online featuring 24 infomercials by the legendary pitchman Billy Mays all playing at the same time. Mays, known for his ubiquitoius sales pitches on television, died in 2009. via The High Definite

Taras Kulakov (aka CrazyRussianHacker) shot super slow motion video of a basketball exploding after being overinflated using an air compressor.

Musician Keith Peskosky created a looping symphony while cleaning his apartment for the GoPro and Guitar Center collaborative contest Done in One, which challenged musicians to submit a compelling unedited musical clip shot with a GoPro camera for a chance at winning $20,000. GoPro recently shared a slightly trimmed version of Peskosky’s original submission as their […]

Japanese pet supply company Unihabitat, the makers of the Mewgaroo Sweatshirt, have expanded their comfy human-kitty line to include a new Mewgaroo Jumpsuit. The jumpsuit is an adult onesie that features a snuggly pouch in the front so that a beloved feline can snuggle in closely with his/her human. Like the sweatshirt, the jumpsuit has […]

Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn, New York has started offering Mini Vinnie pizzas, pizzas topped with smaller slices of pizza. The pizza-on-pizza creation is not officially on the menu, but can be ordered by request for $5 per slice. photos via Vinnie’s Pizzeria via Messy Nessy Chic, 7Deadly, Incredible Things

In his latest video, Evan “The Nerdwriter” Puschak takes a look at the popular Pixar animation Inside Out and how the film put a new spin on emotions so as to make them appear to be elements of personality rather than crippling signs of weakness they were previously perceived to be. Puschak notes that while […]

Comedian Joe Bereta teaches us everything we need to know about how to become a fierce ninja warrior during a recent episode of the AWE me web series Epic How To. Who doesn’t want to a master of stealth and martial arts?

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler parody a Star Wars featurette with “The Farce Awakens” to promote their new film Sisters which shares a release date of December 18, 2015 with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

In “Look Who’s Driving,” four-year-old Sophia drives a remote-controlled heavy-duty Volvo FMX truck through a dangerous obstacle course. The young lady smashes the truck through swinging crates, a concrete building, and even rolls it down a hill to test the truck’s durability and new features.

Björk is never known for being subtle and th music video for her single “Mouth Mantra” from her new album “vulnicura” is no exception. Directed by Jesse Kanda, the video takes viewers on a very trippy (and somewhat squeamish) tour inside the singer’s oddly lipsticked mouth. According Björk, the images are representative of “the power […]

Oregon-based Hudson Hongo, writer and creator of the Literally Unbelievable blog, has made a supercut remix of President Barack Obama singing “Freak on a Leash” by Korn. The original music video for comparison: submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

In the latest episode of the video series “Cardboard Chaos“, the ever-creative company Signal Snowboards partnered with the Fender Custom Shop to make a working Stratocaster neck and body (“Strat”) completely out of cardboard. While various talented employees at Fender proclaimed the finished project to be a “real Strat”, Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson gave […]

The Drunk Series is a new web video series by Ganglebot Films that creates short genre films with scripts written by drunk writers and starring drunk actors. We previously wrote about the first installment, Star Drunk, which premiered in 2013. The new episodes in the series give the drunk treatment to the superhero, zombie, medical drama, […]

Madrid salon owner Alberto Olmedo masterfully employs flames from a blowtorch, slicing Samurai swords, razor-sharp talons and even the occasional pair of scissors to create his signature hair styles. Although Olmedo tells AJ+ that his methods are “practically primitive” and “medieval”, he believes that he can only achieve symmetry by addressing both sides at once. […]

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has created an unboxing video to show off their brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. An excited narrator reviews the plane’s new features as crew members remove the plastic and get the plane ready for flight.

On November 19, 2015, vintner Armand Foisy of Fort Berens Estate Winery in Lillooet, BC,Canada captured a wonderfully heartwarming video of Alvina, his 101-year old mother, as she spontaneously got out of the car to make a very respectable snowball that she threw into the woods by the side of the road while proclaiming “it’s […]

Timelapse footage captures the process of technicians disassembling and reassembling an entire Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” spy plane for the intense routine maintenance the planes go through every 4,700 flight hours. This thorough maintenance process keeps U-2 planes in service for decades. via Sploid

In “Hypnotic Cardistry Kid” by Kuma Films, Los Angeles-based cardistry artist Zach Mueller of Fontaine Cards showcases his hypnotic ability to manipulate a deck of playing cards in a variety of different ways. music by Pogo – “Do Something Rhythmic“

Singapore Airlines demonstrates the differences in their seating classes with meticulously crafted paper models in a new commercial titled “No Detail Is Too Small.” As the first airline to fly the A380, we’ve turned the most comfortable and spacious aircraft ever to grace the skies into a unique experience with the world’s most awarded airline.

