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Jimmy Fallon, Alanis Morissette, and Meghan Trainor perform an all-clucking version of Morissette’s song “Ironic” on The Tonight Show. For comparison, here is the original non-clucking version of the song.

Rob Flis of Screen Rant takes a look at nine incredibly hard to shoot scenes in movies. Hollywood blockbusters only succeed by raising the pace, scale or budget of the on-screen action. These days it’s safe to assume that the craziest stunts and sequences are made possible with plenty of green screen or CG artistry. […]

DreamWorks Animation has released the second trailer for Kung Fu Panda 3, their upcoming third installment of the animated action comedy martial arts film series directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni. This time around, Po goes from kung fu master to teacher and meets his biological panda father. The movie is currently scheduled […]

Andrew Barry, a PhD student at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has built an autonomous drone capable of identifying and avoiding obstacles while flying at speeds up to 30mph. The drone uses stereo cameras and on-board computers to make all of its decisions using software Barry has released as open source. via […]

17-year-old musician and comedian Roy Purdy recently pulled a prank on trick-or-treaters by giving them random items like toothpaste, plungers, vegetables, plates of food, and more on Halloween. via reddit

Stereokroma has created a gorgeous macro ASMR video of iridescent soap bubbles as they swirl and pop. The video, besides being simply beautiful, is also meant to elicit an autonomous sensory meridian response.

Vickers Tactical has created a slow motion video of random objects and food being shot with guns and then exploding all over the place. They also released great behind-the-scenes footage of the entire process. via Sploid

When a tiny Bernese Mountain Dog puppy named Nyx heard her human playing guitar for the first time, she slowly fell asleep to the soft lullaby softly ringing from the steel strings. Nyx also likes to fall asleep next to her plush moose. image via Ahon Sarkar via reddit

Chad Neidt quickly performs the theme songs from all 24 James Bond movies in one minute.

German artist Stefan Pabst, who painted a second set of eyes on his son, has a remarkable talent for creating mesmerizingly detailed drawings that appear to be 3-dimensional and in motion using a technique called anamorphosis. Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage […]

“The Foley Artist” is a short film released by Nowness that highlights the often unseen world of sound design as a foley artist creates the sound for a woman’s morning routine. The film was direct by Oliver Holms and stars Ian Macnaughton as the foley artist and Georgia Waters as the woman. via Ufunk

In May 2015, Vat19 the online store that sells wonderfully eccentric items, successfully raised funds for their original Not-a-Cat idea. Not-a-Cat is a plush animal that looks just like a curled-up, one-eared sleeping cat and is now is now available for purchase. A perfect gift for those people who like the idea of having cat […]

Legendary nature narrator Sir David Attenborough provides a brilliant narration for the new music video “Hello” by Adele while visiting as a guest on the Greg James show BBC Radio 1.

Kill Screen has launched a Kickstarter campaign to reinvent its print magazine to highlight the best of the video game community with in-depth reporting, profiles, and photography. Kill Screen founder Jamin Warren was able to launch the company with the support of an earlier Kickstarter campaign, so has returned to the platform with a more ambitious […]

The latest episode of the Explanimator by New Scientist features an animated explanation of Dunbar’s Number, a concept that correlates brain size with the ability to make and maintain friendships. You have to know how your actions will affect others in the group and that takes a big brain. It also takes a lot of […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Force is awakening soon – and we have an honest look at the trailer for the movie that everyone’s already going to see anyway.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) recently partnered with the Pantone Color Institute to create Project Monsoon, a plan to brighten the gloomy streets of Seoul, South Korea during its dark and rainy monsoon season with brightly colored murals using hydrochromic paint, which remains transparent until it’s exposed to moisture. The group […]

Storyboard artist Marty Cooper (a.k.a. “Hombre_McSteez“) has released “Out of Hand,” a new collection of animations where he superimposes an out of control alligator over real life scenes with the aid of transparency film. We’ve previously written about Cooper and his wonderful superimposed animations.

