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10 Crazy Hurricanes Caught on Tape

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:59:43 +0000

Is there anything scarier than a hurricane at full force? Not if you’re in the middle of it filming the action. These extremely bold individuals risked their lives (or at least sanity) for the following 10 pieces of footage, so take a moment to appreciate their heroic service to the country. 1. Hurricane Charley (2004) [...]

Watch a Full Year of 'Conan' in Four Minutes [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:14 +0000

Yes, Conan has been at TBS for a year (the anniversary is November 8, to be exact). To celebrate, Team Coco has released a video that compresses the entire 12 months into a nice four minute package. Highlights include several variations on Conan’s “string dance,” a fast montage of the guests like Harrison Ford and [...]

Go on a 5,000-Mile Hitchhiking Trip in Three Minutes [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:47:30 +0000

You’re bound to meet a few interesting people when you take a year-long hitchhiking trip across the country.

Artist, traveler and self-proclaimed ‘lover of people’ Benjamin Jenks met exactly 930 when he and his raised thumb journeyed 5,000 miles from Los Angeles to Maine. Artist that he is, Ben put together a time-lapse video of his trip complete with photos of all 930 people he met along the way.

Man Wears 18 Famous Faces in 100 Seconds [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:00:29 +0000

Software developer Arturo Castro was able to come up with a computer program using FaceTracker technology that allows him to both morph the faces of others onto his own in real time video and then control the expressions of this Franken-face with his facial movements.

Castro has some fun with the creepy technology in the video below, in which he shifts from Paris Hilton to Fidel Castro to Steve Jobs and then onto more famous faces.

Larry David's Many Unwritten Societal Laws Assembled in 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Supercut [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:00:53 +0000

HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm‘ derives a good deal of its comedy from lead Larry David and his neurotic fits when he feels others aren’t following society’s unwritten laws.

New York Magazine’s Samantha Zalaznick has assembled a supercut of all these rules that David mentions on ‘Curb,’ from how one should approach free food samples to what kind of hug is appropriate for two men.

Actors in Movies Say the Names of the Movies They're in (Again) [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:13:37 +0000

YouTuber Honsco‘s first supercut of movie characters saying the name of the movie they’re appearing in (like when Christopher Lloyd actually says “back to the future” in, of course, ‘Back to the Future’) garnered more than a half-million views and now he’s back with a sequel. Posted this morning, ‘Movie Titles in Movies: Part Deux’ features 110 Titles in 159 Seconds, from Craig Robinson saying “hot tub time machine” in ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ to Natalie Portman saying “black swan” in ‘Black Swan.’

See Seven Years of 9/11 Memorial Construction in 90 Seconds [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:30:11 +0000

The National September 11 Memorial will be unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the attacks next month. Workers have been toiling at the site for seven years, but this time-lapse video crunches it all down to just a minute and a half. Using footage from live webcam site EarthCam, the past several years of construction [...]

25 Iconic Movie Scenes You Might Not Know Were Improvised [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:00:34 +0000

Actors and directors speak frequently of improvising on film sets, but would you believe that some of cinema’s most iconic lines were off the cuff and not from a script? Robert DeNiro’s ‘You talkin’ to me?’ in ‘Taxi Driver’? Improvised. Humphrey Bogart’s ‘Here’s looking at you, kid’ in ‘Casablanca’? Improvised, too. Get the stories behind [...]