July 2015 news blooper compilation

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Previously: June

Star Wars' best sidekicks

As part of their Star Wars 10 series, StarWars.com counts down their top ten picks for the best sidekick characters in the franchise.

In this installment of the StarWars.com 10, we’re picking the top 10 Star Wars sidekicks, from daring droids to plucky pilots -- but no Jedi or Sith apprentices. We figure, if you’re strong with the Force, you don’t want to be called a sidekick. For this list, we're focusing on sidekicks from the Star Wars films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Star Wars Rebels, ranking them on personality, loyalty, and impact.

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1000 musicians play Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" simultaneously to persuade the band to come to Italy

Rockin 1000 is a project organized by Cesena, Italy-based musician and Foo Fighters fan Fabio Zaffagnini to get the 1000 rockers to play at the same time and in the same place the song Learn to Fly, in an impressive attempt to convince the band to come to Italy for a concert.


And the guys from Foo Fighters respond:

Ci vediamo a presto, Cesena.... xxx Davide https://t.co/o3ThIE4QYV @rockin_1000

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) July 31, 2015

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Music video recreates famous record covers

In his latest video for Avalanche, Canadian musician Kalle Mattson pays homage to his favorite album covers, by recreating 35 of them.


Mattson commented on the video in a recent press release:

"I've had the video concept in my head for a long time actually. I remember being 10 or 11 years old flipping through the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time magazine and choosing what records to borrow out of my dad's collection based on the covers alone. All of the albums we recreated are super important to me and the video sort of serves as a window into what has influenced me growing up, discovering music for the first time and then eventually writing songs. One of my main worries was that this would seem like a bit of an ego trip inserting my face into a famous Dylan cover or something but I really think it came out as a work of love for the artists, their records & the covers that also make those albums so special."

Redditor Chiphands was kind enough to make screengrabs of all the album covers from the video and set them next to the originals, for comparison:






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How to catch drug dealers

The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office gets creative in its fight against drug dealers, by running this ad in a local newspaper.


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"Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," starring Chris Farley

Video artist Todd Spence hilariously edits late SNL star Chris Farley into the trailer for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, which premieres in theaters across America tonight, making it look like he plays the main character in the movie, instead of Tom Cruise.


Todd Spence

Lionel Richie - "Hello" without the music

Mario Wienerroither makes Lionel Richie's video for Hello a little more awkward than it is, by removing the music and adding funny sound effects, as part of his Musicless Musicvideos series (previously).

How to start your own country

Joe Bereta of Break's Epic How To (previously) is here to give you some advice on what you need to do in case you intend to start a new country.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Instagram

Arnold Schwarzenegger just posted this on his Instagram.

#5forBigCats

A photo posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger) on Jul 30, 2015 at 12:21pm PDT

The action star also took a stand in his previous post against the controversial Cecil the Lion hunt.

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Owl has run out of f**ks to give

America's Funniest Home Videos clip shows a bored owl in a tree refusing to be bothered by a bunch of annoying small birds that keep hitting it in the head.


AFV Animals

"Seinfeld" catchphrases supercut

World Wide Interweb has created a montage of the many catchphrases from the popular 1990s sitcom Seinfeld.


World Wide Interweb

Pet rat tricks

YouTube user Abby Roeser shows off some of the tricks she taught her pet rats, Pepper, Blue and Puffin, by using clicker training and positive reinforcement.


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Google Translate vs. “La Bamba”

Google use Ritchie Valens's popular song La Bamba, to demonstrate how the new Google Translate app works


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Baby Jesus, by Keith Haring

The Radiant Madonna is a giant mural New Zealand artist Owen Dippie recently made on the side of a building in Brooklyn, depicting the Virgin Mary cradling a baby drawn in the style of Keith Haring, an artist whose work had a profound impact on Dippie.


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Drunk Ron Weasley wishes Harry Potter happy birthday on Jimmy Fallon

Talented actor Simon Pegg returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as inebriated Ron Weasley to give his friend Harry Potter his best wishes for his 35th birthday.


The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

27 things you didn't know about dreams

In the latest episode of Mental Floss List Show, host John Green shares some interesting facts you may have not known about dreams.


Mental Floss

Tee of the day: Balding eagle

New @ TShirtLaundry

Soaring up in the air, perhaps not as majestically as his younger self, is the beautiful Bald-ing Eagle. A poignant image representing America's great battle against low testosterone and male-pattern baldness.

Supafly break dancing

Three b-boys show off their sick moves.


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Message in a bottle found

Reddit user Brook__trout works on the ocean and has recently found a message in the bottle with this piece of paper in it.


Reddit

How "Inside Out" should have ended

The guys from How It Should Have Ended provide a proper alternate ending for the recent Pixar feature animation Inside Out.


