Shannon Lee Talks Her New YouTube Web Series and Preserving Bruce Lee’s Legacy Through New Media

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Bruce Lee is a name that most of us have come across at least once in our lives. The legendary martial artist and actor has been cited as an important influence by countless people, including notable celebrities like Kobe Bryant, Mickey Rourke, Gina Carano, Dana White and many more. But in an era dominated by [...]

Singer Jonathan Coulton Accuses ‘Glee’ of Ripping Off ‘Baby Got Back’ Parody

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If you asked singer Jonathan Coulton about his relationship with “Glee,” Fox’s teen-oriented musical series about a high school singing team that just happens to belt out autotuned versions of Top 40 hits, he’ll probably tell you there is none. In fact, he was shocked to learn that “Glee” will cover his country-rock parody of [...]

Stan Lee Sends Personalized YouTube Message To Shooting Victim — Excelsior!

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Stan “The Man” Lee is a magical human being. Recently, after Lee discovered that a victim of the Taft Union High School shooting was a Marvel Comics fan, the 90-year-old comic legend created a “Stan Lee” YouTube account (Really, that name wasn’t taken yet?) and recorded a personalized message for the fan, Bowe Cleveland. In [...]

Assh*les Ahoy: Check Out the 5 Most Hated Channels on YouTube

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I’ve always sided with the villains. I liked Captain Hook better than Peter Pan, Darth Vader better than whiny ass Luke Skywalker, and Joseph Stalin better than … well, you know what? This article isn’t about me. This is about all the other assholes out there (well, the ones on YouTube anyway) who have made [...]

Justin Bieber Returns To YouTube Roots, Drops Acoustic Video On Channel’s 6th Birthday

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Six years ago, a 12-year-old kid from Stratford, Ontario entered his school’s singing contest and performed Ne-Yo’s ballad “So Sick.” Not only was the crowd floored by this singing sensation, but so were the five million other people who viewed the recording on the kid’s YouTube page. Little did young Justin Bieber know he would [...]

Machinima & SexuaLobster Team Up For Animated Series ‘SPACE ADVENTURE LEGEND QUEST’

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There is a lot of magic being weaved between the celluloid sheets (or whatever the Flash-based animation equivalent is) of Chris Voigt and Machinima’s latest animated series “SPACE ADVENTURE LEGEND QUEST.” Pulling deeply from the inspirational wells of Adult Swim shows like “Sealab 2021” and “Metalocalypse,” this brainchild of Voigt is a mind-bending dip into [...]

Bad Lip Reading’s YouTube Channel Celebrates Their 1 Millionth Subscriber [EXCLUSIVE]

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At a recent football game, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson got excited when one of the interviewers had an “orange peanut” for him. He said: “An orange peanut? For me? Wow! An orange peanut? I accept you.” I’m kidding, that never happened. I don’t think anyone recalls Peterson asking for an orange peanut, though [...]

The Young Turks’ Steven Oh On YouTube Channel Town Square’s Second Round Google Funding

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The Young Turks’ Town Square YouTube channel, one of the 100 channels included in YouTube’s Original Channel initiative, will receive a second round of funding from Google, according to TYT. Town Square has the biting and rousing political commentary that you expect from Cenk Uygur’s main TYT channel but features more panel-driven discussion programming such [...]

A Scumbag’s Guide to The 5 Hottest Women on YouTube

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When you are compiling a list of the hottest girls on YouTube, and you are limiting that list to only five, you run a real risk of making enemies — particularly in my case, because my job is to interview a lot of these beautiful ladies, and in ranking them based on x factors of [...]

Tina Fey Wants You To ‘Stop Being So F*cking Boring’ on Twitter [VIDEO]

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There are many reasons I love Tina Fey. For one, she rocks the glasses-wearing- awkward-girl look like a pro. She loves cheese. She firmly believes in the power of a good bottle — or two — of wine. But the reason I really love her is she is not afraid to speak her mind. In [...]

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