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Here's what movie posters might look like with 1-star Amazon reviews
Reviews on movie posters are their own strange poetry, wrought from impossibly positive reviews by possibly fake critics vomiting amber waves of praise on blockbuster films. The mission of...
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'Getting Doug With High': The Internet's greatest talk show about weed
Comedian David Cross sat down on the set of Getting Doug With High, looked at the mass of weed and paraphernalia laid out on the table in front of him, and happily wondered “what the fuck is the...
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Inside the video effects studio of YouTube star Brandon Laatsch
Brandon Laatsch’s hidden warehouse studio looks like an 8-year-old’s dream fort. There’s an enormous big screen, 16 computers, two couches, a pile of video games, and two bedrooms rented out by...
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Is someone leaking Star Wars secrets on Tinder?
Director J.J. Abrams and Disney have been aggressively tight-lipped about Star Wars Episode VII, but on a production as large as this, someone's going to start talking eventually. Indeed, reports have...
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Wu-Tang fans rally on Kickstarter to buy the lone copy of new album
Last month, Forbesreported that the Wu-Tang Clan’s latest album would exist as a one-of-a-kind physical artifact, encased in an engraved silver and nickel box, which was painstakingly handcrafted by...
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Here's the 'Scandal' blooper reel you've always wanted
Full disclosure: I stopped watching Scandal at the end of season 2, because Olivia and Fitz’s relationship was causing veins to pop out of my neck, and staring at Fitz’s expressionless face was like...
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Rihanna will voice 3-D animation's first black lead in 'Home'
DreamWorks is raising the bar on diversity in 3-D animation—not that it was very high to begin with. The company has quietly announced that Rihanna will voice the "enterprising" character of Tip in...
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White House responds to Justin Bieber deportation petition
Since launching its We the People website for petitions from the public, the White House has issued savvy responses to everything from requests to secede to demands for a Death Star and an ambassador...
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Why we need a show like 'Orphan Black' right now
The first season of BBC America’s Orphan Black could easily have been its last. It’s a sci-fi drama about clones and genetic engineering, two topics that have been explored to the point of caricature...
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'Silicon Valley' episode 3: What's in a name?
When we hear the origin stories of successful businesses, they’ve usually congealed into a myth, with heroes, villains, betrayals, and triumphs. Alexander Graham Bell beckoning Watson and changing the...
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Joss Whedon's new film skips the cinema, heads straight to Vimeo
Joss Whedon just surprised fans at the Tribeca Film Festival by pulling a Beyoncé and releasing his new movie online, with no prior warning. Paranormal love story In Your Eyes premiered at Tribeca and...
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New HBO Go ads show how awkward it is to watch 'Girls' with your mom
HBO is trying to save its younger viewers from their worst nightmare. In a new push to get the younger viewers to use HBO Go, the network’s online and mobile streaming service, HBO released a series...
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Experience the thrilling Twitter version of action classic 'Speed'
It’s 20 years old at this point, but for web developer Michaela McCann, the Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves thriller Speed hasn’t aged a day. She even favorably cites the high-octane blockbuster on the...
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Colbert and Letterman take selfies on 'The Late Show'
If Stephen Colbert’s latest stop on The Late Show is any indication, he’s gonna be just fine taking the reins from David Letterman next year. He stopped by Letterman's show Tuesday night, the first...
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Swim for your life in this terrifying drowning simulator
At sea, you tire faster than you think. Six minutes of treading water in a pool might equal thirty seconds against a dangerous current. With cold waters kicking at each side of you, you struggle to...
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This is the first-ever YouTube video, and it involves a goat
The first YouTube video was uploaded nine years ago today, and it involves a goat. YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim posted the inaugural video, simply titled “Me at the Zoo,” at 8:27pm on Saturday,...
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A gay dad drives his young son around, creates YouTube's best new webseries
The conversations parents have with kids in the car can be fodder for viral YouTube videos, but there’s certainly room for a more nuanced approach. Enter Frank Lowe. Lowe is a parenting writer for The...
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Vimeo now hosts a dedicated 'dronie' channel
Last week, we told you about the the brave new world of drone selfies, and the work of photographer Amit Gupta, who’s been perfecting his craft for the past few months on Instagram. Gupta was the...
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TV anchors still can't pronounce Lupita Nyong'o's name
Perhaps you’ve noticed this already, but some people seem to have a real problem with pronouncing Lupita Nyong’o’s name. It’s not clear why this keeps happening. Lupita Nyong’o’s name is actually...
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Avril Lavigne denies accusations that her new video is racist
It’s easy to make fun of Avril Lavigne. She’s been milking the same teen rebel pop-punk image for almost 15 years, she’s married to a dude from Nickelback, and her music is rarely what you’d describe...
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