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MCU stars including Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman and the young Parkland gun control activists talk about their first time (voting) in a hilarious PSA. Via Teen Vogue: With the 2018 midterm elections fast approaching, celebrities are doing their best to help mobilize people to get out and vote. The latest such effort comes courtesy of […]

Jon M. Chu, director of the hit rom com film “Crazy Rich Asians”, shot a short film for WIRED using just the iPhone XS Max. Via WIRED: Whenever Apple shows off a new iPhone, the company always has a great deal to say about its camera. True to form, this year’s iPhone Xs and Xs […]

Hershey’s chocolate marketing spotlights a 93 year old in its latest marketing campaign in a great feel good ad about spreading joy. Via the Des Moines Register: Every day a random act of kindness cheers up a few souls in the small town of Long Grove, Iowa. It’s a simple thing, but simple things can […]

Instagram has moved on from cafes and restaurants and is now reshaping modern museums, changing how art is selected and presented. Via the Conversation: With 800 million users and growing, it was perhaps inevitable that Instagram would shake up the art world. The social photo platform has been accused by the media of fanning a […]

The ads for the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 involves community-created content, curated by its advertising team, and it’s surprisingly not an impenetrable set of memes and in-jokes. Via Kotaku: In anticipation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s release on October 12, the Call of Duty brand has launched a wave of […]

The new extended trailer for Star Wars Resistance has a lot of starship dogfighting action. The series is inspired by Japanese animation. Via the Verge: Disney announced that it has begun production on a new animated Star Wars show, which will debut later this fall in the US on the Disney Channel. Star Wars Resistance […]

The US trailer for Never Ending Man has dropped — it’s about Hayao Miyazaki’s post-retirement projects, including his struggle with 3D animation. Via Gizmodo: Hayao Miyazaki shocked the world in 2013 with the announcement of his retirement. But the legendary animator has gone on to create a few new works since he stepped back from […]

Apple’s quirky new iPhone X ad pushing its new phone embiggens everything, including an orange housecat and someone’s avocado toast. As to the phone itself, here’s the Wired review: Evolutionary, not Revolutionary: This year’s new iPhones? They’re last year’s phone design with some new internals. One of those new features is an impressive new chip, […]

One Small Step by Taiko Studios is a beautiful short film by alumni out of Disney and Pixar, about a girl who wants to be an astronaut. Via Short of the Week: Yes, yes it’s pretty standard stuff in a lot of ways, but the execution is quite exquisite. The use of a 2D style […]

Improving the human condition with Bill and Melinda Gates with Goalkeepers, an initiative to spur action and track progress toward the goals. An interview via National Geographic: Susan Goldberg: I’ve just read the Goalkeepers report. Why did you decide to start doing this? Melinda Gates: Because we think that the news—that the world has made […]