Pet fail compilation

Thursday, August 31, 2017

From Fail Army:
Doggone it! We did it again! We have a brand new compilation featuring the best pet fails ever to grace the internet. Chickens, dogs painted like zebras, and more! This one has it all. So grab your pet and check out this video.

Houston: Before and after Harvey

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The New York Times uses images from Google Maps from 2016 of various places in Houston next to videos of the same places shot this weekend, to point out the devastation brought on by Hurricane Harvey in the Texan city.
Video from Houston before and after Harvey shows devastating flooding, with water concealing some of the surrounding area and deluging highways.

The New York Times

Astronauts spotting cities from the ISS

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio look at various cities from above, while orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station.


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Honest Trailers: "Face/Off"

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Screen Junkies' Honest Trailers series features John Woo's 1990s' action film Face/Off, starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
Prepare for the match up you didn't know you were waiting for - it's Face/Off.

Screen Junkies

Deaf people tell us which questions annoy them the most

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

In their latest video, the guys from Cut.com have asked a group of hearing-impaired people to talk about what they hate most being asked by people.


Previously: Deaf people teach us bad words in sign language

WatchCut Video

What makes a great sequel

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction (previously) explain what makes Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 such a great movie and why other sequels are not.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is one of our favorite movies of the year. We think it achieves what so many sequels fail to and it actually lives up to the hype. So, we decided to make an essay exploring the characteristics of a great movie sequel. Enjoy!

Burger Fiction

Houston man catches fish in his flooded home

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Houston, Texas resident Viviana Saldana has posted a video that shows her dad diving into the knee-high waters in the living room of their Hurricane Harvey-affected home, and actually catching a fish.
Why go out looking for food when the food is coming to our living room? 😂😂 y'all help me get this to the news lmao.

Vivvy Saldana

Second coming

Tuesday, August 29, 2017


SMBC

Cat rescue video of the day

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

In which a gentleman climbs down a ladder into a hole to rescue a cat in need.


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August 2017 fail compilation

Monday, August 28, 2017


Fail Army

How to do a plot twist

Monday, August 28, 2017

In his latest video essay, Now You See It's Jack Nugent (previously) takes a look at what makes a good plot twist in movies.
Some of the most exciting movies are the ones with crazy plot twists. But what separates a good twist from a bad one? Let's take a look at a few movies and see what separates the epic from the boring.

Every song of the summer since 1958

Monday, August 28, 2017

Song lyrics web site Metro Lyrics has created a montage of all the "songs of summer" since 1858, in reverse chronological order.


Metro Lyrics

"Black Mirror" - Season 4 trailer

Monday, August 28, 2017

Netflix has recently released a short teaser trailer for the upcoming 4th season of Black Mirror, that features the title of each of the episodes, all of them written by Charlie Brooker.


Variety lists a bit of information about each episode:
"Arkangel" stars Rosemarie Dewitt, Brenna Harding and Owen Teague. It is directed by Jodie Foster.

"Black Museum" stars Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright and Babs Olusanmokun. It is directed by Colm McCarthy.

"Crocodile" stars Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Gower and Kiran Sonia Sawar. It is directed by John Hillcoat.

"Hang the DJ" stars Georgina Campbell, Joe Cole and George Blagden. It is directed by Tim Van Patten.

"Metalhead" stars Maxine Peake, Jake Davies and Clint Dyer. It is directed by David Slade.

"USS Callister" stars Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson and Michaela Coel. It is directed by Toby Haynes. Brooker has co-written this episode with William Bridges.
The release date of the show hasn't been announced yet.

Netflix

The "Game of Thrones" theme played on a 12-string guitar

Monday, August 28, 2017

Multi-instrumentalist Acoustic Trench (previously) prepares for the Game of Thrones season finale with a performance of the popular HBO TV show's intro theme on a 12-string guitar, in the company of his Border Collie/Golden Retriever mix Maple.
The octave spacing of the 12-string guitar's strings gives a cool fuller layered sounding effect that felt perfect to utilize for the Game of Thrones epic intro theme.

Acoustic Trench

Eclipse news blooper compilation

Friday, August 25, 2017

News Be Funny has put together a compilation of the funniest moments on the news during the 2017 total solar eclipse.

Why black holes could delete the Universe – the Information Paradox

Friday, August 25, 2017

In their latest informative animated video, the guys from educational channel Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell (previously) explain the concept of black holes and how information can be swallowed by them.
Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

Say my name

Friday, August 25, 2017


#dadjokes

SMBC

Thoros of Myr - The Red Priest

Friday, August 25, 2017

Video artist David Garuchava of The Garo Studios (previously) returns with another one of his Game of Thrones-themed videos, this time paying homage to the red priest of the Lord of Light and the noted warrior Thoros Of Myr.
"He was my friend... And he was dead... and they were the only words I knew."

Also: Oathbreaker - A tribute to Jamie Lannister

The Garo Studios

Tweet, tweet!

Friday, August 25, 2017


Drawings of Dogs

A brief history of the movie poster

Friday, August 25, 2017

Animator 4096 (previously) takes us through the history of movie poster art, from 1927's Metopolis to 2013's Gravity.


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The "Game of Thrones" theme covered on a traditional Korean string instrument

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Korean musician Luna Lee performs the theme from HBO's Game of Thrones on a Gayageum.


