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Movie Facts Click Here For More Fun Movie Facts About the author: Prasad View all posts by Prasad Otis Redding 'The Songs Otis Redding Could Have Sung' - The Atlantic New singles collection highlights the staggering fact that one of the greatest singers ever likely died not in his prime, but before it. by Jack Hamilton - The Atlantic - July 22nd, 2013 Death came too soon for too many of the 1960s' musical talents, but there's a special tragedy to Otis Redding. All of them and more can be found on Shout! Like all of the greatest singers, Otis Redding was utterly unique. For all his illusions of spontaneity, Redding was an intricate and deeply cerebral singer who approached his performances with the attention of a great songwriter, which of course he was--shortly before his death he saw one of his compositions, "Respect," become one of the biggest hits in history at the hands of Aretha Franklin ("That little girl stole my song," Redding is said to have remarked, with appropriate awe). The Complete Stax / Volt Singles also doubles as a pretty great repository of Booker T. and the MGs' greatest hits.

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life.

Amélie Review: ★ 4 Quality & ☺4 Rewatchability (4468 Ratings Yvonne Lo 30 days ago The whimsical side of Montmarte comes to life with incredulous yet adorable storyline. Henke 1 month ago The first french movie i really liked Niko 2 months ago Deep and at the same time not too complicated. Nat Voisey 3 months ago I loved the way the story was told in this film. Mikus Zeberiņš 4 months ago Beautiful, lovely and all over just awesome, especially loved the narrative. Lizzie 4 months ago I thought that I’d dislike this film. Syed Ashruf 4 months ago Movie full of mad, strange & quite unusual characters!!! jess 5 months ago Amelie restored my love for life and encourages audience to be spontanous Andy Eggleton 5 months ago great film, clever quirky and engaging J.H. Admitting this movie is ok is the least manliest thing I've ever done. Jim Barton 6 months ago Jeunet's best. Zach Sly 6 months ago So unique, so loveable. Lou 6 months ago Charming and inspiring. Sam Lara 6 months ago This poster is on my wall in my bedroom.

30 Most Ridiculous Doodles on Drawing Something Draw Something is a mobile app developed by Omgpop. It was one of the Mobile apps which won the Flurry App Spotlight Awards in 2012. In the first five weeks after its launching, the game was downloaded 20 million times. Fifty days after its release, it had been downloaded 50 million times. Two players alternate turns between drawing a picture for the other to guess. I know I put my Megazord around here somewhere… Megaman has this easy. Love(bug) conquers all. Leave it to Russel to always be prepared with a compass. Hey chain chomp! This takes sibling rivalry to a whole other level. I think I’m tapped out on Star Wars clues. I like how Donkey Kong is professional enough to wear a tie despite having a job of primarily manual labor One small step for toys … One giant leap for toykind… Just glad I didn’t step on that tootsie roll. Who needs a surgeon when you got Dr. This is what I would be doing today except with my iPad in a ziplock bag playing draw something Dad-gum! Itadakimasu!

The Art of Paul Kuczynski - mashKULTURE Take a look at some paintings by artist, Paul Kuczynski. More after the jump.

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