Met Opera Cancels Live Transmission Due To Anti-Semitism Concerns
NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Opera announced on Tuesday that it has canceled its plans for a live transmission of the opera "The Death of Klinghoffer" in movie theaters because...
View ArticleYouTube To Remove Some Really Great Music In 'A Matter Of Days'
YouTube just hit the big red button in its fight with musicians over streaming music. Any artist who doesn't want to join YouTube's new ad-free music service will be scrubbed from the site entirely,...
View Article'The Book Of Mormon' Comes To 'South Park' And It's Glorious
Well, this is just a beautiful thing. Animator Simon Chong wondered what would happen if the characters from Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "The Book Of Mormon" turned up in (Trey Parker and Matt...
View ArticleIdina Menzel Handles Her Onstage Wardrobe Malfunction Like A Boss
If Idina Menzel was feeling the pressure at her sold-out, one-night-only concert at Radio City Music Hall on June 16, she sure didn't let on. Even when Menzel almost suffered a wardrobe malfunction...
View ArticleThis Spoken Word Poem Imagines Suffragettes In A Whole New Way
In her spoken word poem "Suffragette 69" posted by Button Poetry and performed at Macalester College during the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational semifinals, Anna Binkovitz pays tribute to...
View ArticleOK Go's New Music Video Will Warp Your Fragile Mind
They've turned treadmills into a dance routine, converted a car into a stunt man's instrumental dream and made a Rube Goldberg Machine worthy of Mozart. Now, OK Go is back with another absurd -- and...
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Artist Emma Allen Turns Herself Into World Cup Trophy For Stunning Selfie...
We know it's still early, but this may just be the best selfie of the 2014 World Cup. To commemorate this year's FIFA World Cup, London-based artist Emma Allen transformed herself into the...
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Meet The Musicians Who Are Spending Over One Million Seconds Playing The Same...
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson has been holding down the fort at New York's New Museum since the beginning of May, performing a sort of abstract family reunion only the contemporary art world...
View ArticleMovies You Weren't Supposed To See As A Kid (But Watched Anyway)
You're a child or young adult, you're watching television and you stumble upon a movie that you're definitely not supposed to see. But you keep it on anyway because #yolo no parents no homework no...
View ArticleJapan Bans Child Porn, But Excludes Manga, Anime
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics. The upper...
View ArticleFirst Look At '50 Shades Of Grey' Shows Christian In A Car
Behold, the first official photo of Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in "50 Shades of Grey" is here. Sure, there were some "Mad Men"-esque posters and a few promo shots, but the film tweeted out a photo...
View ArticleTim Burton's Long-Lost 1983 Short Film 'Hansel And Gretel' Resurfaces
For proof Tim Burton's sensibilities were just as odd back in 1983, a long-lost "Hansel and Gretel" short film the director made for the Disney Channel has resurfaced online. It would be another two...
View ArticleJay Leno To Win Mark Twain Prize For American Humor In DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly retired from "The Tonight Show," Jay Leno is now being awarded the nation's top humor prize by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Leno will be honored with the Mark...
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12 Amazing Books That Pass The Bechdel Test
Belle, Divergent, and The Other Woman passed it. The Avengers and A Million Ways to Die in the West, not so much. The Bechdel Test, proposed by cartoonist Alison Bechdel in a 1985 “Dykes To Watch Out...
View Article'The Drunk Song' Understands Your Drinking Habits Too Well (VIDEO)
If you've ever been drunk, or know someone who has, you'll be able to relate to Zoe Anne's hilariously accurate "The Drunk Song." Her upbeat melody, amusing facial expressions, well-crafted lyrics and...
View ArticleThese Stunning Images Show The Brain's Fragile Beauty & What Happens When The...
Ever wished you could peer inside your own brain? What's it like in there? Complicated, that's what. Scroll down for images. “The human brain has more cells than there are stars in the Milky Way and...
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This Ad Combines The Internet's 2 Favorite Addictions: Cats And Selfies. And...
Many animals have been known to snap a selfie from time to time, but with the help of this ad, maybe cats will become the animal kingdom's leading experts. The funny spot by Virgin Mobile combines the...
View ArticleGeorge R.R. Martin's 'Gay Of Thrones' Appearance Features Epic Twist
The "Game of Thrones" Season 4 finale "The Children" is being called the show's best episode ever, so to match its level of awesomeness, the "GoT" recap show "Gay of Thrones" featured an appearance by...
View ArticleGuitarist With No Hand Flawlessly Covers Van Halen's 'Eruption'
John Denner may have been born without a hand, but that didn't stop him from railing on the guitar like Eddie Van Halen. After teaching himself how to play in his early 20s with makeshift picks, Denner...
View ArticleOldest Known Depiction Of Circumcision Is Now On Twitter
Historians, anthropologists and religious scholars often disagree on the origins of circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin. But a colorful recreation of what may be the oldest depiction of...
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