This weekend, things got pretty exciting in Jackson, Wyoming (population 9,577). There was an arts festival, a bride-to-be twerked in an intersection, and a horse pooped in the middle of the street. Very few people outside the town itself would’ve known of those happenings, but for the fact that a simple webcam live-streaming footage of …
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Robert Downey Jr. teases fans with mysterious photo of ‘new project’
Oh Iron Man, why you gotta tease us like that? On Monday, Robert Downey Jr. tweeted a photo that has movie fans buzzing. Let’s break it down. There’s Downey and his pal, Jon Favreau (who plays Tony Stark’s driver Happy Hogan in the Iron Man films, but has a resume that goes well beyond that). You may also recognize Tom …
Read More »Let this T. rex open your beer bottle for you with its prehistoric powers
The Tyrannosaurus rex is sick of all you puny humans joking about his small arms. He could make a lot of jokes about your pathetic weight and pitiable stomping ability. (Pretty impressive work wasting that anthill. Now watch me take out this Velociraptor egg nest.) Related stories Giant animatronic dinosaur falls into burning ring of fire, comes out even creepier …
Read More »Wait, Sandy’s dead? ‘Grease’ fan theory takes off like Greased Lightning
I had a really dumb theory about “Grease” when I was a kid. I thought Sandy was pregnant at the end of the 1978 movie musical. Come on, go with me. In “You’re the One That I Want,” when she sings “You better prove, that my fate is justified,” I heard (and still hear) “That my BABY’s justified.” It made …
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Did someone you know recently share a video of a hawk dropping a giant snake on a family barbecue? It’s a pretty jolting half-minute of video. The bird soars over a river, lands briefly to pick something up, takes off again, circles and then dives right at the camera, flinging the snake like a toddler pushing a bowl of Honey …
Read More »Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte will chat with you, but mostly about its cat
Eagerly awaiting the release of Starbucks‘ annual fall flavor, the pumpkin spice latte? Until your local barista gets the go-ahead to start making them (rumor: September 8), you can slake your harvest-season hankering by…chatting with the drink itself? Yep, this year, Starbucks has launched a chat bot called TheRealPSL on Facebook Messenger, and simply by clicking the link you can …
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Hammer time! The Slow Mo Guys on YouTube decided to damn the “break a mirror, get seven years of bad luck” superstition and intentionally smash their way through a looking glass. But instead of finding Alice’s Wonderland, they ended up in Neo’s Matrix. Related stories What goes up, must come down: Domino tower gives it up to gravity Watch bowling …
Read More »Need a ghostwriter? Spooky self
Move over creepy Halloween candy bowl with the grabby monster hand. Harry Potter fans planning early for Halloween (or a random Potter party) can now pick up a prop that will really give them a hand. This delightfully creepy prop looks like a dusty book of spells someone dug out of the Chamber of Secrets. Thanks to batteries and a …
Read More »‘Nothing will prepare you’ for ‘Game of Thrones’ new season, says Arya
Warning: “Game of Thrones” spoilers ahead for those who aren’t caught up through season 6. Arya Stark’s has been through some bad, bad things on “Game of Thrones” — her father losing his head, her fencing teacher probably giving up his life for hers, her friends and family being murdered around her. She’s gone blind, been stabbed, worn the faces …
Read More »Can a Pikachu drink your coffee? MIT video magic might show the way
Pokemon Go can make it seem like a cute Caterpie is sitting right there in your cup of coffee (eww). It’s clearly just a cartoon image superimposed over the image your phone is capturing. But what if that Caterpie could react to the coffee, splash it around or drink it, as if it really were swimming in your Starbucks cup? …
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