christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

8mm movies This tourist-shot 8mm film shows what New York City looked like in 1976 Mark Frauenfelder

toys The wonderful history of Troll Dolls David Pescovitz

stop motion animation A stop-motion car combat show from Jon Favreau and Seth Green coming to Quibi Gareth Branwyn

cats Jerk cat up for adoption: "World's worst" Rusty Blazenhoff

cats 'World’s worst cat' up for adoption Xeni Jardin

tabloids Bill Clinton’s party on Epstein’s Lolita Express jet, Two Meghans demand millions, and a very Merry Christmas, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

filmmaking The magic of movie miniatures via the Slice of Life fan film Gareth Branwyn

film The world's first Christmas movie is a silent one made in 1898 Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

footage The cinematic universe of Melania Trump christmas videos Rob Beschizza

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

movies Fans of Hallmark Christmas movies now have a convention all their own John Struan

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week’s tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

tech You can read beautifully illustrated novels in the New York Public Library's Instagram account John Struan

eff A cycle of renewal, broken: How Big Tech and Big Media abuse copyright law to slay competition Cory Doctorow

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

names Macaulay Culkin to legally change his middle name to 'Macaulay Culkin' Rusty Blazenhoff