Netflix orders 2 seasons of new Judd Apatow comedy
Netflix just announced the latest project in its steadily growing original series lineup, and it’s got Judd Apatow written all over it.Deadline reports that Netflix ordered two seasons of the comedy...
View ArticleCBS boots Rihanna from Thursday Night Football after Twitter tantrum
CBS pulled Rihanna from its Thursday Night Football broadcast entirely after she blasted the company on Twitter for taking her out of last Thursday’s game.Last Thursday, CBS Sports decided to remove...
View ArticleTravel Channel's 'Microbrew Madness' is a hangover waiting to happen
Microbrew Madness, the Travel Channel’s new craft beer webseries, certainly meets its objective of showcasing the breadth of the nation’s finest fermented product. But like after any night on the town,...
View ArticleBryan Cranston’s one-man salute to baseball sets the scene for the MLB playoffs
After four straight Emmy wins for his lead role in Breaking Bad, what can Bryan Cranston do for an encore? A one-man play disguised as a commercial for the Major League Baseball postseason, of course....
View ArticleSpike TV to launch series based on the Silk Road
When it comes to media, the anonymous Internet is everywhere. American cable channel Spike TV just picked up a show dubbed Deep Web that will portray a fictional version of the famous Silk Road story,...
View ArticleAdd these 2 new Endemol channels to your watch list
Endemol announced its new scripted and reality offerings with a splashy ad during the Streamy Awards livestream this month, but what will these new hub channels offer to the YouTube ecosystem? We took...
View ArticleHere's what a rap song made from Craigslist ads sounds like
Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal’s an established artist with three full-length albums and a slew of reputable mixtapes to his name, but he’s always found his biggest bursts of celebrity online. It was...
View ArticleYouTube makeup tutorial breaks down the NFL's domestic abuse problem
A Photoshopped CoverGirl ad is currently circulating in an effort to oust NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for his atrocious handling of the Ray Rice incident, and take CoverGirl to task for being an NFL...
View Article'Broad City' is coming back, so let's celebrate with this webisode
Millennial slacker series Broad City, this year’s breakout hit from Comedy Central, has its roots in the world of no-budget YouTube shorts—a fact that its co-creators haven’t forgotten. In the run-up...
View ArticleHere's your chance to win a prop from 'How I Met Your Mother'
Fans now have a chance to win iconic props from the How I Met Your Mother set in the mother of all giveaways.In a promotion for the complete series box set, Twentieth Century Fox is offering props that...
View ArticleDesperate mom offered $500 to let her kid meet a YouTube celebrity
At Saturday's InTour in Pasadena, Calif., at least one desperate parent was willing to shell out an extra $500 just to give her daughter time with one of the YouTube celebrities who headlined the...
View Article'Catfish' star Nev Schulman thinks you should quit the Internet
BY ANGELA SERRATORE Nev Schulman wants to be the next Dr. Drew. Or Dr. Phil. Any doctor who specializes in treating the symptoms of mass culture will do, really. Instead of going to medical school,...
View ArticleStar-studded iHeartRadio music festival streams free this weekend
While it doesn't have the cachet of a Coachella or a Lollapalooza, the iHeartRadio Festival banks on top-tier pop acts to bring revelers to the Las Vegas desert each September. Now in its fourth year,...
View ArticleWatch a 13-year-old Janet Jackson interview Michael about music
"I should, but I don't," laughs a not-all-that embarrassed Michael Jackson when his sister asks, "Do you work real hard on your dancing?" Then he goes on to discuss the spontaneity and effortlessness...
View ArticleJames Franco's 'Making a Scene' webseries is frustratingly good
If it is James Franco’s ubiquity that makes him nauseating, the few, stripped-back minutes we get in each episode of his new webseries Making a Scene demonstrate just why he is a movie star. Franco...
View ArticleSeventeen Magazine’s editor-in-chief explains why we love YouTubers
BY BREE BROUWER It seemed fitting when the teen-favorite periodical Seventeen Magazine announced its October 2015 issue would highlight 30 different YouTubers, featuring Bethany Mota on the cover. As...
View ArticleWaka Flocka Flame will pay you $50K to roll his blunts
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is a budding small business owner and prolific job creator. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is seeking a designated blunt roller to run point on all things pertaining to rolling...
View ArticleThe 11 best albums you won't find on Spotify
You’ve likely had that moment of panic while searching Spotify: the album you want to listen to right now isn’t there. You fall into an abyss of despair. You end up listening to Jawbreaker’s Dear You...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon invited Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani to a 3-way lip-synch battle
Everyone brings their A-game to a lip-synch battle, even if that game is full of theatrics.The Voice judges Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton showed up to face off against Jimmy Fallon (and each other),...
View ArticleLil B releases emoji pack for all your based texting needs
If it feels like relentlessly upbeat rapper and Twitter superstar Lil B hasn’t been putting out mixtapes at his usual frenetic rate, it’s probably because he’s been working on an app that will change...
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