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Off to the Vet, Simon’s Cat Pays an Unwilling Visit to the Doctor in His Very First 12 Minute Color Film
In 2014, we wrote about Simon Toland and his fundraising efforts to make an 12-minute color animation entitled “Off to the Vet“, which comically tells…
How Time Travel Has Been Portrayed in Fiction
Henry Reich created a fantastic whiteboard animation documenting and diagramming the different forms of time travel employed in fiction.
Lady Gaga Rehearses With Metallica For Their 2017 Grammy Performance of ‘Moth Into the Flame’
In February 2017, the very talented Lady Gaga performed with the legendary Metallica an absolutely incredible version of the band’s song “Moth Into the Flame”…
Curious Museum Guest Gets Unexpected Surprise When He Touches the Glass of a Virtual Shark Tank
While visiting the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., a curious guest approached the touch activated Virtual Shark Tank and reached out to touch the…
Chrissy Teigen Shares Her Thoughts on Motherhood and U.S. Presidents While Answering 73 Questions
Model Chrissy Teigen invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into her gorgeous Beverly Hills home to answer 73 random questions for Vogue. Teigen affably…
Webflow’s Interactive Microsite Presents an Amusing History of the Web in 20 Seconds
The team at Webflow has created an amusing microsite that allows viewers to scroll through a funny, 20-second history lesson on the web. It uses…
Colin Furze Turns a Briefcase Into a Portable Gas Fireplace
British inventor Colin Furze took a standard briefcase and turned it into a portable gas fireplace that comes equipped with necessary extras like a thermos…
A Heroic Clockmaker Attempts to Help a Smart Watch Escape the Clutches of Thieves
Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer of Corridor Digital have created a new live-action comedy short about a heroic clockmaker who attempts to help out a…
Humanoid Robot ‘Sophia’ Speaks at Future Investment Initiative During a Live Interview
Earlier this week, during a Future Investment Initiative panel in Saudi Arabia, CNBC journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin conducted an interesting and creepy live interview with…
Radius, A Sci-Fi Film About a Man Who Causes People To Die Whenever He Comes Near Them
Epic Pictures Group has released the first official trailer for Radius, a Canadian sci-fi thriller film co-directed by Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard. It follows…