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The-Dream responds to Donald Sterling with the summer's most timely anthem
The-Dream has removed his ubiquitous shades, lost the lover-man R&B angle, and gone socially conscious for his latest single, “Black,” which hit YouTube late Tuesday. It’s run up more than 16,000...
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Doge Records is a real label devoted to obscure house music
Who let the doge out? It’s hard to remember. Nipping at the heels of Dogecoin and Lonely Doge is Doge Records, a new London label, and the latest entity to co-opt the ubiquitous Shiba Inu meme. Sadly,...
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Rick Astley is rickrolling people in real life now
Rick Astley is not just the focal point of rickrolling—one of the Web's most enduring memes—he's one of the masters of doing it to other people. The '80s pop star stopped by the Danish radio show...
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How to turn your empty lighters into a cool toy motorcycle
A French filmmaker has just given empty disposable lighters a second life. In a new YouTube video from Jamaica-based producer Romain “Sherkhan” Chiffre, a teenage boy can be seen taking apart two...
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Listen to Michael Jackson's new single online now
Michael Jackson died in 2009, but 2014 may be a big music year for the late King of Pop. An album of previously unreleased Jackson songs, Xscape, will be released in the U.S. on May 13. The first...
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The day the Internet tried to cheer up 'sad Kanye'
When our alien overlords finally come to Earth, and demand to see our greatest cultural artifacts, will we show them an ancient photo of a "sad" Kanye West, discovered in a zipline office in Mexico...
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'Girl Meets World' gets a premiere date, and the Internet explodes
The Boy Meets World fandom is a curious thing. The show, which aired Friday nights on ABC from 1993 to 2000, followed the life trajectory of Cory Matthews, his bestie Shawn, and his girlfriend...
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You'll never hear 'Talk Dirty' the same after Kevin Spacey sings it
Kevin Spacey is everywhere: Call of Duty, House of Cards, inhabiting Richard III. And last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he became a ragtime version of Jason Derulo. Fallon and...
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Why VidCon needs an anti-harassment policy
In light of multipleabusescandals in the YouTube community, it came as a surprise to discover that VidCon had no official code of conduct listed on their website. VidCon is the biggest convention in...
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Read Amy Schumer's amazing speech about body image and confidence
On Thursday night, the Gloria Awards, hosted by the Ms. Foundation for Women, took place in New York City, in honor of Gloria Steinem’s 80th birthday. Gabourey Sidibe's inspirational gala speech about...
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Riff Raff's new single 'Instagram' is a lot sexier than real Instagram
Cultural pundit Riff Raff released a timely single Friday, paying homage to the long-standing tradition of women posting selfies on the Internet. Called “Instagram,” the song lasts 2 minutes and 15...
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'The Beygency' ensures you think twice before dissing Beyoncé
When was the last time you heard anyone say something negative about Beyoncé? That’s right: You haven’t. But it’s not because America suddenly found the one pop diva everyone can agree on; this is an...
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Watch Joe Biden and Julia Louis-Dreyfus paint the town in D.C.
Vice President Joe Biden was not, as host Joel McHale pointed out, in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last night. He had a very good reason, though. He was out on the...
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You'll never guess which rapper has the largest vocabulary
Many have mused on the relationship between Shakespeare and hip-hop. “If you look at real hip-hop, your KRS-Ones, your Chuck Ds, it's poetry, it's social commentary, it's documenting history,” argued...
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These classic 'Seinfeld' episodes wouldn't work today
Dubbed the “show about nothing,” Seinfeld is the prototypical sitcom and one of the first to dedicate entire episodes to the mundane: awkward dating moments, getting lost in a parking garage, and...
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Silk Road lands a starring role on CBS's 'The Good Wife'
Silk Road, the Internet’s favorite deep web drug bazaar, played a starring role in Sunday night’s episode of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife. The episode, titled “The Deep Web,” attempted to tie in...
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Here's proof your favorite '90s songs were pure nonsense
If you ever struggle to remember the words to your favorite alternative rock singles from the 1990s, that’s probably because there weren’t any. Don’t believe me? Check out this supercut of “vocal...
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The all-cats, all-the-time TV channel is exactly what you need this Monday
It was only a matter of time before an Internet-powered television network featured a channel dedicated to nothing but cats—24 hours a day. Back in the old days (you know, before 2005), watching cats...
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The mysterious case of Rihanna's disappearing Instagram account
Where did you go, Badgirlriri? Rihanna’s Instagram account disappeared earlier today. Fans suspected Instagram itself had banned the Bajan singer after she posted a series of nude shots from a recent...
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Here's what the 'Star Wars' Cantina Band might look like
While everyone’s rubbing themselves into a lather about the new Star Warscast, its lack of women, and the existence of Chewbacca selfies, there’s one very important component of the series that hasn’t...
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