'Trailer Park Boys,' 'Arrested Development,' and the art of the Netflix reboot
Just over a year ago, Netflix conducted a bold experiment with the fourth season of Arrested Development, daring to come face-to-face with hardheaded fandom’s oldest question: Could a long-dead show...
View ArticleJon Stewart tackles the NFL over domestic violence
With more arrests and allegations against NFL players coming in by the day, Jon Stewart has come to the conclusion that the NFL just doesn’t “know what the fuck they’re doing.”At this point almost...
View ArticleAubrey Plaza as Grumpy Cat is the best Christmas gift ever
Christmas has come early, and it’s the “worst.” Aubrey Plaza has been tapped to star as Grumpy Cat in an upcoming holiday special from Lifetime, appropriately titled Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever....
View ArticleTambourine guy steals the show in the latest Postmodern Jukebox video
While we can't take our ears off Postmodern Jukebox's cover of Demi Lovato's "Really Don't Care," we also can't take our eyes off of energetic tambourine guy Tim Kubart in the group's newest YouTube...
View ArticleBeauty vlogger Michelle Phan countersues Ultra Records
The saga between YouTube beauty guru Michelle Phan and Ultra Records continues with a new counterclaim filed by Phan that seeks damages for lost ad revenue because of Ultra's original suit against...
View ArticleThe Deadpool movie is actually happening
The day Marvel fans have begged for has come at last: Deadpool finally has his own movie. After a sneak reveal of test footage and a viral Twitter fan campaign earlier this summer, Fox, which owns the...
View ArticleWhat each rumored lead could bring to 'True Detective'
In March, we left Carcosa, saying goodbye to the beloved duo of Rust and Marty as well as the mysterious Yellow King. But before the first season of HBO’s hit series True Detective could come to a...
View Article7 YouTube stars who should have roles in Smosh's new movie
Smosh is one of YouTube's more recognizable brands, and now they're making the leap to the big screen with a movie co-produced by DEFY Media and AwesomenessTV, and distributed by Lionsgate. For 13- to...
View ArticleBehind theAudience's art of selling out
Product placement may sound like selling out, but for many of today’s Internet celebrities, as well as the company representing them, it’s just another part of the job. A new article by the New York...
View ArticleIntroducing the live video for Denitia and Sene's 'Side FX'
It may have a limited shelf life because of its adorning, pseudo-early ’90s revivalist fashion, but I’m still out here riding for the hipster R&B perpetrated by interesting experimentalists like...
View ArticleShane Dawson's 'Not Cool' hits select theaters today
Television may be the first landing place of YouTube stars as they venture out into the mainstream, but the big screen is their next stop, with creators inking deals for the big screen left and right....
View ArticleCan money buy success for YouTube's original content?
YouTube is at it again. In an announcement made on its official blog, the mega portal for all things video has once again opened up its checkbook in an attempt to cultivate original programming. With...
View ArticleNew York Times profile reduces Shonda Rhimes to an 'angry black woman'
The New York Timespublished an article today in which the writer calls How to Get Away with Murder producer Shonda Rhimes “an angry black woman” and reduces many of the black characters she writes to...
View ArticleJoan Rivers promotes the iPhone 6 from beyond the grave
The late entertainer Joan Rivers was nothing if not a workaholic. In every profile and interview that was released after her untimely death, friends and family commented on Rivers frenetic energy and...
View ArticleThis 5th grader's diary entry is more punk than you
I found a Public Enemy cassette behind the Dumpster of my Catholic school when I was in eighth grade, which opened up a whole new world of music and reminded me that it does, indeed, take a nation of...
View ArticleMinute-by-minute analytics now available on YouTube dashboard
BY BREE BROUWERYouTube users and creators have been asking data-rich Google to share some of the analytics love for a while now. It seems as if Google is listening, because as of Sept. 18,...
View ArticleLisa Kudrow's 'Web Therapy' finds a home on StyleHaul
Therapy is in session again, now that Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy has returned for its sixth season on new home StyleHaul. The show, which is produced by Kudrow with Dan Bucatinsky and Don Roos, has a...
View ArticleTumblr partners with TruTV for a new show about lifehacking
Soon Tumblr users looking for helpful lifehacks will have new destination for advice: their television. The site has partnered with TruTV for a new series that promises to help viewers find easy fixes...
View ArticleTaylor Swift parody shakes off awful YouTube commenters
Internet rule No. 1: Do not read the comments. But if you do, it's acceptable to make a stellar Taylor Swift parody mocking their absurdity. Lisa Schwartz did just that on her LisBug channel,...
View ArticleCelebgate returns: New leaked photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kim Kardashian...
Newly released hacked photos of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kim Kardashian hit the Internet Saturday morning as the celebrity nudes scandal known as Celebgate returns in a second wave....
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