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Terrifying/Awesome photographs of dogs underwater

Terrifying/Awesome photographs of dogs underwater

What's that? You thought pet photography was terminally kitsch? THINK AGAIN MORTAL. Because pet photographer Seth Casteel's underwater…
Links: 19 stupid lies we've told people we've dated

Links: 19 stupid lies we've told people we've dated

Perhaps you've flashed a copy of Infinite Jest (or Lord of the Flies or One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish) on a date without actually…
It was bound to happen: "Shit Mitt Romney Says"

It was bound to happen: "Shit Mitt Romney Says"

An inevitable meme for the inevitable Republican nominee: there is now a "Shit Mitt Romney Says" video in the world. This…
Nicolas Cage debunks vampire rumors, reveals extensively creepy vampire knowledge

Nicolas Cage debunks vampire rumors, reveals extensively creepy vampire knowledge

If someone were to ask me what movie star I thought never aged (and therefore must be a vampire), Nicolas Cage would not pop into my head…
Here are all the historical anachronisms from <em>Downton Abbey</em> in one montage

Here are all the historical anachronisms from Downton Abbey in one montage

If you're a viewer of Downton Abbey — and, really, at this point, how much more do we have to pimp out the amazing BBC series before…
Mitt Romney makes social-media site take down amazing Mitt Romney parody

Mitt Romney makes social-media site take down amazing Mitt Romney parody

I've got to give the Romney campaign points for knowing about Pinterest, the still-unsigned Swedish death metal band that's "doing…
Watch Steve Carell and Keira Knightley in <em>Seeking a Friend for the End of the World</em>

Watch Steve Carell and Keira Knightley in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

In case you were wondering what Steve Carrell has been up to since that movie with the title with the crazy, stupid, grammar, we now have an…
Is Kim Jong-Un really dead already?

Is Kim Jong-Un really dead already?

Rumors are flooding Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo that North Korea's chief dumpling-in-a-pea-coat, Kim Jong-Un, was killed in an…
Bradley Cooper-starring <em>Paradise Lost</em> movie is no more

Bradley Cooper-starring Paradise Lost movie is no more

John Milton fans everywhere, rejoice! That terrible-sounding film adaptation of the writer's epic poem Paradise Lost, which was set to…
Movieguide study says "conservative" movies make more money than "liberal" ones

Movieguide study says "conservative" movies make more money than "liberal" ones

For two decades now, Movieguide has been promoting the dissemination of conservative, Christian values in cinema, and tonight they mark their…
Dustin Hoffman does not enjoy the Oscars

Dustin Hoffman does not enjoy the Oscars

The Oscars ceremony is one of those shared lies among the Hollywood elite. Everyone has to attend, get fitted for clothes that cost more than the…
Icelanders use online database to avoid accidental incest

Icelanders use online database to avoid accidental incest

Iceland: land of elves, lesbian prime ministers, and accidentally getting to third base with your brother. Okay, the last bit is probably not…
New book exposes J. Edgar Hoover's massive porn collection

New book exposes J. Edgar Hoover's massive porn collection

As the first, and long-serving, Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover is an important figure in modern American history, and last year's Clint…
Pizza Hut has its own $10,000 engagement party package

Pizza Hut has its own $10,000 engagement party package

Fulfilling the dreams of every little girl in America, Pizza Hut is now offering its very own $10,010 engagement special, only $10 of which goes…
Here is your Wes Anderson/Ja Rule mashup of the day

Here is your Wes Anderson/Ja Rule mashup of the day

Have you ever wondered what the slow-motion scenes from Wes Anderson films would sound like scored to Ja Rule, instead of Nico and The Kinks…
The ads for <em>Mad Men</em> have been getting awesomely defaced

The ads for Mad Men have been getting awesomely defaced

Perhaps you've seen the above ad for the upcoming season of Mad Men just hanging around in your covered bus stop, or your subway terminal, or…
Barack Obama now has a Spotify account

Barack Obama now has a Spotify account

Ever the social-media whiz (at least relatively speaking), Barack Obama has signed up for Spotify and released an official 2012 campaign…
There's definitely going to be a <em>Wet Hot American Summer</em> sequel

There's definitely going to be a Wet Hot American Summer sequel

With brains being cluttered on an almost daily basis with maddening updates on the statuses of the long-awaited Arrested Development movie and…
Jay-Z and Kanye's new video for "Niggas in Paris" might give you a seizure

Jay-Z and Kanye's new video for "Niggas in Paris" might give you a seizure

Jay-Z and Kanye West's new video for "Niggas in Paris," off last summer's Watch the Throne, dropped today, because Blue Ivy…
Colorado student fears expulsion after glitter-bombing Romney

Colorado student fears expulsion after glitter-bombing Romney

Following the Colorado Republican Caucus on Tuesday (won by a resurgent Rick Santorum as part of his three-state sweep), Mitt Romney spoke on the…