Lorde debuts gorgeous video for 'Mockingjay' single 'Yellow Flicker Beat'
Do you remember how you celebrated your 18th birthday? Lorde marked hers by releasing the video for the first single from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 soundtrack. Sure beats doing acid at Disney...
View ArticleA behind-the-scenes look at OK Go's drone-assisted music video
The release of an OK Go video has now become a cultural event, and rightly so. They’re made to go viral, to get the viewer looped into their elaborate mousetraps. The band is once again inviting us to...
View ArticleThe inside story on Beyoncé's social media strategy
‘Yoncé might be on everyone’s mouth like liquor, but if there’s one place the pop diva isn’t, it’s Twitter. Though the powerhouse entertainer has amassed a whopping 13.7 million followers since joining...
View ArticleSeth MacFarlane surprises Milwaukee piano bar with a Sinatra cover
A famous guy walks in to a bar and sings a Frank Sinatra standard. Writer/actor/comedian, love him or hate him Seth MacFarlane showed up at a piano bar in Milwaukee, took to the stage and belted out...
View ArticleAwesomenessTV launches Bridge, professional Tinder for YouTube creators
What if YouTube creators could Tinder-swipe their way to new collaborators? AwesomenessTV’s newest app, Bridge, takes a step in that direction, allowing users to discover fellow YouTubers to help...
View ArticleTim & Eric's brand destruction continues with Totino's pizza rolls
In late September, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim debuted their commercial for GE’s new “smart” lightbulb, featuring Jeff Goldblum. The comedy duo’s no stranger to riffing on ridiculous products via...
View Article2 TV adaptations aim to refresh the 'Phantom of the Opera' story
The Jazz Age brought us our most famous version of Gaston Leroux's Victorian melodrama Phantom of the Opera, the silent film featuring Lon Chaney as a disfigured, mask-wearing stalker who threatens to...
View ArticleThe corny SoundCloud jams of the alleged Silk Road 2.0 kingpin
As details about Blake Benthall emerge following his arrest in connection to Silk Road 2.0, a resurrected black market for drugs and other illicit goods, the alleged kingpin’s musical dabblings have...
View ArticleThe Vlogbrothers' 'Crash Course' is heading to the classroom
Starting in January 2015, teachers will have the PBS seal of approval to teach John and Hank Green in schools. That’s because PBS Digital Studios has announced a partnership with the brothers to bring...
View ArticleMy secret life as a 'Game of Thrones' non-fan
I'll come right out and admit it: Despite my friends' insistence, I have never seen a single episode of Game of Thrones. In fact, my knowledge of the series is basically limited to the facts that fans...
View ArticlePlay along with Rooster Teeth murder mystery 'Ten Little Roosters'
Rooster Teeth has unveiled Ten Little Roosters: an in-joke-packed weekly whodunit that aims to keep viewers guessing as to which of the cast will be killed off in each episode. The action begins at a...
View ArticleThe couch gag for the 'Futurama' episode of 'The Simpsons' is a fun start
The Planet Express crew is back once again, thanks to the Simpsons.Futurama may no longer be on the air, but they’re returning for a crossover episode with The Simpsons. And while we won’t know if...
View ArticleGet stuck in a loop with Vine's Avery Monsen
One of Avery Monsen’s best vines only contains two words: “hello” and “hey.” It’s what happens around those words that nails exactly what Vine is good for. You get stuck in a loop with him.The...
View ArticleThe Internet is obsessed with 'Too Many Cooks'
BY MEGAN VICK Adult Swim has provided the Internet with the dose of sitcom nostalgia no one knew they needed until "Too Many Cooks" arrived. The 12-minute short repeats the same verse and chorus over...
View Article'Open Windows' is Nacho average thriller
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER Do you know who's watching you? Really know? Do you even want to know? With techno-thriller Open Windows, director Nacho Vigalondo said, "I wanted to bring back the feeling of...
View Article20 of the best moments from the original 'Dumb and Dumber'
This Friday, Dumb and Dumber To opens in theaters nationwide, with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprising their original roles as, respectively, Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne. Not only was the 1994...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel's faux reality show turned into an existential experiment
How desperate are people to make it in Hollywood? Still very desperate, apparently. Master troll Jimmy Kimmel recently placed an ad on Craigslist for a show called Do You Have What It Takes?, mimicking...
View ArticleVine star Cameron Dallas gets himself 'Expelled' in feature film debut
If six-second snippets aren’t enough, Vine star Cameron Dallas is now coming to a theater near you with a full-length feature film.AwesomenessTV announced today the release of Expelled, the story of a...
View ArticleGoPro captures a cat's trip to a vet gone horribly, horribly wrong
If you’re a cat owner, you’ve probably had to struggle to get your fur child in its carrier and to the vet. In the first episode of Upright Citizens Brigade performer Vincent Moore’s new webseries,...
View ArticleThe NOFX kick to the head felt 'round the world
During an Australian show on Tuesday, lead singer and bassist of NOFX, Fat Mike, punched a fan resembling Hunter S. Thompson in the face, knocking him to the stage floor. He followed the strike with a...
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