It was a lawsuit underway for many years, but with a settlement announcement, it’s finally over: Viacom, who sued Google and YouTube for $1 billion, has settled its suit, a somewhat inevitable outcome given the companies had been working together more closely in recent years. Continue reading
For me, animated films are hit or miss. Some look really cool, others don’t impress me. So when I saw that a trailer for a Peanuts movie coming next year, I was curious, although concerned, given that creator Charles Schultz had passed and it was his unique vision that made the characters so special. Based on the trailer, my concerns are, for now, allayed. Continue reading
Long before there was the University of Phoenix, there was International Correspondence School, or ICS. Those who watched enough TV in the early 90s could probably from memory recite the list about “High School, TV/VCR Repair, Computer Programming,” and so on… “or get your degree! You can major in Business Management or Accounting.” Continue reading
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New York has evolved quite a bit over the years, but it’s also remarkable some of what hasn’t changed. This documentary from the late 1940s shows the Big Apple in a different era, and it’s a pretty cool look at a pretty remarkable city. Enjoy!
Last year I bought the gigantic Time Life box set of The Carol Burnett Show, and I’ve found the program incredibly entertaining to watch. Among the fabled outtakes and bloopers from the show is the one above, where Tim Conway improvises about an elephant during a Mama’s Family sketch. Every time they think they got out of it, he kept going. Continue reading
When Avicii first saw mainstream success with “Levels,” I was a bit baffled. I didn’t really think the song was particularly different than other instrumental tracks of the genre, and while I was happy to see a dance song see success, I poked around a bit more of his catalog and thought the music felt a bit same-y, which for me is a turn off when it comes to dance music. Continue reading
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— Kyla Grogan (@KylaGrogan) February 13, 2014
Tonight, while sitting in a hotel room in New York so I could avoid fighting my way into the city tomorrow due to the weather, I had The Weather Channel on and one of the anchors looked familiar: Kyla Grogan looked an awful lot like an Onion News Network anchor that was part of the brilliant team from their New York years. Turns out, it’s the same person! She’s been anchoring and delivering forecasts for the network for a couple of years now, following a multi-year run as regular Onion anchor Andrea Bennett. Continue reading
It started a few years ago when the wedding video of a couple doing the wedding march to Chris Brown’s “Forever” made the rounds, but a growing number of wedding videos put mother/son, father/daughter, and newly married couple first dances into a more public spectrum, showing off heavy creativity but forcing others to come up with something more original if they want to have a similar impact. Continue reading
Clip shows were popular as reality series picked up steam, as they were cheap, effective counterprogramming. Of course, YouTube allows for similar concepts to excel equally well. Family Feud revived its fortunes, boosting its ratings to heights not seen in quite some time, despite the fact that it is a show that’s been on the air for the majority of the past 40 years, and online clips with funny or outrageous answers helped drive some of the initial interest. Continue reading
A quick update for you this morning; Kylie Minogue’s “Into the Blue” video has been released, as the march to “Kiss Me Once” approaches. See the video after the jump! Continue reading