Luna Lee

Rube Goldberg machine of the day

Thursday, August 24, 2017

An impressive Rube Goldberg machine from Japan that spans the entirety of a room, featuring a gravity-defying whiteboard and marbles that do all sorts of things.
Japanese have made an impressive Rube Goldberg machine with a 4-minute course. The beads move in a chain reaction divided into several more complex steps, including the one with a whiteboard that turns to release new balls positioned on the back side.

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Capturing the ISS passing the solar eclipse

Thursday, August 24, 2017


Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day was in Crowheart, Wyoming, during the 2017 total solar eclipse, with his friends Trevor Mahlmann and Matt Whitman, from where they captured photographs and videos of the of the International Space Station passing in front of the sun.


Smarter Every Day

"In the face" fail compilation

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

From Fail Army:
Ever been slapped in the face by a fish? No, well we've got a good one for you! We've got some amazing in the face fails for you to enjoy.

A republican, a democrat and an independent smoke weed together

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

In the latest video from their Strange Buds series (previously), the guys from Cut.com bring together a republican, a democrat and somebody with independent political views, for a weed smoking session.


Also: A rabbi, a priest and an atheist smoke weed together

WatchCut Video

The five stages of margerine grief

Wednesday, August 23, 2017


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Analyzing accents of actors who played real people in films

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

New York-based dialect coach Erik Singer (previously) takes a look at how various actors portrayed real people in movies and TV shows.
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate?

Wired

A time-lapse video of the 2017 solar eclipse

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

YouTube user Bowzer087 has created a short time-lapse video of the 2017 total solar eclipse, as seen from Broken Bow, NE.


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Simon's Cat's guide to cat yoga

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Simon's Cat (previously) demonstrates the similarities between various cat positions and yoga poses.
Watch Simon’s Cat unlock all of his chakras in a series of challenging and hilarious yoga poses.

Simon's Cat

Deaf people teach us bad words in sign language

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Cut.com challenges a group of deaf and hearing impaired people to show us a few curse words in sign language.

(Warning: strong language)


WatchCut Video

Foo Fighters perform "Never Gonna Give You Up" with Rick Astley

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Probably inspired by Thriftshop XL's 2009 mash-up between Smells Like Teen Spirit and Never Gonna Give You Up, the guys from Foo Fighters asked Rick Astley to join them onstage and play his popular song together, during their recent performance at the 2017 Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan,


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If student loans were honest

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

In the latest video from Cracked's Honest Ads series, Roger Horton (actor Jack Hunter) explains how it really is with student loans.
College is going to be one of the biggest investments of your life, which is why you should just trust what the student loan companies tell you without even thinking twice about how much you could be screwed after school has ended.

Cracked

Now is your moment

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal pokes fun at the 2017 solar eclipse.


@Oatmeal

The evolution of Ryan Reynolds

Monday, August 21, 2017

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction honor the recent release of Ryan Reynolds's latest film, The Hitman's Bodyguard, by taking a look at the actor's career, since the early 1990s.
68 Credits later, we’re officially Ryan Reynolds experts. From kid actor all the way to Deadpool, we cover the full Reynolds gamut. It’s not 2010, but we think he's still the Sexiest Man Alive. Enjoy the video!

Previously: Chris Pratt, Dwayne "The Rock Johnson, Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey

Burger Fiction

People guess who's a couple from a group of strangers

Monday, August 21, 2017

Cut.com test four people to see if they can identify which pair is a real couple out of a group of ten strangers.


Previously: People try to guess the sexual orientation of strangers

WatchCut Video

The United States of Movies

Monday, August 21, 2017

Entertainment Weekly has put together a map of the United States that features what they consider to be the most iconic movie for each state.
Movies have touched almost every aspect of the American experience — and just about every square inch of land. EW picks the one film that best captures the spirit and story of each state.

click to enlarge

Entertainment Weekly

"Alphabet Aerobics" rapped in the voice of Disney characters

Monday, August 21, 2017

Voice impressionist Brian Hull (previously) performs Blackalicious's Alphabet Aerobics in the voice of different Disney and Pixar characters.


Brian Hull

Previously: Mikey Bolts raps Alphabet Aerobics in cartoon voices

How to make a blockbuster trailer

Monday, August 21, 2017

The guys from comedy and music collaborative Auralnauts (previously) teach you how to make a trailer for a blockbuster movie.


Auralnauts

R.I.P Jerry Lewis

Monday, August 21, 2017


Legendary veteran actor and comedian Jerry Lewis has died on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91 years old.

New York Times

F-bomb news blooper compilation

Thursday, August 17, 2017


News Be Funny

Cindy Crawford answers 73 questions for Vogue magazine

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Vogue magazine visits supermodel Cindy Crawford in her home in Malibu, as part of their 73 Questions series (previously).
When it comes to Vogue, legendary supermodel Cindy Crawford has done it all. The one thing the prolific cover star hasn't done yet is answer 73 Questions. Cindy invites Vogue inside her Malibu home and discusses her family, her all-time favorite photo shoot and gives her best advice for up-and-coming models.

Vogue

Millennials are killing everything

Thursday, August 17, 2017

After coming across an article that blames the death of marmalade on millennials, Austin, Texas-based Twitter user Regan thought it would be a good idea to put together a collage of newspaper headlines that show the many things millennials are killing this days, to hang on her wall.


@theindiealto

Honest Trailers: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"

Thursday, August 17, 2017

In the latest video from Screen Junkies' Honest Trailers series, we take a look at Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Marvel brings us a follow up to the original box office smash with more laughs and more dads! -- Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

Screen Junkies