Sony might release 'The Interview' on its own streaming service for free
Sony shelved the release of The Interview last week, but unnamed sources told the New York Post on Sunday that the film will end up on Crackle, Sony's streaming service, for free. Sony CEO Michael...
View Article'Serial' and the power of a slow story
Last week, the hit podcast Serial concluded its first season. The success of Serial was unprecedented, and unlike its “parent” podcast, This American Life, Serial transcended the general NPR-listening...
View ArticleThe best streaming series of 2014
2014 felt like a year of transition for webseries. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Vimeo all stepped up their original content offerings, but that also left webseries without a big online network attached...
View Article'Salad Fingers' creator David Firth returns with a new animated short
David Firth—the artist behind Salad Fingers—has just made another of his series a trilogy with the release of "The Unfixable Thought Machine."This new short continues his five-year-old and...
View ArticleRelive the year in TV and movies in just 6 minutes
If we asked you for your favorite movies of 2014, how many could you even remember? What about TV shows? Guardians of the Galaxy and True Detective certainly made an impression, but not everything was...
View ArticleThe 'Orange Is the New Black' cast totally shanked 'The 12 Days of Christmas'
Nobody celebrates the holidays quite like the "Orange Is The New Black" cast. For 2014 the ladies of Litchfield recreated the "12 Days of Christmas" and it is an instant holiday classic. Piper starts...
View ArticleWhen John Belushi impersonated Joe Cocker on 'SNL'
Soul singer Joe Cocker passed away Monday at 70 after a long battle with cancer. The Sheffield, U.K.-born singer was blessed with pipes that could wave like curtains in hurricanes. Cocker is most...
View ArticleThe worst of the worst films of 2014
Looking across a healthy sampling of worst movie of the year lists leaves filmgoers with the impression this was one lousy year for movies.Comparing lists from RiffTrax, Hitflix, Richard Roper (Chicago...
View ArticleNew 'Better Call Saul' trailer finally gives us something to work with
It's only a 30-second spot, but the latest trailer for Better Call Saul, the hotly anticipated Breaking Bad spinoff, finally gives fans something to work with.Hey there's comedy legend Michael McKean...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon and Chris Pine drink and sink in alcoholic version of...
Fire when ready, boys.On Monday's episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon and Chris Pine brought to life a game most often seen at college parties: Battleship. The twist, however, was that in...
View ArticleThe 9 biggest YouTube scandals of 2014
YouTube is bigger than ever—and so is the microscope on everything within it.In a year when people on YouTube had their own TV shows, appeared in major films, became bestselling authors, topped the...
View ArticleHow Robin Williams and Ben Stiller got their teenage costar a prom date
Months after Robin Williams’s death, we’re still learning just how much the legendary comedian helped his friends. Here’s the latest: the inside story of how Williams and Ben Stiller helped his teenage...
View ArticleOne Direction and Jimmy Fallon grant your Christmas music wish
For One Direction fans, Christmas has come early.Sadly, we don't mean that Larry Stylinson sent out an adorable Christmas card professing their love for one another. Instead, 1D fans will have to...
View ArticleA YouTube guide to celebrating Festivus
Since airing as a subplot on the 1997 Seinfeldepisode "The Strike," the celebration of Festivus has returned, popular as ever, each holiday season. In the years since Seinfeld's finale in 1998, its...
View ArticleBreaking: 'The Interview' is coming out after all
A tweet sent out by the Tim League, the founder of the Texas-based cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse indicates that Sony has decided to allow screenings of The Interview.The Plaza Theater in Atlanta has...
View ArticleLeBron Jr. shows why he deserves to be heir to the throne
You can see it now: A backcourt of LeBron and his son, Bronny, starring for the Cavs in 2024. Will one ball be enough?There are many father-son tandems that have graced the hardwoods: Dell and Stephan...
View ArticleYouTube threatened with $1 billion lawsuit over music rights
A group of high-profile musicians has demanded that Google remove 20,000 songs from the newly announced YouTube streaming service Music Key or face a $1 billion lawsuit.The problem stems from...
View ArticleWhat's Bro and what's Not Bro in the 'Entourage' movie trailer?
The trailer for the upcoming Entourage movie dropped on Tuesday like a frat pledge after hitting a gravity bong, and bros nationwide are a-buzz. For the millennial bro, the HBO comedy defined a...
View ArticleKanye West's 'Yeezus' is now 'Kreezus'—the perfect Christmas album
Yeezus, the best hip-hop album of 2013, has been made into Kreezus, the best Christmas album you'll hear in 2014.Sketch comedy trio, Local Business Comedy, took Kanye West's latest hip-hop classic and...
View ArticleThe best (and worst) Christmas horror films on Netflix
Stressful situations have always been fervent breeding grounds for horror movies, which probably explains the abundance of horror films that take place around Christmas. After all, when you're...
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