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The Gregory Brothers better to get to work on auto-tuning Florida resident Denise (or is it Elizabeth?) Crull’s drunk-ass, on-air confession after she rear-ended a school bus full of kids.

(NSFW) Legendary actor Ernest Borgnine is already 93 years old, and yet is still very active and working. In this video from 2008, Borgnine reveals his secret to longevity. Listen closely, young man.

What happens when a Formula One driver takes his wife for an unexpected high-speed spin in his car, and secretly videos the whole thing? This. We don’t think she’ll ever drive with him again.

The kiteboard rider doing the cool moves in this video is Reno Romeu, currently 8th in freestyle in the PKRA. Since it’s getting colder around here, it’s good to see the the Cauipe lagoon in Brazil too.

Techno-romance at its best here: this marriage proposal was shot with hidden cameras streamed live into the iPhones of friends helping the groom, so they could keep it a surprise. (Thanks Kevin!)

You’ve seen Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot monologue juxtaposed against earthly scenery. Now watch Ian Wallace’ updated take on Sagan’s humbling speech, using CGI from Halo: Reach.

A goalkeeper makes a fabulous instinctive save to keep out a blaster from a penalty kick. Or so he thinks. Another example of premature celebration.  Either that or the penalty taker is a genius.

(NSFW) If you thought Cee Lo Green’s original had a touch of sarcasm in the smooth delivery of his message, take a listen to The Overtones’ a capella version, with its happy, upbeat tones.

Bleak and captivating, Orlando Von Einsiedel’s Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul follows the lives of young skateboarders in the Skateistan charity project in Afghanistan. (Thanks Anthony!)

We’ve decided that we’re willing to trade leg strength and stamina for fireproof bike shorts and ear plugs (once) to ride on this AMT Micro Turbine engine-powered mountain bike. (Thanks Ugo!)

Movie mashup du jour: Willy Wonka meets Kevin Flynn. When you do think about it, getting sucked into TRON’s Grid is sort of like being stuck inside the Wonka’s chocolate factory, no?

(NSFW: Language) The guys over at The Huffington Post have realized that despite the superficiality of Hollywood, an inordinate number of characters look like sh*t. Get some rest, and clean yourself up.

This incredible video by Ionut Negrila and Mihai Calota for Subcarpati was made by taking over 5000 long-exposure stills of hand-placed lighted stencils to form one continuous animation.

How many times do you see this driving down the highway? How about never. Yep, that’s a horse in the back seat of a car. How’d they get him in there? We don’t know. At least he’s not driving.

Despite Ralph Lauren’s boasts, this isn’t exactly the first time we’ve seen projection mapping. Outrageous “4D” claims aside, the light show is fun to watch. Check out the London version here.

(NSFW: Language) Maxime Luère’s short film shows just how much of one’s life can be chronicled on the popular social network. We wonder if Alex Droner has other hobbies besides pursuing women.

Getting it done in China: swift workers completed the main structural components of the Ark Hotel in just 46 hours, and finished the building enclosure in 90 hours; that equals 2 minutes in YouTube land.

For some reason, the combination in Peter Miller’s Canon Rebel T2i video of spirited motocross skills, the evocative music of Sigur Rós and the season’s luminous light has us really mesmerized right now.

The former Ohio Edison Mad River Power Plant’s 275′ tower came down, but the blast knocked it the wrong direction, snapping nearby power lines and eliciting screams; no injuries incurred, though.

If you can endure 20,000 spoonfuls of terror, watch Richard Gale’s short, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon: an epic tale of one man’s encounter with a tenacious murderer.

Maru likes boxes. This cat doesn’t care if the box is short, tall, small, or tiny, he’s gonna figure out a way to get inside of it. Our favorite has to be his graceful entrance into the skinny bunny box.

More jaw-dropping footage by cinematographer Tom Lowe for his feature film TimeScapes. Every shot is straight out of Canon and Red MX cameras, and no CGI was used. Watch in HD.

A new web-only series that takes the opposite approach of You Suck At Photoshop, Tech Mom defies the stereotype of the technologically inept parent. Laugh and learn at the same time.