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Colin Farrell is a vampire dick in the first ever Fright Night clip

Here’s the first clip from the Fright Night remake. Looks like Colin Farrell has channeled the 80s cheese from the original flick into an even more aggressive vampire villain who loves to ladle on the TMI. The more we see from this feature, the higher our hopes are raised. We loved the trailer and the…

iCloud Is Coming to WWDC

Apple is finally ready to show off iCloud, its cloud service that they built that massive data center for. It was always a matter of when, rather than if, but at WWDC, we’ll finally get to see what they’re planning. https://gizmodo.com/apple-building-secret-massive-data-center-probably-to-5339977 Apple oh-so-casually made mention of the service today in a WWDC press release, but…

The Hobbit’s cast and titles are officially announced! Plus the craziest Doctor Who rumor of them all!

More key returning players are confirmed for The Hobbit. Mark Strong explains why Green Lantern’s Sinestro isn’t your average villain. Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams talks Super 8 together, plus another glimpse of season four of True Blood! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Real Steel. Green Lantern Sinestro actor Mark Strong explains…

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MEMORIAL DAY | Captain America by Dan Hipp. (Via Comics Alliance). Victorian paper silhouettes of famous (and infamous) scifi characters https://gizmodo.com/victorian-paper-silhouettes-of-famous-and-infamous-sc-5806431 For his “Paper Cuts” series, designer Olly Moss created 19th century paper cutouts of some of speculative fiction’s most esteemed heroes and villains. More » Game of Thrones teaches us what ruling a Kingdom has…

In the Portal fan movie Outside Aperture, it’s cake time!

Fans of Valve video games sure love making hyper-detailed fan movies. The latest one, Outside Aperture, tells the hidden history of what happened after the first Portal. It’s not canonical, but it’s cute. https://gizmodo.com/check-out-this-half-life-fan-film-beyond-black-mesa-5741079 Here’s the description of Outside Aperture from the filmmaker Eisen Feuer: With the fate of the main character of the game,…

Slide a Frosted Door Over Your iPhone’s Screen When It’s Not In Use

Inspired by a shark’s membrane, SharkEye’s $50 case rolls a frosted door over the iPhone 4 to protect it from scratches. You can still see if someone’s calling you, so it’s not a complete blanket. [SharkEye via Cnet via OhGizmo]

Newfangled science fiction drinking games (that we hope you don’t play)

Some of you may choose to tipple this holiday weekend. Rather than playing your patented “drink whenever Hudson speaks in Aliens” game for the umpteenth time, why not give one of the following science fiction themed drinking games a whirl? https://gizmodo.com/game-over-man-every-one-of-hudsons-lines-from-aliens-5798175 DISCLAIMER: We do not advocate drinking to excess or the following games. Hello, Sarah…

Top Stories: May, 2011

Ceci n’est pas une Photoshop | See how National Geographic’s Frans Lanting captured this stunning image https://gizmodo.com/this-is-not-a-painting-5802712 They’re Just Like Us, Honest: Apple Store Employees Caught Planking Apple’s got quite the reputation as being a tough employer, so once they catch wind of employees planking on the job, will they follow Woolworths in giving them…

Falling Skies Cast Pictures

Take a tumble with sexy alien Number 6!

The best part of tween adventure scifi flick I Am Number 4 was easily Number 6, the badass motorcycle-riding, katana-wielding alien mistress. In this video, Teresa Palmer (6) takes us behind the scenes for a quick toss-and-tumble. This clip is from the I Am Number 4 DVD and Blu-Ray specials (which are in stores now).…

How to Give Polaroid Snaps a Dark Tone, in Exchange For 24 Hard-Earned Dollars

I love what the Impossible Project has done with resurrecting Polaroid film, but I just wish there was some way they could lower their prices. Their new black frame PX600 Silver Shade film costs $24 for eight exposures. [Photojojo]

Bradley Cooper wants to adapt Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos for the big screen

Bradley Cooper told us that Dan Simmons’ acclaimed Hyperion Cantos were among his favorite books. And now he’s putting his new star power from Hangover II’s huge success towards writing and directing a Hyperion movie. https://gizmodo.com/bradley-cooper-gives-us-the-plus-side-of-taking-experim-5782778 Cooper was on Charlie Rose the other day, and he revealed that he and a friend have written a…

On Life, Love and Remembering Those Who Died for Us

Today is a day of beach, gardens and nicely burnt burgers. It’s also the day in which we remember those who died while in military service, whether it was during peace time or fighting rightful or wrong wars. The miracle of those lives is now gone forever and, at the same time, it has survived…

In Naamah’s Blessing, tantric sex comes to the New World

The ninth novel in Jacqueline Carey’s D’Angeline series, Naamah’s Blessing, is set over a century after the events of the incredible trilogy that began with Kushiel’s Dart. Her alternate history Europe has entered the early Renaissance period, and our supernatural heroine Moirin — half-Maghuin-Dhonn druid, half-D’Angeline sex priestess — has already journeyed all across Asia.…

As If It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, the Tesla Coils Play Lady Gaga

You can use tesla coils to play pretty much any song, whether it’s the Mario Bros or Doctor Who themetunes. You can even play Poker Face, as this video demonstrates. https://gizmodo.com/tesla-coils-playing-the-mario-bros-theme-are-unsurprisi-319384 If you don’t happen to have a pair of tesla coils knocking about in your shed though, you should head over to the Masonic…

Mad Man Builds Mad Slingshot That Fires Mad Circular Sawblades

Well, he’s not a mad man. He’s Joerg Sprave, a very nice guy who built the slingshot of mass destruction among many other deadly slingshots. In his own words: https://gizmodo.com/this-slingshot-of-mass-destruction-can-fire-six-20mm-st-5799915 Circular sawblades are about as dangerous to be shot from a slingshot as it gets. Heavy. Sharp. Unpredictable in flight. It turned out quickly that…

An awe-inspiring look at the Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert

We’ve seen some breathtaking photography and footage of the night sky from Chile’s Atacama Desert, but this eight-minute time-lapse sequence of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope takes the cake. See the Earth rotate around the endless sky. https://gizmodo.com/the-constellations-come-out-to-play-above-the-very-larg-5801998 https://gizmodo.com/a-gorgeous-time-lapse-video-of-the-universe-recorded-f-5765022 [Video by Stephane Guisard and José Francisco Salgado. Spotted on Discover.]

Watch the first 3 minutes of the new season of True Blood

The TV Gods have blessed us this holiday, with the first three minutes from the new season of True Blood. And yes, it’s even better than we suspected! Journey back to the vaseline-lensed, Fern Gully porno fairyland! Spoilers ahead. First up, hooray for the return of Barry the Fairy! Of course his fairy godmother is…

Game of Thrones teaches us what ruling a Kingdom has in common with faking an orgasm

Nobody in Westeros has a particularly good claim to the throne. They overthrew the true King a generation ago. So if everyone’s a pretender, the key is to get good at pretending. Luckily, last night’s episode begins with a tutorial on fake orgasms, and goes on to give us a whole master class in faking…

10 scenes from the most ridiculous sports comic ever published

It’s Memorial Day here in the States. The sultry weather makes my mind turn to stupidly awesome comic books, namely DC Comics’ Strange Sports Stories, a short-lived 1973 anthology about the unfathomable cosmic dangers inherent in physical activity. In Strange Sports Stories, Satan loved baseball and the history of the human race depended on knocking…