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ErikDoesVFX: Norwegian Creator Remade a Star Wars VFX Shot in One Week Using Mountains Instead of a Desert

August 17, 2026

A solo VFX creator in Norway had one week to recreate a Star Wars action

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ErikDoesVFX: VFX Artist Flies to Iceland to Build a Dragon Shot, Then Lets AI Try to Beat It

August 17, 2026

Erik flew to Iceland to film a dragon VFX shot from a cliff ledge above

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Sean Kitching: Sean Kitching's Simple Tricks for Looking Confident on Camera (Even When You're Not)

August 17, 2026

Sean Kitching breaks down why most people freeze on camera and shares a dead-simple recording

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Ermia Ramez: Ermia Ramez Spent 100 Days on One Video and Figured Out Why Most Creators Never Start

August 17, 2026

Ermia Ramez spent 100 days making a single project inside two bedrooms to answer the

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Black Eyed Peas: Black Eyed Peas Bring the World Together for '#WHERESTHELOVE' and the Answer Is Still Needed

August 17, 2026

The Black Eyed Peas return with '#WHERESTHELOVE,' a song that names police violence, media toxicity,

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STREAM - Music and More: 'I Gotta Feeling' Still Knocks Speakers Off the Wall, and Here Is Why the Black Eyed Peas Built the Most Unstoppable Pop Machine of Their Generation

August 17, 2026

A DJ describes watching speakers physically collapse from the crowd energy when 'I Gotta Feeling'

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STREAM - Music and More: How Green Day Went From Playing Gilman Street to Selling 15 Million Records With American Idiot

August 17, 2026

Billie Joe Armstrong was a teenager playing all-ages shows at Gilman Street when Green Day

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STREAM - Music and More: How Hamburg's Red-Light District Turned Four Scruffy Liverpool Lads Into the Beatles

August 17, 2026

Before Beatlemania, four young Liverpudlians survived seven-hour nightly sets in Hamburg's red-light district, a disastrous

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STREAM - Music and More: How Woodstock Actually Happened: The Chaos, the Deals, and the Last-Minute Farm That Saved It All

August 17, 2026

Richie Havens was sent on stage at Woodstock because nobody else had arrived yet, and

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STEEZY: Samantha Codle's 15-Minute Hype Dance Workout Proves You Don't Need a Gym to Break a Sweat

August 17, 2026

Samantha Codle leads a 15-minute no-equipment dance workout that builds from simple weight shifts into

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Mark Knopfler: Mark Knopfler Silences a Berlin Arena With 'Brothers in Arms' in 2007

August 17, 2026

In Berlin in 2007, Mark Knopfler performed 'Brothers in Arms' before an arena crowd in

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David Hartley: How Knocked-Over Microphones and a Vacationing Sting Created 'Money for Nothing'

August 17, 2026

A knocked-over microphone in a Montserrat studio and a vacationing Sting on the same island

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