How It Should Have Ended

Dogs jumps off cliff in Malta

After observing the tons of fun humans are having when jumping off cliffs on a small island in Malta, a small Jack Russell overcomes his fears and tries out the experience himself.


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"Slippery when wet" fail compilation

From Fail Army:

The only thing worse than wet socks is the Fail that preceded them. As our good friend Towlie says, "Always bring a towel", and these guys need one. Enjoy the funniest water fails from the FailArmy Fail library.

100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute: Germany

It's the 10th edition of Cut.com's 100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute series (previously) and Brooke Williams models to showcase the evolution of hair and make-up in the past 100 years in Germany.


Cut Video

Infographic: An illustrated guide to iconic fictional weapons

The guys from Morph Suits (previously) rank 30 famous fictional weapons from pop culture.

Just like real-world weapons, their fictional counterparts have their respective strengths and weaknesses. We’ve ranked 30 of the most iconic imaginary weapons, based on their attributes, flaws, and overall ‘badass’ rating.

Morph Suits

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7 things you probably didn't know about "Mission: Impossible"

Since Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation hits theaters this Friday, CineFix celebrates the occasion by sharing some interesting facts you probably didn't know about the action movie franchise.


Previously: 50 impossible Mission: Impossible facts

31 guitar riffs in 1 minute

Chicago-based musician Rob Scallon (previously) performs 31 famous guitar riffs in a one-minute video.


Rob Scallon

Pool rules

Prankster Jeff Wysasky of Obvious Plant (previously) posted this at his local swimming pool.


Obvious Plant

Parrot sings "Everything is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie"

Princes Yellow Feather, a Yellow-naped amazon parrot, sings the song Everything is Awesome from The LEGO Movie.


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Honnest Trailers: "Mission: Impossible"

To celebrate the premiere of the new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation this Friday, the guys from Screen Junkies have prepared an "honest trailer" for the first four movies in the mega-action franchise.


Screen Junkies

Things you can own: Kim Kardashian Human Centipede tank top

Because why not.

Kim Kardashian Human Centipede tank top, from Rage On

Jimmy Fallon's lip sync battle with Tom Cruise

Recent guest on The Tonight Show, actor Tom Cruise competes with host Jimmy Fallon in a lip sync battle, performing The Weekend's Can't Feel My Face and The Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Loving Feeling.


The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Strong cyclist lifts car off bike lane

A beefy cyclist delivers a strong message to all the drivers out there, not to park their cars on the bike lane.


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50 impossible facts about "Mission: Impossible"

In anticipation of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation hitting theaters this weekend, film editor and reviewer Mr. Sunday Movies compiles a series of interesting facts about the popular franchise starring Tom Cruise.


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Supercut: The Art of the Car Chase

Danish video artist Casper Christensen of Filmnørdens Hjørne (previously) has put together a cleverly edited montage of over 50 different movie scenes that feature car chases.


Filmnørdens Hjørne

Infographic: Mapping Marvel business

Empire Flippers maps down over 120 companies from the fictional Marvel Universe.

Marvel has done an incredible job creating a vast, realistic and relatable world for us. And the minutely detailed commercial segment is no different. If you’re a comic book buff, you’ve probably heard of many of these companies and establishments, but do you know where they are located? Check out this U.S. map showing where all comic book commerce is taking place. - See more at: http://empireflippers.com/mapping-marvel-business/#sthash.Hr0fLFZP.dpuf

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Major Lazer - "Lean On" performed on beer bottles

Danish novelty musician group The Bottle Boys (previously) covers Major Lazer's 2015 summer hit Lean On.

We have had a lot of fun imitating all the predominantly electronic sounds that are used in this song. So we developed several new instruments for it: The bottle cap hihat that works as a guiro as well, and the bottle tabla, for instance. :)

We chose to make the video using multiple screens, so we were able to show all the instruments. It looks a bit more like a music video now and works well on big screens with a good sound system! ;)

Bottle Boys

World record for longest semi-truck jump

Daredevil Gregg Godfrey broke the world record for the longest jump with a semi-truck, by making a 166-feet leap with a nine-ton truck, at the Evel Knievel Days in Butte, Montana, last Friday.


Daily Mail

New York magazine cover features 35 of Bill Cosby' sexual assault accusers

This week's edition of New York magazine features a stunning cover story collecting the accounts of 35 of the 40+ women who have come forward recently and accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and the cover of the issue shows them seated next to one another, with an empty chair, presumably for those who have yet to speak.


@nymag

Magicians photobomb live news report

In case you've missed it: Richard Young and Sam Strange of Young & Strange magician duo recently performed a shrinking man illusion in the background of a live broadcast by Sky News journalist Ashish Joshi at the Palace of Westminster.


