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LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Magic From Coraline to Wildwood LAIKA: The Magic Behind a Stop-Motion Dream Factory: Two Decades of Groundbreaking Animation from Coraline to Wildwood

LAIKA: The Magic Behind a Stop-Motion Dream Factory: Two Decades of Groundbreaking Animation from Coraline to Wildwood

LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Magic From Coraline to Wildwood

Go inside LAIKA’s world of stop-motion, exploring Coraline to Wildwood with rare art, in-depth interviews, and a detailed look at animation techniques.

How An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Changed Modern Cinema

See how Ambrose Bierce’s classic short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Robert Enrico’s film adaptation influenced modern noir, psychological thrillers, and directors like Nolan and Soderbergh. It is not remembered only because of its ending, though the ending is unforgettable.

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Captures 90s Rock Life

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Captures 90s Rock Life

Melissa Auf der Maur adds a new milestone to her extraordinary creative journey with the release of her memoir, Even the Good Girls Will Cry:A '90s Rock Memoir, from the imprint Da Capo. The book offers an intimate look at her life during the explosive alternative rock era of the 1990s, revealing the music, moments, and personal experiences that shaped her career.

Cartoons

Rankin/Bass: The First Easter Rabbit, the Forgotten 1976 Classic

Rankin/Bass: The First Easter Rabbit, the Forgotten 1976 Classic

Step into Rankin/Bass’s 1976 Easter classic, The First Easter Rabbit, featuring hand-drawn animation, Burl Ives’s narration, and a heartwarming storybook tale.

Fleischer Cartoons Return in Stunning Restored Collection

Fleischer Cartoons Return in Stunning Restored Collection

Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1, distributed by ClassicFlix, feels like rediscovering a lost treasure chest from animation’s most imaginative era. Seeing these shorts restored with modern clarity is a revelation. Many of these cartoons have not looked this vibrant since their original theatrical releases nearly a century ago.

The Simpsons Hits 800 Episodes with Classic Springfield Fun

The Simpsons Hits 800 Episodes with Classic Springfield Fun

The AP celebrates The Simpsons' 800th episode milestone with behind-the-scenes insights, iconic characters, music evolution, and the show's lasting cultural impact.

Food

Cereal Savages: What Happens When Mascots Snap cereal savages book cover

Cereal Savages: What Happens When Mascots Snap

Cereal Savages revives the wild joy of eating sugary cereal while watching cartoons, turning 1980s mascot nostalgia into a funny, heartfelt graphic novel.

The Sugar Bears: When Cereal Mascots Became 70s Pop Stars the sugar bears flexi record cereal

The Sugar Bears: When Cereal Mascots Became 70s Pop Stars

From The Sugar Bears to Count Chocula, cereal box records and flexi-discs helped transform 1970s breakfast into a full-blown pop culture experience. These promotions are perfect examples of a time when breakfast brands offered far more than just cereal.

Burger Wars 2026? CEOs Bite Back After McDonald’s Video

Burger Wars 2026? CEOs Bite Back After McDonald’s Video

It all began when Chris Kempczinski, CEO of McDonald's, appeared in a promotional video sampling the chain’s newest towering creation, the Big Arch. Then it turned into a full-blown burger bun-fight. Are we witnessing the opening act of the Burger Wars of the 2020s?

Art

Banksy Identity Mystery Revealed to be Robin Gunningham banksy

Banksy Identity Mystery Revealed to be Robin Gunningham

Reuters reignites the Banksy identity mystery, linking Robin Gunningham to the famed street artist and raising new questions about anonymity, myth, and art.

Bob Ross “Old Mill” Painting Recreated as Moving Diorama handcrafted-bob-rosss-painting

Bob Ross “Old Mill” Painting Recreated as Moving Diorama

YouTuber Physical Render recreates Bob Ross’s “The Old Mill” as a 3D mechanical diorama with a flowing river and working water wheel, turning a classic painting into living art. This project proves that sometimes the best way to honor a painting is to let it flow.

