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In this interview Jimmy Carter asks actors Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton about the making of the movie Apollo 13 and its award-winning director Ron Howard. Enjoy!
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Monty Python announces its decision to launch its YouTube channel by making a new sketch in a mockumentary format, including spoof interviews with all of the surviving Monty Python cast members. Enjoy!
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Laird Hamilton is an American big-wave surfer and co-inventor of tow-in surfing. Caught on film, Hamilton's drop into Tahiti's Teahupoʻo break on the morning of August 17, 2000 firmly established him in the annals of surfing. Teahupoʻo is a particularly hazardous shallow-water reef break southeast of the Pacific island of Tahiti. Check out this footage and marvel!
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Johnny English Reborn (released in some countries as Johnny English Returns) is a 2011 English spy comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. The film is the sequel to Johnny English (2003), and stars Rowan Atkinson reprising his role as the title character and directed by Oliver Parker.
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Lana Del Rey and Barrie-James O'Neill take on the classic song "Summer Wine," written by Lee Hazlewood and originally performed by him and Nancy Sinatra.
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Musicians Nat and Alex Wolff pay a visit to the offices of VEVO, a music video hosting company. Much to everyone's surprise, the two are not wearing white T-shirts, but then, musicians can be such rebels sometimes, can't they?
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Enjoy this famous song from the alternative rock band R.E.M. who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Jimmy Carter on Steve Carell: Drier than the driest martini! I loved him as the weatherman in the film, The Anchorman…. He told me recently he would love to do a sequel to that film so WILL FERRELL get GOING! This was an early conversation about the new (to America) TV show, The Office….
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Founded by writer Dave Eggers, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company is a sister project of the San Francisco Pirate Supply Company, both of them storefront covers for their real work, the 826 educational assistance program. See how creative minds have banded together to make learning fun and at the same time creatively fund educational assistance!
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I'll be Your Man is a song by the British singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released as the fourth single from his third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble. Enjoy!
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OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2003 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved commercial success on MySpace as an unsigned act.
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In one of the most exciting moments for the United States in the 2010 World Cup, watch how Landon Donovan managed to secure a last second winning goal for the US team.
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Famous surfer Kainoa McGee is determined to learn how to kitesurf. While he continues to put in work, Kai participates in a photo shoot with fellow Naish riders Sam Light, Rick Jensen, and Jesse Richman. Come along for the ride!
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Did you know that the T-Rex dinosaur is closer to us in time than to its distant ancestor, the Stegosaurus? Watch this amazing video for the fastest history of the universe ever told!
This video has been a collaboration of KURZGESAGT & WAITBUTWHY!
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American rock musician and songwriter Bruce Springsteen, also known as "The Boss", released this song "Born in the USA" in 1984 on the album by the same name. Although a huge success, the song was often misunderstood as a simple patriotic anthem rather than a lament for the embattled working class identity.
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