Embrace these hilarious podcasts from Grace Helbig, Jessica St. Clair, and more
This past year saw an enormous growth in podcast scale and scope. Serial, a podcast with two female producers (Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder) and a female host (Koenig), became the most downloaded...
View Article'SNL' lampoons Marvel's lack of female characters with Black Widow romcom
Scarlett Johansson hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and we all know what that means: an Avengers parody.SNL poked fun at Marvel's track record with female characters, giving us a trailer for a...
View ArticleAssassin's Creed movie to start filming in September
The words “video game” and “movie” seldom bring up emotions of anticipation, hype, or satisfaction. But maybe Assassin’s Creed will get it right.The Assassin’s Creedmovie had been rumored for years,...
View Article'Game of Thrones' actor Kit Harington knows his bastards
How well does actor Kit Harington, known for playing Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, know his bastards throughout history?During the IGN UK podcast, they found out just that. They asked the actor, who...
View Article'Fantastic Four' director Josh Trank leaves 'Star Wars' spinoff movie
Josh Trank has had a whirlwind few years. With the overnight success of his debut movie Chronicle when he was just 27, he became one of the youngest directors to have a film open at No. 1 at the U.S....
View Article'Suicide Squad' director David Ayer reveals first photo of cast
Just last month, the Internet went absolutely bonkers over an image showing off Jared Leto in his full Joker makeup for next year’s Suicide Squad film. Fan reactions were mixed, to say the least. It...
View Article'Montage of Heck' thumbs through Kurt Cobain's incredible archives
There’s a scene early in Montage of Heck, director Brett Morgen’s documentary on Kurt Cobain, in which we see home video footage of the Nirvana frontman at around 3 years old, playing guitar and...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling is 'really sorry' about that whole killing off Fred Weasley thing
BY CASEY RACKHAMHarry Potter’s Fred Weasley might still be dead, but at least J.K. Rowling feels super bad about it. On Saturday (May 2), which happens to be the 17th anniversary of the Battle of...
View ArticleIggy Azalea and Britney Spears's 'Pretty Girls' has the Internet in a tizzy
All your chanting and vision boarding has paid off, because Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears just released a song together. Azalea and Spears both took to Twitter around midnight to announce the song’s...
View ArticleVine star behind 'Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal' passes away after battle...
Ryan McHenry, the 27-year-old man behind the brilliant Vine series "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal," has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. McHenry, who was based in Scotland, starting...
View ArticleCanvas Media Studios is the latest project for multiplatform storytellers
BY SAHIL PATELBernie Su wants to broaden his horizons.Su, one of the core creative minds behind The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an Emmy-winning transmedia adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice,...
View ArticleVagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler consulted on 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
Although it's not out in the U.S. for another week, we're big fans of Mad Max: Fury Road, mostly because itlooksamazing. But now there's another reason to root for George Miller's piece de resistance...
View ArticleThe Muppets are heading to L.A. to make videos with YouTube stars
Miss Piggy as a beauty vlogger, Gonzo as a prank artist, and Animal playing speed-defying drum solos—there's a lot of potential for the Muppets as YouTube stars, so they're teaming up with YouTube...
View ArticleWarped Tour taps YouTube stars for its summer slate
Summer's premiere punk festival is getting a taste of the digital with the addition of several YouTube stars to the Vans Warped Tour lineup, which kicks off in June.YouTube musicians Austin Jones,...
View ArticleFullscreen debuts trailers for its movies about YouTube stars
In the wake of YouTube pouring money and attention into films centered around YouTube stars, Fullscreen debuted teaser trailers from two of its upcoming films—one documentary and one feature.While the...
View ArticleDive into these 6 Adult Swim shows on Hulu
As of May 1, handfuls of Adult Swim and Cartoon Network shows are streaming on Hulu, thanks to a deal between the streaming platform and Turner Broadcasting. No longer are you forced to randomly land...
View ArticleRyan Gosling posts sweet tribute to creator of 'Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His...
Ryan McHenry, the 27-year-old creator of the "Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal" series, passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer, and the tributes from the Vine community are still coming in....
View Article5 new rap mixtapes you need to be downloading
BY CLYDE LOVELLETTE Every day, dozens of free rap releases hit the Web. These are the moment's most interesting and resonant—interestingly enough, it's all fuming rap music from the American South.1)...
View ArticleListen to Karen O's affecting Google Doodle song about Nellie Bly
Tuesday’s Google Doodle is an homage to ceiling-shattering journalist Nellie Bly. But it also features a new coastline for the global gimmick: Said animation boasts an original song from Yeah Yeah...
View ArticleJack Black and Jimmy Fallon reimagine Extreme's power ballad 'More Than Words'
If you had a pulse in the '90s, you heard Extreme's 1990 power ballad "More Than Words." You likely also saw the video, which aired on MTV roughly once an hour. Countless awkward middle-school slow...
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