The New York Times has a brief writeup about the sequel to Wall Street that Oliver Stone started production on this week. Although a sequel to the classic 1980's film had been in the works for quite some time, the script was fast-tracked after the market crash one year ago.

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Rolls Royce is introducing a new vehicle this year called the Ghost. It was originally designed to compete with the BMW 7 series, a sort of everyday Rolls Royce (if there is such a thing). During the design process Rolls engineers worried that the car was going to come off as too cheap or "limp-wristed" so they decided it was better to beef it up and compete head to head with the Bentley Continental.

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Big media companies try all the time to make viral videos and otherwise copy things that work in pop culture. The result is usually an expensive, embarrassing failure.

Fox bucked the trend and seems to have hit the nail on the head with their "Stewie Meets Wall Street" video. In a rare show of creativity they spliced together scenes from Oliver Stone's epic "Wall Street" with scenes from Family Guy. The result? The kind of viral video that big media companies have been trying to create for years.

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The mid-range watch market has exploded in the last few years. It seems like most guys in their early 20's to mid 30's own a watch by Nixon, or any number of the similar brands that have popped up in recent years.

Like all good things, Nixon's are becoming almost too popular for their own good. You seem them everywhere and in some respects the brand name has taken a hit.

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Professional freeskier and international playboy Jon Olsson can now add "laughing stock of the automotive media" to his list of accomplishments. Jon, known for an extravagant lifestyle that includes a house in Monaco and a runway model for a wife also has one hell of a Lamborghini.

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Mountain bike production company Freeride Entertainment has released ten feature-length films over the years. While many agree that their formula has gotten a little tired over the years, every now and then they figure out a way to keep it fresh.

Today we get a preview of the "barge" segment from their latest release, New World Disorder 10.

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This time lapse was recorded the other day and captures one of the larger wildfires in LA. Looks a lot like a volcano erupting.

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This is a badass piece of engineering. A company called Evergreen Aviation is now retrofitting Boing 747's for use as giant flying fire extinguishers. On Monday they used one in Los Angeles (the first time one was used in the US). It worked so well the city of Los Angeles called it back the next day to help with the spreading wildfires.

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