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  1. vulture lists
    20 Great Christmas Movies That Aren’t Christmas MoviesOur favorite movies with a hint of yuletide without all of the usual Christmas trappings and lessons.
  2. music
    Chance the Rapper’s New Album Features Cameos From Death Cab and Randy NewmanAccording to Ben Gibbard, their collab was three years in the making.
  3. this! is! jeopardy!
    Can You Answer the Jeopardy! Clues James Holzhauer Couldn’t?Take this quiz to find out.
  4. chat room
    Richard Karn on PEN15, Teen Awkwardness, and a Home Improvement ReunionThe ’90s sitcom actor is back in Hulu’s coming-of-age comedy. But he’d still love to find out where Al Borland is today.
  5. overnights
    Terra Nova Recap: In Prehistoric Times, Nobody Has Heard of SpiesCommander Taylor has forgotten what a Trojan Horse is.
  6. the cobros
    Ethan Coen’s Broadway Play Lost an Actor to Sacha Baron Cohen’s MovieFred Melamed “couldn’t really make sense of it.”
  7. beyonce
    Beyoncé Shows Off Baby Bump, Other Bumps in Her ‘Countdown’ VideoBabyoncé’s video debut.
  8. movies
    Johnny Depp Is Going to Star in a Dr. Seuss BiopicTheodor Geisel is about to get Depped.
  9. movies
    Woody Allen Would Totally Cast Michelle Obama in a MovieIf he could.
  10. clickables
    Watch the Ladies of Parks and Recreation Eat Candy TogetherWhile Chris Pratt watches.
  11. clickables
    Check Out Maya Rudolph and Jorma Taccone’s Steamy Music VideoWith a special guest appearance by Jorma Taccone’s ponytail.
  12. clickables
    Watch Don Draper Make You Not Hate Facebook TimelineThough Peggy probably did all the work.
  13. clickables
    See Paul Rudd Use Computers to Become Pete TownshendAll to promote his friend Craig Wedren’s new album.
  14. clickables
    Watch William Shatner Lay Down Vocals for His Black Sabbath CoverFor his upcoming space-themed metal album, ‘Seeking Major Tom.’
  15. clickables
    Watch Vinny of Jersey Shore Not Understand Anna FarisThe pair discuss smooshing, “skank hos,” and Sam and Ronnie’s relationship.
  16. clickables
    Look at This Trailer for The Human Centipede 2: Full SequenceOr don’t?
  17. clickables
    Hear a New Song From Vampire Weekend’s Rostam BatmanglijListen to the relaxing, sitar-y “Wood.”
  18. clickables
    Try to Memorize the Lyrics to Daft Punk’s ‘Around the World’Karaoke for people who hate karaoke.
  19. clickables
    Play a Fittingly Bizarre Twin Peaks 8-Bit Video Game“If you confront the Black Lodge with imperfect courage, it will utterly annihilate your soul.”
  20. clickables
    Watch Thomas Lennon Make a Reality Contestant Eat Yogurt With Arsenio HallTen strangers, one medium-size conference room: ‘The Vote Off.’
  21. clickables
    Watch the Shins Cover Pink Floyd’s ‘Breathe’ on FallonThe Shins: still back!
  22. clickables
    Hear Bruno Mars’s Twilight Single, ‘It Will Rain’The lead single off the soundtrack of ‘Breaking Dawn - Part 1.’
  23. clickables
    See Nancy Grace’s Dancing With the Stars Wardrobe MalfunctionNipple + mishap = nipshap.
  24. clickables
    Read a Letter Mitch Hedberg Wrote to the Uni-Ball Pen CompanyDude loves the Gel Impact pen.
  25. clickables
    Watch Four Breaking Bad Audition TapesHow innocent they were.
  26. clickables
    Stream the New Ryan Adams Album, Ashes & Fire, in Its EntiretyThe singer’s eighth solo album.
  27. clickables
    Watch Kristen Wiig Insult Peter Frampton’s Daughter for Ten MinutesThe long argument cut from ‘Bridesmaids.’
  28. clickables
    Behold the Machine That Knits Bill Cosby SweatersLike, sweaters with Bill Cosby’s face on them.
  29. clickables
    Watch Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell Dance to AC/DC’s ‘Big Balls’If you see only one video of the ‘House of Lies’ cast dancing to AC/DC’s “Big Balls” today, make it this one.
  30. clickables
    Meet Tammy Zero, Mother of Ron, in a New Parks and Rec PreviewThe Tammy who launched a thousand Tammys.
  31. clickables
    See F*cked Up’s Front Man ‘Dancey Dance’ for Yo Gabba Gabba!The softer side of hardcore.
  32. clickables
    Watch Dan Aykroyd’s Dizzyingly Intense SNL Screen TestThe 22-year-old Second City comic simply cannot stop doing accents, anything.
  33. clickables
    Check Out Björk’s Bjönkers New Music Video, ‘Moon’The Dharma to the world’s Greg is seen hanging out in space, naturally.
  34. clickables
    Watch Viral-Video Dancer Anne Marsen Viral-Video Dance on The Good WifeThe greatest freestyle dancer Teaneck, New Jersey, has ever produced.
  35. clickables
    Watch Coldplay Cover R.E.M.’s ‘Everybody Hurts’Even Chris Martin hurts sometimes.
  36. clickables
    Read Mindy Kaling’s Field Guide to Rom-Com Leading LadiesWhich romantic-comedy heroine do you not identify with most?
  37. clickables
    Watch Tommy Wiseau Play Mortal Kombat, Be Weird on His New Web Series’The Room’ meets ‘Space Ghost Coast to Coast.’
  38. clickables
    Watch R.E.M. Make Their TV Debut on LettermanFrom 1983, when theirs songs didn’t even have titles.
  39. clickables
    Watch All the Best Parts of MTV’s Jon Stewart Show Circa 1994It took sixteen years, but Jon Stewart did eventually find a good tailor.
  40. clickables
    See Mia Farrow Respond Amazingly to Sarah Silverman on TwitterWhy, yes, it is about Woody Allen!
  41. clickables
    Watch a Man Who Can Climb Stairs Using Only His Head Do Just ThatHe’s obviously in it for the chicks.
  42. clickables
    Hear Three Full Songs From the Next GleeKurt is “the greatest star,” and other revelations.
  43. clickables
    See What Smurfs Might Look Like If Smurfs Were RealTrue-ish blue.
  44. clickables
    Watch Two New Breaking Bad Sneak PeeksBoth Walter and Skyler White get stressed out by their respective foes.
  45. clickables
    Look at This New Poster for The Human Centipede 2: Full SequenceJust in time for Oscar season.
  46. clickables
    Hear Real Estate’s Autumnal New Song, ‘Green Aisles’Off their forthcoming ‘Days’ LP.
  47. clickables
    Meet Javier Diaz, the Chilean Singer Who Stole Eddie Vedder’s VoiceDown there, they pronounce it Pearl Yam.
  48. clickables
    See the Official Leslie Knope 2012 Campaign PageShow your support for Pawnee’s rising civil servant.
  49. clickables
    Watch Andy Samberg Ask Mark Zuckerberg for Weed Money“I have glaucoma!”
  50. clickables
    See Two Amazingly Named Breaking Bad–Themed Pizza SpecialsA real thing that a real pizzeria is really doing.
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