By Drew Grant 4/01 11:56am

April Fools Day

He is not a cute crook! (WhiteHouse.gov)

White House Pulls Most Adorable April Fools’ Day Prank Ever With Kid President (Video)

We had almost forgotten it was April Fools’ Day, a.k.a. the worst day in the world to be a reporter. Or best. It really depends which of the two reporter categories you happen to be: The kind that hates spending all day trying to figure out if Kim Kardashian is really guest-editing Vogue, or the kind who loves making up stories about Allison Williams releasing an album composed entirely of Kanye West covers.

Well, no matter if you love a good goof or think goofs are lame and would like to see the world goof-free, we can all agree that the White House’s “Very Special Message” today was perfect. Kid president! Fart noises! Internet memes! Read More

By Drew Grant 3/22 4:13pm

Viral Video

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Spring Break forever...until you stick a Q-tip in your ear. (THR)

The Girls of Spring Breakers: The Best Mashup of the Season?

You see, we put a question mark in the title because that way you will click through to find out whether The Hollywood Reporter‘s video combining scenes from Spring Breakers and HBO’s GIRLS is as great as we question it to be. But the truth is, you already know the answer. You’ve known it all along, deep down. This is obviously the best mashup you will be seeing for awhile. Honestly, they had us at “Spring Breakers meets Girls.” Enjoy. Read More

By Drew Grant 3/11 3:27pm

Saturday Night Live

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Timberlake on Saturday Night Live with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short (NBC

Justin Timberlake’s Triumphant Return to Saturday Night Live Brings Back Banned Chevy [Video]

We knew this weekend’s Saturday Night Live would be good–Justin Timberlake being to the variety show what fruit and sprinkles are to plain frozen yogurt … just something that you know will make the whole supposed treat actually delicious–but did we know it was going to be history-making? Probably not. From Lorne Michaels lifting the Chevy Chase ban to the Jay-Z duet, the return of Stefon, Andy Samberg AND the classic Festrunk brothers, Mr. Timberlake proved once again he’s the consummate entertainer: a song-and-dance man who also can also land a punchline.

Which is more than we can say for the majority of guest hosts this year. Below, the five best moments from this weekend’s show, along with our favorites. Read More

By Drew Grant 3/07 1:22am

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We are just saying you might want to watch this.

Stephen Colbert to a Certain Someone: ‘Are You Also a Fraud?’

Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert had a very funny segment with someone pretty famous. We’re not going to say who, because, really, does it really matter? Colbert sometimes just has those “On” nights, where all the jokes land and everyone is in the mood and the guest gets totally schooled while trying to one-up Colbert with trivia questions about the novelizations of those Peter Jackson movies that James Franco read last semester.

Damnit. Okay, fine, the guest was James Franco. BUT IT IS STILL WORTH WATCHING. Read More

By Drew Grant 3/01 5:57pm

Lady Pranks

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Best prank ever! (Bravo)

Amy Poehler Prank Calls Watch What Happens Live, Asks Seth Meyers About Working With Herself

Ha ha. Love this. It’s not even technically a “prank,” so much as a very good method for finding out what former co-workers really thought about you. All you do is wait until they are on a nationally syndicated program, and then call up the show pretending to be someone named “Coco” from “New Hampshire.” You don’t even have to mask your voice! Read More

By Drew Grant 2/27 6:24pm

Lena Dunham

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This is perfect. (YouTube)

A Truly Great Lena Dunham Impersonator Auditions for Zero Dark Thirty (Video)

This is Chelsea Davison.She does a creepily good impression of Lena Dunham auditioning for Zero Dark Thirty. She is very talented. Definitely the parody voice of this generation, even though in general people who “do voices” for a living are one step above mimes, in our book. But there were some great mimes, like Marcel Marceau, and this is a great impersonation. Just watch. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/27 5:33pm

Double Threats

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Alison Brie and the Girls (YouTube)

Community’s Alison Brie’s Band Covers White Stripes, With Draco Malfoy on Guitar [Video]

We imagine that anyone who attended The Girls show in L.A. earlier this week was reminded of that Kurt Vonnegut quote from Slaughterhouse-Five: “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt, and there was no soft-shoeing from Daniel Radcliffe, thank God.” Community and Mad Men star Alison Brie–also known as being the most perfect actress and real-life crush in the entire world–told Jon Stewart recently that her cover band’s sound is “classic rock and some country. We do a little Hall & Oates, a little Springsteen, some Dolly Parton …”

And some White Stripes, apparently. Though Alison Brie and the Girls is formally comprised of all women (d’uh), Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) joined the ladies on stage to perform “We’re Going to Be Friends,” a single from White Blood Cells. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/26 11:16am

music video

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David Bowie and Tilda Swinton Prove They Are Two Distinct, Creepy People in New Music Video

David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day (which Gothamist reminds us is his first studio recording in a decade), will drop on March 12th. That’s so soon! But in the meantime to hold you over, here’s an incredible Lynchian short film for his single “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” in which he and Tilda Swinton play a middle-aged married couple who are visited by the creepy, Lady Gaga-esque ghosts of Bowie’s past. Read More

By Drew Grant 2/25 3:02pm

Game of Thrones

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Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer: There Be Teenage Dragons in These Parts!

On Friday night, the trailer for the third season of Game of Thrones premiered on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Time to check in with our best friends over at Westeros and Essos, just trying to figure it out, one mistake at a time. They’re a little older, a little wiser, a little more totally psychotic and righteously bad-ass and how awesome was that Lightbringer. Also, dragons. Look at how big the dragons are! Read More

By Drew Grant 2/22 3:15pm

TGISNOOZE

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This is why you never sleep on a subway going through the aurora borealis (YouTube)

If These Men Were Cats, and This Train Was a Giant Cardboard Box, This Video Would Be Way More Adorable

TGIF, right? Sometimes you need to just take a giant nap on the floor of the subway because it’s late at night and apparently everyone else is asleep as well. OR: Another possibility is that the sleeping passengers were the only ones left after the L train went through the aurora borealis, which everyone knows from The Langoliers has the nasty side effect of erasing anyone who happens to be awake during impact. Read More