Thought Catalog

Julia Roberts Gets Paid $1.5 Million to Smile, Drink Coffee

Starving artist, Julia Roberts, got paid $1.5 million to star in this Italian commercial for Lavazza coffee. Although Roberts doesn’t actually speak in the commercial, she does flash a $1.5 million dollar smile. I’m so happy Julia Roberts got this gig. For a second, I was worried about how she was going to pay her rent, how she was going to be able to survive in this terrible economy.

Enter the Sodge, A Radical New Take on the Refrigerator?

The classic refrigerator experience involves heavy, hinged doors. You open these doors to browse your food assortment and close these doors once you have made a selection. Like all traditional things though, this experience is deeply flawed.

Ted Sabarese – “Office Wear”

Ted Sabarese is New York City based portrait and advertising photographer. He studied at Parsons and describes his work as “clean, graphic, character-driven.” The following gallery “Office Wear” depicts workers with clothes made entirely of office supplies.

Atomic Tom Goes Viral With iPhone ‘Concert’ on NYC Subway

Last Friday, Atomic Tom attempted to go viral by employing in a YouTube clip the ever-growing iPhone-as-instrument, subway performance, and Brooklyn hipster memes. And it worked. The clip has garnered 1.3 million views and their new single jumped to no. 86 on the iTunes single chart. Video after the jump.

Damon Pablo: NYC Street Photographer

Los Angeles native Damon Pablo is a self-taught street photographer living and working in New York City. He uses a Leica rangefinder camera and shoots only black and white film, which he then has hand processed locally for the truest approach to street photography.

Stephen Hawking: God Did Not Create the Universe

In his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, Professor Stephen Hawking suggested he thought God had a role in the creation of the universe. In his twilight years, the physicist has gotten a little more candid about how he thinks this all got started.