Young & Strange

Best fail videos of 2015 (so far)

Fail Army has prepared a compilation of the best "fail" videos of the year, so far.

24 Pixar impressions in 5 minutes

Brock Baker aka McGoiter (previously) performs a series of 24 impressions of Pixar characters.

Ed Helms brings his therapy llama on Jimmy Kimmel

During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor Ed Helms brought along his "therapy llama," Reggie, which he relies on for emotional support.


Jimmy Kimmel Live

Guy uses his drone to rescue his other drone

YouTube user Harrisen Howes rescued a drone lost on the rooftop of a neighbor's house, by using his new, larger drone.

Two Months ago my roommate drunkenly lost my small drone on a neighbors roof. Two months later after upgrading to a larger drone I attempted a rescue of the smaller drone using hooks I made from coat hangers. Here is the result.

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Things you can own: Professional camera lens for your smartphone

The Olympus Air A01 is a digital interchangeable lens that can be linked to Android, iOS and Kindle devices to provide SLR image quality photos.

The Air A01 combines a high speed 16 megapixel LIVE MOS sensor, TruePic VII Image Processor and the highest quality of all digital M.Zuiko Lenses to offer stunning photography. It features a 1/16,000th of a second shutter and fires off shots at an impressive 10 frames per second.

More details - here

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Previously: 80x optical zoom telescopic lens for smart phones

Pug recreates Taylor Swift's Instagram photos

The guys from Mashable's Watercooler have Internet-famous canine Doug the Pug recreate some of the photos from Taylor Swift's Instagram account.


The Watercooler

Swimming with 12 Golden Retrievers

Twelve playful Golden Retrievers chase their owner in a lake in Samut Songkhram, Thailand.


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The "King of the Hill" intro recreated in GTA 5

IGN and the guys from 8-Bit Bastard recreate the opening sequence of the animated show King of the Hill in Grand Theft Auto V.


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Paula Abdul re-enacts the video for "Opposites Attract" with James Corden

During a recent episode of The Late Late Show, singer Paula Abdul re-enacted her popular 1989 video for Opposites Attract, with host James Corden as the animated feline character MC Skat Cat.


The Late Late Show with James Corden

Cute kid video of the day: Little girl caught in DUI accident

YouTube user Swags Warner shares the video of when he caught his young daughter after crashing her Princess Cozy Coupe in a snow bank in Chicago while drinking and driving.


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People you didn’t realize were alive at the same time

All That Is Interesting has created "a fascinating chart of people who you'd never think were alive at the same time… but were."


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Jurassic Park: High heels edition

Inspired by Bryce Dallas Howard's character from Jurassic World, Chicago-based comedy team XVP Comedy has created a parody version of the Jurassic Park films in which all the characters are wearing high heels.


XVP Comedy

25 lost cities

Author John Green shares the story of 25 cities that were lost in time, in this week's episode of Mental Floss List Show.


Mental Floss

In defense of puns

College Humor explains why puns are still funny.

Just because they're punderful.

College Humor

Movie trailer: "Spectre"

The upcoming James Bond film Spectre, starring Daniel Craig, gets a new full-length trailer.

A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE.

Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot.

As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.

In theaters, November 6, 2015.

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Scorpion fall compilation

Fail Army's new fail compilation is about scorpion falls - "when you face-plant into the ground, and your feet come up and behind your head making you look like a scorpion."

Almost a modifier to your standard faceplant, the Scorpion takes the fail to the next level. One of the most classic and cringe inducing fails, it has been executed countless times in many variations. Here are the best ones that have been submitted to us over the years.

Top 10 most beautiful movies of all time

The guys from CineFix count down their top ten picks for the most visually stunning films in the history of cinema.

Infographic: "Futurama" voice actors

Vox charts down the 8 main actors that voice over 200 characters from the popular animated TV show Futurama.


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Cosplaying kids at the San Diego Comic-Con

YouTube filmmaker Patrick Willems and "cosplay correspondent" Kendra Pettis were at the Comic-Con in San Diego this year, where they asked some cosplaying kids about their costumes.


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The history of aliens in film

Adam Schleichkorn aka Mylo the Cat (previously) and Digg video editor Bryan Menegus (previously) take a look at how aliens have evolved in cinema since the beginning of the 20th century, in a short video set to Radiohead's Subterranean Homesick Alien.

From their earliest cinematic appearance in Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902, our conception of life beyond Earth has changed to reflect our hopes and fears, the technology we've mastered, and our growing knowledge of the universe. Watch our depictions of extraterrestrial life change over nearly 100 films and 112 years.

