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What’s the Mashup? has combined 100 movie dance scenes into a fun mashup set to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. The creators included a full list of the films used in the video description, and also added the titles of the films as the closed captioning of the video as each clip […]

Steve Jobs Me & My Other Me is a series of illustrations by Cali, Colombia-based artist Fulvio Obregón featuring celebrities standing next to their younger selves. The entire collection of drawings are available to view on Behance and Instagram. Paul McCartney Michael Jackson Bill Gates Mick Jagger Al Pacino images via Fulvio Obregon via Blame […]

A beautiful 9-year old Texas long horn named Lazy J’s Bluegrass was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest horn spread on a domestic living steer, measuring in at an incredible 9.75 feet from horn to horn during a Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America competition in Greenleaf, Kansas. When people come to […]

Pope Francis gives a speechless speech to an assembled crowd in the latest video by DIGITALOFEN. In the past, DIGITALOFEN has created speechless versions of speeches by President Barack Obama and other world dignitaries.

Russian punk band Biting Elbows has released a teaser trailer for HARDCORE, the world’s first sci-fi action film that is shot entirely from the hero’s perspective. The POV film, directed and written by musician and filmmaker Ilya Naishuller, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12th, 2015. It is set to release nationwide […]

Screen Rant has compiled a list of 10 massive plot holes found in popular movies. The examples they give feature Guardians of the Galaxy, The Matrix, and Terminator 2: Judgement Day among others, and although the plot holes don’t necessarily ruin the movies, they do certainly raise some questions.

“You’re an adult. You can figure out how to watch TV yourself.” “Your Parents Want You to Stop Using Their HBO Go” is a comedy video by the Mashable series The Watercooler that features frustrated parents, siblings, and acquaintances pleading for the viewer to stop using their HBO Go passwords and get their own.

The United Kingdom’s national postal service, Royal Mail, will be releasing a series of 18 collectible Star Wars stamps that feature new (Kylo Ren, Rey, and Finn) and classic characters (Darth Vader and Yoda), as well as vehicles from the legendary sci-fi films. The beautiful Star Wars-themed stamps are currently available to pre-order online from […]

Nickelodeon is launching “The Splat” which is possibly a new channel dedicated to bringing back classic 1990s shows like their popular NickToons. Several social media accounts for the new brand have been posting Nickelodeon content from the 1990s including a promo video with NickToons characters set to the audio from several old Nickelodeon promos. Nickelodeon […]

Burger Fiction created an off the hook supercut of phone calls in movies. The full list of films can be found in the video description.

Mythbusters host Adam Savage has been having a lot of fun with his newfound Duck Army, so much so that he used them to build a homemade “Duck Bomb” that he premiered on Twitter today. Built a little something for my #duckarmy. Ready for the video? pic.twitter.com/7j2gRDt6ng — Adam Savage (@donttrythis) September 14, 2015 And […]

“Ride That Lightning” is the latest song by astronaut Chris Hadfield from his album Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can which he recording during his time on the International Space Station. The album will be released on October 9, 2015 and is available for preorder now. “Ride That Lighting” and “Feet Up” are both available […]

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Designer Vanessa Mckeown has created the wonderfully colorful series, “Good Gone Bad” in which naughty fruits and vegetables, in a probable effort to be liked, disguise themselves as sugary sweets. images via Vanessa Mckeown via Ignant

Mirror Mirror is a real-time on-body augmented reality clothing design and printing system that uses a combination of a camera, a projector, and a mirrored screen to allow users to virtually design clothing on themselves. Users stand in front of a camera and mirrored screen, and use gestures and a special brush tool to draw […]

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created “The Sounds of Taxi Driver” an intriguing video that sets the memorable lines of the classic Scorsese film Taxi Driver to a rhythmic version of Twisted Nerve by composer Bill Hermann.

