Beyonce And Drake Top Rap Genius' Most-Viewed Songs & Artists In 2014
Rap Genius has revealed the most-viewed songs and artists on its site in 2014. In terms of songs, the top spot went to Beyonce and Jay Z's "Drunk In Love," with Beyonce also grabbing the fifth spot for...
View ArticleMaroon 5's 'Sugar' Video Raises The Bar For Wedding Crashers Everywhere
Sorry Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, Adam Levine just made wedding crashing a lot more awesome. The 35-year-old Maroon 5 frontman, who married model Behati Prinsloo in July, decided to spice up other...
View ArticleEcstasy Levels Spike In Rivers Near Major Music Festival
Levels of the illegal drug ecstasy were found to have spiked in rivers near a major music festival in Taiwan that draws more than a half-million revelers annually. Researchers said they're concerned...
View ArticleOscar Nominations 2015 Led By 'Birdman,' 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' & 'The...
"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" commandeered the 2015 Oscar nominations, announced early Thursday morning during a live telecast from Los Angeles. Both movies collected nine nominations. Other...
View Article10 Beautiful Bookshops That Will Stop You In Your Tracks
Originally published on AbeBooks A bibliophile cannot walk past a bookshop without slowing their step. We will linger at the window, gazing through the glass at stacks of books we have not yet read. We...
View Article29 Oscar Snubs & Surprises We Cannot Believe Actually Happened
Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning and we can't even with some of these omissions. No Jennifer Aniston, Ava DuVernay, "The LEGO Movie" or "Gone Girl"? You...
View ArticleThe 10 Home Styles That Are Most Popular Around America
If you're in the market to buy a house (or about to begin), you're likely to be engaging in a crash course in home styles. Do you go Craftsman, which, according to Houseplans.com, continue to be among...
View ArticleMeet The New Zealand Opera Trio That Outsold Lorde
Lorde may be the greatest New Zealand musical export of 2013 (or of the century, let’s be real), but back home, she's got competition. The members of the improbably popular operatic trio Sol3 Mio --...
View ArticleWomen Orgasm While Reading... For The Sake Of Art, Of Course (NSFW)
In the videos below, a series of women sit at a desk and read a book of their choosing aloud. As their reading session continues, you may notice a quickness of breath, some fumbling over easily legible...
View ArticleThe Strange World Of Manuel Archain, An Artist Who Photographs His Dreams
Thirty-one-year-old Manuel Archain is an emerging star in contemporary photography in Argentina, as Barbara Paltenghi Malacrida, curator of an exhibition of his work in Lugano, Italy, explains. “Manuel...
View Article50 Years Of Glam From His Holiness David Bowie, In A Single GIF
Last week marked David Bowie's 68th birthday, so naturally there's an animated GIF circling the internet that chronicles the most glam of rockers and his many, many makeovers. Twenty-two-year-old Helen...
View ArticleTheater Called Out For Blackface Portrayal Of NHL Star P.K. Subban
A Montreal theater company is facing criticism for using an actor in blackface to portray black Canadiens player P.K. Subban. A skit with the Subban character was part of a December show by the...
View ArticleFik-Shun Shows The World How It's Done With Eye-Popping Dance Moves
Some dancers have moves, but Fik-Shun has moves. Watch the former "So You Think You Can Dance" winner take an amazing turn at December's World of Dance event in Las Vegas. More than a million viewers...
View ArticlePhoto Series Of Seniors Shatters Every Aging Stereotype
Mark Twain once said "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." But with negative stereotypes of aging in the media, it's hard not to associate growing older with...
View ArticleOnly Jennifer Aniston Can Pull Off This Plunging Red Suit
If Jennifer Aniston is at all disappointed about her Oscar snub on Thursday morning, she's definitely not letting it show. The star attended the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the...
View ArticleWatch Jessica Chastain's Impassioned Speech For Diversity In Hollywood
Hours after the Academy Awards put together its most uniform group of nominees in recent history, Jessica Chastain made an impassioned plea for more diversity in Hollywood. "Today is Martin Luther King...
View ArticleCommon's Critics' Choice Awards Speech Was Charming, Powerful & Perfect
The Oscars didn't get a lot of things right when it came to "Selma," but voters were smart enough to put Common and John Legend in the Best Original Song category for "Glory." The track won two awards...
View ArticleA Brief History Of Art Censorship From 1508 To 2014
Miriam Webster defines censorship as "the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and removing things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc." The art world...
View ArticleOne-Person Shows To See Off (And Off Off) Broadway This Month
Off Broadway plays can get really weird. Like, watermelon-being-smashed-to-bits-on-stage weird. So when the basic Broadway lineup starts to feel tired, it can be difficult to navigate theater options...
View ArticleArtist Virtually 'Paints' Ancient Drawings Onto Modern Homes Around The World
Muralists need a lot of things that aren't easy to come by: money, connections, and a wall for starters. Polish artist Maria Umievskaya realized she could approximate the reach of a public artist...
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