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In which a golfer hits a birdie

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Batman v Superman/It's Always Sunny mash-up

YouTube user Albert Lopez takes the recent Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer and adds a little It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to it.


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Water conservation tips

Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant (previously) has left this on a community bulletin board in Los Angeles.


Obvious Plant

Honest Trailers: "Super Mario Bros."

In case you didn't know there was a Super Mario Bros. movie made back in 1993, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario, John Leguizamo as Luigi and Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, the guys from Screen Junkies are here to let you know that there was, by making an "Honest Trailer" for it.

You grew up with the game. Now relive the movie adaptation of Super Mario Brothers - the video game movie that proved that no one should ever make video game movies.

Screen Junkies

The worst special effects in movies

World Wide Interweb has put together a compilation of the worst special effects in movies.


World Wide Interweb

How to survive a ship wreck

In this episode of Epic How To (previously), host Joe Bereta explains what you should do in case you are lost at sea.


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26 different ways to scream

Craig Benzine aka Wheezy Waiter (previously) shows us 26 different ways in which you can scream.


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Another cat that sings "If You're Happy and You Know it" with its owner

Following the example of Chaninho, the Portuguese cat that went viral earlier this year, Hattie sings along to If You're Happy and You Know it with her owner Allison Orange.


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More famous women in movies and TV

Canadian graphic artist Scott Park updates his previous illustration Hall of Heroes with a new set of 63 noteworthy female characters from movies and TV.


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A brief history of everything, narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist and educational speaker Neil DeGrasse Tyson narrates the latest video from Minute Physics, in which he explains the history of the Universe, since the Big Bang.


Minute Physics

Rémi Gaillard pranks the world champion volleyball team

After France beat Serbia 3-0 at the FIVB Volleyball World League Finals in Rio de Janeiro, prankster Rémi Gaillard (previously) sneaks on the court dressed as a member of the winning team and gets in the group photo.


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Why does 'terrible' mean bad and 'terrific' mean good?

Linguist Arika Okrent (previously) explains how "terrible" and "terrific," two words that have the same origin, came to mean two very different things.


Arika Okrent

A compilation of cats and dogs interrupting yoga

Cats and dogs adorably interrupting their owners' yoga sessions.

When is the best time to annoy your owner? When it's yoga time of course! Because that's cuddle time!

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5-year-old girl performs trick-shots with household items

Recently-turned-six-year-old Australian girl Riley Dashwood's father has put together a compilation of her doing "thug life" trick-shots, tossing household objects over her shoulder.

Attempts:
Short tube: 12 (several successes)
Yellow paper ball: 64
Long tube: 1 (First go, no joke)
Tennis ball rebound: 1hour x4 days (4 hours) approx 300
Spoon in cup: 12
Milk: 36 (over 2 days)
DVD: 34
Toothbrush: 136
Toaster: 54
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Toilet roll holder: 142 (close, but not achieved)

Riley Diary

Munchkin's Ewok costume

Munchkin, the Shih Tzu who is internationally known for wearing his teddy bear costume, gets dressed as a cute Ewok from Star Wars.


Munchkin the Teddy Bear

2015 San Diego Comic-Con costume music video

The Eglish filmmakers from Sneaky Zebra (previously) were also at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, were they prepared a compilation that highlights the best cosplayers at the convention, set to the music of Mug shot, by MAX.

Comic Con 2015 filled with amazing people, fantastic events and of course some of the most talented cosplayers around! We took our camera and filmed with the best we could find.

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TED-Ed lesson on the history of the English language

Linguist and Yale faculty member Claire Bowern explains the evolution of the English language in a recent TED-Ed video animated by Patrick Smith.

When we talk about 'English', we often think of it as a single language. But what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries around the world have in common with each other, or with the writings of Chaucer? Claire Bowern traces the language from the present day back to its ancient roots, showing how English has evolved through generations of speakers.

TED-Ed

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Infographic: The evolution of Ant-Man

This weekend marks the premiere of the new Ant-Man movie in cinemas and, to celebrate the occasion, the guys from HalloweenCostumes.com have prepared an inforgraphic that showcases the evolution of the Marvel superhero through the years.

There is a reason comic fans eagerly anticipate that first blurry shot of their favorite character’s costume after a cinematic adaptation is announced. True fans know that almost every comic book character in history has gone through numerous costume changes (except maybe the Hulk—tiny shorts and a bare green chest forever), and every fan wants to see their favorite character’s costume represented accurately on screen. Since comics are illustrated, turning hand-drawn ideas into tangible and realistic on-screen attire can be a challenge. Thankfully, though, it looks like the creative team behind the Ant-Man film has paged thoroughly through comic history and found the right mixture of both old and new for our favorite pin-sized superhero.

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