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A Beautiful Whiteboard Illustration of Jim Carrey Telling 2014 Graduates to Shun Acceptance In Favor of Self
In yet another brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool, an earnest Jim Carrey tells the 2014 graduating class of Maharishi University of Management, that the…
How Cuttlefish Use What They See to Activate Camouflaging Pigment Cells to Hide in Plain Sight
Neuroscientist Gilles Laurent who works at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research explains to the International Journal of Science site Nature what it means…
An Adorably Fat Tabby Cat Figures Out How to Escape a Closet by Squeezing Out From Under the Door
A fat cat who got trapped in a closet figured out how to escape by squeezing through the small crack at the bottom of the door.
An Adorable Compilation of Parents Telling Their Children That They Ate All of Their Halloween Candy
Host Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! presented an adorable compilation of the parents who participated in the Eighth Annual “Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told…
The Walking Dead’s Special Effects Expert Greg Nicotero Opens Up About What Scares Him the Most
Greg Nicotero, the special effects expert and executive producer of The Walking Dead, opened up during an interview with Topic, about his love of scary…
How Guillermo del Toro’s Metamorphosing Monsters Create Necessary Drama Within Their Own Stories
Filmmaker Kristian Williams, who is also known as “kaptainkristian”, takes a look the iconic metamorphosing monsters featured in a number of films by legendary director…
How the Zombie Comedy ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Builds a Contextual World Around the Protagonist of the Story
Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay very astutely studies the Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright subtle zombie comedy film Shaun of the Dead, particularly pointing…
Creative Father Transforms His Young Son’s Bicycle Into a Fantastic ‘Imperial March’ Playing Star Destroyer
For Halloween 2018, really creative dad Andrew Guy labored for several months in order to transform his young son Aiden’s bicycle into a fantastic silver…
Morrissey Covers the Classic Pretenders Song ‘Back On the Chain Gang’ in a 1960s Style Showcase Video
The enigmatic yet quite subdued Morrissey (formerly of The Smiths) covered the classic Pretenders song “Back on the Chain Gang” (with only a bit of…
The Sorrowful Beauty of ‘Innuendo’, the Lesser Known Musically Complex Operatic Anthem by Queen
With the upcoming release of the Freddie Mercury biopic on November 2, 2018, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic makes a beautiful introduction to an operatic…