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A Very Murray Christmas is Netflix‘s upcoming musical holiday special that will starring Bill Murray and be set inside of the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. In the new trailer, Bill Murray gathers up an all-star cast for a snowy night of singing and dancing. A Very Murray Christmas is currently set to premiere […]

Josiah Ojerio, a young man battling cancer, recently learned on stage from comedian Jay Black that his wish of seeing an episode of Saturday Night Live in person was being granted by the Southern Nevada Make-a-Wish Foundation. Harry Basil of the Laugh Factory comedy club in Las Vegas posted the video and also gave Ojerio some gifts […]

Stay Classy New York is a Will Ferrell themed bar that opened on October 1, 2015 in New York City’s Lower East Side neighborhood. The bar, which gets its name from a variation of Ferrell’s Anchorman catchphrase “You stay classy, San Diego,” also has Ferrell-themed drinks like the You’re My Boy Blue, Smelly Pirate Hooker, and The […]

Plymouth, Michigan-based artist Jay Fosgitt has created a Star Wars-themed illustration for his friend Heather Antos that imagines what a day at the Dark Side Day Care might look like. The children of numerous well-known Star Wars characters appear in the illustration like Lando Calrissian, Jango Fett, Darth Vader, and more. ICYMI: Check out the […]

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released an “official” commercial for the Hoverboard, a fictional levitating board seen in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, by a fake company known as Hover Master. Universal Pictures created the ad in honor of the 30th anniversary Back to the Future celebration taking […]

CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema that retells the story of the post-apocalyptic action film, Mad Max: Fury Road, as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by David Dutton of Dutton Films with music by Henry Dutton.

Ian “Professor Shoelace” Fieggen gives a lesson in tying the Ian Knot, the world’s fastest shoelace knot. The simple knot ends with the same result as the traditional shoe-tying method many people learn as children, but is achieved in a much faster way with fewer steps. The knot only takes a few tries to get […]

Pause is a new meditation app designed using tai chi and mindfullness practices to help the user relax and relieve stress by slowly moving their finger around the screen to grow a moving blob ever larger. The app was created in collaboration between PauseAble and Ustwo, the studio behind the popular and quite relaxing game Monument […]

A boy named Kieran, who was born without fingers on his right hand due to amniotic band syndrome, was able to rub his hands together for the first time thanks to the work of the non-profit e-Nable who provided him with a 3D-printed hand for free. Called the Raptor Reloaded, the hand was custom-designed for […]

“How filmmakers manipulate our emotions using color” by The Verge is a visual explanation of the process of color grading and how it allows filmmakers to manipulate human emotions.

A rattlesnake strikes a GoPro camera, causing it to fall into a pit with the rest of the rattlesnakes in this terrifying video uploaded by Michael Delaney. via Casey Newton

The Woodcreek Faction has created a fantastic mashup of clips from AMC‘s hit television series, The Walking Dead, and the Friends opening theme song. Here is the original Friends opening for comparison: submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

In the official U.K. trailer for “Pride And Prejudice And Zombies“, a horror/comedy film that’s been adapted from a novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith and of course Jane Austen‘s classic love story “Pride and Prejudice“, a badass Lizzie Bennett goes to battle against an influx of zombies with her sisters in tow. […]

Froggy Fresh is back with his new Halloween themed rap song “Nightmare On My Street”.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has posted some incredible 4K ultra HD images of Jupiter rotating taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come […]

“Why space is an illusion” is a video in the New Scientist series Explanimator that looks at how human perception of space is skewed and gives two theoretical explanations of what exactly space might be.

A contemplative Agent Mulder wonders aloud if he’s being told the whole truth as he discovers that the X-Files have been reopened in a stylishly animated teaser for the series reboot. Episode one of The X-Files reboot premieres as a two-night event starting on Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 10 PM and then airing on […]

Season 1 was awesome.Watch the @Daredevil #NYCC sizzle… Season 2 looks epic!http://t.co/Ce7EJjhZkThttps://t.co/Ak03ebZIJq — App Store (@AppStore) October 12, 2015 A new trailer for the upcoming second season of Daredevil was recently released at New York Comic Con and that teases Marvel characters Elektra (Élodie Yung) and Punisher (Jon Bernthal). The second season of Daredevil will […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to Jurassic World. Relive the dino-sized summer blockbuster that left audiences cheering at the awesome dinosaur action – and groaning at pretty much everything else.

Massachusetts-based STEEM is a unique peanut butter because it’s caffeinated. An average serving of STEEM contains the equivalent of two cups of coffee and is made for people who want a double dose of sustainable energy (protein and caffeine and the simplicity of obtaining it through simple means. STEEM is caffeinated peanut butter. What else […]

Pablo Fernández Eyre takes a look at the use of close-ups by Quentin Tarantino in his films.

Daniel Barassi of Brat Productions has mashed together the music from “The Hands That Feeds” by Nine Inch Nails with the vocals and video of The Temptations performing “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” on on Soul Train in 1976 to create “Papa Was In Nine Inch Nails“. This video a remix of something Barassi had […]

In their latest Mini Food video, Miniature Space shows how to prepare tiny dumplings in a tiny kitchen.

