In 1964, Goldfinger opened in theaters and cemented James Bond as a de facto cultural icon. Another star of the film became as closely associated with 007 as gadgets or his unflappable demeanor Ᾱ the Aston Martin DB5. Aston Martin has hand-built 25 exact continuations of Bond's DB5 from the film, with each one featuring Q's handiwork, including machine guns under the turn signals, a smokescreen, and a radar screen in the dash. To mark the beginning of deliveries, Aston Martin gathered the first five DB5 Goldfingers together in this video.
As Leslie Jones put it, 2020 "was a train wreck and a shit show but that would be unfair to trains and shit." So to end one of the most chaotic years in history, the Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is recapping it with a comedy event. The documentary-style special also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Lisa Kudrow, Hugh Grant, Joe Keery, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, and Cristin Milioti as the fictional experts, politicos, and monarchs that lead us through the last 12 months. Death to 2020 will stream on Netflix December 27, 2020.
Get your banana peels ready. Universal Studios Japan has finally announced the opening date for their Super Nintendo World. The Osaka theme park will press play on the game-based land on February 4th, 2021, with the main attraction being its Mario Kart ride. The rollercoaster is housed in a replica of Bowser's castle and will use AR and projection mapping technology for riders to virtually sabotage other guests while wearing headsets that look like Mario's cap.
The Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 continues the march toward fully autonomous floor care, combining powerful vacuuming with an equally capable mopping system in a package designed to require as little human intervention as possible. Its 25,000Pa Vormax suction, driven by a sixth-generation TurboForce motor, tackles everything from fine dust to pet hair and cat litter, while DuoScrub mopping and extendable SideReach and MopExtend technologies ensure corners, edges, and tight spaces don't get overlooked. The real centerpiece, however, is the multifunctional PowerDock, which automatically empties debris, cleans the mops, and uses hot-air drying to keep the system fresh between runs. Intelligent carpet handling, off-peak charging, and enough battery life to clean large homes in a single session round out a robot designed to do more than maintain floors. It aims to eliminate cleaning chores altogether, especially for busy households and pet owners.
Duke Cannon's Father's Day lineup leans into the brand's familiar formula of oversized grooming essentials, military-inspired packaging, and unapologetically rugged scent profiles, but beneath the tongue-in-cheek attitude sits a genuinely practical collection of daily-use upgrades. The gift guide ranges from heavyweight Big Ass Bricks of Soap and bourbon-forward beard care to colognes, tactical shower bundles, and shave kits built for dads who prefer utility over luxury-brand vanity. Everything arrives wrapped in Duke Cannon's signature blue-collar aesthetic, balancing humor with legitimately solid formulations made for hard-working skin, dry hands, and low-maintenance routines. It is less about reinventing grooming and more about turning everyday basics into something that feels giftable, durable, and distinctly masculine.
Eminem released the deluxe edition of his album Music to be Murdered By and dropped an insane new video to go with it. Hazmat suits, bats, talk show hosts — you can guess where this is going, with lyrics that hit on COVID and politics.
Justin Timberlake returns to film for an Apple+ original movie. The actor/singer stars as Eddie Palmer, a former high school football player whose career was cut short when he was sent to prison. After a 12-year stint, he returns to his hometown and finds his purpose while caring for an abandoned boy named Eddie. Palmer will begin streaming on January 29, 2021.
The Empire Strikes Back is 40 years old, and as part of the celebrations, Lucasfilm released this behind-the-scenes snippet from the making of the film. Watch a very young Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and the rest of the cast and crew as they bring one of the greatest films of all time to life.
From the playground to professional grounds, tag has become a burgeoning pro sport in its own right. What started with two friends and a GoPro has launched careers — and this is how it happened. Vox talks to Damien and Christian Devaux who helped launch chase tag into a worldwide phenomenon.
Bar soap rarely gets an upgrade, but the Duke Cannon Soap Puck rethinks the format with a compact, palm-sized design built for grip, portability, and longevity. Triple-milled for a denser, longer-lasting bar, it delivers a rich lather while holding up better than typical soaps, making it just as suited for daily showers as it is for gym bags and travel kits. Formulated with natural oils and free of phthalates, it cleans without overcomplicating things, while the rounded puck shape feels deliberate in hand. It's a small shift in form that turns a basic essential into something more considered and durable.
RiseGuide is bringing AI coaching to one of the most anxiety-inducing modern skills: public speaking. The platform's new Speech Analyzer listens to up to 60 seconds of recorded speech, then evaluates pacing, confidence, pauses, filler words, and structure before delivering a score alongside targeted feedback for improvement. Built into RiseGuide's Charisma Mastery program, the feature feels less like another passive self-help tool and more like a speaking coach that fits in your pocket, helping users sharpen clarity, cadence, and presence through real-time analysis and repetition.
There has always been something magical about snow and while we often watch it melt on the tip of our fingers, rarely have we seen it form before it falls from the sky. Using microscopic footage, time-lapse techniques, and a whole lot of patience, filmmaker Vyacheslav Ivanov captured the magical moment that freezing water forms a snowflake, and put it to the soothing sounds of Aphex Twin.
Your Christmas lights are lame. Steve Beers combined his Mandalorian fandom with some slick programming skills to create a light show synced to the theme song from the hit TV show.
