Apparently Picasso Was A Mystery

Or so the title of this documentary about the man and his work from 1956 would have you believe...



The bulls and the goat are my two favorites; they're both quite something.  And now I'm ready for a museum visit...

(via OC via digg)

TV Trailers

I'm not sure I've ever seen a trailer for a TV show before, but this new one for Fox from JJ Abrams looks pretty good to me...



Two parts Asimov and a healthy dose of Dick and we've got a pretty interesting looking sci-fi robot buddy cop show.  Now if only it were the next show from Netflix...

(via SE)

Space Commander

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield continues to go above and beyond as the commander of the International Space Station...



Dude is seriously making it cool to be an astronaut again, and that's an important job.  If you're on twitter you should be following him, you can also check out more of his videos on you tube.

(via Digg)

Searching For Spock

On a lighter note, this Audi piece is the most entertaining ad I've seen in years.  Can't call it the best one though, in that it doesn't make me want to buy an Audi...



(via digg)

For Your Eyes Only

Or you know, those under 4'10".

In all seriousness though, I think this outreach campaign against child abuse in Spain is pretty brilliant.  It's probably more gimmicky than actually applicable in terms of reaching abused children directly, but even if it works just once or twice it would be worth it.  It's also sweeping the internets and generating lots of buzz and that's the kind of recognition that all too common tragedies like child abuse need if we're ever going to be able to do away with them.



(via a lot of places, but I finally watched it on Gizmodo)

One Good Thing From The White House Press Correspondents Dinner

The whole affair is a bit sordid, and no one (seriously no one, not ever) will ever top Stephen Colbert's masterful showing.  But President Obama did get to have some fun...



You have to admire the sense of humor, and just how meta this all is.  I enjoyed it at least.

(via kottke)

Me Thinks The Gentlemen Doth Protest Too Much

I was going to just let Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's tragic mistake of a song slide into oblivion, but then Colbert went and did this...

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Plus, who doesn't love Alan Cumming (watch more BBC if you need to think about that, he crushes the Masterpiece opening segment every time)?

(via SE)