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Christopher Guest’s Mascots to launch on Netflix on October 13

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Aug 2, 2016

Christopher Guest’s Mascots to launch on Netflix on October 13

Mascots is a new comedy from Christopher Guest, director of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Starring many of his regular troupe of actors, this latest film takes place in the ultra-competitive world of sports mascots where they compete for the most prestigious award in their field, the Gold Fluffy.

The Netflix original film stars Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Brad Williams, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Susan Yeagley, Sarah Baker, Tom Bennett, Kerry Godliman, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Hitchcock, Maria Blasucci, John Michael Higgins, and Jim Piddock. The film was written by Christopher Guest & Jim Piddock and produced by Karen Murphy. Mascots will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September and will launch globally on Netflix on October 13, 2016.

James Corden Played Matt Damon’s Stunt Double in “Jason Bourne”

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James Corden Played Matt Damon’s Stunt Double in “Jason Bourne”

When James Corden arrives on the “Jason Bourne” set expecting to act with Matt Damon, he is surprised to learn he will be spending a painful day as Matt’s stunt double.

“If you know there’s a crash pad there, then I know there’s a crash pad there, and that means the audience knows that you know that I know that you know there’s a crash pad there, and it’s all just kind of ruined.”

The iPhone Hits Another Milestone: 1 Billion Sold

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Aug 1, 2016

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A little more than nine years after it made its debut in the United States in June 2007, Apple announced that it recently sold its one billionth iPhone.

Having generated more than $600 billion in revenue and in all likelihood more than $100 billion in net profit for Apple, the iPhone might well be the most profitable piece of technology to ever have hit the market. It has transformed Apple from a company with $19 billion in annual sales (in 2006) to the most valuable company in the world, raking in $234 billion in the fiscal year that ended in September 2015.

However, every fairytale must eventually come to an end and so does the iPhone’s remarkable growth story. Between April and June, iPhone sales declined for the second consecutive quarter and, if Apple revenue guidance is any indication, will continue to do so in the ongoing quarter. With the smartphone market maturing and many low-cost alternatives flooding emerging markets, it will be interesting to see if Apple can reinvigorate sales or if we are already past peak iPhone.

You will find more statistics at Statista

How Pixar Uses Music To Make Us Cry

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Aug 1, 2016

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Ethen of the Sideways YouTube channel has created a video essay where he examines how Pixar uses music to make millions of people, myself included, to cry at all the right moments.

Watch 1,000 musicians cover “Seven Nation Army”

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A group of over 1,000 Italian musicians, calling themselves Rockin’1000, recently gathered at a stadium in Cesena, Italy to perform a thunderous rendition of the White Stripes hit, Seven Nation Army. Touting themselves as “the biggest rock band on earth,” the same ensemble covered Foo Fighters’ Learn to Fly last summer, leading Dave Grohl to promise that his band would come do a show in Cesena. In August 2015, nearly 16 years after its initial release, the single entered the Austrian Singles Chart at number 69 and the Swiss Singles Chart at number 41, thanks to Rockin’1000.

Jack White played the first vinyl record in space

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Nashville rocker Jack White has successfully played a vinyl record in space — the first person ever to do so. On Saturday, White launched a gold-plated 12-inch master of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn” using a ‘space-proof’ turntable attached to a high-altitude balloon. The vessel — known as “The Icarus Craft” — ascended 94,413 feet above the earth in less than 90 minutes.

The #IcarusCraft at peak altitude — 94,413 feet above Earth — at 1:21:20 flight time! pic.twitter.com/4jrBoN1S2i

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 30, 2016

What goes up… pic.twitter.com/2Dw8zrrhwZ

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 30, 2016

Jack White & Neil Degrasse Tyson discuss Third Man’s plans to play a record in space circa 2012. pic.twitter.com/wYtZApho81

— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) July 29, 2016

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Parrot Sings Drowning Pool’s “Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)”

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Jul 31, 2016

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Parrot Sings Drowning Pool’s “Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)”

This parrot can sing metal better than me.

How to make speakers out of paper

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Jul 31, 2016

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I am almost useless around the house when it comes to fixing stuff. There are no starting-off points with me, either. And while you’ll never know when you’ll need to make a pair of speakers out of some strips of paper, this video will help you win points with your family or housemates. If you figure out how to do it, don’t worry about telling me how to do it, I still won’t be able to.

https://youtu.be/Pv1oz2TogUk

Annoy yourself (and others) with “The World’s Most Unwanted Song”

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Annoy yourself (and others) with “The World’s Most Unwanted Song”

“The Most Unwanted Song” is a song created by artists Komar and Melamid and composer Dave Soldier in 1997. The song was designed to incorporate lyrical and musical elements that were annoying to most people. These elements included bagpipes, cowboy music, an opera singer rapping, and a children’s choir that urged listeners to go shopping at Wal-Mart.

For The People’s Choice: Music CD, “The Most Unwanted Song” was paired with “The Most Wanted Song,” which incorporated musical elements that were “wanted” by listeners, again as determined by a public opinion survey. Instruments such as guitar, bass, piano and drums, and lyrics about love were “most wanted” by the survey respondents, and are included in the song, which has been described as “Celine Dion-esque”.

The vocals for “The Most Wanted Song” are provided by Ada Dyer and Ronnie Gent; Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is featured on guitar.

Music Doc: The Rise Of Radio One DJ Featuring John Peel, Kenny Everett And More

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Music Doc: The Rise Of Radio One DJ Featuring John Peel, Kenny Everett And More

“When Auntie BBC put on a kaftan and beads and entered the pop age” murmurs the solemn opening commentary of this 1970 ‘Man Alive’ TV analysis of UK pop radio. This BBC film looks at the rise of the Radio One DJ and features Emperor Rosko, John Peel, Kenny Everett and Tony Blackburn. Posh voices in sepia suits submerged in cigarette smoke poke earnestly at this strange new radio thing growing with alarming speed its petri dish.