Super selfie dancer duets with his dad
A 15-second supercut of Valenciano dancing enthusiastically to the Space Jam soundtrack went viral in September, and now he brought his dad, Gary, along for another super selfie. Both father and son...
View ArticleYouTube's biggest videos, channels, and parodies of 2013
When the world ends, it will just be cockroaches and a beloved Korean pop sensation in a bow tie. At least, according to YouTube’s 2013 rankings. YouTube has released YouTube Rewind 2013, a...
View ArticleCheck out the website hidden in the 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' trailer
The trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ends in a montage of explosions, web-slinging, and a plane crash. In the middle of this special effects bonanza, there’s a two-second scene of the antagonist,...
View ArticleFollow 5 Internet addicts as they spend a week without their fix
It’s a simple experiment, but the results are astounding: take the Internet away from those addicted to it, and changes take place practically overnight, as a Mother London camera crew observed when...
View ArticleThis metal-T-shirt-wearing guy has taken photos with every celebrity
Earlier today on Reddit, andrewgoldstein4 posted a thread titled “This guy has a picture with every celebrity ever.” Yes, it’s a bit hyperbolic, but the guy does have a lot of photos with A through...
View ArticleWhile you were sleeping, Beyoncé dropped a brand-new album on iTunes
So crazy right now. While you were sleeping, Beyoncé crept down your chimney and gave your the best gift of the season you never saw coming—a 14-track, self-titled “visual” album, released exclusively...
View ArticleChecking in with the tenants of 'Apt 8 News'
There’s a scene in one episode of Apt 8 News, Slacktory’s original webseries, in which Jackie and Alex welcome you to their newscast, then get right to the top story: There’s a mouse in the apartment....
View ArticleThese 9 real-life TV news personalities are a bigger deal than Ron Burgundy
As Will Ferrell and company blanket mainstream media and the Internet alike with promotional material for Anchorman 2 (which hits theaters Dec. 18) we're reminded of those real local TV news reporters...
View ArticleHow Beyoncé's surprise album got us all listening a little closer
Last night, around midnight, Beyoncé quietly released a self-titled album to iTunes. There was no marketing push, no promotion, no chance for certain critics to get an exclusive, no advance talk on...
View ArticleGamers are outraged that this massive Kickstarter-backed game hired a woman
The latest addition to the team building the spiritual successor to Mega Man is facing a mega backlash online. The drama surrounds artist and designer Dina Abou Karam, the new community manager for...
View ArticleThere's a reason Miley Cyrus is flashing you, and it'll make you hate the MPAA
This just in: Miley Cyrus has come out in support of nipples. And it’s actually for a really good cause. She posted a selfie on her Twitter account holding what can only be described as a boobie...
View Article'Cache Monet' woos art collectors with GIFs
BY NADJA SAYEJA screenshot of Cache Monet On Nov. 13, the Brooklyn-based interactive creative Tim Nolan launched Cache Monet, a retro site filled with 1990s-inspired GIFs. In three weeks, he had over...
View ArticleSeth MacFarlane mocks hysterical fans as 'Family Guy' resurrects Brian
You may recall that last month saw a grassroots Internet campaign to resurrect Brian, an acerbic talking dog from the animated sitcom Family Guy, who was summarily killed and replaced in a...
View ArticleFormer Disney star shows up on Tumblr—naked
A little more than a year ago, no-longer-teen heartthrob Cole Sprouse, who starred on Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alongside his twin brother Dylan, caused an uproar by pulling...
View ArticleDid Shia LaBeouf plagiarize his apology for plagiarism?
An unlikely celebrity has come to the forefront of a debate about transformative art and plagiarism: Shia LaBeouf. When LaBeouf’s short film HowardCantour.com was made available online this week,...
View ArticleHow 'Homeland' finally redeemed itself
Never has a redhead incited more fervor than Nicholas Brody, the Marine turned terrorist turned CIA asset turned who-really-even-knows-anymore on Homeland. His and Carrie Mathison’s doomed...
View ArticleiTunes releases Beatles album for all the wrong reasons
iTunes just pulled something that a few years prior was unthinkable: they released a score of obscure Beatles songs. Apple made 59 previously-unavailable tracks from the Fab Four available for paid...
View ArticleTo make any engagement special, just add Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul will do a lot for his fans (especially in the name of charity), and now he’s brought two of them that much closer to holy matrimony.According to Chicagoist, Jason Lord won a personalized...
View ArticleThe top 10 single-serving Tumblrs of 2013
Almost seven years after it was founded, Tumblr encompasses more than 155 million blogs and nearly 70 billion posts, an eclectic network of rebloggable words, sound, and visual content that spans the...
View ArticleMeet Brini Maxwell, the cross-dressing queen of DIY
Brini Maxwell is showing me how to fold a pair of slacks. In her YouTube segment, The Maxwell Moment, she's demonstrating how to properly hang up a pair of trousers—not pants, she explains with a...
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