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 Delight in the old-timey wonder of Sesame Street's holiday special
The snow tumbles down on Muppets in top hats as a mustachioed Cookie Monster offers a Santa'd Jim Gaffigan a chocolate chip cookie. This is the scene on set as Sesame Street shoots its first holiday special in 10 years. "Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas" is a Dickensian tale told through a furry lens of children's television. Much of the special takes place in an old-timey Sesame Street populated by the ancestors of the street's familiar, fuzzy faces. Image: zach hyman Image: zach hyman Set designer David Gallo took modern Sesame Street back to the 19th century with sepia tones, ivy-covered iron gates and laundry dangling by clothespins over the familiar cobblestone. The characters themselves underwent their own period makeovers, trading their regular clothes and monster fur for dashing, hand-sewed tweed outerwear and exaggerated facial hair. Read more... More about Christmas, Sesame Street, Watercooler, and Tv Read More »All Kesha wants for Christmas is for you to hear her new music
2016 wasn't the easiest year for most people, including Kesha. The singer has been outspoken regarding the legal battle with her producer and alleged rapist Dr. Luke, which currently prevents her from releasing new music. In an Instagram post, Kesha continued to express her frustration and perseverance to get the music out to fans ears no matter what it takes.
Amazon blitzes the skies for speedy holiday deliveries
In 2016, Amazon might be the closest thing we have to Santa Claus. Amazon wants customers to get their holiday gifts on time so much, it's leased a fleet of 40 jets and packed them with orders to be shipped around the United States, according to Reuters. The company is hellbent on flinging orders to the doorsteps of Prime customers as fast as humanly possible. Amazon promises the estimated 35-50 million U.S. members of its Prime service that customers will get their packages within two days, but really it wants those customers to get their packages even more quickly whenever possible. Unlike most airplanes full of packages, Amazon-leased planes reportedly don't do stopovers, so they spend more time getting where they need to go. They also take off much later than most planes with similar missions, which allows them to depart with items ordered just before their customers drift off to sleep. Read more... More about Fedex, Ups, Delivery, Prime Air, and Amazon Prime Read More »LeBron James is also king of dancing like no one is watching
LeBron James may have won an NBA Finals MVP award in June, but his performance in the past two weeks is worthy of another, more prestigious award — MVP of Dancing Like Nobody's Watching. Someone spotted the Cleveland Cavaliers star busting out some very impressive dance moves on his way to the locker room at an as-yet-unidentified game, barely a week after he was absolutely vibing out to Kendrick Lamar at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year ceremony. More about Sports Illustrated, Nba, Basketball, Lebron James, and Entertainment Read More »Stuck cat makes an extremely daring escape from the top of a palm tree
When a fire department attempted to rescue a cat out from a very tall palm tree, the cat wanted to show it didn't need their help. It is an independent cat. From very high up, it leapt to the ground and miraculously landed unharmed. You can see the firemen try to grab the cat after it landed, but somehow it still had the energy to sprint away. It is its own cat. It doesn't need you, fire department. An A-list celeb has finally offered to perform at Trump’s inauguration
The struggle has proved to be oh so real for President-elect Donald Trump as he frantically searches for celebrities to perform at his inauguration on January 20. Though Trump has been shut down by some big names like Elton John, things began to look up on Friday, when one bold and talented A-list celebrity straight-up offered to perform. Who? Well, Alec Baldwin, of course. Baldwin, who you may know as the actor who plays Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, is not a big fan of the president-elect. Nevertheless, he saw what a hard time Trump was having booking decent entertainment, so he decided to help the guy out by volunteering to sing the classic AC/DC song, "Highway to Hell" on his big night. Read more... More about Twitter, Conversations, Inauguration, 2016 Election, and Entertainment Read More »Animal shelter celebrates their empty kennels with a joyous video
One Colorado animal shelter has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. For two days in a row, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region adopted all of their available dogs. The group was able to achieve the heartwarming success with their #HomeForTheHolidays promotion, helping them adopt over 25 dogs and 23 cats. The non-profit shared the news through a triumphant video on their Facebook page, accompanied with the proud message, "What happens when your last available dog gets adopted? Your staff and volunteers jump into the kennels to celebrate!" Read more... More about Humane Society, Animals, Cats, Dogs, and Adoption Read More »Snapchat unveils a game that you play with your face
