Entertainment
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Nintendo Game Boy Alarm Clock
Nostalgia is a funny thing. When you think about your childhood, it’s possible that you have just as many fond memories about the superficial or tactile aspects of things than you do of the things themselves (personal example: Most of my early memories about trips to Disney World are wrapped up in the trams, monorails, […]
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“Pin-Ups: David Bowie Goes to the Movies” from TIFF
The cool thing about being a David Bowie fan is that even if you’ve listened to all of his music (an impressive feat on its own), unless you’re an absolutely obsessive completist there are probably a few movies of his you haven’t seen yet. The Toronto International Film Festival, as part of its series of […]
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Pizza Planet: You’ll Soon Be Able to Visit the Pizza Place from ‘Toy Story’
Of all the fantastical worlds and impossible places within the Pixar universe, I think the one I’d most like to visit in real life is probably Pizza Planet, the utopian paradise of pizza and video games seen in the very first Pixar feature Toy Story. Soon, I’ll actually be able to do that, according to a recent […]
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Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra: An Orchestra of DJs (Video)
70 years ago, a recording of Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor became the first LP ever released. Now, Panasonic is paying tribute to that occasion with a new rendition of that orchestral work, this one performed by an unlikely group: The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra. As Channel Panasonic on YouTube explains: “The world’s first ensemble performance using only […]
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‘Bruce Lee: The Walk of the Dragon’ — Bruce Lee Returns in Comic Book Form
Back in 2016, comic book imprint Darby Pop released Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises, a one-shot adventure starring a superheroic Bruce Lee. Now, that fictionalized Bruce is back for an upcoming new one-shot entitled Bruce Lee: The Walk of the Dragon, sporting a cover lifting his iconic undershirt-and-nunchaku combo from Fist of Fury. As the official plot synopsis […]
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Monty Python is Coming to Netflix
For the first time, a giant raft of content from the archives of groundbreaking British comedy troupe Monty Python is coming to Netflix, first in the UK and then to the US later this year. For much of the shows, movies, and comedy specials included in the deal, it’s the first time they’ve been available on the […]
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“Immigrant Song”: Led Zeppelin Releases Live Cut from ‘How the West Was Won’ Reissue (Audio)
Tomorrow, Led Zeppelin is reissuing a remastered version of their 2003 (but don’t worry, recorded in 1972) live album How the West Was Won. Today, the band is winning a small sliver of the West in advance by releasing a track from the reissue, the always crowd-pleasing “Immigrant Song.” Audiophiles may be interested to hear this live […]
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‘Russell Crowe: The Art of Divorce’ at Sotheby’s Australia
Russell Crowe has always struck me as a man who probably knows his way around a divorce. Now, he’s literally elevating it to an art, and liquidating some assets in the process. He’s selling off a bunch of stuff from his private collection in order to cover the costs of his impending divorce from Danielle Spencer, […]
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‘Nightflyers': Upcoming Syfy Series Based on George RR Martin Story (Trailer)
With Game of Thrones one of the biggest things on TV right now, the race is on for TV networks to find other stuff George R.R. Martin has done throughout his long career and try to adapt it for some of that sweet secondhand action. One example is Nightflyers, an upcoming Syfy original series based on a novella that […]
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‘Dragon Ball Legends’ Mobile Fighting Game (Video)
It seems like pretty much every day as I trawl the internet for cultural tidbits, there’s some development in the sprawling multimedia Dragon Ball franchise. I tend to ignore most of it, since I’m one of the only 30-year-olds alive who never watched Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z as a kid, but in the interest of inclusion I’m bringing you […]
