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Throwback Thursday: #tbt Kevin Spacey Impressions (Video)

We all know Kevin Spacey is a brilliant actor. Most of us have already binged on House of Cards and are already awaiting the next season.

That said, we thought we would bring to you on this #tbt Kevin Spacey on Inside the Actors Studio a couple of years ago. If you didn’t know already, he is an amazing impressionist along with his terrific acting skills. If you haven’t seen this, it’s a must watch. If you have, it’s always fun to watch again! (I’m guessing if asked, he would do an amazing James Lipton impressions as well!)

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“Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen” Battle of the Covers: Africanized Tribal Cover

About a week ago, we presented you with one of the many covers floating around the internet of the Oscar nominated song from Disney’s “Frozen” – “Let It Go.” Actress Christine Bianco showed us what it would be like if pop culture divas performed the track. Today, we’re sharing what more than 18 million other people have already fallen in love with. Alex Boye featuring One Voice Children’s Choir posted their Africanized Tribal Cover of the song. Check it out below and enjoy! Let us know what you think of this cover.

And is it already safe to say this song will win an Oscar come March 2?

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Social Media Mourns Two of it’s Beloved Stars, Maddie Tippett and Nick Spears

Social Media took two big hits in the last few days. First, the news of Maddie Tippett, the 3 year old YouTube sensation who passed away from complications of a common children’s infection and then Nick Spears, a popular Vine Comedian who passed at 35 from heart complications.

maddie-tippettMaddie Tippett from Newcastle Australia first went viral when she was only a toddler when her dad uploaded a video meant for the grandparents, trying to trick her into saying her favorite parent was not her mum. The cheeky cutie was on to him however, and would not give him what he wanted, until the end of course, where she said “dad” but then took it back saying “just kidding.” The internet took notice and 9.5 million views later, she was a star.

According to her mother, Maddie displayed some cold like symptoms and took her to the Dr. The Doctor told them it was just a virus and sent them home. Things worsened overnight however and the parents rushed her to the hospital where they found two viruses that had started to attack her heart. It was too much for her and she passed not long later.

The Tippett family have been inundated with messages of support and online tributes since the tragedy – not only from family and friends but from strangers overseas who were touched after hearing about their story. She lives on in her beautiful videos like the one that started it all below. We would like to send our condolences to her family as well.

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nick_spearsOn the heels of the news of Maddie came the news of Nick Spears, the Vine Comedian who passed away of heart complication at the young age of 35. Spears was beloved in the social-media community, particularly by a tight-knit group of comedians and friends on the Vine platform.

In addition to his social-media and standup comedy, the Los Angeles, Calif. resident was an active volunteer for F*ck Cancer, a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness, and end cancer through early medical detection.

With 113,000 Vine followers at the time of his death, Spears rose to fame on Vine with his feel-good jokes and character driven comedy.

Spears had developed close relationships within the Vine community, especially with fellow comedians. He will most certainly be missed by all of us.

Here is just a peek at some of Nick’s Vines:

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Around The Web: Ancient Chinese Instrument Sounds Exactly Like Super Mario Bros.

Prepare to be amazed. The young woman in the video below is playing her sheng, an ancient centuries old Chinese instrument, to the nostalgic tune of the Super Mario Bros theme. The woodwind instrument not only allows her to hit the theme perfectly, but it also lets her add in unique sound effects of collecting coins! Watch below and share with us what you think! Guarantee you’ll watch this more than once! This video is sure to go viral!

http://youtu.be/qM9hH3suOpo?t=20s

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E-mail Tracking without your Knowledge. Creepy?

No, this isn’t about the NSA reading your boring e-mails about what you’re doing Friday Night or the latest video you think might go viral. This is about your friends (or maybe not) not only getting to see if you read their mail, but knowing who opened it and precisely where you opened it, without permission from you.

Sound a bit creepy? Yes, to us too.

A Google Chrome extension for G-Mail (also available for Safari) does just that. Enter Streak. You install the extension in your browser, give it access to your g-mail and that’s it. It’s currently free to use while it’s in Beta and as they continue to work on it, and your recipient doesn’t have to have it installed on the other end. Once installed, all of your outgoing mail will then provide you with read receipts, maps etc.

From what I can gather so far, there is no real way to block this as the recipient or get knowledge that it’s there, so far that is. Some say blocking images in your mail may do it, others say an AdBlock extension for Chrome, blocking Streak itself may do it. In the meantime, most are complaining to Google about it being a privacy issue. So far, Google has not responded as Streak is a third party extension, not one of their own. Information gathered from the internets say they believe the way your information gets tracked is by images attached to the e-mails sent. Small blank images that are able to show where it’s loaded and by whom. This then is sent back to the sender, with a who and where, including a pinned map of your location.

“Read Receipt” has been around for a long, long time of course, your boss wanting to know whether you read his e-mail etc. The difference here seems to be the recipient having no knowledge first, not being able to make a choice whether to read the e-mail or not, AND the map. The map itself is a potential stalkers dream come true.

There are more extensions out there just like this, but this one, being free, seems to be gaining some attention.

Here is a video of the extension in action brought to you by Mashable.