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Any documentary filmmaker likes to get up close and personal with their subjects, but Gordon Buchanan pushes the limits more than most. As part of his thrilling documentary The Polar Bear Family and Me he ventured into the arctic landscape, bravely locking himself inside a protective booth so he could capture never-before seen footage of polar bears in the wild. But during the middle of filming, the unthinkable happens. The hungry poplar bear suddenly turns her attention to him and his tiny capsule. What happens next is as chilling as it is extraordinary…

You might not have realised this but Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is in fact the largest metropolitan area in the world. Within it’s bustling streets and neon skyscrapers you’ll find around 13.2million people living in 2,188 km². That makes Tokyo not only incredible crowded, but a city that has a constant frenetic energy to it. People are either heading home or going out, finishing work or starting their shift – there is no such concept as ‘downtime’ in a city which constantly caters to the routines and whims of its thriving residents. It’s that same sense of continuous movement that Japanese visual artist Makoto Sasaki captures in his series titled ‘Tokyo Layers’. Using long and moving exposures he conjures up these futuristic dream-like images – not dissimilar to something you’d expect to see in Blade Runner. You can experience more of his hallucinatory cityscapes via his official Flickr profile.

In Pamplona, Spain, bull racing occurs every year during the festival of San Fermin, which lasts for nine days. Each bull run takes about two and a half minutes. Three people have been hospitalised this year due to injuries while many others have been slightly injured.

Those women you see every day can be so much different from what they see in the mirror when remove their make up. In the world of glamorous fashion women are born to be women, but most of them prefer to look like professional models or dolls. Thes photos belong to a professional make up artist from Russia, Vadim Andreev, who helps women to change.

By now everyone realizes that Skymall is 50% jokes and 50% business – half of that crap they just put in catalogs so you can laugh at something if your plane starts going down. But they’re still legally obligated to give it to you if you pay for it, so this crap is real.

The girl in the red dress looks like a normal girl dressed for a prom, but there is a very good story behind this photo.

This is a preview clip from Sunday’s episode of the perfectly named Discovery Channel show Naked & Afraid. The clip is titled “Skinny Dipping With Sharks,” and it features two “primitive survivalists” named Clint and Laura who have been sent to a remote beach in Panama. We really need to talk about it. Let’s get the obvious issue out of the way first: This is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. Skinny dipping in the ocean and swimming with sharks are bad enough ideas on their own, so combining them is just piling dangerous on top of stupid. You have all sorts of orifices and dangly parts that are usually covered up by a bathing suit. You don’t want scary ocean things to happen to them. I mean, this thing lives in the ocean, for God’s sake. That is not something that should have unfettered access to very sensitive areas of your body. And let’s say a shark attacks you and you somehow survive. Do you really want to be in a position where you need to be rescued while naked? No. No you do not. Never do this. Promise me. And in addition to being a terrible idea, this clip is false advertising on a couple levels. First of all, THERE ARE NO SHARKS. Yes, they show some B-roll from Shark Week in the beginning and have someone say “this area is known for sharks” or whatever, but there’s not a single one in sight the whole time they’re out there. Titling this clip “Skinny Dipping With Sharks” is kind of like saying “I went grocery shopping with a murderer” because one guy in your town killed someone a few years ago. The show is already called Naked & Afraid. There’s no need to gild the lily. And speaking of that name, here’s another small issue: One contestant, Laura, is naked but not afraid, and the other contestant, Clint, is afraid but not totally naked. Unless Discovery means the title the way TNT means Franklin & Bash or Rizzoli & Isles (“That’s it, Naked and Afraid! I’m holding you both in contempt!”), this episode doesn’t appear to live up to its promise, at least in this clip. But mostly I wanted to bring this clip to your attention because Clint is my spirit animal. He wants no part of any of this. After making a spear and declaring that he and Laura are going into the ocean to try to find food, he proceeds to say the following things: “I’m not a swimmer and I’m freaked out by everything having to do with the ocean. And there’s definitely sharks in the area, and I’m outta here,” “I’m bailing, Laura. Forget this,” “I’m not in the business of going after big stuff than can hurt me,” and “I wanna get the hell outta here.” And sure enough, he does get the hell outta there and haul ass back to dry land, leaving his female partner to continue setting up lobster traps by herself, butt-naked in supposedly shark-infested waters. I feel you, Clint. I feel you.

Further establishing himself among the ranks of other NBA players, both great and meaningless, who have turned to rapping as a second or third career, LeBron James posted two short clips of his new rap effort to Instagram video yesterday. And, like any amateur rapper before him, he just borrowed someone else’s beats and laid his own lyrics over it, before Tweeting it out to all of his fans and yes men. I get it, though. He’s the best basketball player in the world, one of the best to ever play the game, and he’s in position to win a third-straight NBA title and yet another MVP award next season, so he can do whatever the hell he wants. But if I could play superstar whisperer for a moment, I’d like to recommend that he try doing whatever he wants that so many people before him haven’t already done and sucked at so spectacularly. Looking at you, Kobe Bryant. This is just another disappointing cliché from the guy who should be anything but. Next up: Space Jam 2: Better Than Michael Jordan In Space Jam.

