Buzzed: From BBC Radio 1 to "Gilmore Girls"
In Buzzed, we take a look at three things that trended over the weekend while you were away from your keyboard getting buzzed.On Twitter Bringing her trademark kooky humor, actress Lauren Graham...
View ArticleDaily Fluff: Area puppy already glum about Valentine's Day
.teaser img { display: none; }By mirandate, FluffPo Correspondent Morristown, NJ - Murphy, a 9-week-old basset hound, is already dreading Valentine’s Day, even though it’s a month away. Sources close...
View ArticleAre Facebook posts more memorable than faces? Science says yes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have determined that Facebook statuses are more memorable than human faces. Read that again. A team, led by visiting scholar Laura Mickes,...
View ArticleSoundtrack to a dream: A Spotify tribute to Dr. King
Anger, pain, hope, aggression. If Martin Luther King, Jr. had any effect on American music, it's that he forced it to react. The artform couldn't sit still on the topic of the fallen civil rights...
View ArticleThe CAPS OFF PLEASE podcast: On alien genitalia and Easy Bake Ovens
The 7th installment of the CAPSOFFPLEASE podcast is guest hosted by tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams. In this podcast we discuss bypassing school computer firewalls, the little giants,...
View ArticleThe Internet loves to watch Tom Brady fail
Two things happen when the New England Patriots lose football games: quarterback Tom Brady eventually falls dejected onto the ground and stares longingly, and the Internet goes hog-wild in...
View ArticleHBO has surprisingly strict rules for "Girls" GIFs on Tumblr
Girlshave more rules than you think. Especially when it comes to GIF animations. A new Tumblr from HBO called "What Should We Call Girls" (WSWCG) is the official home for GIF animations for the hit TV...
View ArticleYouTube Guide: The debt limit, explained
With more than 72 hours of footage uploaded every minute, it's physically impossible to keep track of the content on YouTube. But in YouTube Guide, the Daily Dot will curate its five favorite finds for...
View ArticleDotted Lines: Axe Cop for President
Every evening, the Daily Dot delivers a selection of links worth clicking from around the Web, along with the day's must-see image or video. We call it Dotted Lines. Classic video game company Atari...
View ArticleThe Morning GIF: Kim Dotcom making ridiculous faces
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
View ArticleDaily Fluff: Bear cub buys private island with lottery winnings
.teaser img { display: none; } Johnny Depp has one. Richard Branson has one. Celine Dion has one. Tyler Perry has one. And now Winnifred the bear is also the proud owner of a private island. The bear...
View ArticlePodspotting: 5 reasons why I’m cynical about the Video Podcast Network
If nothing else, you can say this for the recently launched Video Podcast Network: They take the modern axiom “Go big or go home” very seriously. The network—created and produced by Emmy-nominated...
View ArticleSupermodel Chrissy Teigen had the best inauguration celebration ever
All eyes were on the former Sports Illustrated cover model turned cybernerd—also known as John Legend's fiancée—who shared every moment of her afterparty with fans on Twitter and Instagram yesterday....
View Article6 of YouTube's most impressive one-man Les Miserables medleys
"One-man medleys"—the phenomenon in which talented YouTubers record, edit, and sync their own voices singing in harmony—are innumerable on YouTube. But recently, one viral video and one perennially...
View Article8 lip-synching moments worse than Beyoncé's
Beyonce's spectacular performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at President Barack Obama's inauguration Monday was too good to be true. The songstress did indeed lip-synch the words to the national...
View ArticleTim Heidecker crashes Dennis Miller's Reddit AMA
Comedian, actor, and talk-show host Dennis Miller fielded questions from redditors—and one celebrity troll—during a Jan. 22 "Ask Me Anything" on the popular social news site. As redditors filled the...
View ArticleThis lit nerd really gets off to Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
Two months after creating a divergent—and even more controversial—video for his Hysterical Literature series as a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief, Clayton Cubitt's austere black-and-white...
View ArticleHere's the funniest, shortest Twitter spat of the NBA season
The fledgling Brooklyn Nets strolled out of Madison Square Garden Monday with a big win in their pocket. Nets forward Kris Humphrieswas quick to brag about the victory over the New York Knicks. It was...
View ArticleYouTube Guide: The "30 Rock" high five challenge
With more than 72 hours of footage uploaded every minute, it's physically impossible to keep track of the content on YouTube. But in YouTube Guide, the Daily Dot will curate its five favorite finds for...
View ArticleThe Morning GIF: Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
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