Neil Patrick Harris trades the smart suits and clean look for a very filthy Count Olaf in Netflix's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. The scheming Count takes in the Baudelaire orphans, trying his damnedest to rob them of their fortune. The series premieres January 13, 2017.
Two of the best things on the internet have finally come together — the hydraulic press and super slow motion video. The Slow Mo Guys took some inspiration from the Hydraulic Press channel, compressing a full deck of cards into a millimeters-thin stack. The explosion was captured, of course, in fantastic slow-motion.
Dialect coach Erik Singer is an expert on accents, and he's really good at his job. WIRED invited him to critique the accents of 32 actors, from the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman's excellent Truman Capote, to Kevin Costner's terrible Robin Hood. The subtleties of what goes into creating an accent for the screen are amazing.
With the NFL schedule dropped it's officially time for Miami Dolphins fans to start mapping out their season. As the Official Travel Partner of the Miami Dolphins, Skyscanner's Miami Dolphins Travel Planner streamlines the entire game day getaway by helping fans compare flights, hotels, and car rentals in one place. Whether you're flying into South Florida for a weekend at Hard Rock Stadium, following the Dolphins on the road, or traveling as an opposing fan, the platform makes it easy to score deals and turn every matchup on the schedule into a full-fledged football trip.
Nike launches the Vomero 18 with a stacked cushioning setup designed for longer miles and everyday training. The silhouette combines ZoomX foam layered above ReactX foam to create a softer ride while maintaining responsiveness underfoot. Additional outsole pods are positioned at high-contact zones to improve agility and smooth out heel-to-toe transitions across pavement, treadmills, and track surfaces. A padded tongue and reinforced upper add structure to the fit, while the retro-inspired colorway pushes the Vomero beyond running and into everyday wear equally built for early morning mileage, coffee stops, and city streets afterward.
Monsters do exists. In Jordan Vogt-Roberts' King Kong reboot, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, and Brie Larson travel to an island where a gigantic angry ape is the least of their problems, because there's also gigantic lizards, gigantic water buffalo, and a normal size John C. Reilly. Cross your fingers for a monster-to-monster throw down when the film comes to theaters March 10, 2017.
The Roots and Metallica just made the collaboration no one saw coming. Adding a xylophone and a kazoo to the 1991 hit "Enter Sandman", the two bands cram into Jimmy Fallon's music room to turn the heavy metal staple in to a classroom classic. You may love it, you may hate it, but you will respect the way Lars throws down on the mini cymbals.
Movie memorabilia superfan Adam Savage went to visit his friend Peter Jackson — who not only has a massive collection of movie props, he's also directed some movies with great memorabilia himself. Peter and Adam geek out over a choice piece of Peter's collection — an original HAL 9000 panel from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Interplanetary travel isn't easy. There are all kinds of ways to die — radiation, solar flares, equipment failures. But before you get to space, you need to get off the ground, and that's dangerous too. And if you actually make it to Mars — well, you get the idea.
Born in 1977 during Nike's formative years, the LD-1000 was pioneered with long-distance runners in mind offering stability through every stride with its unique flared heel. As one of Nike's earliest endeavors into performance footwear, it helped cement Nike's legacy in the athletic sphere building its reputation as an olympic winner. Today, the LD-1000 returns with its original DNA woven into a Flyknit upper for a durable and breathable fit, combined with a durable waffle outsole, bringing retro running heritage into a street-ready revival that honors the past with modern running technology.
This is our shortcut to the good stuff on Amazon. It's an ongoing Uncrate-vetted list we'll be adding to and subtracting from. It's your field guide to use before wading through Amazon's millions of mediocre listings. It's our handpicked, battle-tested lineup of the clever, the durable, and the legitimately worth buying. The pieces that punch above their price, hold up in the real world, and never miss. In other words: the Amazon aisle curated by someone with taste.
David Blaine got biblical on Drake, Stephen Curry, and Dave Chappelle on the latest episode of Beyond Magic. Asked to draw a small animal, Chappelle drew a frog — and Blaine produced three of them out of his mouth. The reactions are priceless, but it's doubtful anyone was kissing the magician that night.
Point and shoot. Point and shoot. Selfies. Your photography is boring. But today is your lucky day — Cooperative of Photography has eight wash to freshen up your shots. An important note: you'll have to put the phone down and use a real instant camera. You know, the kind that uses actual film.