It's tough keeping up with Justin Bieber. He's just so...douchey, to the point where he makes The Douche, of Crazy Ira and The Douche fame, seem like Casey Kasem by comparison. I've never been within a mile of the Beebs (the court took care of that problem), but I imagine being around him is like wandering into an Axe Body Spray walk-in humidor. How Selena, who seems like a normal-ish person, lasted as long as she did, I'll never know. After yesterday's incident, which I'll get to later, I thought it wise to cull together some of the Swaggy Bro's douchiest moments from throughout his still relatively-young career. What does the future hold in store? Will he rob a Hollister store, shirtless, while listening to DMB? The answer: yes. Justin Bieber: history's douchiest monster.

Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” (feat. Pharrell Williams) is the song of the summer, and mashups involving Sesame Street set to good music are delightful. Now Adam Schleichkorn of the aptly titled Is This How You Go Viral and of Mylo the Cat fame has created a mashup of “Get Lucky” and footage from Sesame Street. And sure, it may seem weird for Grover to sing about getting some and staying up for good fun, but is that any less uncomfortable than seeing the POTUS sing it? These monsters just want the same things we do: eating cookies, finding the monster at the end of the book, and getting lucky. Enjoy.

We’ve seen quite a few examples lately of cool dads hacking old video games to make them more fun for their kids — for instance there was the dad who swapped Mario for Pauline in the original Donkey Kong, so his daughter could play as a girl. Awww. Well, the hack we’re about to tell you is a little bit…different. A Redditor by the name of Pourmeanother77 edited Super Mario 64 so that all the goombas have his son’s face. So yes, this guy’s kid can now spend his days brutally stomping his own visage. To be fair, I totally would have loved doing that as a kid. Scroll down for graphic pictures of a child’s face being squashed!

Croissants are all the rage these days. People are going apesh*t for the Cronut — a croissant/donut hybrid — and Kanye West’s Yeezus gives a shout-out to the delicious French pastry. And then this afternoon I ran across this: the “Croger,” a cheeseburger that uses a croissant as its bun. Now, I guess you can say that the croissant is having its moment — one that is all too well-deserved, because croissants are freaking delicious. But let’s give credit where credit’s due: Burger King was waaaayyyy ahead of the curve on this croissant trend. Like, 30 years ahead of the curve. Remember, Burger King rolled out the Croissan’Wich in 1983. Prior to the introduction of the Croissan’Wich, the dominant fast food breakfast sandwich was the McDonald’s Egg McMuffin, which was and is disgusting for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that they’re served on English muffins, and biting into an English muffin is akin to biting into an old shoe covered in sand. I have never eaten an Egg McMuffin in my life, nor do I ever plan to. But I’ll eat the sh*t out of a Croissan’Wich! Additionally, for many people who grew up in rural areas with limited access to the outside world — people like myself — the Croissan’Wich was our first introduction to the croissant. It was goddamn cultural phenomenon!

Ah, the halcyon hipster-ribbing days of 2010. Many of you are too young to remember, but back then you could mockingly use phrases like "mainstream" and "before they were cool" with reckless abandon and everyone in on the joke nodded and smiled. Then larger media outlets started churning out hipster exposes and you heard your mom use the term once and it was all over. And the best sitcom take on the phenomenon isn't even a sitcom anymore. We have to go back! Well, thanks to the internet's mandatory recycling program, Molly Lewis's brilliant "Hipster Dinosaurs" are making a comeback on Tumblr, Twitter, and various other places in a holy-sh*t-remember-how-funny-hipster-jokes-were-I-never-saw-this-inspired-coloring-book-before-check-it-out sort of way. And it's really hard to deny they're still pretty wonderful. First timers, sit back and enjoy. Return appreciators of the finest in web culture, sit back and re-enjoy in the most meta of fashions.

Do you remember the colorful Floating Umbrellas installation in the streets of Agueda, Portugal we posted last year? This year, Sextafeira Produções has once again hung up hundreds of colorful umbrellas, transforming your shopping experience or the afternoon walk into a Mary-Poppins type of adventure! The colorful sight was captured by photographers Patricia Almeida and Pedro Nascimento, and the pictures went viral on the Internet in no time. Just like the last year, Patricia was one first ones to post them on flickr giving everyone a chance to take a virtual walk in the most colorful street of Portugal. “I felt like a kid, amazed by all that color!” says Patricia about how she felt under the umbrellas. The best part, besides looking awesome, is that the installation also protects everyone from rain and sun. The project is part of the local Agitagueda art festival, and will be up throughout July, so make sure you stop by if you’re traveling nearby!

Because 3D latte art requires talent and let’s face it: you don’t have any, here are some adorable marshmallows so you can fake it till you make it the latte art craze runs its course. The kitty-themed confections are handmade and sold by Yawahada, a Japanese marshmallow specialty shop. Which is a thing, apparently. Then again, why am I surprised that a marshmallow specialty shop exists? Just the other day I drove by a place called Seats R Us. That’s a store whose specialty is seats. But you wouldn’t think so based on the sign featured a big-ass drawing of a table. That’s bad business folks. Plus looks like total shit. Sorry not sorry!

