Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Directed by Oliver Stone, World Trade Center tells the story of the September 11, 2001 terror attack upon NYC's World Trade Center. It portrays these fateful events from the viewpoint of two policemen. Both John McLaughlin and William Jimeno [played by Nicholas Cage and Michael Peña] survived. It is a powerful motion picture about a pivotal moment in recent American history.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
The Graham Norton Show: Among the guests on Graham's sofa are Hollywood star Will Smith and musician Gary Barlow, who together with the audience perform the rap from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the TV show that catapulted Will to stardom.
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
Academy Award winning actor James Earl Jones performs a passage from Shakespeare's Othello at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
George Evageliou of Urban Homecraft shows us a dresser he made that’s inspired by traditional Shaker furniture designs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Uma Thurman talks about who the real star of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" series is, and how it is difficult to have a critical opinion about a project on which you have work so hard for so long.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette visits the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. A highlight of the collection is a plane that appeared in a very famous movie.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette welcomes us aboard her narrowboat home for a taste of a uniquely peaceful lifestyle that consists of navigating canals in the heart of the beautiful English countryside.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia
The God of Thunder, as it just so happens, is perfectly capable of delivering a weather report, if it ever becomes necessary. Chris Hemsworth, known best for his role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently proved as much when he interrupted a local newscast in Australia. Hemsworth, effectively and efficiently, delivered the news, all with his signature charm.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Peyton Manning explains why his brother had such a bummed out expression on his face after his Super Bowl 50 win. It turns out that wasn't the first time he's gotten that look from Eli.
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
Jimmy pairs up with Drake and squares off against Scarlett Johansson and Tariq from The Roots in a game of charades.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Gwen Stefani talks about her Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, and how Blake Shelton's adjusting to life as People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant starred together in “The Gentlemen," but it seems that this is the first time they’ve really met. Matthew reveals all about ice fishing, while Hugh recounts an unlikely encounter on his wedding day, and a less than successful attempt at political activism.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Jimmy asks actor Benedict Cumberbatch to provide adjectives, nouns, interjections, and other words in order to write a scene that they will perform together.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Hilarity ensues as Jimmy Fallon and Benedict Cumberbatch perform a ludicrous scene that brings together the script and the words that were chosen at random.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom, USA
James and "Men in Black: International" star Chris Hemsworth head to The Northall in London for a battery of tests to see who is the better restaurant employee. From greeting guests to serving food, Chris and James create a dining experience no patron that day will ever forget.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom
The vying waiters continue to clash in their quest to be declared the better restaurant worker at The Northall in London. Who will Chef André choose?
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand
Director and producer Peter Jackson takes time out from filming The Hobbit to show us around the set and the busy wardrobe and props departments. We get an idea of the scale of the preparations that go into filming an epic blockbuster movie.
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand, United Kingdom
Peter Jackson, director and producer of The Hobbit, continues his video diary narrating the rather stunning scenes at the shoot. The dwarf and wizard actors have arrived and are talking through and visualizing their parts in the movie.
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand, United Kingdom
Pre-production is finally over, and today is the first day of the shoot. The cast and crew come together for a traditional Maori welcoming ceremony, and Peter Jackson and members of the cast offer words of thanks and encouragement.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
On Graham Norton’s chat show, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who first came to prominence as “The Naked Chef," talks with movie stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence about his learning disability, and his unlikely rise to becoming Britain’s number one best-selling nonfiction author.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom
English comedian David Mitchell has host Graham Norton and the other guests in stitches as he drolly points out the alarming effect the internet has had on people’s perception of what is true.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Andy Beem (Windsports, CA) and Billy Vaughn (Kitty Hawk Kites, NC) talk about flying 1895 Lilienthal and the 1902 Wright glider replicas, and engaging with the history of human flight on a tactile level.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Are you interested in aviation? Here's the first chapter of a documentary about the invention of the airplane entitled Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Singer Meghan Trainor sits down with Ellen for her first interview since undergoing vocal cord surgery.
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