Kinetic Blocks is a pin-based shape display capable of manipulating objects and building structures. The display was created by the MIT Tangible Media Group led by professor Hiroshi Ishii, and it can be used in a number of ways demonstrated in a paper published by the group. Besides its display elements, the device can also be used […]

In the most recent episode of the wonderfully animated series Blank on Blank, the famously reclusive Patty Hearst opened up to veteran journalist Lawrence Grobel in 1976 about being kidnapped, her experience with the Symbionese Liberation Army, the abuse she suffered under the hands of her captors and how she held on to the hope […]

AirPaper is a new online service that promises to “make painful things surprisingly easy.” The first painful thing they’re tackling is helping people cancel their Comcast service in under five minutes for just five dollars. Users simply provide the relevant data to AirPaper who then complete the tedious process of dealing with a cable company. The […]

SUMER is a beautiful futuristic 3D animated short film, directed by Álvaro García, set on a bleak Earth about a determined young boy who finds something amazing that could change everyone’s lives. The short movie has been showcased at over 50 film festivals and acquired quite a few awards along the way. For unknown reasons, […]

The inventive Dave Hax demonstrates how to make a homemade battery using copper coins, vinegar, foil, and cardboard in his most recent video tutorial. This clever DIY project makes total cents. I had enough energy to power an LED with mine and also a TV remote! Really simple science project and easy to do yourself.

Motion artist Derek Hugger has created “Colibri“, a breathtaking hand-cranked kinetic sculpture that painstakingly captures the delicate motions of a hummingbird as it feeds at a flower. Hugger said that of all his sculptures, Colibri was the most complex. Every element of motion has been completely mechanized, from the beating wings to the flaring tail. […]

In “Why Jaywalking Is a Crime” host Adam Conover from Adam Ruins Everything explains the real reason jaywalking is a crime and how streets went from public shared spaces to the exclusive domain of automobiles.

Filmmaker Devin Graham and a bunch of his friends set up an exciting Slip ‘N Slide that wrapped all of the way around a lawnmower and took turns being spun in circles across the slippery, soapy plastic. All of their footage was filmed using an LG V10 smartphone in 4K video resolution. What happens when […]

Ping pong balls spin and explode as they are filled with propane gas and ignited by The Backyard Scientist in his latest video. The Backyard Scientist also attached propellers to one of the balls to try to generate lift with the spin.

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis digs up ten movies that have important, hidden post-credits scenes that you may have missed. Bill Murray recites one of his classic lines from Caddyshack at the end of Zombieland, Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) blow up a building at the end of […]

Filmmaker Harrisonicus has combined every image from the collection of the NASA Apollo mission photographs recently uploaded to Flickr into a stop-motion-style video simply titled “Apollo Missions.” The video features the songs “Lift Motif” by Kevin MacLeod and “Start Start” by Built By Snow. via Vimeo Staff Picks

A dubious little English bulldog who was a bit confused about getting his daily exercise on the family treadmill, could only offer a perfunctory, halfhearted effort to go the extra mile on the machine. Another English bulldog confidently demonstrates how walking on the treadmill is really done.

Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim television series Robot Chicken returns to the DC Universe for a third time in a new trailer released at New York Comic Con for their DC Comics crossover, Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship. It is set to air on Adult Swim Sunday, October 18th, 2015.

Owenergy Studios, a YouTube channel dedicated entirely to Owen Wilson, has created a supercut of Owen Wilson whispering in movies.

Last night Stephen Colbert shared some the TED talks that did not make the cut with the debut of the new segement “RejecTED” on The Late Show.

Pablo Fernández Eyre takes a look at camera dolly “push ins” used by Quentin Tarantino in his films.

“Much A-Doo About Poo” is an episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Gross Science that focuses on how poop and other waste is converted to electricity and fertilizer through anaerobic digestion.

The solidLUUV is an all-in-one three-axis stabilizer that can accommodate a variety of cameras and smartphones. The solidLUUV can also pair with the ultraLUUV electronic three-axis stabilizer for even smoother video. The device is designed with ease of use in mind so that anyone can simply attach their camera and shoot smoother video than traditional […]

Director Danny Madden‘s company Ornana Films has created a richly colored animated video for “The Girl in the Yellow Dress”, the second single by legendary guitarist David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) off his new album “Rattle That Lock“. Ornana also generously provided incredible stills from the video. images via Ornana Films

A beautifully bright-eyed cockatoo named Harley gleefully shows off his unique talent for knocking down towers of plastic cups exerting any amount of effort. It does appear, however, that Harley has been practicing his tower-tumbling skills for quite a while now. via Tastefully Offensive

In his incredibly clever cartoon “Anatomy of Generations“, illustrator John Atkinson of Wrong Hands accurately captured the drastic differences between Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers and Millenials using just a few, very choice words. image by Wrong Hands

In a recent NASA video, Commander Scott Kelly who is spending a year on the International Space Station adds food coloring and pieces of an effervescent tablet to a floating ball of water. The results are captured in beautiful 4K video taken with the station’s on board RED Epic Dragon camera.

Latvian rolling pin purveyor Ruta Rita of DoughRoller is currently offering an adorable laser-engraved rolling pin to imprint skull designs into dough for Halloween-themed cookies, pastries, and other dough-based creations with ease. DoughRoller also offers other laser-engraved pins with a variety of playful and elegant themes. Get ready for Halloween and surprise your family and […]

io9 made a video featuring some of the best cosplay they saw during last weekend’s New York Comic Con.

On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Dustin McLean demonstrates how to make a low-budget version of the flux capacitor from Back to the Future. McLean uses a carboard box, spray paint, spark plug cables, rope lights, and more to make Doc Brown‘s essential time machine component come […]

photo by Nicholas Eckhart Former Kmart employee Mark Davis, who worked in customer service at the Naperville, Illinois store, recently uploaded “Attention Kmart Shoppers“, his fairly extensive collection of Kmart in-store music, onto Internet Archive for all to enjoy. The collection includes admittedly worn announcements and pre-recorded music that was played between the years of […]

Bowler Michael Long picks up a spare with a striking trick shot where he releases one rapidly spinning ball that creeps down the lane around two specially placed pins before throwing another ball at regular speed to knock down eight of the 10 pins. via Yababoon, Neatorama