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Video of the Day: Drunk Christmas History with Ryan Gosling

What better way to warm up to Christmas than to spend a few minutes in the company of the hottest man on the planet, Ryan Gosling, star of Drive, The Ides of March and now Funny or Die’s Drunk History Christmas. Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes from Ryan Gosling […]

Video of the Day: North Korea weeps for its leader

The citizens of Pyongyang react to the death of Kim Jong-il with some rather bizarre public weeping.

Video of the Day: Bradley Manning Had Secrets

This striking short film from animator Adam Butcher, based on the Bradley Manning chat files that were later used against him, explores Manning as a young solider with a crisis of gender identity. Bradley Manning Had Secrets from Animate Projects on Vimeo.

Video of the Day: Here come the sloths … eventually

Is there a better way to welcome the weekend than peeking inside the world’s only sloth orphanage?

Video of the Day: Voyagers to cross into interstellar space

After 34 years in space, Voyager probes launched in the late 1970s will soon “punch through the curtain” and cross the solar system boundary. Voyager 2 is only about, oh, 9 billion miles away.

Video of the Day: Shit girls say

A brilliant mimicry of the often inane conversations that young women have, or a patronising look at female conversation that deems them one dimensional? You decide.

Video of the Day: Next stop — Miniatur Wunderland

Cities are bustling, mountains reach a magnificent six metres high, each day lasts 15 minutes and a control room with 40 computers constantly monitors the world. Welcome to Miniatur Wunderland, the largest miniature railway on earth.

Video of the Day: Rick Perry’s meat products

If Rick Perry didn’t woo you with his recent anti-gay campaign ad there’s always this video from an earlier campaign, when Perry became an advocate for homoerotic meat products.

Video of the Day: Doug Cameron v Malcolm Tucker

Doug Cameron may not be as filthy-mouthed as the great Malcolm Tucker, but could he possibly be channelling some of Tucker’s vibes?

Video of the Day: Walters grills Syrian Prez Bashar Assad‬

In the wake of ongoing violence and unrest in Syria, Barbara Walters hurls some tough questions at Syrian President Bashar Assad, who claims only “crazy” leaders murder their own citizens.

Video of the Day: Fox ousts Muppets as brainwashing commies

Did you know those seemingly inoffensive creations, The Muppets, are actually communists trying to brainwash your children? It’s true — at least according to more than one “expert” on Fox Business News.

Video of the Day: Italian welfare minister breaks down

The emotional impact of enforcing new austerity measures on all but the lowest pension bands hit Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero, who broke into tears at a press conference shortly after a cabinet meeting.

Video of the Day: Nando’s last dictator standing

Nando’s has choked on the bone of a new advertisement for a six-piece chicken combo after it generated a windfall of negative attention in Zimbabwe from supporters of Robert Mugabe. The fun, zesty ad sends up Mugabe and other ruthless dictators, arming them with water pistols, microphones and a swing.

Video of the Day: Marcel the shell

An absolutely charming little four-minute film about Marcel the Shell. Marcel’s a shell with shoes, googly eyes and a huge personality. Yes it sounds confusing, but we promise that you should watch it.

Video of the Day: Gillard on gay marriage, circa 2010

With Labor’s conscience vote on gay marriage looming on the horizon, now’s a good time to recap on Julia Gillard’s position on the issue in the lead-up to the 2010 election.

Video of the Day: A day in the life of a mining billionaire

Remember those “this is our story” mining industry ads against the mining tax? Well the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union is fighting back with its hilarious “this is the real story” campaign. First up, the “real” story of life as a billionaire miner, complete with caviar for breakfast …

Video of the Day: Miley joins the Occupy movement

Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray, isn’t someone we’d normally associate with the struggling workers of the world. But the teen pop “star” used footage of global Occupy protests in her newest film clip, dedicating it “to the thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in”. Shame no one is protesting […]

Video of the Day: Chaos on Black Friday

For a peaceful trip to the shops in America, there’s always Black Friday to look forward to. And by “peaceful” we mean chaotic, violent and soul-crushing.

Video of the Day: Embarrassing! Sunrise comp winner quotes rival

An unfortunate incident on Sunrise this morning when a competition winner was called and answered the phone with the rival’s catch cry “I wake up with Today!”. Cue horror faces from Mel and Kochie …

Video of the Day: Harry Jenkins resigns as speaker

In a shock move, Harry Jenkins resigned as speaker of the House of Representatives this morning. His screams of “ORDER!” have long filled the Crikey office during question time afternoons and will be missed. Watch Jenkin’s full resignation speech, where he acknowledges the difficulties of being speaker in a minority government and indulges his known […]

Video of the Day: Tear gas attack in Sth Korean parliament

Here’s one way to try and block legislation: throw tear gas powder at your political opponents. That was the tactic used by South Korean opposition MP Kim Sung-dong, depicted in this video throwing a powdered substance at the deputy speaker in a bid to block a (subsequently ratified) free trade agreement with the US.

Video of the Day: Pepper spray attack from all sides

Confronting photographs of peaceful protesters pepper sprayed at the University of California in Davis went viral across the world last week. Even more confronting is this fascinating video account of the event, pieced together from four different perspectives.

Video of the Day: Bedlam in Tahrir Square

Over the weekend thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, where outnumbered police set fire to tents and attacked protesters using tear gas and rubber bullets.

Video of the Day: It’s up to you New York, New York

Brilliant footage from the recent Occupy Wall Street raid (with particular focus on the behaviour of the NYPD), juxtaposed with the soundtrack of Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York.

Video of the Day: Obama’s crackerjack strine

Julia Gillard tells the cute tale of how her partner, Tim Mathieson, promised Michelle Obama that they’d feed her husband, Barack, a proper meal during his trip in Oz before Obama gives some Aussie slang a burl, in this highlights package from last night’s state dinner.