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Wired has released a behind-the-scenes video where prop-maker Shawn Thorsson of Thorsson & Associates Workshop shows us how he creates amazing life-size costumes based on iconic movie, video game, and comic book characters for Hollywood studios and fans . Process photos from Shawn’s projects are available to view on his blog, Flickr, and Facebook page. […]

CRWD is a smartphone app by Comedy Empire designed to help comedians reach their audience and get paid. Comedians can create profiles, share short videos, get analytics about their fans, and even release longer sets as paid content. Comedy fans can sign up for the app to discover new talent based on their interests and the […]

101 Facts presents 101 interesting facts about The Hunger Games franchise. Post-Apocalyptic wastelands, brutal murder and rebellion from oppression. It’s all fun and games in Panem – specifically, HUNGER games (see what I did there?). We volunteer as tribute to give you 101 Facts about one of the biggest Jennifer-Lawrence-led movie franchises in the world.

The School of Saberfighting shared footage, back in July 2015, of a nimble Jedi Knight and a Sith Lord engaging in a lightsaber duel at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, Russia. Here’s more information on the art of saberfighting. via Geeks Are Sexy

Ed Asner and Doris Roberts decide to “Netflix and Chill” in a new sketch by Funny or Die. The couple talks about the possible origins of the phenomenon before trying to decide exactly what constitutes the “chill” half of the equation.

Make: community editor Caleb Kraft and artist Ryan Fitzpatrick (a.k.a. “Platinumfungi“) recently worked together to build an awesome real life version of the flaming sword (Shishkebab) from Fallout 4. Their complete build process is available to view on Make:. We previously wrote about Caleb’s flaming ukulele inspired by the flame-spitting guitar in Mad Max: Fury […]

Star Wars has released a new 60-second television spot for J. J. Abrams‘ upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that features great footage of Rey receiving a shiny new blaster from Han Solo, A Stormtrooper blocking a lightsaber attack from Finn, and more. The Force Awakens is scheduled to land in theaters on December […]

Screen Rant host Rob Flis takes a look at actors who played cameo roles voicing video game characters. As video games have gotten more and more ambitious with their stories and action, developers have started to turn to established Hollywood stars to give their games an added boost. But not every well-known actor is easy […]

Gemma Correll takes a look at some of the less appealing seasonal drinks Starbucks has to offer.

Wayne Burns, a mischievous human who wanted to have a little fun with his cats, tricked at least two of them into using their beloved box to slide down the carpeted stairs of his home with a strategically placed laser pointer. One of our cats favorite pastimes is playing with boxes, like all self-respecting cats […]

Fabratastic is a British tailoring service that creates heartfelt custom memory pillows from the shirts of those loved ones who either far away or deceased. The material can be from any type of shirt (button down, polo, night shirt) and the optional message can be written in any color. Made from an old shirt. Wording […]

In “COMPANY IS COMING” by Chris Fleming, the character of Gayle Waters-Waters from the web series Gayle intensely prepares her home for company. via reddit

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has released an amusing “Cone Kitty” Christmas ornament, a forlorn orange tabby wrapped in a cone-of-shame specifically made for soft-hearted cat lovers everywhere. This is an ornament for the true appreciator of cats, even when they aren’t having their proudest moment. If this kitty is humiliated by the plastic cone, […]

“If Rocky 4 Happened For Real“, a CollegeHumor parody of the ESPN documentary series 30 for 30, examines Rocky IV as if it really happened, and the impact Rocky Balboa‘s boxing match against Ivan Drago had on ending the Cold War.

image via Courtney Brown Artist Courtney Brown has created an incredibly complex and clever sculpture that she humorously named “Self-Organization“. Made from a repurposed 1938 Underwood typewriter, the piece features bronze octopus tentacles reaching over, under and around, blinding searching for the right keys to type up a note for itself. The sculpture recently won […]

In February 2014, a rescued pelican named BigBird, who became separated from his flock during a storm and washed ashore on the banks of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, was successfully taught how to fly by the staff of Greystoke Mahale. Since that time, Big Bird has been getting stronger and stronger with each day and […]

