Wale Announces New Mixtape Via YouTube

By Corey Humphress at 3:30 PM on July 12, 2010

It’s been a quiet couple months from Wale-less, but the (admittedly short) silence is apparently over....  read more

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James Franco, Gary Shteyngart Join Forces For Super Sad Promo

By Lindsay Eanet at 3:00 PM on July 12, 2010

In Random House’s promo video (via HeebMagazine.com) for Gary Shteyngart’s third novel, Super Sad True Love Story, Maria Emmighausen sums up why the author is so inspiring: “He came from nowhere…and he’s still kind of nowhere.”...  read more

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Awesome of the Day: Will It Blend? — Vuvuzela

By Kasia Pilat at 12:29 PM on July 12, 2010

As anyone who hasn’t been living beneath a rock knows, congratulations are in order to the Spanish national soccer team. Thanks to an exciting performance in yesterday’s close overtime game, they’re the current World Cup champions....  read more

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The Onion Releases News from the Future Video

By Jennifer Ross at 11:00 AM on July 12, 2010

When they’re not creating a new sports series for Comedy Central, or perpetually cracking us up, turns out the satirical news junkies at The Onion are predicting the future. “The Onion News Network” just released a 12-and-a-half minute video segment titled “Future: News from the Year 2137” that gives us a hilarious, yet somewhat disheartening, glimpse at what the future has in store....  read more

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Nine Cool Things to Do With Your YouTube Account

By Whitney Baker at 7:00 AM on July 10, 2010

YouTube is a wonderful place, full of kittens, drugged-up children and people who thought it was a good idea to tape themselves imitating their favorite performers...  read more

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Watch a New Video For The Books' "A Cold Freezin' Night"

By Caroline Klibanoff at 10:00 AM on July 8, 2010

As if the two early-released, downloadable-for-free singles from The Books’ upcoming The Way Out weren’t enough to get excited about, the band has also created a dizzying, jumbled video for “A Cold Freezin’ Night.”...  read more

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Kristen Stewart is Bored: A 42-Second Montage

By Kasia Pilat at 2:42 PM on July 1, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, vampires are so hot right now. (And if you haven’t, please, educate yourself on the pop-cultural evolution of these mythical creatures.)...  read more

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Watch Janelle Monáe Cover Prince's "Let's Go Crazy"

By Corey Humphress at 2:06 PM on June 28, 2010

At last night's BET awards ceremony, a soul-tastic quadrupling of female vocalists helped the network honor its Lifetime Achievement Award recipient...  read more

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Watch Comedian Dan Telfer Reveal the Best Dinosaur

By Austin L. Ray at 3:31 PM on June 25, 2010

It’s a pretty common schoolyard debate: Which is the best dinosaur? Luckily, Chicago comedian Dan Telfer is here to put the argument to rest. In the video below, which was filmed at the Chicago Underground Comedy showcase in May, Telfer broaches the topic to an audience, then shoots down said audience’s suggestions for close to five minutes before revealing, at long last, the best dinosaur....  read more

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True Blood Gets Renewed

By Corey Humphress at 11:32 AM on June 23, 2010

Hot off the heels of True Blood‘s Season 3 premiere last week, HBO has announced the season-four renewal of the show. Looks like we’ll all be spending another summer twisted up in the swampy, bloody, sexy quagmire of Bon Temps, La., reports EW.com....  read more

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