Artist Adrien Noterdaem doesn't spare the creator of "Game of Thrones" from a "Simpsons" makeover. This version of author George R. R. Martin renders the writer with three fingers and the trademark yellow skin of characters from "The Simpsons." This is part of a large series of celebrities and fictional character reimagined as residents of Springfield.

It's safe to say that there's no baby the world is more excited to see than the the one the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be having any day now. (Can you believe it's already been over two years since Kate Middleton married Prince William?) Though there's no word on if the baby will be a boy or a call, the child will be third in line to the throne behind grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William. An official title has already been chosen. It will be: His/Her Royal Highness Prince/Princess [first name] of Cambridge.

Rather than eating her sandwiches, Polish artist Milena Korolczuk has recently taken to transforming them into tiny sculptures. Using Wonder Bread as her medium, the Oakland-based artist draws from iconic pop-culture, art, literature, and historic figures to inspire each detailed face. She uses slices of classic white Wonder Bread and a steady hand to shape the tiny balls into something unique and unexpected.

Joseph Gonzales wanted to surprise his girlfriend, Jordan Seibert, with a marriage proposal. See what he planned….

The restaurant biz is super competitive, which is why standing out from every other place is a key compenent to success. Of course a good restaurant should have great food, but first impressions (aka the kind that happen before you even walk into an establishment) are often overlooked. This is where creative signs come into play. Those sidewalk sketches do way more than list the day’s specials. If you look close enough, some of ‘em are pretty darn clever. Maybe a Bruce Springsteen drawing helps to advertise a Corn in the USA dish, or perhaps an awful poem draws in the crowds. Regardless, we’re huge fans of these 12 creative restaurant signs.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming to Comic-Con! In fact, it looks like it's already arrived! It has taken over the city's trolleys. San Diego is currently preparing for the epic geek event, and the city is starting to transform into geek heaven once again. The highly anticipated series will be the subject of a panel at the convention on Friday, July 19th. Producer Joss Whedon and Marvel's Head of Television and series executive producer Jeph Loeb will be in attendance. The show will also be spotlighted at the Marvel Entertainment Booth on the Convention Center floor throughout the entire weekend, with other special surprises to be announced! Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents including Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, and Chloe Bennet as the mysterious computer hacker Skye. It will air on Tuesdays this fall on ABC.

I don’t want to get all mushy or anything, but I thoroughly enjoyed Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man. So much so that it has worked itself into my regular Blu-Ray rotation. Needless to say, I am excited for the sequel. I am a little less excited that there are going to be multiple villains in the movie, but I will save my opinion on that for a later post. Some more set images from the movie have made their way onto the interwebs, and I have to say that I am a little more intrigued than I was before. It shows some action shots of Andrew Garfield as Spider-man, but it also gives a little peek into how Paul Giamatti will look as Rhino. I know that it doesn’t show much other than insane facial expressions. It will be interesting to see what this Rhino armor he's wearing will look like.

Check out this impressive Darth Vader mask and lightsaber mail box created by Deviant Art user SenseiMonkeyboy who says, "A friend asked me to paint up a Darth Vader mail box for her... it started that direction then veered off sharply into this." As you can see it, turned out way more awesome than it was supposed to be, and now I want one!

Here's an amusing LEGO animated short that mashes the Harry Potter and Star Wars universes together when Hagrid decides to adopt a Rancor as a pet. The short was done by brickshowtv, and here's a note that was included with the video: Hagrid has always been obsessed with strange and dangerous creatures...but his newest pet may prove to be more than he bargained for!

Have you wondered what Star Wars would have been like had it been written by William Shakespeare? Me neither, but Ian Doescher did and he ended up adapting the story in the language of Shakespeare. His book is called William Shakespeare's Star Wars, and below you'll find a video short giving you a little taste of what it's like. Here's a description for the book:

Check out this great set of fan made poster art featuring creatively stylish designs for Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, and Iron Man. The illustrations were created by Etsy user DigitalTheory, and they look like they would make a great set to own. I'd like to see the artist do some more of these for other superhero characters.

I bet you can't find one day, when you turn on the radio and don't hear a rap song about how 'they be gettin' all dat dough'. As it turns out, inflating your literal worth is a time-honored tradition in music, and Business Week took a look at the worst offenders. They put together an infographic that compares “specific lyrics with data from Forbes’s annual ‘Cash Kings of Hip Hop’ report from the same year the given artist’s net worth-related rap song was released.” Basically, Pitbull and Nicki Minaj are goddamn liars.

We're seeing a new wave of interest in giant monster movies, in light of the arrival of Pacific Rim in theaters this Friday. But, of course, none of this would be possible without the one true big scaly lizard, Godzilla, who we're celebrating today in GIF form. Godzilla has been around for twenty-eight movies, one terrible remake, and a lot of licensing and merchandising. Even though the dignity and attempt at larger social commentary in the first film was quickly discarded in favor of giant monsters performing wrestling moves on each other, Godzilla is and remains the most beloved giant monster of them all. Also, he is a rich source of ridiculous GIFs, such as...