Spinal Tap bass player Derek Smalls says goodbye to his old band, thinks about life in his old age, gets ready to go back on the road for a tour to promote his new solo album, Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing).
John Krasinski Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions
‘A Quiet Place’ director and star John Krasinski takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Does John Krasinski play basketball? Is he married to Jenna Fischer? Can John Krasinski sing?
Doc Martens Just Lowed The Price On Their William Blake Boots
The 1460 is the original Dr. Martens boot. Its recognizable DNA looks like this: 8 eyes, grooved sides, a heel-loop, yellow stitching, and a comfortable, air-cushioned sole. This season, the shoe company adorned it with a piece of British history: a print of artist William Blake’s “Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils”. Ever the creative, freethinking individual, Blake perfectly embodies the spirit of Dr. Martens — and that’s why they collaborated with Tate Britain to feature two of his most famous, provocative paintings. You can get them here, at an even lower price than when first launched.
David Bowie as Nikola Tesla in ‘The Prestige’
Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) commissions a machine from Nikola Tesla (David Bowie) during Tesla’s time in Colorado Springs. This video clip is taken from the motion picture The Prestige, and was released in theatres back in 2006.
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I LOVE This Idea: A Vending Machine Now Distributes Free Short Stories
The Short Story Dispenser offers intellectual breaks to enchant readers, while enabling businesses with lengthy wait times to improve upon their customer experience. Put a story where people gather in your business, surprise them poetically and encourage interaction, so they leave with a smile.
With the Short Story Dispenser, you can improve your customer relationship by transforming the low points of their experience (having to wait, feeling ignored, impatience, etc.) into highlights (surprise, smiles, a great read).
Short Édition’s aim is to adapt literature to the modern world by combining short literature, the community and technology. In this way Short Édition uses passion and humour to inspire the community of readers and authors who dare to like short stories. Created in 2011, Short Édition has generated over 19 million readings of works and now has more than 230,000 reader subscribers to its participatory platform, short-edition.com, designed for reading on the move.
9,000 of their authors have been selected and promoted by the readers of the Short Édition community. They have written the works offered on the short-edition.com platform. The shortest and best are selected to be offered to the public via the Short Story Dispenser. They have signed a publishing contract with Short Édition which protects them, gives Short Édition responsibility for managing their creative output and enables them to receive royalty payments. Our authors are therefore paid in royalties, every time their work is accessed in a Short Story Dispenser.
What Birds Do Metal Singers Sound Like?
Bird scientist Tom Stevenson listens to famous metal songs and tell us what birds he thinks the vocalists sounds like. Tom seriously invented an app called BirdGenie which can identify a bird by it’s song.
Fingerstyle Kids’ TV Show Medley
Are you an 80s or 90s kid? Fancy some retro nostalgia? Here’s a medley of some of the best 80s and 90s kids TV themes broadcast in the US and UK/Ireland, played on solo fingerstyle guitar, as played by John Tracey.
Canadian Man Gets Banned From Hotel For 17 Years. This Is The Funniest Story You’ll Read All Day.
Nick Burchill from Nova Scotia has been banned from the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C for the last 17 years. What? I thought we Canadians were nice! Why? Well, he explained the bizarre circumstances that led to his ban online, and it’s gone viral, for excellent reasons.
Top Song And Concert Searches For Summer 2018
Google has shared a look at the songs, artists, concerts and movies that are heating up the summer of 2018, according to Google Trends insights over the last 3 months.
The top trending lyrics people are searching for:
1. Drake, “In My Feelings”
2. Childish Gambino, “This is America”
3. Kanye West, “Lift Yourself”
4. Drake, Lil Baby “Yes Indeed”
5. Pusha T, “Story of Adidon”
6. Drake, “Emotionless”
7. Drake, “Duppy Freestyle”
8. The Carters, “APES**T”
9. 6ix9ine ft. Nicki Minaj, “FEFE”
10. Post Malone, “Rich & Sad”
Top Festival Searches
1. Vans Warped Tour
2. Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL)
3. Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA)
4. Austin City Limits (Austin, TX)
5. Made in America Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
6. Electric Zoo (New York, NY)
7. Bumbershoot (Seattle, WA)
8. Lockn’ Festival (Arrington, VA)
9. Hard Music Festival (Fontana, CA)
Winnie the Pooh voice actor Jim Cummings talks Christopher Robin
By: W. Andrew Powell, The GATE
Jim Cummings has been voicing some of your favorite animated characters for close to 30 years, and he’s worked on dozens of blockbuster animated films and games, from Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Princess and the Frog, to The Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect 2, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. His most beloved roles though are most definitely Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger.
In Walt Disney’s new live action film, Christopher Robin, Cummings returns as the beloved little bear from the Hundred Acre Wood, and I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with the actor about his career, characters, and how working on this film differed from the other Winnie The Pooh films and series.
To get ready for a particular character, I asked what his thought process was like to get into character, but the answer was a little surprising.
“No thinking involved,” he said. “No, instincts are the best-stinks. You just follow them and that’s the only way to go.”
“People say, ‘How do you keep it separated?’ Well, how do you keep songs separate when you hear them? When a Beatles song comes on and then you hear Rachmaninoff, how can you tell them apart? ‘Cause you can, I guess, right? I would think, yeah. That’s the way it works for me.”
Cummings, who was ever the comedian, joked that he didn’t quite get the career he hoped. “See, you have to understand, I’m a dismal failure,” he said. “I wanted to be a mime. Can’t tell you how this has backfired on me. Complete failure.”
And I wondered if he had a favorite character, considering the dozens he’s played over the years.
“You know, I kind of have a top 10 but I can’t think of any of them right now. I’m gonna say Pooh, go out on a very sturdy limb and put Pooh and Tigger up there. They’re tied for first place. How’s that? That’s my new answer.”
Christopher Robin is out in theatres today, Friday, August 3. Watch the full interview with Jim Cummings below, and for a little extra fun, watch my interview with the characters of Christopher Robin, including Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore below.