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Could Twitter have foreseen the tsunami that was the Avengers opening weekend? Fizziology uses social media to make predictions about box office success--and is doing as well or better as traditional industry predictions. With summer movie blockbuster season upon us, it’s time for a favorite seasonal pastime: box office revenue predictions.

Rob Auerbach, founder of Louisville-based Candyrific, knows what kids want. Rob Auerbach knows what kids want. Candyrific, his Louisville-based company, manufactures sweets in attention-grabbing packages that often feature plastic cartoon characters, battery-operated fans, flashing lights, or other doodads.

Adrian Grenier doesn't mind if you call him Vince. But he'd also like you to call him a community builder who has some big ideas about turning media culture into a positive way to engage teens. Oh, and he thinks you should try a little of his retro-inspired beer

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With winnings from "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," Nik Bonaddio created a predictive sports system Billy Beane would be proud of. Nik Bonaddio was in the hot seat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire one night back in 2009. He had coasted through the first few questions.

Almost overnight, millions of people watched and shared this 30-minute video.

Liam Hemsworth will send off Jennifer Lawrence to battle their peers in The Hunger Games. Nothing makes moviegoers squirm like watching children die on the big screen

With Incident in New Baghdad, its second Oscar nominee in two years, Kickstarter is on its way to becoming a democratizing force in film In the old clich

McGill researchers test a rat's pain threshold One of brain researchers’ closest brushes with science fiction in the last 10 years came with the discovery of a chemical that could completely wipe out memory, a molecule that evoked a real-life version of the scenario depicted in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , in which a couple undertakes a procedure to erase their memory of each other when the relationship falls apart. [More]

Spencer Antle's Island Company makes swimsuits, resort wear, sunglasses, and sunscreen.

Ctrl+Alt+Compete, a new documentary that debuts later this year, explores start-up culture through the lens of five entrepreneurs. (And you can watch it for free.) First there was Shark Tank

On December 20, BioWare will release Star Wars: The Old Republic, its most ambitious project yet. Bigger than all of its previous games combined, it could be a monumental success--or a titanic failure

At a preview of his "Dark Knight Rises" prologue, director Christopher Nolan advised how "to capture the grandeur of movies," where you need to see the movie in July to fully grasp his Bat-vision, and a tip on the best way to watch the preview ahead of "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" on Dec. 16

Jacob Krupnick's feature-length, Girl Talk-scored music video, "Girl Walk // All Day," debuted yesterday. Today, Krupnick walks us through making a mega dance spectacle while all of New York goes about its business around you. When a video of an ebullient dancing girl in a funky jacket hit the Internet last January, it immediately struck a nerve.

The British animator Cyriak Harris has translated his surreal creature creations into YouTube stardom. Cyriak Harris learned hand-drawn animation at school, but it's his bag of self-taught digital tricks that power the insane cavalcade of worm-shaped cats and madly multiplying lambs that make this 37-year-old Brit one of YouTube’s most popular filmmakers. His last eight clips have racked up roughly 28 million page views by putting cattle , sheep, teddy bears , and cats through preposterous paces