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The 9 Best Craiglist Posts from New York Comic Con
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The 9 Best Craiglist Posts from New York Comic Con

Holy genital photography, Batman! Nerve   |   10.15.2012   |  
LILFs: Links I'd Like To...
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LILFs: Links I'd Like To...

The most pants-exciting internet content of the week. Nerve   |   10.12.2012   |  
<em>The Wire: The Musical!</em> will make your day, week, life, and everything else
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The Wire: The Musical! will make your day, week, life, and everything else

Every so often an internet video comes along that’s so pure and wonderful that it transcends its viral trappings to speak directly to the… Jeremy Popkin   |   06.5.2012   |   Comments (2)
The Donald and Miss USA contestants perform "Call Me Maybe," because why not
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The Donald and Miss USA contestants perform "Call Me Maybe," because why not

Videotaping yourself lip-syncing to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is the new making a "Shit _____ Say[s]":… EJ Dickson   |   06.4.2012   |   Comments (4)
The most interesting people on Nerve: Rennaissance Faires, <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>, and Martha Stewart fantasies
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The most interesting people on Nerve: Rennaissance Faires, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Martha Stewart fantasies

We can't thank you enough. Yes, you. You and your fellow Nerve members are the rays of sunlight in our otherwise drab existences. Without you… Jeremy Popkin   |   06.4.2012   |   Comments (3)
Viral video star "Mr. Trololo" dies at 77
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Viral video star "Mr. Trololo" dies at 77

Eduard Khil, the Russian pop singer who gained international notoriety as the star of the viral video "Trololo," has gone to the big… EJ Dickson   |   06.4.2012   |   Comments (1)
Burgling gang members arrested after they accept cop's Facebook friendship
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Burgling gang members arrested after they accept cop's Facebook friendship

For a while now, we internet watchers have mostly seen examples of how Twitter can get you in trouble — sure, we all know in a general way… James Brady Ryan   |   05.31.2012   |   Comments (3)
Julian Assange loses extradition battle, but he still looks like Bill Maher, so there's that
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Julian Assange loses extradition battle, but he still looks like Bill Maher, so there's that

Wikileaks founder, notable Australian, and super-hacker Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden, and will now have… Alisa Mackay   |   05.30.2012   |   Comments (10)
Madonna rips off Madonna rip-off by covering Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
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Madonna rips off Madonna rip-off by covering Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

There's an old Lewis Black bit where he claims that the end of the universe is located in front of a Starbucks that stands directly across… EJ Dickson   |   05.29.2012   |   Comments (7)
Watch a bunch of people sing a joyous ode to Facebook
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Watch a bunch of people sing a joyous ode to Facebook

Be honest: what do you usually do after wasting a few hours on Facebook? If your answer is, "brush the Cheeto crumbs off the front of my… EJ Dickson   |   05.21.2012   |   Comments (2)
Watch James Lipton teach Mitt Romney how to act human
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Watch James Lipton teach Mitt Romney how to act human

First of all: did you know Inside the Actors' Studio host James Lipton is eighty-five freaking years old? Yup. I'm not kidding. His IMDB… EJ Dickson   |   05.16.2012   |   Comments (1)
Facebook is screening <em>Casablanca</em> for free
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Facebook is screening Casablanca for free

If you missed Casablanca during its movie-theater rerelease earlier this year, fear not. Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, you can screen it for free… Kristin Hunt   |   05.15.2012   |   Comments (1)
<em>Battleship</em> gets a Wes Anderson makeover
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Battleship gets a Wes Anderson makeover

And the Wes Anderson movie parodies keep on chuggin'. First, we got the Spider-Man parody. Then, the Scream parody. In between were… Kristin Hunt   |   05.14.2012   |   Comments (0)
Watch the severely awkward new video from "Marcel the Shell" creator
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Watch the severely awkward new video from "Marcel the Shell" creator

In a bold move, Dean Fleischer-Camp — boyfriend of Jenny Slate, co-creator of the beloved "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On"… Virginia Smith   |   05.14.2012   |   Comments (0)
Louis C.K. is still saying lusty things about Ewan McGregor
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Louis C.K. is still saying lusty things about Ewan McGregor

We first heard about Louis C.K.'s attraction to Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor a few years ago, when he admitted during the special… EJ Dickson   |   05.14.2012   |   Comments (2)
Facebook addiction is a real thing, says researcher, while absentmindedly checking Facebook
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Facebook addiction is a real thing, says researcher, while absentmindedly checking Facebook

Don't hate on your cousin for clogging your news feed with status updates about her boyfriend's psoriasis and the traumatizing event that… EJ Dickson   |   05.8.2012   |   Comments (1)
Watch the Harvard baseball team's straight-faced dance routine in new viral video
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Watch the Harvard baseball team's straight-faced dance routine in new viral video

Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen finished third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol, and would later go on to record the Billboard… Jeff Mills   |   05.8.2012   |   Comments (7)
Watch Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in political ads for "The Campaign"
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Watch Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in political ads for "The Campaign"

Jay Roach, director of Meet the Parents and Game Change, has combined comedy and politics in his new movie The Campaign, starring Will Ferrell… Jeff Mills   |   05.7.2012   |   Comments (1)
Watch Kate Beckinsale tell Funny or Die she wants Republicans to "get in my vagina"
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Watch Kate Beckinsale tell Funny or Die she wants Republicans to "get in my vagina"

In case you've been quietly, creepily waiting for a viral video in which Kate Beckinsale discusses her needs and wants for her vagina, your… Virginia Smith   |   05.7.2012   |   Comments (23)
People are still upset about the casting of the <em>Hunger Games</em> franchise
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People are still upset about the casting of the Hunger Games franchise

Remember when people were all up in arms about the casting of twelve-year old African-American child actor Amandla Stenberg as Rue in The… EJ Dickson   |   05.6.2012   |   Comments (34)