'The Walking Dead' casts another 'Wire' alum and serves up rap battle with...
With filming for The Walking Dead’s fifth season under way, there’s still plenty of updates to keep the audience of a TV show on hiatus happy. Deadline announced Monday that The Wire’s Seth Gilliam is...
View ArticleUnderstanding Drake's meme appeal
by Ray Downs He's so thoughtful, he plays Grand Theft Auto just to rescue the hookers. He's so awkward, he'll cover his male friend's eyes from behind and say, “Guess who?” He's so sensitive, he...
View ArticleA 'Seinfeld' episode comes to life in the Junior Mint game
It's chocolate, it's peppermint, it's delicious! Now, the Junior Mint, the tasty confection at the center of a 1993 episode of Seinfeld, is now a video game. The parody Twitter accounts @Seinfeld2000...
View ArticleIn the season 4 premiere of 'Louie,' Louis C.K. redefines the punchline
There’s a scene in episode five of last season’s Louie, in which Louis C.K. and Parker Posey go on a date. It's one long shot around different locales in New York City, and in the last half, Posey’s...
View ArticleMarshmallows, rejoice! 'Veronica Mars' spin-off coming this summer
The Veronica Mars movie isn’t getting a sequel anytime soon, but it is getting a Web-exclusive spin-off centering on Ryan Hansen's character, Dick Casablancas. The CW announced Monday that it would be...
View Article10 female comedians who could break late-night TV's glass ceiling
After Craig Ferguson announced that he won’t renew his contract with CBS in 2015, the Internet erupted with speculation about who could replace him, throwing around white dude names as diverse as Joel...
View ArticleVine star Alx James is getting his own reality TV deal
BY SAM GUTELLEVine creator Alx James is turning his expansive online audience into a TV deal. The man with nearly five million followers on Twitter’s six-second video capture app has signed a reality...
View ArticleAmy Schumer's interview with an 106-year-old woman is required viewing
The second season of Inside Amy Schumer has already provided some goldenmoments just four episodes in, and last night’s show proved it’s one of the best comedies on TV right now. In between sketches,...
View ArticleYouTube creators become old-time Hollywood stars in new photo series
After three longs shoots with 10 enthusiastic subjects, photographer Robin Roemer has finally unveiled her latest project: an Old Hollywood spin on the stars of New Hollywood. Titled “New Hollywood,”...
View ArticleWatch these moms mortify their kids on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
On last night’s show, Jimmy Kimmel made sure we all remembered Mother’s Day is on Sunday by asking moms on the street the most shocking things their kids don’t know about them.“A lot of people operate...
View ArticleYouTube remix artist shortlisted for Turner Prize
The Turner Prize is notorious for recognizing emerging artists whose work, according to many a bitter old fool, isn’t art. In previous years, the prize has been awarded to Tracey Emin’s dirty bed and...
View ArticleSpotify yanks silent album after band nets $20,000
In March, a Los Angeles group called Vulfpeck launched an unconventional campaign to fund their upcoming tour: The band released a completely silent album on Spotify, called Sleepify, and asked fans...
View ArticleHear 51 seconds of the secret Wu-Tang Clan album, featuring Cher
Apparently, Cher is down with the Wu-Tang Clan. The group’s “secret” one-copy double album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, will be making the rounds soon, visiting museums and galleries as a rare...
View Article'Power Rangers' to return to the big screen in live-action reboot
After a 17-year absence, the Power Rangers are set to go-go back to the big screen.Saban and Lionsgate Entertainment announced that the colorful, Zord-building group will indeed be making a comeback...
View ArticleBilly Eichner: the man who shouted until the Internet listened
Billy Eichner is having a good year. The 35-year-old comedian has a recurring role on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and his game show Billy on the Street is entering its third season on the cable...
View ArticleYou'll never be able to open Champagne like Alton Brown
If there is anyone who would know how to open a bottle of Champagne like a boss, it would be Good Eats and Iron Chef America personality Alton Brown. In a May 7 YouTube video, Brown explains a method...
View ArticleNo one actually finishes songs on Spotify
Folks in the music industry should plan for the new five-second rule. According to a new study from Music Machinery, 24 percent of Spotify users skip a song after only five seconds of streaming it. A...
View ArticleBritish model Katie Price shares her divorce with 1.9 million on Twitter
Twitter has certainly become a place to record emotional turning points in life. So far, we've seen livetweeted births, livetweeted deaths, and livetweeted breakups of at leasttwo couples, albeit by...
View ArticleAustria's Conchita Wurst fends off transphobia before the Eurovision Song...
The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest is currently happening in Copenhagen, showcasing Europe’s most talented and, often, most outrageous and fringe musical acts. Tonight, Conchita Wurst takes the stage...
View ArticleThe Black Keys' first tour stop? A fake press conference on YouTube
When it comes to announcing tour dates, most bands pay this task no matter and defer to a strategically emailed press release. But the Black Keys took to YouTube this morning to launch their summer...
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