(larger) Birds of North America is an art print by Pop Chart Lab that features over 740 different “feathered friends drawn to scale and sorted by species.” Signed and numbered prints are available to purchase online. Perhaps our most ambitious taxonomical undertaking yet, this is your field guide to the birds of North America! The […]

Six original cast members of the 1971 musical fantasy film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory including Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt), Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde), Paris Themmen (Mike Teavee), Michael Bollner (Augustus Gloop) Rusty Goffe, (Oompa Loompa) and Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket) reunited on the “Today show, to talk about their experience working on […]

Vox has created a beautiful video compilation that highlights the 116 images NASA chose to include on the Golden Record launched into space in 1977 on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions. The images were intended to provide any intelligent life that found the Voyager crafts with the information necessary to find Earth and […]

New York City video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak (a.k.a. “The Nerdwriter“) explores the evolution of Batman‘s Gotham City in his new seven-minute video essay. Fans of The Nerdwriter can help support his future videos on Patreon.

YouTube has launched its new YouTube Music app that focuses exclusively on helping users discover music in the vast YouTube catalog. In the official announcement on the YouTube Official Blog, they explain that the app will recommend tracks based on a user’s preferences and let them easily find artists, songs, and albums based on their tastes. Users […]

Sneaky Zebra has created a new cosplay music video featuring a number of the creative, video game-themed costumes at BlizzCon 2015 in Anaheim, California. We had the chance to get to Blizzcon 2015 and film with some next level cosplays! Featuring all sorts of impressive armour builds, costumes and even 3D printing that put us […]

The KeySmart 2.0 Extended Version is an extra-long key organizer that can accommodate a variety of styles of keys including longer and foreign. The KeySmart can accommodate up to 100 keys and accessories in a flat compact way similar to a Swiss Army knife. The KeySmart 2.0 Extended Version is available in our Laughing Squid […]

On Guinness World Records Day 2015, an affable English bulldog named Otto from Lima, Peru set a new record for the “Longest human tunnel travelled through by a skateboarding dog”. The previous record was held by the late great talented Tillman, also an English bulldog. The 3-year-old pooch valiantly skated through the legs of 30 […]

When Brooklyn-based filmmaker Natasha Raheja noticed that the words “Made In India” were prominently stamped onto every manhole cover in New York City, she sought to trace the origins of that simple but incredibly compelling statement. The resulting short film, “Cast in India” documents each step of the production process performed by barefoot foundry workers […]

Greg Benson of Mediocre Films gives a F&@%ING quick but thorough tour of F&@%ING New York City. In a little more than one minute, Benson covers most of the city’s major F&@%ING landmarks.

When Russian tattoo model Teya Salat isn’t in front of the camera, she’s busy designing her fun clothing line which includes colorfully themed balaclavas (ski masks) that feature an adorable series of animal prints with 3-dimensional ears. images via Teya Salat via Design You Trust, Bored Panda

Denver, Colorado-based artist Christopher Cox of Changethethought Studio has created two wonderfully fierce Mad Max: Fury Road posters featuring a bold font and memorable moments from the film. It was a dream project and I went all out. The poster began as a typography only layout with the idea that large letterforms would be filled […]

In this delectable 3-minute time-lapse, Mode Video pays tribute to 100 years of the

The Warp Zone has created a hilarious animated short that imagines what it might be like if popular video game characters had Facebook profiles. Mario lets all of his friends know that he is throwing a “dope rager,” Mega Man updates his profile picture to show off his new red armor, and more.

The Wake-up Machine is a robot created by Simone Giertz that combines an alarm clock with a motorized rubber hand that repeatedly slaps the unfortunate user. Giertz explains her build process and shows the device in action by letting it slap her awake. Presumably after she wakes up, Giertz will brush her teeth and then eat some […]

Mr. Sunday Movies points out several easter eggs and hidden references in the James Bond film Spectre.

