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4chan hilariously derailed Tom Hardy's AMA, and here's why
It will go down as one of Reddit’s worst celebrity AMAs (“ask me anything”) in history—and you can thank 4chan. The AMA, which launched Wednesday afternoon, featured director Steven Knight and actor...
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Were the dance moves from Pharrell's 'Happy' lifted from this?
Pharrell’s song “Happy” is everywhere, and its ubiquitousness has made some people decidedly unhappy. However, dancer and actor Anne Marsen has a right to be a little upset about the interactive...
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Your guide to the outrage over Laverne Cox's Time 100 snub
Ordinarily, a list of influential favorites that includes the likes of John Green and Benedict Cumberbatch would have the Internet ready to throw a party. Instead, the reaction to the Time magazine's...
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One of these 16 songs will be this year's summer anthem
BY RAMON RAMIREZ& REGGIE UGWU Spring has been a frigid extension of winter, but the upside is that suddenly a patio-based cookout is imminent. The relative comfort of summer brings the duty to...
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A Twitter account is becoming a Broadway play
First the Sh*t My Dad Says sitcom, and now a Broadway show based on a satirical Twitter feed about God. It’s this kind of success that we can blame for the zillions of terrible parody accounts that...
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Stephen Colbert declares victory over television
"It's become clear to me that I've won television." This is just one of the many proclamations of truth delivered by Stephen Colbert during a surprise appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on...
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Netflix Roulette is going to change the way you stream
It’s said that the average person spends a third of their life sleeping, and at least two hours of their day mindlessly scrolling through their Netflix queue and viewing suggestions, plagued with...
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Jamie Foxx can make even 'lentils' and 'mulch' sound sexy
Mulch. Legume. Stump. Gesticulate. Tupperware. Hamburger. There’s nothing sexy whatsoever about those words. (OK, a case could be made for that last one.) But it’s amazing what some candles, rose...
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Watch Gen. Keith Alexander crack NSA jokes on John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight'
Gen. Keith Alexander has certainly upped his comedy game since his retirement from chief of the National Security Agency. While it wasn’t quite as punchy as President Barack Obama’s appearance on Zach...
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Steven Spielberg's 'BFG' remake: Here's our dream cast list
Over the weekend, Steven Spielberg announced that he will be directing an adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel The BFG. First published in 1982, The BFG was adapted into an animated film in 1989....
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Is John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' the talk show HBO needs?
Last night, John Oliver debuted his new half-hour HBO talk show, Last Week Tonight. The show’s being promoted as a we’ll-get-to-it-eventually broadcast, with Oliver’s trademark self-deprecating humor...
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' is finally becoming an ebook
Readers cultivating an electronic library that spans the canon of American prose will soon add a crucial piece to the puzzle: To Kill a Mockingbird is jumping from print to ereader screen, bringing...
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This chamber music duel is like a rap battle for the classical set
Think classical concertos are fusty and irrelevant? You couldn’t be more wrong, and the ladies of Hamburg chamber music quartet Salut Salon aren’t going to stand for it. Below, watch the fiery...
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China bans the 'Big Bang Theory' and other American shows from streaming sites
If you are a Chinese resident hoping to catch the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory, you are pretty much out of luck.According to Hitfix, the Chinese government is cracking down on the...
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Fall in love with Emma Stone as she destroys Jimmy Fallon in a lip-synch battle
“Emma, you’re new here, so I’ll go first.” Jimmy Fallon gave Emma Stone a chance to watch and learn as the two faced off in the most recent Lip Sync Battle, a recurring Tonight Show segment. He didn’t...
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This 'Community' fan video shows why we need #sixseasonsandamovie
It’s been a couple weeks since Greendale closed its doors for the year (and perhaps for the last time), but Community fans, the cast, and the show’s creators are rallying for a sixth season. It’s not...
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Adam Sandler's new movie was inspired by a YouTube short
It’s not exactly identical in both scope and approach to its origin, but Pixels, the action-comedy set to star Adam Sandler and Kevin James, does admit inspiration from a YouTube short. The film,...
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Here's a hilarious gallery show for people who hate art
Recommended Reading, a weekly online fiction magazine published by Electric Literature, celebrated its 100th issue last night. But the narrative that Pulitzer-winner Jennifer Egan selected to fill...
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Noël Wells on the digital divide between YouTube and 'SNL'
Noël Wells stands onstage at the Velveeta Room in Austin, Texas, with a bag in her hand. She slowly takes out items of clothing, commenting on their aesthetic, like a modern-day Goldilocks: This one’s...
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Teen Vine stars Nash Grier and Cameron Dallas are getting their own movie
That sustained squealing you might have heard over the last day is the sound of teenage girls across America celebrating the news that Nash Grier and Cameron Dallas are getting their own movie. Grier...
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