behind the scenes Watch a young Henry Thomas's audition for "E.T." Thom Dunn

Time Travel Watch Alex Winters' and Keanu Reeves' original audition tape for BILL & TED Thom Dunn

auditions Blondie fans: Here's Deborah Harry's old screen test for the 1980 movie Union City Carla Sinclair

fronthanded insults David Duchovny explains how Quentin Tarantino rejected his Reservoir Dogs audition Devin Nealy

lawsuits "Romeo and Juliet" actors sue Paramount over nude scenes filmed in 1968 when they were minors Mark Frauenfelder

dreams Why do adults have anxiety dreams about school long after graduation? Mark Frauenfelder

youtube My favorite old YouTube videos Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Duchess Kate's pregnancy and World War III in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Watch The Monkees' auditions for the TV series (1965) David Pescovitz

Blue Corn: An Iowa House Truman Fund / Field Team 6 Fundraiser 10/18/20, 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 5pm PT Jason Weisberger

movies Kevin Smith to do a theatrical reading of his Clerks III script David Pescovitz

happy mutants To do in LA this weekend: laugh your head off at PUBLIC DOMAIN THE MUSICAL at the Hollywood Fringe Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Learn the basics of film production with this bundle Boing Boing's Shop

florida Florida's Weeki Wachee attraction seeks new mermaids Rusty Blazenhoff

music The life and tragic death of "Jeremy" from the classic Pearl Jam video David Pescovitz

Entertainment The 11 stereotypical roles offered to Black men in Hollywood Caroline Siede

music Stranger Things soundtrack on vinyl, and covers by Tangerine Dream David Pescovitz

podcasts Why we are unaware of how unaware we are David McRaney

star wars Erik Bauersfeld, voice of Admiral Ackbar and Bib Fortuna, RIP David Pescovitz

corruption UK Home Secretary auditions for a Python sketch: "UK does not undertake mass surveillance" Cory Doctorow