For the film The King, award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki travelled across the United States in a 1963 Rolls Royce once owned by Elvis Presley in order to learn more about the legendary singer’s life and how his meteoric rise and downfall is analogous to the current political climate of the United States. Along his journey,…
Stunning Overhead Shots of a Glowing Pink and Turquoise New York City Taken From a Helicopter
A post shared by Photographer / Filmmaker (@xavierportela) on May 8, 2018 at 1:56am PDT For his vivid photo series “New York Glow“, Belgo-Portugese photographer Xavier Portelo hopped aboard a helicopter, climbed into the sky and captured stunning overhead shots of Times Square , the Empire State Building and other city neighborhoods, all drenched in…
A Bold Woodpecker With Expensive Taste Tentatively Taps on the Windshield of a Tesla Model 3
When proud Tesla Model 3 owner Andre Mercier returned to his car at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, he immediately noticed the presence of a gorgeous pileated woodpecker, who appeared to be very interested in something about the car (perhaps the faux wood dashboard). Mercier nervously watched as the woodpecker rounded the…
A Hypnotic Timelapse Showing a Uniquely Designed Coral Reef Lushly Springing to Life
Michael Rice of Elite Reef in Denver, Colorado, has created a number of really beautiful timelapse videos that captures the lush growth of handmade coral reefs of his own original designs. One such video features a rather gorgeous variety of corals springing to life. Coral time lapses captured….featuring palythoas, favia, pavona, duncans, frogspawn and chalice….
Ellen Adds Dancing to 2018 Summer Movies
On Monday’s episode of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres made some of the biggest summer movies from 2018 even better by adding a whole lot of dancing. She featured movie characters grooving in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
The Fondoodler, A Food-Safe Reloadable Hot Gun That Can Doodle, Draw and Design With Cheese
For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Fondoodler, a unique product that we first wrote about back in November 2016. The Fondoodler is a super simple, food-safe reloadable hot gun that melts most types of string, shredded, block or sheet-style cheese in a cylindrical canister, just like…
The Heart of Sky, A Short Animated Sci-Fi Film About How Life Might Have Been Created on Earth
The Heart of Sky is a short animated sci-fi film, brought to life in 2016 by the creative visual storytellers at Mirari & Co., about how life might have been created on earth. They drew their inspiration for the film from ancient Mayan mythology and references from the cultural narrative, Popol Vuh. In the past…
A Clever Jingle About a Painful Case of Shingles
Comedian Brian David Gilbert, about whom we’ve previously written, wrote and performed a clever little jingle about the most unusual of subjects – the cause, treatment and the absurd side effects of a painful case of shingles. ♪ Hi my name is Brian I have shingles I’m told that this is strange because this often…