The legendary Oregon Country Fair got COVID-cancelled but that's not stopping them from hosting their annual three-day music and art festival online. This weekend (July 10-12) turn on/tune in for… Read the rest of the article: First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend

Tokri (The Basket) is a beautifully crafted 15-minute claymation short that took India-based Studio Eeksaurus eight years to complete. Give it a watch, you'll see that it was worth the… Read the rest of the article: 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making

Am I the only one who found the Disney Parks re-open announce video a little creepy? pic.twitter.com/o8VV4GRjW2 — vegan sofrito (@pobrecito) July 9, 2020 Reopening the Walt Disney World theme… Read the rest of the article: Disney's phased reopening video made to sound dystopian

What did I just watch?! British YouTuber/Madman/Inventor Colin Furze has developed a super powerful potato gun. Wait, scratch that… a semi-automatic potato CANNON. Yes, he's invented a way to power-shoot… Read the rest of the article: This is one crazy-ass potato gun

The entire Rotten Tomatoes interview (above) with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is terrific and insightful. But I was especially struck by the part where he shares the songwriting process for… Read the rest of the article: Hip hop & AOL: Lin-Manuel Miranda shares his influences for Hamilton's 'My Shot'

Stella, the dog who has been taught to 'speak' using pre-programmed buttons, has now learned to express when she's 'mad.' Watch the video to find out why she's upset —… Read the rest of the article: Stella the 'talking' dog is mad about something

To escape the noise of children playing, Pixar's Pete Docter (director of Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, and the upcoming Soul) stepped into his home closet to give a tutorial… Read the rest of the article: Pixar director shows how to make flipbooks, from inside his closet

"Reboot with a twist" alert. Deadline: ABC has handed a pilot production commitment to The Wonder Years, a new iteration of the network’s 1980s family comedy-drama. It comes from Dave… Read the rest of the article: 'The Wonder Years' but with a Black family

Tetris de cartón ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Ei9sOBuNcl — Becario en Hoth (@becarioenhoth) July 1, 2020 I saw this video the other day of a man and child playing "analog Tetris" and I… Read the rest of the article: Analog Tetris — the homemade cardboard version

Here's some crazy news: Big Boy restaurants are swapping out their iconic mascot "Bob" for a little blonde girl named "Dolly." She is an obscure sidekick-type character from the "Adventures… Read the rest of the article: Hello, Dolly… and goodbye, Bob's Big Boy?!

Did you know that in 1978 a San Francisco band called Little Roger & the Goosebumps recorded a mashup song that blends Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" with the theme… Read the rest of the article: 'Stairway to Gilligan's Island' mashup from 1978 covered by Puddles Pity Party

This humorous New Yorker video, "A Father's Newfound Feminism," turns stereotypes about a dad meeting his teen daughter's boyfriend upside down. (The "Sorry, I've Benedict Lately" greeting card is a… Read the rest of the article: Feminist father: "If you ever hurt my daughter, I swear to God I'll let her navigate her own emotional growth" (video)

The Marin County Fair in San Rafael, California is closed due to COVID restrictions but that isn't stopping them from offering deep-fried everything (and more!) at two special drive-thru events.… Read the rest of the article: Fair food fix: California county fair hosts drive-thru events

The never-not-good Randy Rainbow is on a roll. Last week, he rolled out "Cover Your Freakin' Face" and this week he's followed it up with "Poor Deplorable Troll," which parodies… Read the rest of the article: Randy Rainbow sings Trump is a 'poor deplorable troll' in 'Little Mermaid' parody

Georgia State University student Julian Bass made a fun reel of his visual effects work on TikTok, showing him transforming into his favorite superheroes: a Jedi, Ben 10, and Spider-Man.… Read the rest of the article: VFX student's TikTok superhero reel catches the eye of Disney's Bob Iger

YIKES! This video starts off wholesome enough, just a little boy named Asher learning to play fetch with the family dog. But then he picks up a big ol' SNAKE… Read the rest of the article: Toddler picks up snake instead of stick while playing fetch with dog

On Friday, July 3, Hamilton debuted on Disney Plus. On Saturday, July 4, "Weird Al" Yankovic posted a music video for his "Hamilton Polka" using clips from the filmed theatrical… Read the rest of the article: Weird Al puts a polka spin on "Hamilton" footage

Oakland Symphony was forced to cancel its season but they've continued to rehearse through Zoom. In lieu of its regular in-person concert, they performed their version of "This Land is… Read the rest of the article: Oakland Symphony performs radical social justice song of yore

In this sobering video made for the Movement For Black Lives, Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs asks that we look at what Independence Day really means for Black people right now.… Read the rest of the article: Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?"

I'm a little late to the party as I've just discovered the fantastic world of YouTuber Pickitup's ska covers! K.K. Slider himself would be impressed by his ska-jazz cover of… Read the rest of the article: This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything