Props to UNICEF for these Child Soldier Toys — sure they look like those ubiquitous green plastic soldiers everyone grew up playing with (actually, do kids even play with those anymore?), but a closer look reveals they’re actually kids at play. It’s a clever and subversive way to bring attention to the global crisis (especially […]

So the story with this video, Ataque de Pánico!, is that Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez made it for like $300 and posted it up on Youtube, and within a week he was fielding multimillion dollar deals with major studios looking to sign him. And apparently he signed a $30 million offer from Sam Raimi — […]

Photographer Pieter Hugo documents some of the characters common to one of the world’s largest producers of feature films, Nollywood. These African productions are typically cruder than their Hollywood counterparts, sometimes costing a fraction of a fraction of even crappy American box office flops and are usually shot within days. Low production and advertising costs […]

If you’ve ever kicked around the idea of helping others out, look at LA boy Josh Kouzomis (you may know him as Troublemaker) for some inspiration. He recently left lovely Los Angeles and is currently feeding his soul in Africa with the HOPE campaign.  While he’s there he’ll be visiting the slums to teach the […]

It’s funny cuz the Roman Catholic Church opposes the use of condoms. Their stinky (sneaky?) thumbs are up for abstinence. It’s ironic because little boys don’t get pregnant. Oh the morality. What’s sad about the whole thing, though, is hearing people like Pope Benedict actually saying that the distribution of condoms would only aggravate or […]