Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

In True Blood, Everyone Is Naked And Crying And Dead In The Forest

I am NOT HAPPY about last night’s True Blood. SO not happy. But I don’t want to spoil it all right now, so let me explain what happened pro/con style. Pro: Surprise, Sarah Newlin is back! Sure, OK, says the rest of the nation. I mean, I like the Ex-Mrs. Newlin, and I love the…

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Creatures From The Harry Potter Spinoff Movie Appear In The Real World

Visitors at the brand-new Diagon Alley in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park got to see creatures from the next Potter spinoff movie in the fake flesh. Behold a Crumple Horned Snorkack, a Kneazle and a Demiguise from the next Potter film, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Top image via Karen…

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Wasp Nest Fuses With Recliner To Become A Terrifying Throne Of Pain

Half-easy chair, half-yellow jacket nest, this mesmerizing recliner was discovered by a bee removal company the town of Hobe Sound, Florida. How long could you sit atop the Throne of Wasps? Discovered by Wayne’s Bees, this massive yellow jacket home must have been left undisturbed for a very long time to grow to this magnitude.…

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Game Of Thrones Wine Is Coming

Now you too can get drunk on wine with Cersei and Tyrion Lannister because there’s about to be an (unofficial) Game of Thrones wine collection released. Sadly, none of them are named “The God of Tits and Wine.” Common Ventures has put together the Wines of Westeros, a non-affiliated wine collection inspired by the GoT…

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Watch The World’s Tallest Water Slide Test Its First Human Riders

The Verrückt, the world’s tallest water slide, has finally started testing with real, live humans. And the first drop in this POV footage is absolutely terrifying. Located in Kansas City, Schlitterbahn water park has been pushing back the big unveiling of their monster slide (The Verrückt) again and again. But this video with slide’s engineers…

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Dominion’s Angels Are All About Pudding And Sex

After two very fast episodes, Dominion slows down to do a little character work, and talk about pudding. Angels like pudding. It’s official: I really like this weird angel show. Spoilers ahead… Okay, so after the big reveal that angels look like humans now — and then the additional reveal that angels are in Vega…

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Adorable Lovebird Makes Fancy Fake Tail From Paper

Youtube user 10000vxmen has uploaded the most adorable video of his lovebird, Beebee, constructing a long tail out of paper. This bird is fierce. The commentary on this video is absolutely adorable: “This is my Lovebird; she doesn’t like to show her tail.” [via Daily Picks and Flicks]

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Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Is Getting Turned Into A TV Series

Remember Nightbreed,the totally insane Clive Barker monster movie centered around a pack of wonderfully gruesome monsters living under a cemetery? Oh, and the bad guy was played by David Cronenberg! Well, Barker and friends want to turn Nightbreed the movie into a TV series. Excellent. Barker has been talking about the return of Nightbreed for…

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Trailer For Before I Go To Sleep Wants To Be The Next Memento

In the movie based on S.J. Watson’s book Before I Go To Sleep, Nicole Kidman suffers a massive head trauma that causes her to forget everything about her life when she goes to sleep—including the person who caused her trauma. Color us interested. The talent in this picture is large, including Colin Firth, Mark Strong…

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The Doubleclicks Release A Sweet Music Video About Growing Up

It’s no secret, we love The Doubleclicks. Their latest little ditty “Really Big Chickens” is all about growing up and dinosaurs. This song is yanking on our heartstrings. It’s absolutely delightful.

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And Now, The Jurassic Park Theme Performed By Goats

Nothing recaptures the majesty of Jurassic Park’s main theme better than a pack of screaming goats. Welcome to Jurassic Goat. [via Uproxx]

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Reminder: Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes Was Very, Very Bad

Let’s celebrate the soon-to-be-released Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by reminding ourselves of the movie that could have killed the franchise forever: Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes. So stare gape-jawed at its horror with one “Honest Trailer” and another video listing everything wrong with the film. It really is terrible.

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Tina Fey Is Making A Hocus Pocus Sequel!