Jonathan Liu, father and GeekDad senior editor, recently captured baby monitor footage of his adorable two and a half year old daughter singing “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars while lounging in her crib. When we watched the original Star Wars trilogy recently with our older girls, our toddler watched most of it […]

Screen Rant host Rob Flis takes a look at serveral movie scenes that have been reused in Diseny films. Disney may be a major studio, but it started small, which meant its animators had to bring people, animals, and magical creatures to life better than any one. When they did just that – and didn’t […]

Notify is a new app by Facebook that sends users a range of useful notifications on their phone’s lock screen. Users can select their topics of interest and even the specific news outlets the notifications come from. Once alerted, users can easily tap or swipe the notification to get the full story. Notify is available […]

If Industries has created the First Shot, an incredible flask based on the design of Han Solo‘s iconic DL-44 heavy blaster pistol. The Star Wars flask would be just right for anyone wanting to drink like a true Rebel. images via If Industries via That’s Nerdalicious

While touring around the country to promote his book, the very cute Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund had a bit of fun dressing up like a distinguished airline captain at the airport, complete with his very own tiny rolling suitcase dragging behind him. Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund dresses up as a commercial airline pilot for Wiener […]

Six very silly and playful Boer goats very politely took turns bouncing around on a trampoline parked next to a little green and yellow truck that served as a boost, on a crisp autumn evening just before the sun went down.

The Enigma Cafe in the Cluj-Napoca area of Romania is a beautifully designed, steampunk-themed restaurant that features working kinetic sculptures, costumed characters and an elaborately riveted brass cocktail bar. images via 6th-Sense Interiors via My Modern Met

The Under-The-Jack Pack by Betabrand is an ultra-slim laptop bag that conceals easily under a jacket. The bag comes in 13-inch and 15-inch versions both measuring only 1.5 inches thin. images via Betabrand via Product Hunt

In a recent episode of “Frame by Frame” by the Film Theorists, host Kyle explains how the movie Birdman used a series of cleverly hidden edits to make the movie appear as if it were filmed in one continuous shot and how Alfred Hitchcock employed tricks in his classic film Rope in 1948. Most continuous […]

Just one month after Stumptown Coffee Roasters was acquired by Peets Coffee & Tea, the company excitedly announced the arrival of their limited “Grand Cru Cold Brew”, a bottled, foil-wrapped brew that’s the culmination of a 10-year project which started with rare Gesha seed stock. This is a project that has been long in the […]

Cars are reduced to scrap in a matter of seconds after being fed through an enormous ARJES VZ 950 E industrial shredder. ARJES has created a YouTube channel that features video of a variety of their machines in action. via Sploid

Artwork by DKNG Studios Gallery1988 has collaborated with Disney, Lucasfilm, and Bad Robot to present Art Awakens, an upcoming art show inspired by the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The exhibit will take place this weekend (November 14th and 15th) at Gallery1988 (West) in Los Angeles. A majority of the paintings and prints […]

Ukrainian lamp-worker Nikita Drachuk of Glass Symphony has created an amazing menagerie of handblown glass animals, arachnids and cephalopods, all of which are available for purchase through his Etsy site. images via Glass Symphony via Colossal

Krampusfest 2015 is upon us once again and the celebration of the traditional European Christmastime Krampus monster will be taking place in Los Angeles from November 28 to December 14. Now in its third year, the festival will again include an opening Krampus Costume Talk, the Krampus Ball, a Krampus Art Walk with Austrians with […]

BMX cyclist Kriss Kyle rides through a moving, colorful, and mind-bending course in the Red Bull film “Kaleidoscope: See Things Differently.” The obstacles in the course shift and create optical illusions as Kyle pulls off a series of impressive tricks. Red Bull released a behind-the-scenes video about the building of the course.

Botanical Gin The British company Master of Malt has put a lively kick into staid tradition with their “Drinks by the Dram Spirit Advent Calendars“, which provide a daily dose of alcohol as the countdown to Christmas begins. Do you remember as a child, rabidly clawing open Advent Calendar doors to get to the chocolate-y […]

#ALLMYMOVIES is a live streaming performance art piece that began on November 10, 2015 where actor Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in reverse chronological order continuously for three days. LaBeouf has partnered with artists Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner for the exhibition. Fans can join LaBeouf for free at the Angelika Film […]