Saturday, March 22, 2014
Kevin Bacon Dances Footloose
Kevin Bacon made a rather impressive entrance when he was on The Tonight Show last night, dancing like he did back in the ‘80s. What else could he do, when Jimmy Fallon announced that NBC haas banned dancing on the show? Bacon is 55 years old. He was quite a bit younger when the movie Footloose was released just over 30 years ago, but he’s still got the moves (although there are a few “foggy” shots I suspect used a double). It's true that dancing keeps you young! (via Daily Picks and Flicks)
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When Animals Fall from the Sky.
NYC's Newest Neighborhood Will Float Above an Active Train Yard.
5 Iconic Buildings Built with LEGO Bricks.
I made a short film about my rape and now I can't get laid.
Think You Know Ugly? Read a detailed look at the elusive concept of ugliness at Collectors Weekly.
Journalists’ and activists’ strange approach to low-wage workers.
A Short History of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. (Thanks, Matt!)
Silhouettes and Signals. How the shape of fashion has changed through history.
Heds Will Roll is a fairly new Tumblr blog for news headlines that are clever, but were rejected for publication for one reason or another. (via Metafilter)
Friday, March 21, 2014
Cat Alarm Clocks
Does your cat do this? It’s been a long time since I was awakened by a cat, since there are four people in my house who are all equally as likely to fill the cat dishes, and there are only two or three hours in which we are all four asleep. I learned long ago that well-fed cats help to insure a decent sleep interval. This compilation is from Huffington Post. (via Tastefully Offensive)
The Motion Picture Camera: Past, Present and Future
This wordless sequence is a tribute to awesome movie camera shots from the past hundred years and the cameras and operators who shot them. This was put together for the Society of Camera Operators 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards. It left an impression on those who saw it on the big screen there, as it would on anyone who loves the cinema. (via the Presurfer)
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Sarah’s husband has a collection of 1500 vinyl records, which get hauled every time they move. So Sarah decided to listen to all of them to find out what he sees in the music.
The Mystery of the Sea Unicorn.
America should jack up its top tax rate to 70 percent.
Five Ghost Towns Abandoned after Disasters.
Genetically Engineered Corn Foiled by Insect Evolution. (via Boing Boing)
If World War I Were a Bar Fight.
17 Everyday Words You Just Might Be Mispronouncing. Let’s see if we can correct that right now.
Unable to explain why it should ever be hard to do, Twitter launches a tool that will find your first Tweet. Millions are discovering that it was “test” or “I have no idea what I’m doing.”
You’ve heard about the resurgence of whooping cough, then measles. Now the mumps are back, too, thanks to those opposed to vaccinations.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, and the Magic of Video Archives
YouTube member GAabriel Antunes put together a weird bit of Hollywood coincidence that will take some explaining, but will blow your mind. Or maybe not, does this kind of thing happen all the time, and we just aren’t aware of it? This video is arranged in three parts.
1. In 2009, Louis C.K. talks about the wannabe actors who pose questions to movie stars, such as Sean Penn, during the show Inside the Actors Studio. No way any of those curious students will ever be famous!
2. In 1999, Sean Penn was indeed on Inside the Actors Studio, where he fielded a question from a wannabe actor named Bradley Cooper.
3. In 2013, Bradley Cooper harassed Louis C.K. onscreen when they were both in the movie American Hustle. Who's laughing now?
How anyone ever put all this together is beyond me, but I’m glad they did. (via Uproxx)
9 More Alternate March Madness Tournaments
While
the NCAA basketball tournament is eliminating your favorite teams left
and right, you might be discouraged enough to turn away from sports and
try something different. There are plenty of online brackets to fill
out, as we found out Tuesday. Here are several more brackets you can enjoy that have nothing to do with basketball, in my post today at mental_floss.
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The Final Days of Duane Allman.
Goodnight Clock. How long does it really take to put bunny to bed? (via Metafilter)
25 Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Star Wars.
Christian conservatives should be Christians first and conservatives second.
JonBenet Ramsey's Colorado Home And Other Infamous Murder Houses For Sale. They are real bargains, but who wants to live there?
Three days was long enough for the internet to get over the latest episode of The Walking Dead and make jokes about it. Contains spoilers, gore, NSFW text, and hilarious psychopathy.
A Fan Theory That Ties Frozen, Tangled, and The Little Mermaid together. The clues may be coincidence, but Disney has tied together stranger stories.
The long, troubled history of Ghostbusters 3. In development for 12 years now, don’t hold your breath for a premiere date.
10 Ways to Celebrate the Spring Equinox. There will be no containing the joy of reaching the end of this particular winter.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Christopher Walken Dancing
Christopher Walken may play creepy roles, but he loves to dance. In fact, before he was an movie star, he trained as a dancer for musical theater. This video has clips of 57 different Christopher Walken movies going back as far as 1977, and he dances in most of them. That’s a lot of movies! A list of the films is at HuffPo.
(via Tastefully Offensive)
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