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CNN has put together an absolutely lovely tribute to the late Alan Rickman, who passed away yesterday, that features some of the most memorable roles the prolific actor has played throughout the years, such as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, Sheriff George of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Colonel Brandon in Sense and […]

Artist Antony Marchiando re-edited past teasers for the upcoming Deadpool movie adaptation as a romantic drama trailer. Deadpool is set to hit theaters on February 12th, 2016. A love for which is worth killing. #Deadpool pic.twitter.com/d3jQdKSmOZ — Deadpool Movie (@deadpoolmovie) January 12, 2016 music by Kevin MacLeod – “Lost Time” via reddit

10 Cloverfield Lane is an upcoming movie from producer J.J. Abrams that he told Collider is a “blood relative” to his 2008 monster movie Cloverfield. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, and John Gallagher Jr.. The trailer for the film shows the trio in an underground bunker, and it appears Winstead is trying to escape. 10 […]

3D artist Martin Beyer of Graflex Saber recently shared a video that features an amazingly detailed replica of Anakin and Luke Skywalker‘s blue lightsaber that Martin built by hand. Facts: Crystal-chamber The crystal is a real blue Aqua Aura Quartz (removable). Soundboard: CF 7,5 (by plecter labs) Batteries: 2x 3,7V 14650 (1,1 A) Vintage Graflex […]

Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Sesame Street photobomb a bunch of children during a photoshoot in a clip from The Tonight Show. The children are delighted when they turn around to see Elmo, The Count, Ernie, and more Sesame Street characters.

Adele joins James Corden for a round of “Carpool Karaoke” on The Late Late Show to sing, rap, and talk about her obsession with the Spice Girls while the pair drives around London.

ThinkGeek is currently offering multicolored illuminated Dancing Water Speakers that are compatible with Bluetooth devices. Use Bluetooth® to pair your device with them and then start up your tunes: the water inside will dance to the beat and multi-colored LEDs will light up (and there’s also an Aux input jack if you’re more old-school). Take […]

These Are The Actors You’re Looking For is a web series by Jamie Stangroom that follows Jamie as he tracks down the overlooked actors of Star Wars and finds out how the films have changed their lives. Stangroom interviews actor Ahmed Best, in Episode III, who opens up about the backlash he received after voicing […]

In the trailer for the new Hulu original series, The Path, several characters appear to question their faith while living inside the confines of the cult to which they belong. The ten-episode series begins March 30, 2016 and stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Michelle Monaghan (True Detective), Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) and the legendary Kathleen Turner. […]

An incredibly lively 4-year old rescued American pit bull terrier mix in Kladno, Czech Republic named Jim demonstrates his ability to perform an amazing array of parkour moves aka “barkour”. More footage of Jim in action, taken by his human. image via Jim the American Pit Bull Terrier mix

On last night’s episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon performed an impressive impression of Bob Dylan performing a folky acoustic version of the extremely popular song “Hotline Bling” by Drake. The original version of the song.

In “How Art Transforms the Internet,” Nerdwriter host Evan Puschak takes a rather academic look at how art impacts the Internet, and perhaps more importantly how the Internet impacts art. The video shares the work of Internet artist Darius Kazemi and how its unique qualities make use of the Internet in ways not possible in other media.

SciShow host Michael Aranda breaks down the science of decomposing bodies and the smells that go with them. Aranda talks about the history of forensic anthropology, the study of how bodies decompose over time, and lays out the various processes a dead body goes through over the course of decomposition.

Achilles has shared an amazing visual effects breakdown of how Star Wars: The Force Awakens was brought to life for everyone to enjoy. The side-by-side breakdown shows just how much work J.J. Abrams and the Industrial Light & Magic VFX and animation studio put into merging the real and visual effects.

On last night’s episode of The Late Show, actress Saoirse Ronan patiently tutored host Stephen Colbert in the best and proper way to affect an Irish brogue.

