14 of the best live music performances on YouTube
Back in July, YouTube opened up an archive of some 13,000 live music performances. This was the YouTube rabbit hole writ large, a deep dive into the “vault.” Yeah, it’s a lot of Grateful Dead, but with...
View ArticleThe 24 best albums you didn't hear this year
In the YouTube era, where anyone with a webcam and a torrented copy of Garageband can hit the Billboard charts, it’s never been easier to independently release new music. But the accessibility provided...
View ArticleFootball quarterback loves to show off his son's math skills
Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for six touchdowns to beat the Tennessee Titans 45-21 on Sunday, but his son might have been the real star of the day.During Fitzpatrick’s post-game...
View ArticleHackers attack Sony and leak 5 upcoming films online
DVD screeners for at least five new Sony movies have leaked online and downloaded millions of times following a serious hack targeting the studio, Variety reports. Some believe North Korea is behind...
View Article'House of Cards' season 3 lands on Netflix Feb. 27
Teaser trailers are sure getting extra teaser-y these days. But for House of Cards, it sort of works. A 12-second clip announcing the show’s season 3 return to Netflix dropped on the House of...
View ArticleDrea de Matteo on reality, YouTube, and life after 'The Sopranos'
When Drea de Matteo jumps on the phone to discuss the premiere of her new YouTube reality series, The Muthaship, she can barely get a word in before her young son, Blackjack, interrupts to try to show...
View Article'Broad City' ladies teach you how to survive holiday parties
Now that December is upon us, so is the official start of the holiday party season. Between dodging the creepy guy in sales at your office Christmas party and choosing the right knit for your friend’s...
View ArticleThe 8 realest things from Chris Rock's New York mag interview
Chris Rock’s recent Saturday Night Live appearance was a bit hit-or-miss, but his opening monologue was perhaps the bit that hit the hardest. Rock’s never been an overtly political comic, but his...
View ArticleThis Kanye fan just made a meticulous, 2-hour Yeezus tour video
Kanye West's global, 38-date Yeezus tour was one of the most uncompromising and ambitious high-dollar road spectacles of the 21st Century. Even by West's champagne taste with respect to live...
View ArticleThis animated hit delivers great movies as seen through the eyes of a 6-year-old
Lily Tells proves that if if the story is right, language rarely gets in the way of making a connection with the audience.With its origins as a YouTube series narrated in French-Canadian, this...
View Article'The Best Show' is getting a second life as a podcast
When WFMU’s The Best Show went off the air last December, you really got a sense of fans’ devotion to the Tuesday-night program. After 13 years, it had developed a rotating cast of comedians and...
View ArticleMiranda Sings and Jerry Seinfeld are the worst Pictionary team ever
BY BREE BROUWERJerry Seinfeld and YouTuber Miranda Sings took their awkward interactions from their recent Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode to live television. The two appeared on The Tonight...
View ArticleYouTuber permanently banned from JetBlue as security threat
A Mean Girls joke on Twitter got a YouTuber permanently banned from flying JetBlue this holiday season.Vlogger Matthew Lush said a technical failure on JetBlue's website booked him on a flight without...
View ArticleYouTube star PewDiePie will make a 'South Park' cameo
PewDiePie, also known as Felix Kjellberg, may be the world's most famous gamer and YouTuber, but he achieved another level of stardom Wednesday when he was immortalized forever as a South Park...
View ArticleSara Benincasa wants her podcast to be like 'Serial' without the murder
Last month, comedian Sara Benincasa posted a preview of her new podcast, in which she interviewed her mother about childbirth and drugs and dropped the word “cunt” a few times. Instantly, you feel like...
View ArticleHere's what it's like to walk around a music festival as Steve Aoki
Music industry photographer Jarrad Seng is a dead ringer for electronic house musician Steve Aoki. After more than one instance of this resemblance happening to him on the streets, he decided to take...
View ArticleKourtney Kardashian poses for revealing pregnancy photos
Kourtney Kardashian is nine-months pregnant and seizing a unique moment in her body's history by posing semi-nude for Dujour. On Tuesday, the celebrity lifestyle magazine published an interview and...
View Article2-minute Christmas movie supercut packs in all the holiday cheer you need
Watching your favorite holiday movies this year is always a cherished tradition, but it is difficult finding the time to do so. Between shopping, entertaining extended family, and binge-watching Sons...
View ArticleGet ready for the holidays with the Christmas edition of 10 Second Songs
It takes a village to one-up Mariah Carey's classic performance of "All I Want for Christmas Is You"—or at least one guy imitating a village full of singers.Lots of people need a jolt to really get...
View ArticleBrian Williams slow-jams the immigration news with Jimmy Fallon
What better way is there to celebrate a major milestone as America's foremost network nightly news anchor than by appearing on The Tonight Show?NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams, who recently marked...
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