“Step into the Page” is a short film by The Future of Storytelling that features Disney animator Glen Keane discussing art while he drawing Ariel from The Little Mermaid and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast using special virtual reality goggles and tools called a Tilt Brush. Keane was an animator on both those films as […]

In advance of the newly confirmed show, the ABC Network has put together a compilation of all of the delicious moments between on-again and off-again exes Bobbi “Mockingbird” Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood) that occurred on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The bickering, the nagging, and dare we say…the love? Take a deep […]

The classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail is set to receive a special 40th anniversary theatrical re-release on October 14, 2015. The theatrical re-release is in conjunction with the release of a 40th anniversary Blu-ray box set that features new artwork, a new 30-minute featurette “Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the 2015 […]

Chicago-based network engineer and arcade fan Jason Camberis spent two years creating the ARCADE DeLuxe, a massive arcade system that was declared the “Largest Arcade Machine” by Guinness World Records. The machine measures approximately 15 feet tall, 6 feet wide, and 3.5 feet deep. The fully functioning arcade machine has over 200 classic arcade games […]

With all the recent buzz about whether or not the wonderful British actor Idris Elba make a good 007, a couple of video artists at Vulture sought to answer the question. They remixed the Spectre trailer and in doing so, reimagined the Luther and The Wire star as a perfect James Bond. What if? The […]

In the official trailer for American Horror Story: Hotel, a small towheaded child runs down a busy hallway chock full of eccentric characters before culminating into a room with singer Lady Gaga dressed as a deranged bride. The series premieres on Wednesday October 7th on FX Networks.

In the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop by AWE Me, host Dustin McLean demonstrates how to make an incredibly real-looking Sonic Screwdriver as used by the 10th Incarnation of Doctor Who.

ThinkGeek has released a garden ornament featuring the Joker, from DC Comics‘ “Death of the Family” story arc, coming up out of the ground with a knife in his hand. The creepy-looking item is available to purchase online. So there was no Joker for quite a while, and then there was a LOT of Joker. […]

While riding his motorcycle cross country, a kind-hearted biker named Pat Doody came upon a badly burned orange kitten at a rest stop in Nevada and decided to take him along for the ride back to his home in New Jersey, making stops at various bike rallies along the way. Doody talked about finding “Party […]

The Cthulhu Regio and Sputnik Planum areas of Pluto. New images taken by NASA‘s New Horizons probe during its historic July 14, 2015 flyby give a detailed look at Pluto and its moons with higher resolution and more detail than ever before. New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern said of the images, Pluto is showing […]

In “Vancouver Never Plays Itself“, filmmaker Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting takes a look at his hometown of Vancouver and the curious way it’s used in films to portray every other city in the world except for itself. Perhaps no other city has been as thoroughly hidden from modern filmmaking as Vancouver, my […]

A beautiful dog named Bretagne was recently thrown a beautifully lavish birthday party by BarkBox in honor of her sweet 16th birthday. Bretagne, a member of Texas Task Force 1, is the last known surviving dog out of hundreds who tried to save people trapped in the ruins of the World Trade Center after the […]

“Dad Joke Survivors” is a comedy video by Nickelodeon Australia that features brave children sharing their stories of surviving terrible dad jokes. The video is from their online series Short and Funny that features short and funny comedy videos starring children.

On a recent episode of the Mashable series The Watercooler, a middle-aged Mario reflects on the traumatic life that he led in the classic Super Mario Bros. video game. Things weren’t just all peaches and 1-Ups. They created the clever short in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.

Screen Rant has put together a series of five alternate movie endings that they feel would have radically changed the story of the film. Their list includes alternate endings to Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 28 Days Later, I Am Legend, First Blood, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that were changed for various reasons like test audience […]

photo via DARPA New technology created by the DARPA project Revolutionizing Prosthetics allows users to experience a near-natural sense of touch with a prosthetic arm. The development gives users a literal new sense of control over their prosthetics, allowing for more precise control and manipulation of objects with the prosthetic. The sense of touch is […]

In a new video by Nintendo UK, they celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. by having Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto reveal the truth about numerous myths tied to the classic video game. Miyamoto confirms that Mario breaks bricks with his fist, reveals who Bowser Jr.‘s mother really is, and more. via Motherboard

Eurogamer released two videos where Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka explain how the most iconic level in Super Mario Bros., World 1-1, was made. Miyamoto and Tezuka go on to talk about what their most memorable projects were to work on throughout their impressive careers. We asked Miyamoto to walk us […]

After conquering the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Maze Runners of Quiznos Toasty TV were mercilessly thrown into the dusty streets of Black Rock City, Nevada, a city that only exists during the annual Burning Man event. After being given their brand new playa names, the runners soon encountered a unicorn car, a […]

