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Colorized Movies - American classics recast with African actors

Colorized Movies – American films recast with Africans

Hollywood movies are seen around the world and now they're getting a makeover for an international audience. African photographer Omar Victor Diop and French-American photographer Antoine Tempé used African models to reshoot iconic scenes from 20 films including Psycho, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Thelma and Louise, ... [Read More]
Bigfoot video evidence released by hoaxer

Bigfoot video evidence released by hoaxer

Self-proclaimed "master tracker" Rick Dyer gained national attention in 2008 for perpetuating a Bigfoot hoax but Dyer says he's spent the past few years trying to redeem himself by finding a real Bigfoot! And all it took was some Walmart ribs, which were dipped in deer urine and burned just the way Bigfoot likes 'em. Dyer ... [Read More]
Restaurant guide features food porn

Canadian restaurant guide features food porn

Canada's Voir Restaurant Guide is celebrating its 18th edition with a very adult ad campaign by Publicis. The advertising agency has a very literal take on food porn, which is the extravagant presentation of decadent food. It serves a substitute for sex according to celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Buns, melons, meat as ... [Read More]
Possessed baby prank promotes Devil's Due movie (Devil Baby Attack viral video)

Possessed baby prank promotes Devil’s Due movie

Devil's Due stars Allison Miller and Zach Gilford as Samantha and Zach McCall, a newlywed couple whose baby is possessed by the Anti-Christ. The rotten rugrat was set loose on the streets of New York in the latest example of prank advertising, or prankvertising. 20th Century Fox hired Thinkmodo the company behind the Carrie ... [Read More]
Like a Virgin Birth 1% of women claim immaculate conception

Like a Virgin Birth: 1% of women claim immaculate conception

Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ according to a Pew Research poll. One percent of women don't need faith. They've experienced the miracle firsthand. Britain's Medical Journal (BMJ) has published a study by the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill that examined the 14 ... [Read More]
Life-size Chocolate Santa on display at Houston Hotel

Life-size chocolate Santa on display at Houston Hotel

Santa's skin color has been a sticky situation for Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who took issue with having a black Santa. But we can all agree that when it comes to a chocolate Santa, the darker the better. A life-size chocolate Santa is the centerpiece of a Christmas display at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. ... [Read More]
President Obama sign language translates into laughs on SNL (Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thompson)

President Obama sign language translates into laughs on SNL

President Obama's trip Africa for Nelson Mandela's memorial gave Saturday Night Live (SNL) plenty of material to spoof. Obama (Jay Pharoah) acknowledged his many gaffes such as shaking hands with Cuban President Raúl Castro, taking a selfie with Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning Schmidt, and of course his ... [Read More]