Sesame Street is honoring both fathers and Friends, with a new parody of the ’90s sitcom’s theme song. The 2-minute jam is peppered with Friends references: a creative rendition of ‘Smelly Cat’, a puppet donning Joey’s Thanksgiving turkey hat, and a callback to Ross’s “pivot!” are amongst the best. Brightly-colored […]
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Netflix’s ‘Matilda the Musical’ teaser trailer stars plenty of revolting children
Emma Thompson IS The Trunch. The screen adaptation of Tim Minchin’s beloved musical version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda is coming to Netflix. The film stars none other than Thompson as the shotput-throwing, children-hating principal of our Chokey-fuelled nightmares, Miss Trunchbull, and Lashana Lynch as everyone’s ultimate teacher of our cottagecore […]
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‘Brahmāstra’ is Bollywood’s answer to the Avengers
After ten years in the making, Bollywood’s blend of ancient mythology and Avengers-like storytelling has emerged. The trailer for Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmāstra, which already has over a million views on YouTube, is here. Set in contemporary India, the film examines a secret society of people who guard “Astras” (or divine […]
The internet adores Mei’s dad in ‘Turning Red’
Pixar’s Turning Red, above all, is an ode to girlhood. Director Domee Shi’s animated coming-of-age film embeds this in the narrative itself, in the complex bonds between women of different age groups, and in the touching portrayal of female strength and perseverance. As our 13-year-old Chinese Canadian heroine, Meilin “Mei” […]
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Intense helicopter footage shows why Yellowstone National Park just closed
Extreme deluges are growing more and more common. Yellowstone National Park superintendent Cam Sholly said on Monday that record flooding has necessitated the closure of all inbound traffic into the iconic park for at least a couple of days (though northern parts of the park will be closed for a […]
YouTube Shorts says it has 1.5 billion monthly users. Those are TikTok-like numbers.
Every social media company wanted to be like the popular new kid on the block, the shortform video app TikTok. Even Facebook tried it with Lasso and failed. So, when YouTube announced it would be launching a shortform video platform, YouTube Shorts, there was some healthy skepticism. However, it seems […]