Starkid says goodbye to Harry Potter, hello to… Aladdin?
Starkid has learned more than just how to make magic in the three years since A Very Potter Musical became an overnight YouTube sensation and spawned an entirely new fandom-within-a-fandom. The...
View ArticleThese classic movie scenes look even better in pixel GIFs
James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Christopher Nolan are just as much filmmakers as they are technology mavens, using high-definition cameras and sophisticated editing tools to make big-budget films...
View ArticleGerard Butler talks Morgan Freeman and his mom in Reddit AMA
Sometimes the real-life figures behind image macros come to Reddit for an Ask Me Anything interview, and it's becoming commonplace for movie stars to do them in anticipation of a new release. But...
View ArticlePres. Obama and Nate Silver compete in March Madness
Statistician wizard Nate Silver is crunching the numbers for this year's 2013 NCAA men's basketball national tournament. The man who correctly predicted the winner of every single state during the...
View ArticleHannah Hart and Grace Helbig: YouTube's drunk odd couple
.teaser img { display: none; } It's 82 degrees in Austin, Texas, and the hottest girl on YouTube is out drinking a 12 oz. canned Tecate beer on a picnic table's park bench."Hannah will probably wear...
View ArticleWe pity the fool who's not watching Mr. T on YouTube
Mr. T now has a YouTube channel, and as trite as it is to use this line to open a story about Mr. T, we pity the fool who don't go and watch it right now. The legendary actor, famous for his roles as...
View ArticleLet's try to talk about Adria Richards like adults, OK?
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. Do better, Hacker News. Why can't...
View ArticleAmanda Bynes's crotch has an urgent request for Drake
One-time teen role model Amanda Bynes is evidently not too pleased with the amount of attention being showered on Lindsay Lohan or those girls from Spring Breakers. The former star of All That decided...
View Article"Lizzie Bennet Diaries" Kickstarter raises $269,000 in 2 days
It’s a big week for hit YouTube series TheLizzie Bennet Diaries. After its 100th episode on March 28, the show’s modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice will draw to a close, but this certainly...
View ArticleAnthony "Spice" Adams announces retirement from football—on YouTube
It's been nine years and about 9 million laughs, but eventually all good things must come to an end. On Sunday, former Chicago Bears defensive end and all-around funny dude Anthony "Spice" Adams...
View Article"YouTube glitch" blocks K-pop videos, enraging fans
The Internet hath no fury like a K-pop fan denied access to K-pop—or so one music distributor learned this weekend when it blocked dozens of videos from English-speaking YouTube fans. Universal Music...
View ArticleKate Upton can't make it to the high school prom
The Daily Dot would like to extend a hearty "Good job, good effort" to Jake Davidson, the high school kid who made headlines last week when he asked the supermodel Kate Upton to prom. Unfortunately...
View ArticleCAPS OFF PLEASE Podcast: On kid rappers and quitting Reddit
In this 9th installment of the CAPS OFF PLEASE Podcast—now with new logo!—the boys discuss child rappers, why we all should abandon Reddit, spending Bitcoin, why Pizza Hut sucks, strippers on Twitter,...
View Article"Teen Wolf" fan hacks private photos of actor Tyler Hoechlin
Pitch Perfect actress Brittany Snow recently celebrated her 27th birthday with a photo booth for her and her friends—including her boyfriend, Teen Wolf heartthrob Tyler Hoechlin. But when a well-liked...
View ArticleRobin Thicke's new video is filled with boobs and still on YouTube
Two seconds. Six seconds. Nine seconds. Twenty seconds. Those are all the seconds within the first 20 seconds of Robin Thicke's new music video "Blurred Lines" in which there's very obvious nudity...
View ArticleThe 25 most GIF-worthy moments from "Beetlejuice"
"It's showtime!" Twenty-five years ago, a relatively new director by the name of Tim Burton was fresh off of his debut success, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Burton's sophomore project, an odd film named...
View ArticleHillbilly band hijacks Google Street View car for music video
Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys may be the first folks to create art out of a Google Street View taping. Unless they're lying to you. In which case they'd be just another band in the back of a pickup...
View ArticleWhy Steven Moffat rules Tumblr fandom
If Joss Whedon is king of the nerds, then Steven Moffat is fandom’s evil overlord. He may not be a household name in the U.S. (yet), but in the world of Tumblr, things are a little different. Along...
View ArticleJenna Marbles gets real, draws her life story on YouTube
Jenna Marbles (real last name: Mourey) entertains millions with weekly insights and observations into her and her dogs' lives, but her latest video gives them an entirely new perspective on the...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRECord is making a TV show
After building an online community of artists, musicians, remixers, and curators, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is reaping the rewards: His collective artist project, HitRECord, is hitting prime time this fall...
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