Last week the short “First Kiss” took the internet by storm, gathering tens of millions of views just a few days after being published to YouTube. While the film made people feel all good inside as they remembered their own first kiss moments, it also received backlash for casting only good-looking performers rather than people… Continue reading Here’s What Happens When 20 Strangers Who AREN’T Models Make Out on Camera [VIDEO]
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Good causes and organizations worth supporting.
This Filmmaker Is Using Google Glass to Share the Lives of People Whose Stories Aren’t Told
Director and producer Josh Kim is using Google Glass to help people around the world tell their stories in a series of short documentaries called Google Glass Diaries. By asking people in hard to understand professions like pay phone operator and hot air balloon pilot to wear Glass and tell their story, Kim is helping… Continue reading This Filmmaker Is Using Google Glass to Share the Lives of People Whose Stories Aren’t Told
This Ad from a Cosmetics Brand Actually Isn’t Superficial
Thought cosmetics brands were all about selling impossible beauty standards to an impressionable world? Apparently not! A new add lets girls know they “can” do whatever they put their mind to. CoverGirl’s put out this inspiring ad featuring Queen Latifah, Ellen DeGeneres, Sofia Vergara, Katy Perry, Janelle Monáe, Becky G, and P!nk. It also features… Continue reading This Ad from a Cosmetics Brand Actually Isn’t Superficial
This Filmmaker Got 20 Complete Strangers to Make Out With Each Other; Watch What Happens
A first kiss is always awkward, but what about a first kiss between two complete strangers? In her short film “First Kiss” director Tatia Pilieva asks 20 strangers to kiss for the first time while being filmed. What ensues is a series of the awkwardly cute first kiss jitters we’ve all experienced at one time… Continue reading This Filmmaker Got 20 Complete Strangers to Make Out With Each Other; Watch What Happens
Applications for the TEDGlobal 2014 Fellowships Are Now Open
Are you or anyone you know a global thinker ready to change the world with your ideas? Then consider applying to be a 2014 TEDGlobal Fellow! The 2014 TEDGlobal Fellows program will accept 20 new members into its prestigious program for preparing the world’s thinkers and presenters of tomorrow. Looking especially for applicants from Mexico,… Continue reading Applications for the TEDGlobal 2014 Fellowships Are Now Open
Watching This Homeless Man Win the Lottery Will Make Your Day
For a couple weeks around the shopping center he lives next to, YouTube prankster MagicofRahat noticed Eric, a respectable homeless man, hanging around. Being the prankster that he is, Rahat decided to trick Eric into thinking he’d just won the lottery – while donating $1,000 cash to him on the spot and capturing it all… Continue reading Watching This Homeless Man Win the Lottery Will Make Your Day
In the Spirit of March Madness, Help Brackets For Good Raise $500K for Charities
What if we could recreate the energy surrounding the NCAA March Madness tournament and put it toward something good, like donating to charities? Brackets For Good does just that by pitting nonprofits like the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership and the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic against each other in a battle for people’s donations. Every dollar… Continue reading In the Spirit of March Madness, Help Brackets For Good Raise $500K for Charities
Scientists Now Able to Track Whales From Space
Although they are the largest mammals on the planet, you can’t see whales from space. Not until now, that is. Scientists have discovered that they can keep track of whales by using images taken from space with the DigitalGlobe’s Worldview-2 platform. The system uses exceptionally high resolution satellite pictures and image-processing software that scientists can… Continue reading Scientists Now Able to Track Whales From Space
