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Sept. 19, 2011
Watch Girls Play a Set in a Nashville Basement
The band does an in-store to promote ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost.’
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Sept. 19, 2011
Watch the
Happy Endings
Cast Do Live Comedy at UCB
With special guests!
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Sept. 19, 2011
See Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon React to Jon Stewart’s Emmy Win
With some Idris Elba thrown in for good measure.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Check Out a New Coldplay Song, ‘Up in Flames’
From the forthcoming ‘Mylo Xyloto.’
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch a Boy Out-Beyoncé Beyoncé in His Homage to ‘Irreplaceable’
He’s got her moves, but does he have her grace?
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Sept. 16, 2011
Hear a Lost Yet Timely Daft Punk Song, ‘Drive’
From 1994!
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch Stevie Wonder Do Michael Jackson’s ‘Rock With You’
If you’ve somehow forgotten how amazing this song is, let this be your reminder.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Let Ryan Gosling, Canadian, Teach You About Canada
Hint: It involves flannel underpants and Justin Bieber.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch Das Racist Get Drunk, Haircuts on
Chillin Island
The pilot episode of their new web series.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Hear Five Songs From
Glee
’s Season Three Premiere
McKinley High’s finest cover the Go-Gos, Tom Jones, and more for the season three premiere.
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Sept. 16, 2011
See a Newspaper Liken Sarah Jessica Parker’s Nose to Christina Hendricks’s Chest
New York’s ‘Metro’ gets a little too real.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch
American Horror Story
’s Latex Ghost Terrify a Plumber
Another ‘House Call’ from the FX show.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Buy a Picture of Nicolas Cage As a Southern Vampire
You can almost hear him saying “Sookie.”
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Sept. 16, 2011
Hear a New Thom Yorke Track, ‘Twist’
The Radiohead singer gets all chopped up.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch a
Star Wars
–Themed Cancer PSA, Featuring a Princess Leia–y Emma Stone
Plus: Aziz Ansari, Andy Samberg, Seth Rogen, and other professional funny-makers.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Take the New York
Times
Grunge Quiz
Answer carefully, or else the paper of record will know you’re a poser.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch a Dark, Suspenseful
Community
Recut
One for the shippers.
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch Frank Ocean Wield a Sword in the ‘Swim Good’ Video
The single off the Odd Future rapper’s latest album, ‘Nostalgic, Ultra.’
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch an Intense Trailer for
Bored to Death
Season Three
“I’m sick of being a Park Slope mom!”
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Sept. 16, 2011
Watch a Supercut of 100 People Saying ‘Shut Up’ in Movies
Well, 101, actually.
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Sept. 15, 2011
Watch Kat Von D Tattoo Lady Gaga’s Lower Back
From a 2008 video.
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Sept. 15, 2011
Hear Yet Another New Ryan Adams Song, ‘Invisible Riverside’
From his forthcoming album, ‘Ashes and Fire.’
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Sept. 15, 2011
See the Planet NASA Says Has Two Sunsets, Just Like in
Star Wars
Kepler 16b and its Tatooine-like “double sunset.”
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Sept. 15, 2011
Witness the Exciting Conclusion to the Jeremy Piven Emmy-Baby Saga
The official promo for this Sunday’s Emmys broadcast.
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Sept. 15, 2011
Hear Domo Genesis Evoke Nas in ‘Benediction’
The great ‘Illmatic’ is referred to in more than one sense by the OFWGKTA rapper.
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Sept. 15, 2011
Watch Glenn Howerton Punish Children in ‘Happy Cabin Song’
A confused camper angers his counselor on his first day at Camp Clearwater.
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Sept. 15, 2011
Hear Demi Lovato Go ‘All Night Long’ With Missy Elliott and Timbaland
From her forthcoming album, ‘Unbroken.’
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Sept. 15, 2011
Check Out Hugh Laurie’s New, Bluesy Music Video
The latest single from his album ‘Let Them Talk.’
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Sept. 15, 2011
See SpongeBob SquarePants Get Busted by the LAPD
The cops detained him after “a brief incident with two females.”
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Sept. 15, 2011
Watch a Dramatic Trailer for the Not-Real
Where’s Waldo?
Movie
How many people must die in order for Wally to live?
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Sept. 15, 2011
Watch
Glee
’s Jonathan Groff Take Questions at His Dad’s Farm
“Who’s that goat?” “That’s Lea Michele. That’s that goat’s name.”
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Sept. 15, 2011
Watch Some Charming Clips From the Year’s Most Anticipated Silent Film,
The Artist
Tap dancing! Cute dogs! John Goodman!
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Sept. 15, 2011
Listen to J. Cole and Jay-Z’s Ode to ‘Mr. Nice Watch’
“No blood on my Audemars.”
out on the weekend
Sept. 6, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From Nas to Girls
Plus: pretty much every other band, ever!
out on the weekend
Aug. 29, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From Odd Future to Cults
Plus: the Streets, the Horrors, the Strokes, and other bands with definite articles!
out on the weekend
Aug. 22, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From Death Cab to Death From Above 1979
Plus: Donald Glover as Childish Gambino, the Rapture, Nas, and more death!
chat room
Aug. 22, 2011
Stephen Malkmus on
Mirror Traffic
’s Naming Controversy, ‘Jizzy Pearls,’ and Online Scrabble
“Most people are pretty mediocre on there, so it’s good for my ego to play a lot.”
out on the weekend
Aug. 15, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From Kool Keith to Sonic Youth
Plus: Nicki Minaj, Iron and Wine, MF Doom, Wild Flag, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, and more, in our weekly concert roundup.
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Aug. 14, 2011
Kristen Bell Buys
America’s Funniest Home Videos
on DVD
Who does that?
video
Aug. 14, 2011
Watch Nicki Minaj Give Drake a Lap Dance in His Homeland
Welcome home, Drizzy.
box office
Aug. 14, 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Bests
The Help
, Everything Else at Box Office
Caesar reigns again.
sad
Aug. 14, 2011
Stage Collapses at Sugarland Concert in Indiana, Killing Five
More than 40 were injured.
office beet
Aug. 14, 2011
The Office
’s Dwight Schrute Only Gets Weirder Next Season, Warns Mindy Kaling
“We made Rainn do some very interesting stuff so far this season.”
vulture lists
Aug. 12, 2011
Serkis’s Work in
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Never forget.
discoveries
Aug. 3, 2011
Hitchcock’s First Film Found Within ‘Highly Unstable Nitrate Material’
Criterion Collection licks its lips.
rivalries
Aug. 3, 2011
Alec Baldwin Will Soon Win
SNL
Bragging Rights Over Steve Martin
Dude was born in Rock Center.
scranton spader
Aug. 3, 2011
Everyone on
The Office
Is Terrified of James Spader
All regret adding ‘Secretary’ to their Netflix queues.
movies
Aug. 2, 2011
Laurence Fishburne to Play Superman’s Boss in
Man of Steel
From Morpheus to journalist.
casting
Aug. 2, 2011
Game of Thrones
Casts, Renames Theon Greyjoy’s Sister
They’d never do this to a Lannister.
out on the weekend
Aug. 1, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From Jill Scott to Weezer
Plus: Devo, They Might Be Giants, Rage Against the Machine, the Newport Folk Festival, and more, in our weekly concert roundup.
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