In 2015, Angelo Mastropietro built a modern $230,000 home into a 700-year-old sandstone cave in rural Worcestershire, England. Mastropietro estimates that he excavated around 70 to 80 tons of rubble from the site to complete his renovation. The house, named Rockhouse, is now available for curious travelers to rent for the night with modern amenities. photos […]

In his wonderful cinematic theory series “Now You See It“, host Jack Nugent analyzes the anatomy of a film trailer, dissects each method and uses specific examples to prove his point. Why do all trailers feel the same? How do great trailers stand out? Let’s look at the structure of trailers over time and see […]

When evil spreads, dread comes for all of us. In the new trailer for the third season of the deliciously eerie Showtime series Penny Dreadful, each of the main characters within their closely knit demimonde realize the power they hold within themselves and begin to ferociously turn on one another. The third season of Penny […]

Inventor Colin Furze celebrated his YouTube channel hitting 2,000,000 subscribers by building and lighting a giant rocket powered fireworks wheel. The wheel uses 120 rockets that are rigged to be lit simultaneously. For added effect, Furze also lit several more boxes of fireworks that were setup behind the wheel itself. 2 MILLION Subscribers, so to […]

Tommy Edison, who is also known as the Blind Film Critic, attempts to guess the colors of flavored jelly beans by their taste.

LolWorthy posted an amusing video in which a cupful of detailed 3D milk foam kittens heads wiggle, waggle, shimmy and shake together atop a cup of cappuccino cleverly named a “cat-puccino”. In 2013, Bar al Borgo posted a helpful video demonstrating how to make 3D foam latte art. via reddit, That’s Nerdalicious

Alan Rickman, the highly respected, talented actor and director of film and stage who was most widely known as the embattled Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, passed away today from complications due to cancer. He was 69 years old. We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our beloved Alan […]

Google announced that it has added the world’s largest model railway, Miniatur Wunderland located in Hamburg, Germany, to Google Maps and Street View, allowing users to virtually explore the miniature world. Google used tiny cameras attached to tiny vehicles to to image the minute city. For those looking to relive their childhood dreams of being […]

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) inflicts plenty of pain and spreads his love on social media in Marvel‘s two new television spots (#2) and movie posters (#2) for the upcoming film adaptation. The Deadpool movie is set to blast its way into theaters on February 12th, 2016. A love for which is worth killing. #Deadpool pic.twitter.com/d3jQdKSmOZ — […]

The Arch-Lock construction system works similarly to LEGO with its interlocking bricks that can be assembled without additional supports. A video by Lock Block Ltd., the company behind Arch-Lock, shows their bricks in use with a Zipper truck system to quickly create a tunnel. In addition to ease-of-use, the bricks can also be quickly disassembled […]

Cracked explains the truth behind food expiration dates and why they are essentially meaningless. The dates are put in place by the food manufacturers with no clear rules or guidelines, so they can often be misleading or confusing. In the video, host Carmen gives a brief history of the dates and some possible ways to […]

The Auralnauts recently enhanced up the ending of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi by editing out the Ewok song “Yub Nub“, allowing the scene to play out as a celebration filled with laughter, joy, and friendly hugs. Who is supposed to be singing Yub Nub, anyway? No one, that’s who. This party […]

BBC Two is rebooting the classic battling robot televisoin series Robot Wars with a new season of six hour-long episodes. Like the original show which ran from 1998 to 2004, the rebooted Robot Wars will center around fights between robots built by amateur teams, but the new season will have an increased focus on the science […]

Bradford, United Kingdom-based film critic Ross Thompson of The Unusual Suspect has created a supercut video of Linkin Park‘s song “In the End” being sung by 183 different movies. Fans of The Unusual Suspect can help support his future videos on Patreon. The original “In the End” music video for comparison: via reddit

Professional snowboarders Redmond Gerard, Brendan Gerard, and Toby Miller recently got geared up for their trick-filled “Red Bull Snowmusement” ride through Action Park at Mountain Creek, a giant water park that is currently closed for the winter. Welcome to Action Park at Mountain Creek, an infamous New Jersey attraction that’s gone down in history as […]

In a funny scene from the HBO series Girls, actor Adam Driver demonstrated his qualifications for playing the role of short-tempered, tantrum-throwing Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a frustrated outburst that caused his character to destroy a car radio when a spontaneous sing-a-long became way too much for him. via reddit

In light of the incredibly impassioned reactions to the popular documentary Making a Murderer and other emotional programming, CollegeHumor describes the action of watching anxiety-inducing Netflix programs for hours with a somewhat apropos term called “Cringe Watching” and gave a number of humorous examples in which such viewing can be had. Cringe Watching (noun) – […]

SpongeBob SquarePants sings “Poppin’ My Collar” by Three 6 Mafia in a mashup video by Mylo the Cat.

