Lil' Bub: Coming to the big screen soon

We have some very serious news for cat lovers on the internet. Since meeting Lil' Bub at the Walker's Internet Cat Video Film Festival, Vice magazine has been working on a feature-length documentary on her meteoric rise to fame. The piece will premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival in April.

But before the big screening, folks can check out the movie's official trailer, which features Lil' Bub in space, as well as thoughts from her owner on the magic of having an unusual -- and famous -- pet (see if you can spot the shot of the CP cover Lil' Bub was featured in).
 
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Photo by Gene Pittman for the Walker Art Center

Based on the popularity of cats on the internet, it's no surprise that last summer's Internet Cat Video Film Festival was a massive hit, spawning similar events around the country. The debut event attracted over 10,000 attendees, including celebrity kitties and folks from around the world.

For the festival's second installment, the Walker Art Center decided to go even bigger. In order to accommodate the screening's exponentially expanding audience, the museum will be moving the fun to the Minnesota State Fair's Grandstand for one huge, cat-tastic event. Previous shows in the venue have included major arena acts such as KISS, Weezer, and Maroon 5.

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Vanir's Cosmic Collision

Imagine entering an exhibition hall filled with napping cats on plush pillows as smiling families hold hands and wave sparkling ribbon wands. This was the scene at this year's Saintly City Cat Club show.

Meet Vanir's Cosmic Collision. He is a Norwegian Forest Cat who weighs about 15 pounds, but looks more like 30 with all the fur. He was a regional winner as a kitten, and achieved the title of "Grand Premiere" at his last two shows. At home in Des Moines, IA, his owner, Mary Tesdall, simply calls him Cosmo.

Tesdall is the entry clerk for the 37th Annual Saintly City Cat Club Championship and Household and Pet Cat Show that was held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium this weekend as part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. The show is one of the biggest in the state, and over 150 cats competed this year. As the entries came rolling in, Tesdall fielded tough questions from all applicants, from first-time enthusiastic exhibitors to seasoned professional breeders.

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Last summer, over 10,000 people camped out on the Walker Art Center's hilly lawn for the Cat Video Fest (#catvidfest), an outdoor screening of the best cat videos the internet had to offer. When it came to curating the show, the museum staff were overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of submissions, and staffers were delighted (and shocked) when folks -- plus a few celebrity cats -- flew in from around the world to attend the event.

At this year's SXSW, folks from the Walker will be in town to talk about what the hell happened, and what this means for modern art.

They will also be screening cat videos, of course.

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Here we are, still trying to calm down from the excitement of the Internet Cat Video Film Festival, and someone's gotta send us back into a kitty tizzy.

According to the Daily Dot, there's a cat video that just may end all cat videos. YouTube user Compilariz has created a "Meow Compilation," showcasing some of the best cat-video moments since the beginning of ye olde YouTube.

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Lil Bub and Mike Bridavsky at the Internet Cat Video Film Festival.

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The first-ever Internet Cat Video Film Festival was obviously a raging success with 10,000-plus people, folks dressed as cats, actual cats lounging in the grass, and the sweet melodic sound of public LOLing.

And the videos! There was Boots and Cats, two different versions of Nyan Cat, a DJ cat like Keyboard Cat and, oh, Henri!

As with any film festival, one of the guilty pleasures is celebrity gawking. If you didn't spot the famous Lil Bub in her diminutive, bright-eyed glory, you sadly missed out.

Here she is, amid the fans and cameras:


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Now we know what a cat stuck in a car engine looks like.

​Sprout the cat was a little on edge. His owners left town and put him in the care of a cat sitter down the block, and that just wasn't sitting right. So come nightfall he stayed outside, roaming the yards of his Chaska neighborhood.

At some point, Sprout must have gotten very cold. Looking for shelter, he found what appeared to be a hospitable place to bed down for the night -- the still-warm engine of a silver sedan.

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