Legendary has released a new action-packed 15 second teaser trailer for the upcoming film Warcraft, which based on the popular Warcraft video game series and related novels created by Blizzard Entertainment. They also released a new poster. The film is scheduled for release on June 10, 2016. Legendary’s WARCRAFT is a 3D epic adventure of […]

NASA has released 30 minutes of gorgeous 4K resolution video of solar activity across 10 wavelengths captured by its Solar Dynamics Observatory. The imagery is set to music by Lars Leonhard from his album Deep Venture.

Cory Williams, host of the web series DudeLikeHELLA, returns to the lake at Eagle River in Anchorage, Alaska to recreate its surprising and distinct sound by skipping rocks across the newly frozen surface. Williams discovered the unique sound last year and shared his findings in a popular YouTube video.

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis shares the top six movies that borrowed footage from other films. They feature Star Trek: Generations, Blade Runner, and more. Movie audiences usually believe that whatever drama or action they see on-screen was created or captured for nothing but that story. Most of the time, […]

In the trailer for the upcoming eponymous film Roger Waters – The Wall, the legendary songwriter and bassist shares the story of what drove him to conceive the concept for the iconic Pink Floyd album “The Wall“and the massively creative tours that followed while also opening up about himself. Roger Waters, co-founder and principal songwriter […]

The traditional Kotatsu featured a low wooden table heated by coal and covered with a thick blanket for many years. Belle Maison and other Japanese companies have put a modern twist on this design, offering really comfy looking corner floor sofas with back cushions that easily convert from upright for studying or working to flat […]

In 2014, two rescued calves named Panda and Jazzy gleefully received an exuberant welcome into the big herd at Animal Place, an animal sanctuary in Grass Valley, California. Panda (black and white) and Jazzy (smaller brown Jersey) met the big herd at Animal Place for the first time. Cows are generally easy to integrate, because […]

Miguel Faus has created “The Start of an Ending,” his new supercut featuring a side by side comparison of the opening and closing shots of 75 films. Miguel’s video was inspired by the ongoing First and Final Frames series created by filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney. music by Ludovico Einaudi – “Le onde” submitted via Laughing […]

You can say a lot with a heart. Introducing a new way to show how you feel on Twitter: https://t.co/WKBEmORXNW pic.twitter.com/G4ZGe0rDTP — Twitter (@twitter) November 3, 2015 Twitter has replaced its long-standing stars and “favorites” with hearts and “likes” in an effort to, “make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use.” In a post on […]

Anomalisa is a beautiful stop-motion animated feature directed by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Duke Johnson (Community‘s “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” episode). This is Kaufman’s first animated film, and it was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign. The trailer for the film has been released, and it highlights the unique visual style of the […]

Elstree 1976 is an upcoming documentary, directed by Jon Spira, that shares the true stories behind masked actors and extras in the original Star Wars trilogy. It is currently scheduled to release sometime in 2016. These people came from a wide variety of backgrounds and went on to have unique careers and lives. This is […]

Amazon will be opening its first physical book store today Seattle’s University Village. The store, called Amazon Books, will feature more than 5,000 books including best-sellers and titles popular with Amazon’s online customers sold for the same price in-store as online. There is also a section of staff favorites including selections made by Amazon president […]

Lacy Christensen and her husband Robert recently dressed their twin babies, Piper and Grayson, in skunk costumes and let the adorable “Lil’ Stinkers” roam around in the hallways of their first Halloween party. images via Inspired By Piper via Daily Picks and Flicks

In a video for the Oh My Disney blog, Johnathan Freeman and the cast of Aladdin on Broadway perform a medley of classic Disney villain songs including Jafar‘s version of “Prince Ali,” “Cruella De Vil” from 101 Dalmatians, “Poor Unfortunate Souls” from The Little Mermaid, and “Oogie Boogie’s Song” from The Nightmare Before Christmas. For comparison, here are the original […]

