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Google Translate gives 'Let It Go' a very dark update
No matter how many covers of “Let It Go” you’ve listened to lately, you haven’t heard anything like this. Anyone who’s tried to use Google Translate to help them with a foreign language knows that the...
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T-Pain did something amazing with Lorde's 'Royals'
Back when 17-year-old international pop sensation Lorde was first making a splash—and I guess she still is, considering how much Pure Heroine continues to dominate my Spotify sidebar—I decided to keep...
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Who gets the thumbs up in Amazon's pilot slate?
Amazon has spent the last couple years trying to make their original programming a destination. Last spring, they released eight sitcoms, all high on satire (Alpha House, Betas) and used viewer...
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Blame UFOs for this hip-hop remake of 'Achy Breaky Heart'
We haven’t heard much from Billy Ray Cyrus lately, and no one’s really been complaining about that. He’s been mostly absent from the public and virtual spectacle his daughter Miley has managed to...
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The problem with 'The Fox Problem,' a webseries about nothing
The Fox Problem harnesses the “magical power of Vines and InstaVideos mixed with Twitter, FaceyB and Instagram.” It was the first show that could be watched embedded in a tweet. Its initial series was...
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The musicless Shakira video is painful to watch
Shakira’s hips don’t lie, but her music certainly can. The Latin artist smoked and cozied up with Rihanna in her latest music video for “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” and things get steamy pretty...
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You'll never guess what Fall Out Boy's Flappy Bird clone is called
Just when we thought the Flappy Bird phenomenon couldn’t get any more ridiculous—what with the game’s creator pulling the app, and doge and multiplayer versions now available—pop-punk stalwarts Fall...
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Movies buffs will love this breakup talk
Movies are wonderful, visual stories that take us to another place and time. But you already know that—what you might not know is how well movie titles alone can tell a story. Case and point, POYKPAC...
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The rapper behind 'My Vag' breaks down her new album track by track
Nora Lum, a.k.a. NYC rapper Awkwafina, reached our collective Internet consciousness in 2012 with “My Vag,” a compare/contrast boast anthem with lines like, “My vag feels like winning the lottery/Your...
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Crowdsourced 'Robocop' remake features toddlers, exploding penises
The new Robocop reboot isn’t receiving great reviews, but never fear: There are other options. The crowdsourced Our Robocop Remake is a scene-by-scene copy of the original 1987 movie, with each scene...
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The emotional roller coaster of a day at Shia LaBeouf's #IAMSORRY
It sounded like a intriguing assignment from the start: stand in line to see the wacky Shia LaBeouf exhibit everyone's talking about? And then write about it? For my job? For which I receive money?...
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Indie artists take cues from pop culture to reinvent Valentine's Day cards
It’s hard to find a Valentine’s Day card in the drug store that’s not a completely cheesy mess with flowers and something treacly in cursive printed across the top. But what if you and your loved one...
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The case against binge-watching 'House of Cards' on Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and with it the long-awaited return of David Fincher’s acclaimed Netflix webseries House of Cards. Since much of the U.S. continues to be snowed in, it might be tempting to...
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Everything you need to know about this week's men's figure skating drama
If there’s one thing you can predict about men’s figure skating, it’s that it will be completely unpredictable. In our guide to figure skating fandom, we already discussed this sport’s penchant for...
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'Shush Up': Behind Patrice Wilson's pretty hate-click machine
“If you can conquer America, you can conquer the world.”Patrice Wilson tells me this by phone in early December. He’s just getting back from Europe, where he was scouting new talent and figuring out...
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Can a crowdfunded indie film revive Katherine Heigl's career?
Katherine Heigl’s career has been beset by controversy, but can crowdfunding give it a new direction? Producers of Heigl’s latest film are hoping her loyal fans will aid them in bringing an...
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The De La Soul albums you can't buy online are free to download today
Of all the hip-hop albums released in 1989, De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising might be the most influential and enduring. It’s the NYC trio’s debut, heavy on sample and flow, and it marked a new era...
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A century from now, the '#SELFIE' music video will explain the way we lived
Comparing the Internet Age to, say, the medieval era, we’re tempted to believe that ours is the more advanced culture. But when you compress the 21st century into an obnoxious four-minute techno club...
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Where 'House of Cards' falls short
When Netflix decided to premiere its Mitt Romney campaign documentary, Mitt, three weeks ago, it probably thought it was doing House of Cards a favor. It would provide an apt lead-in to the second...
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Getting personal with YouTube star Grace Helbig
BY CARLY LANNING Welcome back to the YouTube millionaires club, Grace Helbig. At the start of 2014, Helbig shocked fans with the announcement that she would be leaving her beloved Daily Grace channel...
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