Along with new festive holiday lenses for Christmas, Snapchat has also released a new lens that lets you play a game with your face. The game, which is featured within the app, is called Santa's Helper. In it, your face is placed on an elf's body as you try to slide down a snowy slope, collecting presents and ornaments, and dodging bunny rabbits that'll try to punch you. And here's the coolest part: you control your elf by turning your head left and right. What does this new lens-based game mean for Snapchat? Is the company getting serious about gaming? Though Snapchat told TechCrunch Santa's Helper is "the launch of a new, native games feature," the game is unlikely to become the next Pokémon Go. Read more... More about Advertising, Mini Game, Game, Lens, and Snapchat Read More »Sorry internet, Sinbad never played a genie and 'Shazam' doesn't exist
Sorry '90s kids, Sinbad has never starred as a genie in a movie called Shazam, despite what you think you recall. That fact has not stopped multitudes on the internet from believing in this fictional movie. While traces of this invented film have popped up over the years, it's only in the last month that confused nostalgia for something that never existed has boiled over into a frenzy.
Writing for The New Statesmen, Amelia Tait laid out the very real confusion housed in certain parts of Reddit, wherein people with firm memories of a movie called Shazam starring Sinbad have shared their stories and have tried to work out what it means that no evidence for it exists. Read more... More about Shazam, Sinbad, Pics, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »The year according to Airbnb
It was a combative year for Airbnb, and the controversial home-sharing company is ready to move on to 2017. As 2016 comes to a close, the the $30 billion company's public policy arm shared some information in a reflective new blog post. "You have been the difference-makers, and after this tremendous 2016, we expect to see 1 million interactions between hosts and government officials in 2017," the public policy group Airbnb Citizen wrote in a blog post to Airbnb users. "We’re excited to continue our work with you to grow and strengthen our community, while we also continue to partner with policymakers to realize the benefits of home sharing in cities around the world." Read more... More about Sharing Economy, Airbnb, Business, and Startups Read More »Report: Carrie Fisher rushed off plane after heart attack
Actress and author Carrie Fisher had a heart attack mid-air on Friday, law enforcement officials have told multiple news outlets. Fisher was aboard a flight from London to LAX when she went into what was described as "full cardiac arrest." Tweets from others on board claimed she had stopped breathing and passengers were administering CPR. She was later taken from the plane at LAX by EMTs, it was claimed. Fisher was heading home for the holidays from her book tour promoting The Princess Diarist, her personal journal from her time on the set of the original Star Wars. Read more... More about Carrie Fisher, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Homemade ’Avengers: Age of Ultron’ has cardboard robots to spare
Avenger: Age of Ultron featured tons of big-budget special effects and action scenes as the heroes and villains tore their way through a fictional Eastern European nation. Our CIneFix series, Homemade Movies, re-created the Age of Ultron trailer with all those same things. Well, actually with a totally different cast and no effects budget and some cardboard robots and awesome wigs. Otherwise totally the same. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Movies, Avengers Age Of Ultron, Avengers, and Homemade Movies Read More »Not on Netflix? Google and Amazon have a 99 cent movie deal this holiday season
If you love to Netflix and chill, there's a sweet movie deal in store for you this holiday season — although it's not actually on Netflix. Both Google and Amazon are offering any of their films for the low, low price of $0.99 for the next few weeks. The deals, which apply to just one movie per account, will run between now and Jan. 23 at Google Play, and at Amazon Video where you have to use the promo code "MOVIE99." Since both deals apply to literally every movie listed, there's a pretty generous variety to choose from. On Amazon, for instance, you can find recent blockbusters like Suicide Squad or holiday favorites like Elf starring Will Ferrell, while Google Play has a bunch of classics like The Christmas Story. Read more... More about Streaming Services, Holiday Season Movies, Netflix, Google Play, and Amazon Read More »Typhoon Nock-Ten rapidly intensifies, poses major Christmas threat to Philippines
