Economist targets “intellectually curious”, circus performers in new adThe Economist is running its first cinema ad campaign in eight years in an effort to reach out to a new audience. Here’s what they’re hoping will catch the eye of “intellectually curious” potential readers.
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Video of the Day: Web Site Story — I’m on Twitter, I’m on Twitter!
Bernstein and Sondheim’s classic revisited for the 21st Century. You’ll click your mouse along from start to finish.
VIDEO: US jobs take a dive, pundits react
467,000 American jobs were lost in June, with the unemployment rate jumping to 9.5%, according to the latest economic data. Here’s how the talking heads saw it Stateside.
Video of the Day: Fox News wisdom — we need Osama to strike again
Michael F. Scheuer, former CIA employee, tells Fox News’ Glenn Beck: “The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.”
Video of the Day: Richard Wilkins mocked on Colbert Report
Ragging on Richard Wilkins is not just for Australians anymore, as Stephen Colbert and actor Jeff Goldblum mock his Today show cock-up where he announced Goldblum’s death.
Why bother with altruism when capitalism will land you $36?
The glory of the free market is reaffirmed as private enterprise takes on the Free Hugs guy.
Video of the Day: Moonwalked — a YouTube tribute
Ever since he first walked on the moon in 1983, Michael Jackson’s signature dance move has been imitated but never beaten. Here, Slate V compiles a very YouTube tribute.
Video of the Day: Strip search for drugs was unconstitutional
While America’s Supreme Court has shown itself to be very tough on drugs in school, strip searching a 13-year-old girl has been deemed a step too far. But not before a lengthy legal battle.
VIDEO: Iraqis return to the streets
Footage from the weekend’s protests in Iran, which saw Iranians return to the streets after five days of relative quiet.
VIDEO: What next in Iran?
Iranian forces have targeted the family of Neda, the woman whose death video has become symbolic of the protest movement, reports Rachel Maddow, who picks through the story so far.
Video of the Day: Pre-election chat: young Iranians’ mood for change
An interesting pre-election interview with Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, about young Iranians’ growing desire for political change.
South Carolina Governor admits affair — GOP weeps
Governor Sanford’s teary admission of an affair comes just after Nevada’s Senator John Ensign admitted the same. That’s two potential, eloquent 2012 Republican presidential nominees shamed in two weeks.
Video of the Day: Finally, you can be a centaur
Quit horsing around with those leg extensions. Sorry, had to be said. Seattle artist Kim Graham has built her own horsey stilt-like legs from steel, cable, foam, and rigid plastic (with optional fur).
VIDEO: Diplomatic and media ties strained in Iran
Two British diplomats have been expelled from Iran, and the BBC (along with other Western news sources) is much maligned in the Iranian press — they are now banned from reporting in the streets.
Video of the Day: When toys go bad
Transformers, Terminator, Batman… There are only so many action movies to recycle. Time for a new source of inspiration: toys
Video of the Day: Matt Preston: The Movie
A tribute to the newest and most watchable television personality in years. Matt Preston, we salute you.
Technical Trouble Tuesday for Tracy
A Current Affair presenter Tracy Grimshaw struggled a bit on Tuesday when both the live feed and pre-recorded packages on the program failed.
Video of the Day: The saddle chair seat: try without underwear
The Divided Salli saddle chair seat: keeps the pressure away from sensitive genitals.
This is Spinal Tap. Again.
With over 20 years since their classic albums like Shark Sandwich and Smell the Glove, Spinal Tap have released a new record. They talk to Wired.
Faces you won’t see in the Archibald
SMART artZ gallery showcases some of the portraits that didn’t make it to the finals of the Archibald Prize.
weird Video of the Day: What happens when First Dog suggests a video
Hall and Oates. And keyboard cat. And Helen Hunt. Of course.
Iran’s blogging revolution
A prescient infographic about Iranian bloggers from 2008. Iran’s bloggers represent “nothing less than a revolution within a revolution.”
Social media: the new punk rock?
PR company Engage ORM put together this video arguing that social media is “the new punk rock”. We remain slightly unconvinced, but it’s a great little clip.
Video of the Day: Deadline
A student passes the time with post-its. An awesome little stop-motion video.
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