Smosh Games gives their honest video game trailer treatment to the popular RPG Undertale. From the crowd funding platform that will pay for your game as long as you fill it with terrifying fetish characters, comes the game that gets by on referential internet humor almost as much as… we do!

Froggy Fresh has unleashed his latest rap music video “Zombie In My Basement”.

“The Falcon Has Landed” is a video recap of the SpaceX mission that successfully landed a Falcon 9 rocket after it launched 11 ORBCOMM satellites into space.

Trym Nordgaard demonstrates how one should properly drink their morning coffee in Norway. via reddit

The American Chemical Society reveals the chemistry of honey with the truth that it’s really just bee puke in an episode of Reactions. The video explains how bees at different ages process flower nectar different, and why it takes several types of bees to process the nectar into honey.

The only way forward, is to go back In the latest teaser trailer for the BBCAmerica series Orphan Black, the incredibly versatile actress Tatiana Maslany portrays Sarah Manning and her clone sisters as they recite an edited version of “Down the Rabbit Hole” from Lewis Carroll‘s classic tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – a quote […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda gives a simple explanation for what happens when a person holds their pee too long. Besides the obvious risk of having an accident, there could also be real health risks for people who make holding it in a regular habit.

Jimmy Kimmel‘s “Agent Keith” joins agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) in a parody of The X-Files to celebrate the show’s return. Agent Keith helps his new colleagues deal with the differences between present day technology and the 1990s, and finally gets them to act on their feelings for each other.

Two days after the news of David Bowie’s untimely death, local fans added the name “David” onto the Bowie Street sign in Austin, Texas as a heartfelt tribute to the musician. Austin musician Christiane Swenson is seeking to make the renaming permanent in honor of the late performer, much in the way (the very alive) […]

In 2012, talented percussionists from the Irkutsk, Russia group Ethnobeat gathered together in -20 Celsius weather, 6 hours from their home, in order to make beautiful music upon the frozen waters of Lake Baikal. The Siberian lake is known as the oldest, deepest and clearest lake in the world, which made for a beautiful array […]

Beat Down Boogie has created a new music video featuring some of the best Star Wars costumes that they captured footage of at various events from the past five years. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can help support their future videos on Patreon. music by DJ Demonixx – “R2-D2“

Jose Anaya has created “It’s Always Sunny in Tatooine,” a hilarious mashup of Star Wars and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Young Anakin Skywalker claims that no one can kill a Jedi and then grows up to be an evil Sith Lord who attempts to do just that. What a great setup for the It’s […]

“Apparences” is a short, surreal video from the French filmmaking duo Claire and Max of Menilmonde that imagines the buildings and iconic landmarks of Paris as site-specific props of an eerily deserted movie set. Has it ever happened to you to ask yourself the questions: “What if everything around us was false? And if our […]

Caitlinsdad has created a working electronic thermometer scarf that reads and displays the temperature using an Adafruit Flora Arduino board and neopixels. The full instructions for building one’s own wearable thermometer are available through Instructables, and Caitlinsdad writes that he believes the project is suitable for beginner-level makers looking for a simple wearables project. photos […]

Sploid created a new animated video, featuring illustrations by Toronto-based artist Scott Park, that takes a look at the evolution of robots in movies and television shows. We’ve previously written about Scott and his fantastic artwork. Science fiction movies and TV shows don’t really count unless they have iconic robot characters. That’s a completely true […]

Writer Karyn Tripp shares her design for Periodic Table Battleship, a scientific twist on the classic game Battleship to teach kids about the elements. The board can be created by printing out four copies of the periodic table, laminating them, and combining them using folders and a paper clip. Players circle lines of two, three, […]

Rolling Stone features the fashion evolution of David Bowie in an animated tribute to the late musician. Bowie was known for recreating his appearance with bold fashion choices throughout his life and career. He died on January 10, 2016 just days after turning 69 years old.