Zara Picken: Modern Illustration Revives Mid-Century Magic

Zara Picken: Modern Illustration Revives Mid-Century Magic

Zara Picken curates a comprehensive archive of mid-20th century commercial illustration, showcasing vintage graphic design and advertising art from the 1950s to 1970s.

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Movies

Why The Wizard of Mars is my New Sleepy Cult Sci-Fi Favorite the wizard of mars movie poster

Why The Wizard of Mars is my New Sleepy Cult Sci-Fi Favorite

Why The Wizard of Mars joins Santa Claus Conquers the Martians as my favorite cozy, sleepy Mars cult movie ritual for the perfect night’s sleep.

Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary Does not Land

Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary Does not Land

Ryan Gosling’s viral football stunt at Randy’s Donuts wasn’t real, but everyone believed it. A funny look at movie magic, perception, and star power. According to a critic, Ryan Gosling's most impressive performance this week might still be that imaginary football throw.

Trailer: Spider-Man Brand New Day Brings Gritty Street-Level Action

Spider-Man Brand New Day trailer reveals a darker, street-level Peter Parker with new powers, comic-inspired storylines, and a fresh start for the hero. This Spider-Man story feels personal, gritty, and alive.

Comics

Baby Blues and Zits Say Goodbye to New Strips

Baby Blues and Zits are shifting to reruns, marking a bittersweet moment for newspaper comic strips and the fading comfort of original daily funny pages.

Cathon’s Fruit Salad is a Charming Indie Comic Gem fruit salad comic strip book cover

Cathon’s Fruit Salad is a Charming Indie Comic Gem

Montreal cartoonist Cathon transforms everyday moments into funny, personal, and charming comics in Fruit Salad, a delightful slice-of-life gem.

Spy vs. Spy at 65: MAD Magazine’s Silent Icons spy vs spy mad comics strip

Spy vs. Spy at 65: MAD Magazine’s Silent Icons

65 years on, the brilliance of Spy vs. Spy still comes down to its simplicity, proving again and again that great comedy needs no dialogue, only clever ideas, perfect timing, and a bold willingness to blow everything sky-high.

Music

How AC/DC Conquered the World With High Voltage in 1976 ac dc high voltage

How AC/DC Conquered the World With High Voltage in 1976

How AC/DC turned 1976 into their breakout year, using High Voltage, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and relentless touring to become global hard rock legends. Bon Scott, and Angus Young turned 1976 into rock history and never let go.

Cities and Memory Preserves Lost Obsolete Sounds for Future

Listen to Cities and Memory Obsolete Sounds, a powerful archive preserving disappearing audio from obsolete tech and fading environments worldwide.

Wet Leg’s Catch These Fists Live at KEXP Wet Leg Live on KEXP

Wet Leg’s Catch These Fists Live at KEXP

Wet Leg’s live performance of "Catch These Fists" at KEXP is raw, explosive, and fearless, turning frustration into a thrilling post-punk anthem of empowerment.

Weird

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator enshittification

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

The Norwegian Consumer Council report explains ensh*ttification, the slow decline of digital platforms as ads grow, features vanish, and users get squeezed. An Ensh*ttificator is hard at work right now polishing the next update and thinking, “Perfect. That’s just crappy enough."

How to Write Out a Paper Check (For Dummies) woman holding big check

How to Write Out a Paper Check (For Dummies)

A dad finds himself giving his twenty-something daughter an unexpected life lesson: how to write an old-fashioned paper check. The moment turns into a humorous look at the generational gap between digital payments and old-school banking, with a nostalgic detour into quirky promotions like the long-forgotten “Toaster Rule.”

Why Friday the 13th Is “Unlucky” and the Math Behind It woman scared of Friday the 13th

Why Friday the 13th Is “Unlucky” and the Math Behind It

Today is Friday the 13th, which means at least three of your friends have probably already texted you something like, “Be careful today!” as if the calendar suddenly turned into a horror movie soundtrack. But before you cancel your plans, hide under the covers, or avoid ladders, it’s worth asking a very logical question: Is Friday the 13th actually unlucky, or is it just bad math mixed with good storytelling?

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