A guy you've never heard of now hosts one of YouTube's most popular shows
When Ray William Johnsonannounced in March that he would be leaving his popular show, =3 ("Equals Three"), many fans doubted that anyone on YouTube could fill his shoes. Turns out, they were right—no...
View ArticleAwesomenessTV launches record label with Universal, Russell Simmons
BY SAM GUTELLEAwesomenessTV already runs a multi-channel YouTube network, a DreamWorks-branded YouTube channel, and a TV show on Nickelodeon. Now, it can add a record label to its assets. AwesomenessTV...
View ArticleThe soundtrack to all my s**tty jobs
BY LOGAN DEAN WORRELL I've been working terrible jobs for the better half of my life. Which is fine. Of course, that number will continue to go up unless I plan on changing career paths. Which I don't....
View ArticleHere's what you need to know about Netflix's 8 new shows
Either success has gone to Netflix’s head or the king of the over-the-top content market has gone soft in announcing its new lineup of upcoming shows. There's no breakthrough fare in the realm of...
View Article'The Office' star Angela Kinsey reveals her short-lived rap career
It’s not unusual to come across a tough crowd, but it might be even worse when it’s a room full of your child’s classmates.This is the conundrum Angela Kinsey found herself in when her 6-year-old...
View Article'Drunk History' knows how to party
There’s a certain mental gymnastics that happens when drunk people tell stories. My father is a long-winded storyteller, and if I’ve engaged him in a story, I often have to be there on the periphery,...
View ArticleThis is what happens when people try to recreate 'The Purge' online
The Purge: Anarchy, the follow-up to 2013’s sleeper hit The Purge, was released on Friday, and as with so many films attempting a promotional social media surge, a hashtag started circulating over the...
View ArticleThe Internet becomes a novel in 'You're Not Much Use to Anyone'
When I started reading David Shapiro, I had no idea who he was. Maybe I still don’t. Back then, the anonymity was by design: He was writing a Tumblr called Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, which used...
View ArticleZach Braff just gave this superfan the biggest compliment ever
While he may not have gotten a lot of love from the Internet for successfully Kickstarting his movie Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff still manages to charm his fans in other ways. First, he helped a man...
View ArticleThis a cappella 'Wicked' medley is witch-perfect
Theater geeks, hold on to your pointy hats. Renowned YouTube a cappella artist Peter Hollens partnered with equally talented solo musician Nick Pitera to bring a medley of Wicked tunes to life in his...
View ArticleThe creators of the 'Kids React' series are launching a new YouTube channel
The Fine Bros are more than one-trick ponies, but their influence with the Emmy-winning React series of videos, where kids, teens, and older folks react to a variety of pop culture phenomenon, are the...
View ArticleRanking the BBC’s 9 comedy pilots
Is the next Mighty Boosh out there waiting? The BBC’s annual Feed My Funny Comedy Feeds have dropped, with nine comedy pilots uploaded onto the network's streaming service, iPlayer. Now we just have...
View ArticleYou can help the Yankees' new 3rd baseman pick his number
Plagued by an overwhelming number of injuries, the venerable New York Yankees recently pulled the trigger on a deal that landed them a third baseman, soon-to-be free agent Chase Headley of the San...
View Article'Weird Al' Yankovic just debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first...
For eight days, “Weird Al” Yankovic took over the Internet. And now, for the first time in his career, he took over the Billboard Top 200.His 14th album, Mandatory Fun, sold over 104,700 copies in its...
View ArticleConan rewards Gary Oldman with his own death reel
Sean Bean isn’t the only actor who’s made a career of dying on-screen.While he may not get as much notoriety for it, Gary Oldman’s died nearly as often in films. He’s got 17 on-screen deaths to his...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon and the Rock want to pump you up
Is there anything Jimmy Fallon and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson can’t do? On The Tonight Show last night, the unlikely duo starred in a series of exercise videos as the "Fungo Brothers." Modeled after...
View ArticleJennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler freaked out by giant reporter
As successful actors at the top of their field, it's safe to assume that Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler are used to looking down on people. So when someone quite literally looks down on them, they...
View ArticleAmazon adds 'hundreds of thousands' of songs to Prime Music
Less than two months after its launch, Amazon is adding hundreds of thousands of songs to Prime Music, its streaming service. Prime Music launched in June with over a million songs, but it was missing...
View ArticleYouTube's streaming service hit by departure of top music exec
YouTube’s road to a streaming service that competes with the likes of Spotify faced another roadblock this week when Chris LaRosa, YouTube’s product manager in charge of music, left the company for an...
View ArticleVine star Cameron Dallas offers himself as dream date to his fans
The concept of winning a date with a teen heartthrob is a staple of teen mags everywhere, but Vine star Cameron Dallas took the idea a step further, offering himself directly to his millions of...
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