While Marvel fans have to wait until 2017 to see troublemaker villain-sometimes-superhero-ally Loki in action in “Thor: Ragnarok,” actor Tom Hiddleston decided to give everyone a sneak peek of his character. On Tuesday, Hiddleston joined Instagram and posted his first photo — a selfie of himself dressed as Loki with the caption “He’s back!” The …
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If given the choice between reading about cats that look like raccoons or a reading about a local political race, which article would you most likely click? If you said cats, you’re one of the people “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver is addressing in a new video. In the video posted on YouTube Sunday, he says the kind of …
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Living in Florida during a summer heatwave can be brutal, but the Backyard Scientist is here to help, or at least make it more interesting by building not only a liquid nitrogen squirt gun but also a flamethrower. In his latest video “Liquid Nitrogen Freeze-Ray Vs. Flamethrower” — posted on YouTube this past week — the Backyard Scientist has some …
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Getting a tattoo can mark an important life moment, quite literally. But one thing that always seems awkward is having to make small talk with the tattoo artist as a painful needle scratches a design into your skin. With the latest advancements in robotics, human tattoo artists could be replaced with a giant robot arm that won’t judge you for …
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When Marvel revealed that the Oscar winner Brie Larson would be play the lead in the upcoming superhero film “Captain Marvel,” the actress happily tweeted a photo of herself wearing a Marvel Studios baseball cap with the caption, “Call me Captain Marvel.” In fact, Larson is so excited about playing Carol Danvers that she has been regularly tweeting fan art …
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When beloved graphic novel “Watchmen” was reimagined as a movie directed by Zack Snyder, some irate fans, including “Watchmen” comics creator Alan Moore, criticized the movie’s depiction of the troubled superheroes. Leave it to Honest Trailers — a YouTube series from Screen Junkies that features a classic movie-trailer voiceover but with a narrator who makes fun of films — to …
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When a video starts off with a bald Lex Luthor singing in jail, you know you’re in for a treat. From the twisted and talented minds of remixers Craven Moorhaus and Zak Koonce, known as Auralnauts, comes the music video “Batman v Superman – Ding Ding (feat. The Flash).” Related stories ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ superbly skewered in …
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Remember when everyone used VHS tapes and VCRs for home entertainment? Spending Friday night at Blockbuster Video searching for the perfect movie to rent for the weekend was the norm. Today’s kids, who download all their entertainment digitally, will never know the excitement of running around a Blockbuster Video, grabbing a new movie and begging their parents to rent it …
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Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone’s latest project, “Snowden,” takes a closer look at the life of an American people either view as a traitor or a hero for being an NSA whistleblower — Edward Snowden. Related stories The trailer for Oliver Stone’s new ‘Snowden’ movie is everything you’d expect Snowden: ‘I never thought I’d be saved’ after NSA leaks In an …
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Enlarge Image Let dragons and direwolves relax you with this new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. Chronicle Books Get out your red crayon. You’re going to need it for the new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. The book, coming November 1 from Chronicle Books, includes 35 detailed black-and-white images on 60 pages, perfect for colored pens, pencils and watercolor paints. …
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