These foul-mouthed British guys are the best tourists ever
A new British invasion has swept onto America's shores this week and is making a pop culture smash. No, it's not the One Direction lads; this new sensation are a duo who've dubbed themselves the...
View ArticleCrazy thrill-seekers fling themselves from the 'world's largest urban zipline'
Two years ago, thrill-seeking YouTube filmmaker Devin “SuperTramp” Graham told the Daily Dot he gets his highs “putting my camera in dangerous situations, like leaning off a cliff or riding in a...
View ArticleMeet the 5 companies trying to beat YouTube at its own game
YouTube has long dominated the digital video scene with established content creators, but with the revenues of digital video growing, other players are taking aim at the longstanding monarch of the...
View ArticleA YouTube guide to James Corden, new host of 'The Late Late Show'
The transformation of late-night TV is complete.The Wrap reported Tuesday that British actor James Corden will become host of The Late Late Show once Craig Ferguson steps down later this year,...
View ArticleStephen Colbert goes toe-to-toe with Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance on The Colbert Report and finally answered some tough questions—or at least Stephen Colbert’s version of a tough question.Colbert went on another one of his...
View ArticleAre these YouTube prank videos taking harassment too far?
Three young New Yorkers are making a name for themselves with one of the most popular prank channels on YouTube. OckTV, as they’re known, bounce around different neighborhoods in New York wielding...
View ArticleYouTuber Grace Helbig nabs E! talk show pilot
One of YouTube’s top stars, Grace Helbig, is set for television stardom. The comedian will helm a new E! series that’s described as a hybrid comedy/talk show, according to Deadline.Helbig rose to fame...
View ArticleNetflix just confirmed a fifth season of 'Arrested Development'
If your head is still spinning from the punchy cliffhanger that ended Arrested Development’s Netflix-exclusive fourth season, take heart: The Bluths will ride again—at some point. In comments to USA...
View ArticleTeens prefer YouTube stars to Hollywood celebs
The idea that teens find such self-styled YouTube stars as Smosh, KSI, and PewDiePie more popular than the likes of red carpet regulars as Jennifer Lawrence and Johnny Depp is an uplifting sign of the...
View ArticleA perfect score on Metacritic might not mean what you think it does
As it enters into wide release and racks up increasingly glowing reviews, Boyhood joins an elite list of films with a perfect score of 100 on Metacritic. But does that actually mean Richard...
View ArticleKanye West thinks drones might electrocute his daughter
How weird is thedrone situation getting in America? Bad enough that Kanye West is officially throwing them into his filed legal dispositions. In a March deposition acquired Wednesday by TMZ, the...
View ArticleWhy we love 'Cooking With Dog'
There was once a hard-hitting journalism piece here about the mysterious chef-and-canine pair behind Cooking With Dog, the Japanese cooking show that's been going strong for seven years on YouTube....
View ArticleThe Internet really wants Weird Al to play the Super Bowl halftime show
If thousands of fans had their way, they already know who they’d want to perform at next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.Someone named Ed Ball started a petition on Change.org to get “Weird Al”...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon faces off against Megan Fox in a game of Pictionary
Jimmy Fallon continues his quest to play every party game invented with every celebrity imaginable on The Tonight Show. This week it's Pictionary with Megan Fox, and he invites fellow guests Nick...
View Article'Lion King' cast takes 'Circle of Life' performance to an NYC subway
Cast members from the insanely successful Broadway musical The Lion King took to the New York City subway earlier this summer to serenade riders with one of the show’s iconic numbers.Earlier this...
View ArticleSorry Internet: My Drunk Wife viral video isn't real
The lure of creating a viral video sensation is still strong in 2014. A water-cooler worthy video could land you international recognition, TV appearances, and not to mention a paycheck from ad...
View ArticleThe literary allusions of 'True Detective' are not plagiarism
Earlier this week, fansite editors Jon Padgett and Mike Davis got together to present a case that Nic Pizzolatto, the creator and Emmy-nominated writer of True Detective, is a plagiarist.Citing a...
View ArticleFor 'SNL' star Jay Pharoah, there's no such thing as an off-season
Jay Pharoah knows how talented he is. He says he feels old at 27, but it’s because the guy is seared on both sides from being competitively creative—scrambling to blow through packs of side projects...
View ArticleHelp these character actors become the next Hollywood superheroes
Sick of being "that guy from that thing" in perpetutity, some of the best known unknnown chracter actors have gathered on Entertainment Weekly's YouTube channel for an impassioned plea to Hollywood:...
View ArticleChristina Hendricks takes on income inequality for Funny or Die
The phrase “dying is easy, comedy is hard” has never been more applicable than in the latest Funny or Die video. Using anachronisms and clever sight gags—not to mention to superb talents of Mad Men’s...
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