Great comedian and all-around amazing producer and writer Tina Fey is making a Hocus Pocus sequel. And if it has to be anyone, we’re so glad it’s her. However, we’re not super excited about the premise… Updated with new info! A long time ago, there were whispers that Disney wanted to make a sequel to…

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Laura Palmer’s Twin Peaks House Is For Sale

For a sum of $549,950, the home of Laura, Sarah and Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks can be yours. And yes, the interiors still maintain that “What is going on?” charm; it even has that creepy wicker rocking chair! Welcome To Twin Peaks found the fictional home of Laura Palmer for sale here on Estatelyand…

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Sherlock Will Return In 2015

Martin Freeman has spilled the beans about the triumphant return of Sherlock, and thank goodness. Too long have we gone without our Benedict Cumberbatch snark. And in even better news it sounds like the series will be making their first Christmas special as well. In an interview with The Telegraph, Freeman revealed that the gang…

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CBS Making A Show About Animals Planning A Global Attack Against Humans

CBS is making a show that’s basically The Birds, but instead of birds attacking humans, it’s all of the animals across the globe attacking humans. All of them. CBS has ordered 13 episode of the TV adaptation of James Patterson’s totally wacky Zoo. The book is centered around an outbreak of organized animal attacks. The…

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Bryan Fuller Is Developing The American Gods TV Series For Starz

Holy hell—Bryan Fuller is going to bring Neil Gaiman’s American Gods to television. We are freaking out. After American Gods got stuck in development hell at HBO it bounced around until finally finding a place to land today. Starz just announced in a press release that not only will they be providing a home for…

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Yikes, Christian Bale’s Moses Is Super Intense

Here it is the first-ever look at Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, which looks absolutely bonkers. Christian Bale is Moses; Sigourney Weaver is his fake mom and Joel Edgerton is Rameses, which is good because as we all know Rameses was Australian. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we now have our first glimpse into the…

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The Real-Life Baby Animals That Inspired Earth To Echo‘s Alien

The latest addition to the family-friendly boy-meets-alien genre is Earth to Echo, which features characters that are much more realistic than anything you’ll see on the Disney Channel. We spoke with the director about channeling authentic kid dialogue and the creation of the cutest little alien robot to ever meep. Earth to Echo felt very…

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This Is What Riding The World’s Tallest Water Slide Looks Like

Behold the POV footage from Kansas City’s insane 17-story water slide. This is the Verrückt, a water slide we’ve been tracking for sometime now. It’s so big it has its own trailer. And now Schlitterbahn Park, home of the Verrückt, has released this video of a sandbag that was pushed down the monstrosity with a…

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In True Blood, Everyone Is Naked And Crying And Dead In The Forest

Creatures From The Harry Potter Spinoff Movie Appear In The Real World

Wasp Nest Fuses With Recliner To Become A Terrifying Throne Of Pain

Game Of Thrones Wine Is Coming

Watch The World’s Tallest Water Slide Test Its First Human Riders

Dominion’s Angels Are All About Pudding And Sex

Adorable Lovebird Makes Fancy Fake Tail From Paper

Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Is Getting Turned Into A TV Series

Trailer For Before I Go To Sleep Wants To Be The Next Memento

The Doubleclicks Release A Sweet Music Video About Growing Up

And Now, The Jurassic Park Theme Performed By Goats

Reminder: Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes Was Very, Very Bad

Tina Fey Is Making A Hocus Pocus Sequel!

Laura Palmer’s Twin Peaks House Is For Sale

Sherlock Will Return In 2015

CBS Making A Show About Animals Planning A Global Attack Against Humans

Bryan Fuller Is Developing The American Gods TV Series For Starz

Yikes, Christian Bale’s Moses Is Super Intense

The Real-Life Baby Animals That Inspired Earth To Echo‘s Alien

This Is What Riding The World’s Tallest Water Slide Looks Like

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Is a Beautifully Executed Dystopian Nightmare

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 Bundle at 97% Off With Premium Coding Certification Included, a Complete Learn-to-Code Package

Shark PowerPro Reveal Plus Cordless Vacuum Drops to an All-Time Low, Selling Faster Than Dyson at a Fraction of the Price

The First Trailer for ‘Widow’s Bay’ Welcomes You to a Creepy Horror Comedy

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Quietly Hits a Record Low, Expanding Beyond the Millennium Falcon Deals for a Limited Time

Calls to Regulate Smart Glasses Are Officially Deafening

Amazon Clears Out the Chefman Indoor Pizza Oven at 50% Off, Pizza Stone and Peel Included

‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Will Return for Season 2

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?