Designer Marios Karystios and his team have created a limited supply of gorgeously meta ceramic olives, in both green and black, to house Gino’s Garden Organic Olive Oil, a unique and organic cold pressed olive oil from the Ain el Rihaneh region in Lebanon. In order to reflect the organic approach and limited production, a […]

National Geographic has put together a really adorable compilation that shows the way different animals sleep and how their bodies have adapted over time to accommodate their respective slumbering positions. All animals need to get their Z’s, but some of them do so in more unusual ways than others. Watch and learn fun facts about […]

The National Parks Service has honored the heroes of United Flight 93 with a beautifully touching memorial in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, close to the original crash site. The passengers and crew bravely took matters into their own hands when they realized their plane had been hijacked. Created to honor the actions of the passengers and […]

Designer and photographer Mary Graham took the idea of natural beauty products to an amusing extreme when she crafted a pair of false eyelashes from “scavenged foliage” that were attached using egg and snow. The process took a great deal of time but the results were absolutely astonishing and proved a very interesting point about […]

The Onion profiles Jeffrey Peters, an up-and-coming 6-year-old data entry prodigy who is already getting offers from major temp agencies. He might only be in kindergarten, but data entry prodigy Jeffrey Peters is well on his way to a career of endlessly depressing temp jobs.

In 2014, Valentin Guérin and his amazing pyro-trombone played a blazing hot version of Arthur Pryor‘s “Fantastic Polka” accompanied by Valérie Guérin-Descouturelle on heavily candlelit piano. More recently, Guérin shared how he manages to practice his instrument while getting chores done around the farm. images via Valentin Guérin via Boing Boing

Hipster Disco, hardcore fans of all things The Smiths and Morrissey, have amusingly compiled a number of reimagined songs by The Smiths as the 8-bit synthesized music often found in old console video and arcade games. [Volume One] 1. This charming man by Alan Paz 2. There is a light that never goes out by […]

Unbelievably flexible contortionist dancers Turf Bieber and Kidd Strobe ply their trade on the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area in “Triple Jointed,” a video by StatusSilver. The pair bend and twist themselves in ways that seem impossible or downright painful for an average person to attempt. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Sydney, Australia-based illustrator and designer Simon Koay has created Superbet, an illustrated series reimagining letters of the alphabet as iconic comic book superheroes and villains. Captain America starts Simon’s alphabet off of and it ends with Zatanna Zatara. Prints, phone cases, mugs, and more are available to purchase online from Society6. images via Simon Koay […]

The Revogi Smart Meter Bluetooth outlet is a device that plugs into a wall outlet and allows the user to control any plug-in appliance with the Revogi Smart Meter app. Users can remotely turn a device on and off, set a timer for a device to power on and off, or put a device on […]

Los Angeles-based artist Jeff Victor has created an illustrated timeline featuring Robert Downey Jr. and the evolution of his roles in movies. Prints are available to purchase from his online store. What can I say…I love RDJ. What an incredible career this fine actor has had. Possibly even the greatest comeback story in Hollywood history. […]

In a new animated short by Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly, Batman drops in on a couple of street criminals and breaks one of the guy’s legs. Batman then tells his life story the beat up thug and the sad tale ends up not sounding that tragic at all. The sad tale of a jacked billionaire […]

SNOOZ is a lightweight, portable white noise machine that uses a covered rotating fan to generate soothing sounds that gently lulls a person to sleep. The energy efficient machine can be controlled with a smartphone app and offers full spectrum adjustable sound. As a room gets quieter your hearing becomes more acute. One of the […]

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created “Inception on Elm Street,” a dreamy mashup of Inception and A Nightmare on Elm Street where Leonardo DiCaprio hunts down the evil Freddy Krueger. We’ve previously written about Pablo and his ongoing collection of interesting videos.

“Our Lady of Tamale” is a short documentary by director/filmmaker Cecil B. Feeder that focuses on Virginia Ramos, the wonderful and famous Tamale Lady of San Francisco. The film features over fifty different San Francisco musicians singing her praises in 30-second soundbites and was originally Ramos’ own idea. In 2003, after seeing the premiere of […]