Typhoon Nock-Ten, known as Nina in the Philippines, significantly intensified on Friday and is expected to peak as a Category 4-equivalent storm as it approaches the Philippines. It's possible the storm will grow even stronger on Friday night, eastern time, which is Saturday morning local time in the Philippines. Unlike other major storms that have hit the Philippines this year, Typhoon Nock-Ten is expected to hit the more populated parts of Luzon, including the capital city of Manila. The storm's track is a major concern since it puts more than 10 million people at risk from high winds, flooding rains and potentially deadly storm surge flooding. Read more... More about Science, Typhoon Nina, Super Typhoon, Philippines, and Climate Read More »Carrie Fisher's Star Wars family shows love after she's rushed to the hospital
After news hit that Carrie Fisher reportedly had a heart attack while on a plane to Los Angeles, members of her Star Wars family started sharing best wishes for the actress who immortalized Princess Leia. Fisher, whose singular voice shines through her active social media presence, boasts a devoted online network searching for the latest Star Wars news from the set, inspired strings of emoji and pictures of her adorable dog, Gary Cooper. So Twitter is an appropriate place for fans and colleagues alike to join forces and hope for her speedy recovery. More about Celebrities, Twitter Reactions, Star Wars, Carrie Fisher, and Watercooler Read More »Secret Santas: Inside the hidden online world of St. Nicks
Santa Claus is coming to town, or actually, the internet. Like so much of the planet, the jolly red man has found a home online. Booking gigs, talking with fans, finding the perfect red suit — it all happens there. But like many of us mere mortals, Santa's social life and work life are two different worlds that just sometimes merge. That's where secret online communities come in. Yes, there are Santas on LinkedIn and others marketing themselves on social media, but "Santa groupies" and a need for more privacy have driven many to connect in hidden online groups. More about Facebook, Online, Christmas, Santa Claus, and Watercooler Read More »Tiger Woods continues making suspect decisions, golfs with Donald Trump
It just gets weirder and weirder, folks. One day after freeing the nipples on Twitter as "Mac Daddy Santa," Tiger Woods hit the links with President-elect Donald Trump. His bleached beard is still intact, too. Woods and the tweeter in chief were scheduled to golf together Friday at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to pool reports. Lo and behold, photos soon emerged of Tiger and Trump on the greens.
Here’s what future Las Vegas might look like
Las Vegas represents possibility, optimism and temptation. It’s a city with lights running through its veins and creativity pumping in its heart. That said, it’s really no surprise that Vegas also happens to be a city that is fully embracing technology. Below, we explore what some of today’s most exciting technologies may mean for the next ten years of this larger-than-life slice of America. Vegas VRA high-tech mindset isn’t new for Vegas: The city has long played host to the annual CES event, a launch pad for some of the world’s most innovative and disruptive technologies. And virtual reality, one of the hottest buzzwords in the tech industry, has been hogging the spotlight of CES’ stages for the past several years. Read more... More about Future Of Cities, Futurism, Hotel Tech, Tech, and Supported Read More »Of course Matthew McConaughey faked an Australian accent for a year
Having an Aussie accent in America can really play to your advantage. It's cute, it's unusual, it's got that Crocodile Dundee vibe. It's no wonder then that Matthew McConaughey faked an Australian accent after returning home from living Down Under for one year between high school and college. McConaughey pulled the accent for almost 12 months while he was studying at the University of Texas at Austin, he told Seth Meyers Friday on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Why? He was doing it to impress women, of course. "The ladies kinda were [into it] ... which is why I was doing it," he said. Read more... More about Entertainment, Australian Accent, Accents, Matthew Mcconaughey, and Australia Read More »Millions of red crabs migrating is the right kind of Christmas rush
Crabs are not the spiders of the sea. They are majestic creatures that are living their best life. Just try not to be impressed by the majestic sight of millions of Christmas Island red crabs dashing to the Indian Ocean. Come wet season, the creatures make their annual migration out of the forest to the sea to breed and lay their eggs, according to Parks Australia. Christmas Island, as this video shows, is a stunning place. To be honest, these crabs are probably having a more romantic, tropical Christmas than you are. Read more... More about Christmas Island, Red Crabs, Crabs, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »Ridiculous Fox anchor to Teen Vogue writer: 'stick to the thigh-high boots'
