Since I was happily awake at 7am this morning watching Côte d’Ivoire take on Portugal, I guess this means I have a slight case of World Cup Fever—it sure beats Bieber Fever—which I caught during the thrilling USA/England match this weekend. While that game was fun for everyone not named Robert Green, it’s even better […]
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Check Out the First Video from DumbDumb
Check out the first new video from DumbDumb, the new video humor website from former Arrested Development co-stars Jason Bateman and Will Arnett. DumbDumb differs from other humor websites like College Humor or Funny or Die in that it’s a “sponsor-driven advertising and production company.” In other words, the short films are actually advertisements for […]
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Turkish E.T. > American E.T.
Have you heard of Yeลilçam, the Turkish Hollywood? For three decades from the ’50s to the ’70s Yeลilçam was thriving, producing relatively big-budget films made locally for a Turkish audience. Then, in the ’80s television became more prevalent, the rise of the VCR changed distributors’ priorities and things looked bad for Turkey’s homegrown cinema. By […]
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Hot New Dating Show!
Check out this new video from Funny or Die, starring the awesome Mary Elizabeth Ellis, who plays the waitress on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. (Charlie’s in it too, for a second.) Mary Elizabeth also has a role on the upcoming new show Perfect Couples, which was picked up by NBC for the fall season. […]
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The First YouTube Video Ever
It’s a dude talking about elephants. It seems so… innocent, compared to what followed it. Happy fifth anniversary, YouTube!
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Boxer Dog Minds His Proud Owner
Nice day, huh? Today would be a great day to take your dog to the beach. But if you’re like us, you’re probably stuck at the office. So just for you, here’s a nice video of a dog and his owner having a pleasant day by the waterside. See how good that dog minds his […]
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Agony-Fueled Euphoria
I recently took a tumble that involved a staircase and a complete lack of grace which resulted in a “severe sprain” on both sides of my ankle, a space boot/cast thing, crutches and some much needed Percocet. YES! I generally avoid prescription drugs, instead opting for whatever hippie bullshit DIY remedies I can find on […]
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Menomena Teams Up with the Oregon Lottery
In the wake of Grizzly Bear lending their music to this dizzying Washington State Lottery ad, Portland’s very own Menomena are following suit. The band is killing time before the release of Mines (Only 73 days, 22 hours, 17 minutes before it’s available—but really, who’s counting?) by licensing Friend and Foe‘s “Wet And Rusting” to […]
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Christopher Nolan Presents: Toy Story 3
Like Erik, I’m super-psyched about Christopher Nolan’s new film, Inception. And like the rest of the world, I have no idea what it’s about. That’s why this mashup of clips from the upcoming Toy Story 3 with that trailer’s audio is so wonderful (and surprisingly more sinister than the original). Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Mr. […]
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Inglourious Grammar Basterds
Attention Grammar Nazis! Funny stuff from College Humor, in which participles are dangled and a serial killer debates the merits of serial commas. I still maintain there’s nothing criminal about a run-on sentence, though. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
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M.I.A. Hates Redheads
The blogosphere is still buzzing about the banned-from-You-Tube video for the latest single from M.I.A., “Born Free.” This uncomfortably long clip is alarming for a pair of reasons: it’s gratuitous look at a not-so-distant dystopian future where redheads are rounded up and beaten (They came first for the gingers, and I didn’t speak up because […]
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Oak Park, IL: Theater Capital of the USA
The Portland theater scene has a wealth of homegrown talent and I don’t want to sound like I’m not proud. Buuuuuut… have you seen these amazing audition tapes from Sarantos Studios in Oak Park, IL? Sarantos has uploaded seemingly all of them onto YouTube just to rub their cultural achievements in our face. Every local […]