In a recent comedy sketch by Funny or Die, leaked footage is unveiled of Mystery Science Theater 3000 bots Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo auditioning for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. image via Funny or Die

It was suggested that imgur user morihime try something different with her hair, so she braided it into a marvelous Dwarven beard. via reddit

Puddles Pity Party, Haley Reinhart, and Post Modern Jukebox perform a vaudeville cover of the Gary Jules version of the song “Mad World” by Tears for Fears. For comparison, here are the Gary Jules version and Tears for Fears versions of the song.

Galway, Ireland-based musician Banjo Guy Ollie recently performed a multitrack cover of Rage Against the Machine‘s song “Killing in the Name” using a five string tenor banjo, a mandolin, and a u-bass. We previously wrote about Banjo Guy Ollie’s multitrack covers of “Enter Sandman” by Metallica and the Eurythmics‘ song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of […]

Mark Hamill and Omaze recently teamed up to mingle with unsuspecting strangers on Hollywood Boulevard, disguised as a Stormtrooper, while spreading the news about a Star Wars: The Force Awakens charity auction. The auction will “present two winners with tickets for them and three guests each to attend the premiere of Star Wars: The Force […]

Sleepy Skunk presents their mashup of 2015 movie trailers. Here’s the full list of films used in the mashup.

Reactions takes a look at how capsaicin in hot peppers makes them seem hot and how milk helps. You have probably had the burning sensation of eating a jalapeno or other tear-inducing pepper. What causes this painful fire in your mouth? The short answer is capsaicin. But what exactly is capsaicin? How does it work? […]

Video editor and parody creator Bonecage and musician Mr. Gee have created a heartfelt heavy metal tribute to Dogmeat, the faithful German shepherd of the video game Fallout 4, who serves as devoted companion to those exploring the post-apocalyptic wasteland that once was Boston, Massachusetts. Even though he occasionally gets in the way, Dogmeat is […]

Daredevil Brandon Mikesell documented his recent 2,500m wingsuit flight down Le Brévent in Haute-Savoie, France with mounted GoPro cameras. Mikesell sails through trees and over rocks and cliffs as he flies down the mountain.

Steve Onotera (aka samuraiguitarist) created a wonderful bluegrass medley of the Star Wars songs “Star Wars Main Theme”, “Force Theme”, “Throne Room” and “Imperial Death March”, all composed by the great John Williams. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…in an alternate reality, a young Billy Luke Skywalker has befriended Ol’ Ben […]

Skyglow is an astrophotography book and timelapse video series by Gavin Heffernan of Sunchaser Pictures and Harun Mehmedinovic. The collection features photos and videos shot across North America including the beautiful timelapse “Dishdance” that features some of the large radio astronomy dishes used by SETI (Search for the Extraterrestrial Intelligence). The project is being crowdfunded […]

HBO has released a teaser trailer for the 6th season of Game of Thrones, which premieres in April, 2016.

Beat Down Boogie has created a new music video featuring incredibly creative cosplay footage from BlizzCon 2015, Blizzard Entertainment‘s annual video game convention held in Anaheim, California to promote their many franchises. Beat Down Boogie’s full collection of BlizzCon video grabs are available to view on Facebook. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can […]

Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, narrates the animated story of her recurring dream of returning to space in a video by The Royal Institute. Sharman flew to the Mir space station on the Soyuz TM-12 mission which launched on May 18, 1991.

In 2014, a woman who calls herself Sleepy Sarah Elizabeth, bravely decided to share a video that showed what physically happens to her when she is subject to attacks of cataplexy and narcolepsy while performing normal tasks, such as dancing. I have narcolepsy with cataplexy, and it can be very frustrating to try to explain […]

ThinkGeek has created a beautiful glassware set based on planets (Alderaan, Dagobah, Hoth, and Tatooine), a moon (Endor) and a space station (The Death Star) from the Star Wars universe. When you’re little, you are bombarded with mobiles and models made with styrofoam balls and shoebox dioramas and all sorts of interactive, creative ways to […]