Oscar-nominated doc 'The Act of Killing' gets an eye-opening follow-up
The Internet has received its first trailer for Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, his follow-up to 2013’s heavily awarded The Act of Killing. It opens with the film’s central subject, Adi,...
View ArticleWatch 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' rebooted as a horror film
In some ways, the classic children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is already a horror story. The little mouse demanding more and more until he circles back into an endless pattern of need. It’s no...
View ArticleZelda Williams posts a touching tattoo tribute to her dad on Instagram
When Robin Williams passed away in August, the world lost a hilarious comedian and prolific actor, but Zelda Williams lost a father. While the majority of those online were quick to dispatch tweets of...
View Article'Homestar Runner' is back with its first Halloween special in 5 years
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Homestar Runner is getting back in costume for its first Halloween special in five years. The famous webseries put out a teaser trailer for a new Halloween...
View ArticleProminent YouTubers call out the platform's problem with privilege
Does YouTube have a privilege problem?The (white, cisgendered) guys behind AsapTHOUGHT and AsapSCIENCE think so, and they took to their channel to call out the privilege of many YouTube creators with a...
View ArticleMillennial males courted by Complex Media with new YouTube network
Complex Media, the Web’s multiplatform destination for millennial males, is extending its foray into YouTube with the launch of a new multi-channel network aimed at bringing together topics that...
View ArticleVine star Jerome Jarre just got offered a million dollars
Jerome Jarre has come a long way. Coming from a poor, one-parent family, the 24-year-old Frenchman is now the undisputed king of Vine—a social media aficionado who’s 6-second hijinks have netted him...
View ArticleAwesomenessTV talent is coming soon to a retail outlet near you
BY JOSHUA COHEN The Janome Sewing Machine Co.’s 2008 model TB-30 was ahead of its time. Its 30 actual stitches, six one-step buttonholes, built-in one-hand needle threader, and laundry list of other...
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris dishes on nude scenes with Conan
Have you heard about Ted and Barney’s naked history?After Neil Patrick Harris bared all in Gone Girl, Conan O’Brien decided to ask him a series of tough and low-hanging questions about his big sex...
View ArticleGeorge Lucas turns this interview into a 'Star Wars' mythology class
Lucasfilm may now be in the hands of Disney, but George Lucas will always be the genius who first dreamed of and introduced us to that galaxy far, far away. So when the Maker decides to talk about the...
View ArticleDan Hoyle puts the Internet in its place with 'Each and Every Thing'
“First off, I’m not against the Internet,” Dan Hoyle told me over lunch. It’s a sentiment that snakes through Each and Every Thing, the actor and writer’s latest one-man show, which might otherwise be...
View ArticleAaron Paul battles a Florida mom to get 'Breaking Bad' toys back in stores
Jesse Pinkman isn’t very happy about those Breaking Bad toys being pulled from Toys “R” Us shelves.Florida mom Susan Schrijver led the push to get the toys removed because she didn’t want her children...
View ArticleEnjoy this weird animated short about Adam Sandler and Shaq's penis
Adam Sandler’s been making the rounds to promote his latest attempt at humor, Men, Women & Children, but last year he told Conan O’Brien a story that was far more entertaining. And it involved a...
View ArticleZoe Saldana's new AOL webseries accidentally honors the wrong woman
Zoe Saldana’s new celebrity-driven webseries My Hero has its heart in the right place—celebrating those people who helped and inspired the stars before they were famous—but it wouldn’t hurt to give...
View ArticleWi-Fi-connected musicians perform as transfixing orchestra across NYC subways
The subway musician is ubiquitous in New York City, and it's often a solo endeavor. But what if those standalone musicians across the city were united in an unseen orchestra? Thanks to a pair of...
View ArticleHere's the Bette Midler cover of TLC's 'Waterfalls' you've been waiting for
It finally happened: Bette Midler covered TLC’s “Waterfalls.” Midler has a new girl-group cover album out Nov. 4, titled It’s the Girls, featuring revisions of songs by the Andrews Sisters, the...
View ArticleWatch this YouTube star's surprisingly strong directorial debut
Craig Benzine, best known as YouTube’s self-duplicating wizard Wheezy Waiter, is trying his hand at short films thanks to New Form Digital's Incubator Series. His short, Fine Tuned, explores whether...
View ArticleIn the back seat with Dormtainment's Comedy Central webseries, 'Six Guys One...
There are a lot of things that are awful about Los Angeles: the traffic, the sky-high rents, the constant risk of misreading a parking sign and having your car towed. It’s a wonder anyone chooses to...
View ArticleThe craftiest science show on YouTube is here to explain human nature
Don’t lie. The minute you passed your last high school science exam, you kissed those beakers goodbye, burned your textbook in the nearest trash can, and swore you’d never return. And while I respect...
View ArticleWatch this woman do 25 celebrity impressions while singing CeeLo
Last we heard from Christina Bianco, female celebrity impressionist extraordinaire, she was covering “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Let It Go” from Frozen as, among other people, Idina Menzel, Demi...
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