It's shocking stuff, but it turns out young women can be interested in both fashion and politics. The concept seemed to bamboozle Fox News' Tucker Carlson Friday, but luckily, Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca was there to help. Duca was roundly praised for a recent article on the magazine's website entitled "Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America." She appeared on Carlson's show ostensibly to discuss an incident where a man confronted the president-elect's daughter Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight, but mostly to school the TV anchor. SEE ALSO: Obama trumps Trump and permanently bans Arctic drilling ahead of inauguration Read more... This wall of sea smoke might be the most ominous thing you will see all day
The natural phenomenon happened following a decrease in the air temperature, with the cold air coming in contract with the warmer water. While there is an answer for the sight, it is still pretty spooky looking. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Sea Wall, Wall Of Smoke, Real Time Video, and Real Time Read More »'Westworld' maze merch has taken over Etsy because we're all super-nerds
Westworld is certainly one of the more mind-bending TV shows to hit the small screen in 2016, but it too must inevitably be subject to the Etsy effect. While you've been picking your jaw up off the floor after the season finale, enterprising folks have been crafting up a storm. There so, so many products out there that depict "the maze" — the recurring series' motif that's been puzzling us every episode so far. Good news for any men in black out there — this maze is meant for you. Get sucked into this wooden maze-like gameImage: todd blatt It's a Kickstarter project, by the way. Read more... Oh, here's the maze again. On a ringMore about Watercooler, Television, Westworld, and Tv Read More »This device fixes the worst thing about the new MacBook Pro
'HyperDrive' is a compact adapter for the ports lost in the recent MacBook Pro upgrade, turning the two Thunderbolt 3 slots into various HDMI, USB-C, USB 3.0, SD and Micro SD. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Accessories, Apple, Usb C, and Hyperdrive Read More »21 times Adele slayed beyond all expectations in 2016
LONDON — There are some people who have point-blank refused to let the ongoing misery of 2016 get them down. These people have battled on despite the tide of bad news, helping make the year that little bit less horrible for the rest of us. Adele definitely falls into this category. From the moment she nailed Carpool Karaoke back in January to the moment she nailed, well, pretty much every minute of her tour, Adele has been a shining ray of awesomeness in 2016. Let us recap the moments. Read more... 1. Her record-breaking episode of Carpool Karaoke.More about Uk, Ellen, Ellen Degeneres, Carpool Karaoke, and Funny Read More »Watch millions of bright red crabs head to the sea to make baby crabs
These crabs are all migrating in droves to the sea to breed and make even more crabs...they sure look pretty doing it. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Crabs, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Us World Read More »The inventor of the mug shot also photographed hands, feet and dead bodies
Setups for photographing suspects and murder scenes. Image: adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images In the first decades after the invention of photography, police forces began assembling “rogues galleries,” collections of images of suspected and convicted criminals. These galleries were rarely organized in any systematic way, much to the chagrin of Alphonse Bertillon, who began his career as a clerk in the Prefecture of Police in Paris in 1879. Seeking to create some kind of orderly system for recording the features of suspected criminals and organizing them in a useful way, Bertillon developed a system of anthropometrics that came to be called the Bertillon system. Read more... More about Criminal Justice, Mug Shots, Crime, History, and Retronaut Read More »10 things you should do now that you've welcomed Alexa into your life
So you just got an Amazon Echo or an Echo Dot — fantastic, because they're sold out almost everywhere! Welcome to the future, where ordering a pizza or controlling your lights is just a voice command away. What's an excited futuristic, cutting-edge person like yourself supposed to do first with your new vocal powers? Here's where to start. 1. Connect your musicImage: OLE SPATA/PICTURE-ALLIANCE/DPA/AP IMAGES Since the Echo is a speaker, the very first thing you'll want to do is connect your music to it. The Echo supports five major music streaming services: Amazon Music, Spotify (premium account required), Pandora, iHeartRadio and TuneIn. Read more... More about Ai, Voice Commands, Voice Controls, Digital Assistant, and Smart Home Read More »Trust me, falling bricks don't get any more exciting than this
