Why we (still) love The WB, the network that runs fandom
The WB, the pulpy teen TV network beloved throughout the '90s and oughts, had a long history of recycling stars from previous shows and putting them together in new and fascinating combinations, even...
View ArticleBruce Campbell will pay for your "Evil Dead" tattoo
Hail to the ink, baby. Bruce Campbell is so ready for the remake of The Evil Dead that he's prepared to reimburse the first person to get a tattoo of the new flick. He tweeted that he'll pay back...
View ArticleConnor Manning: "My YouTube Story"
.teaser img { display: none; } Connor Manning is considerably awesome—and he’d be the first one to tell you so. The charismatic vlogger updates his YouTube channel twice weekly with new videos. This...
View ArticleThis Nicolas Cage whiteboard is a national treasure
.teaser img { display: none; } 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....
View Article"YouTube News": Playing favorites at the Streamy Awards
.teaser img { display: none; } Kyle Marshall isn't simply a YouTube correspondent. He's a charter community member. The Alberta, Canada, resident has been making videos since 2008 and to this day will...
View Article10 Web series to watch in 2013
Netflix’s exclusive online series House of Cards has put the subject of Web series on everyone's mind (and the ballots for Emmy consideration). But there's so much more out there than what’s streaming...
View ArticleBest Animated Film shorts pulled from YouTube
If you wanted to check out one of the five films nominated for Best Animated Short before Oscar Night, you just lost your chance. The films, which were posted to YouTube and Hulu last month, have been...
View ArticleDon't watch this YouTube video if you cry over spilt milk
.teaser img { display: none; } Careful as you go cruising the aisles of your favorite local grocery store this weekend. There's a new craze sweeping through their ever-shiny linoleum floors, one...
View Article8-year-old creates amazing Minecraft players' guide
The hit PC game Minecraft, where players use colorful 3D blocks to build objects and their surroundings, is so simple a child could master it. That's exactly what 8-year-old Kai Coulter of Seattle has...
View ArticleWhich Best Picture nominee is king of social media?
It's the best weekend of the year if you're into borrowed dresses and little gold statuettes named Oscar. The Academy Awards ceremony takes place Sunday. All the bright and beautiful faces of the film...
View Article6 hours of Oscars in 7 priceless GIFs
It's officially Jennifer Lawrence's world, and we just live in it. That fact was enforced during the 85th Academy Awards when the Silver Linings Playbook actress gracefully recovered from tripping on...
View ArticleThe most-tweeted moments of the 2013 Oscars
Twitter can't get enough of the Oscars. During this year's Academy Awards ceremony, fans sent 8.9 million tweets about the show. That's 2.1 million for the red carpet and 6.8 million for the actual...
View Article"Inocente": A big Oscars win for Kickstarter
For the first time in the history of the Internet, a Kickstarter campaign has gone on to win an Academy Award. The big crowdfunding winner at last night's Oscars Awards in Los Angeles was Sean and...
View ArticleTommy Wiseau, "The Room" director and Web sensation, tweets
What do you do after you've taken the world by storm, produced a massively popular cult movie, and spawned endless debates about whether your brand of clueless Eurotrash kitsch is secretly self-aware...
View ArticleBond, Obscure Bond: A 007 playlist
In Spotify Essentials, the Daily Dot curates custom playlists created by some of our favorite artists, staff writers, and Web community leaders. This week,Daily Dot writer and James Bond aficionado...
View ArticleReggaeton artist may sue Baauer over "Harlem Shake" sample
The backlash over New York City DJ Baauer's mega-popular "Harlem Shake" rolls on. If kids aren't getting suspended for performing the ridiculously elementary dance routine for cover videos in...
View ArticleVideo game deaths in the style of Edward Gorey
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. Check out the most epic facial hair...
View ArticleSkiing meets parkour in Logan Imlach's GIF highlights
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 ArticleWant to learn the real Harlem Shake? Watch this
"This ain't Harlem," the folks at one of New York City's premier hip-hop radio stations will tell you. These are fighting words. In an effort to cut off any perpetuation to the notion that the Harlem...
View ArticleTumblr proves David Bowie and Tilda Swinton are one person
For years, humankind has been plagued by the all-important question: Are Tilda Swinton and David Bowie the same person? Both age at half the speed of an ordinary human. Both are ethereal yet powerful...
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