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is back once again for his 5th annual YouTube challenge where he asks parents film themselves while telling their children that they ate all of their Halloween candy. Kimmel chose a few of the best and worst reactions and aired them on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The results of his 2015 […]

Producer Alex Kurtzman is currently developing the latest iteration of the beloved science fiction series Star Trek, which is set to launch in January 2017 on the CBS All Access, a digital subscription channel in the United States. David Stapf, president of CBS Television Studios, openly expressed his excitement about the project. There is no […]

Artist and cancer survivor Emily McDowell has created a second generation of her wonderfully honest line of Empathy Cards, forthright notes that very quickly get to the point with just the right amount of empathy and ironic humor that resonates with someone who is ill. Many of these new styles are appropriate for a wide […]

In the latest episode of the animated interview series, “California Inspires Me“, actor James Franco talks about his parents, the trouble he got into while growing up in Palo Alto, his fortuitous meeting with director Judd Apatow and what inspires him as an actor. Actor, filmmaker, and artist, James Franco, shares stories from growing up […]

In “Juggling Gentleman – It’s Business Time” by Kuma Films, the three-man juggling team The New Conformity perform a remarkable routine that combines traditional and contact juggling techniques while wearing matching suits. The video is set to song “Deluxe” by Telivisor.

Skilled artist Dan LuVisi created an incredible series of new and old POPPED CULTURE illustrations that he is packing into an art book for our viewing pleasure. Dan’s art book of disturbing eye candy is said to take its owners on a “twisted and satirical journey through pop culture history and its colorful roster of […]

The food section of the Japanese company Felissimo is currently featuring unique fortune cookies that break open to reveal one of a variety of cat figurines posing in different positions, either praying or waving. The figurines are made of wood and are completely inedible, so they won’t be coming to the U.S. any time soon, […]

photo via Hasso Plattner Institute The Protopiper is a handheld device for quickly fabricating large-scale real-world 3D designs out of adhesive tape. The device extrudes and manipulates the tape into tubes that are then cut into a variety of ends to allow for different configurations during construction. The hollow tubes allow for strong and lightweight […]

A truly kind and generous 62-year old man named Sekar takes time out of his busy day as a camera repairman to feed over 4,000 wild green parakeets that flock in and around the coastal Indian city of Chennai. Known to many as the “Birdman of India”, Sekar wakes up exceedingly early to provide the […]

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis shares ten adult jokes hidden in popular Disney films. Toy Story 3, Bambi, and Inside Out are only a few of the surprising films featured.

The Yamaha MotoBot, an autonomous concept humanoid with the amazing ability to ride a motorcycle, recently debuted at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show and became the subject of a new promotion during which the MotoBot sang its own praises. The way you ride is both beautiful and exciting. I am not human but there has […]

Sarah Koski and her little sister got a big laugh when their pet chicken named Stripe successfully completed a homemade obstacle course that included walking up a ramp, weaving in between posts and jumping through a hoop in their New Hampshire backyard. via The Dodo

Allison Rutter had her Halloween costume in her car when she drove by a business that was displaying a flailing inflatable tube figure, so she seized the opportunity to mimic the attention-getting character. via Allison Rutter

On a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Harrison Ford came out dressed as a hot dog to talk about working with George Lucas and J.J. Abrams. Ford then shared his positive thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and told everyone that “you will not be disappointed.”

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have observed that a group of ants collectively behave with both solid-like and liquid-like properties in a paper published in Nature Materials. David Hu, an associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, explains in a video how the ants seemingly have an “on/off switch” for […]

Applied Science host Ben Krasnow uses an electron microscope to look at how a toothbrush becomes worn out.

A concerned golden retriever went off in search of her beloved teddy bear who was waiting to be drowned in a bin of hot soapy water and then tumbled around for a half hour. Luckily, the heroic pup got there in the nick of time to rescue her cherished plushy, as documented by her human […]

IKEA asks customers to “Get Cheras” to their new Cheras, Malaysia location with a clever song and music video that uses IKEA product names as lyrics while puppeteers manipulate different IKEA products. via reddit