Forget rain drops on windows. Nothing induces calm like the completely random sound of bricks gently falling. In this video, construction workers set up bricks to fall down like dominoes. You think it's just a normal domino set up, but oh wait, there's a plot twist. These bricks had you fooled. Could bricks get more exciting than this? Of course not. They're bricks. But this is still pretty great. Read more... More about Dominos, Watercooler Viral Videos, and Watercooler Read More »The internet has Brendan Fraser fever, and the only cure is more Brendan Fraser
The most beloved actor on the internet right now is Brendan Fraser. Fraser, who hasn't been in a hit movie or television show since 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth, has seen a huge boom in internet fandom, including a boom in traffic on the "SAVEBRENDAN" Subreddit — dedicated to reigniting Fraser's career — and a 30,000-strong petition to Netflix, HBO and Starz to give him more work as an actor. The recent obsession with Fraser and his career started with his recurring role as Gunther in the third season of The Affair. Fraser's return to the spotlight after eight years reminded fans of the actor's talent and turned attention to his lack of performances. Read more... More about Watercooler, Film, Brendan Fraser, and Entertainment Read More »Best kid ever dresses up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for 'Superhero Day,' and ugh, we're crying now
It's 2016: SCOTUS black robes are the new superhero capes. To celebrate "Superhero Day" at her school (what kind of school is this?), eight year old Michelle decided to come dressed as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to a Facebook photo posted by her mom, Michelle appears to have been inspired by an illustrated children's book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "I Dissent." "It's superhero day at school. Michele has been reading the heck out of 'I Dissent' and decided to dress as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, because she fights prejudice and injustice," Krista Wujek Threefoot, her mother, writes in the caption. Read more... More about Scotus, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Watercooler Read More »Will Ferrell returns as an evil 'Elf' this holiday season
'Tis the season for scary holiday films. We thought we'd remake some of our favorite Christmas comedies into thrillers. Happy Holidays! Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. This 509-year-old map contains the first known use of the word 'America' — but not where you may think
The east coast of South America, the first known instance of "America" being used in a document. Image: Library of Congress In April 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published his Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes, or The Universal Cosmography according to the Tradition of Ptolemy and the Discoveries of Amerigo Vespucci and others. It was the first known map to feature parts of the New World labeled “America,” derived from the Latin version of Vespucci’s first name Vespucci had traveled up and down the east coast of South America a few years earlier, finding it to extend much farther south than previously thought — a whole new continent. Read more... More about American, World, Maps, History, and Retronaut Read More »Apple responds to damning MacBook Pro battery test
The dark cloud hovering over the MacBook Pro since its release grew larger earlier this week when Consumer Reports delivered a stinging report claiming that the laptop's battery life was inconsistent. That report resulted in the nonprofit organization's decision to, for the first time, not give the MacBook Pro its "recommended" ratting. Late Friday, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, took to Twitter to alert the public to the fact that the company was in contact with Consumer Reports regarding the report. SEE ALSO: For the first time ever, Consumer Reports does not recommend the new MacBook Pro Read more... 'CS:GO' pro kicked off team after complaining about players' rights
As of Friday, professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Sean Gares no longer has a team. Following the publication of an open letter signed by 25 North American CS:GO players regarding players' rights and the Professional Esports Association (PEA) league, Team SoloMid CEO Andy "Reginald" Dinh informed his player Gares that he was going to look for a replacement. The letter detailed players' issues with the PEA, namely the league's lack of transparency with players and its attempt to block its league participants from competing in the similarly structured ESL Pro League. Dinh responded to the letter by contacting Gares, saying Gares should have communicated with him and the two ultimately parting ways. Gares posted the conversations online: Read more... More about Esl, Pea, Cs Go, Counter Strike, and Esports Read More » | ||||
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