Steve-O is making a jackass of himself again, this time on YouTube
Commenters and people who smash gallons of milk in supermarkets are no longer the only jackasses on YouTube. Steve-O, who starred in the MTV stunt program Jackass and its three spin-off movies, has...
View ArticleGodspeed You! Black Emperor's 'few words regarding this Polaris prize thing'...
The Polaris Music Prize is Canada’s most prestigious music award. It’s like the Grammys but only for one album and based on merit alone. Past winners have included the Arcade Fire, Feist, Fucked Up,...
View ArticleThe painful irony of the 'Atlas Shrugged' film Kickstarter
In keeping with the staunchly individual-oriented nature of Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy, the producers of the flop films Atlas Shrugged: Part I and Atlas Shrugged: Part II, based on the first...
View ArticleStay positive, or else: Is Goodreads' new review policy censorship?
Just in time for Banned Books Week, the Internet's largest book-review site is hosting a meltdown over a new policy that many of its members feel is a blatant act of censorship. The problem that...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon go H.A.M. on #hashtags
Ever wonder what a Twitter conversation would sound like in person, loaded with forced hashtags like #riseandgrind and #wewontstop? On Tuesday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the host and Justin...
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This couple just raised the bar for Photoshopped engagement photos
Who needs to sink hundreds of dollars into professional engagement photos when you can use Photoshop to make amateur ones. Pro-tip: Take your inspiration from Top Gun, The Shining, and Pulp Fiction....
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Your 3 favorite shows collide in these awesome AMC mashups
With the finale episode of Breaking Bad more in demand than even Heisenberg's Crystal Blue, fans are starting to get creative, and one fan brought the best of AMC together in one mashup blog to hold...
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'South Park' tackles the NSA, just not as expected
Judging from the reaction of fans online, the highly anticipated premiere episode of South Park's 17th season was a success. Always topical, South Park dove right into the most important issue of the...
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What the heck happened at the YouTube Music Awards?
In Spike Jonze’s 1999 film Being John Malkovich, employees at a mysterious company can access a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind. It’s a movie within a movie. This is sort of what last night’s...
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Watch Julian Assange open for M.I.A.
M.I.A. had unexpected support act at her New York concert on Friday: Julian Assange. Last year, the controversial rapper contributed to the WikiLeaks founder’s TV show, The World Tomorrow. Appearing...
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Katy Perry unseats Justin Bieber as Twitter's most popular person
It’s been a miserable week for Justin Bieber. He was photographed sneaking out of a Brazilian brothel, stormed offstage when someone hit him in the head with a bottle at a concert, and he no longer...
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Watch what happens when a singer meets the street performer covering his tune
British group Bronski Beat had a hit in 1984 with the synth-pop single “Smalltown Boy,” which became even more well-known in Germany. The band’s singer, Jimmy Somerville, just happened to be in Berlin...
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Why YouTube is now the most subscribed channel on YouTube
BY JOSHUA COHEN Sorry, Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, but PewDiePie is no longer the Most Subscribed Channel on YouTube. That title now belongs to another. And that channel is YouTube. The world’s most...
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In the ladies' room with 'The Most Popular Girls in School'
There’s something dissociative about hearing the voices of vindictive, foul-mouthed cheerleaders coming out of the mouths of grown men, but watching the geniuses behind the YouTube and Tumblr smash...
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'Friday' studio drops a super-creepy tween pop song about the alphabet
Alison Gold’s “Chinese Food,” the latest tween pablum from the studio behind Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and Nicole Westbrook’s “It’s Thanksgiving,” left us with a lot of questions. Why is this so bad?...
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Pomplamoose's latest mashup gives Lorde some 'California Love'
You might remember Pomplamoose from their excruciating 2010 holiday cover song campaign for Hyundai, but the California duo managed to take the Haterade from those commercials and dump it into a...
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Coming soon to a theater near you: The Bechdel Test
In Sweden, cinemas are introducing a new rule that will make feminist movie fans very happy: a Bechdel Test rating. The Bechdel Test originated in the comic Dykes To Watch Out Forby Alison Bechdel, in...
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Finally, a Marvel show led by a female superhero
Marvel may not be planning to make a female superhero movie anytime soon, but it’s just been announced that superpowered Jessica Jones is getting her own small-screen series in 2015. As part of a...
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Watch the 1-minute GIF versions of your favorite movies
You sit down with a big bowl of buttered popcorn, turn on the monitor, and start playing the latest Hollywood blockbuster. A minute later, the movie is over and your fingertips are barely covered in...
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The best Daft Punk cover you'll hear today comes from Russian policemen
Russian police officers took a break from quelling LGBT protests to dust off their dress greens and make a few YouTube covers of their favorite European pop stars. In preparation for a concert at the...
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