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Amateur footballer's viral YouTube shot may be the FIFA goal of the year
The FIFA goal of the year competition includes plenty of jawdroppers from the last 12 months in international football, like Zlatan Ibrahimovich's over-the-shoulder miracle and Hisato Sato's thriling...
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'Walking Dead' parodies don't get much better than this
Sisters Hannah and Hilly Hindi are the kinds of stars YouTube was designed to discover. Their YouTube channel, the Hillywood Show, made a name for itself almost solely through word of mouth and the...
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Walter White really wants to make meth in this 'Frozen' parody
Breaking Bad and Frozen are two pop cultural phenomenons that have been parodied, remixed, and crossed over with just about everything in the universe—except each other. Until now, that is. Fresh from...
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Barbie book about programming tells girls they need boys to code for them
She's been a swimsuit cover model and a human trafficking victim, but Barbie has never really been touted as a working professional. The latest affront to basic decency in gendered toy marketing comes...
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Nintendo invites fans to share their remix videos—but there's a catch
Nintendo briefly excited fans today when it appeared that the video game giant had sanctioned derivative works of its games, which would been huge news for fans long barred from using Nintendo clips...
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Low-Budget Milky Whites spotlights the best character in 'Into the Woods'
Sure, Sweeney Todd is is pretty good, but these terrible cows from Into the Woods are clearly the greatest thing Sondheim ever gave us. Low Budget Milky White is the latest in a string of Tumblrs...
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Pop culture favorites get Baroque makeovers in epic geeky mashup
Superheroes and other fictional characters have always taught us about high-minded ideals like truth, courage, and justice; but thanks to a clever French photographer they're teaching us about Baroque...
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Marvel to publish that hilariously sexist Spider-Woman cover
Marvel is perhaps feeling confident enough in its announcement of a Carol Danvers movie to just own up to artist Milo Manara's hilariously objectified variant Spider-Woman cover. The company is going...
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An open letter to Tom Hardy
It's a good time to be you, Tom Hardy. Critics think you're the reincarnation of Marlon Brando. Spielberg really liked that mindblowing little magic trick you and writer Stephen Knight pulled off...
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Geek girls reject sexist Barbie book's message by remixing it
When Casey Feisler and Miranda Parker heard about the shockingly sexist Barbie bookBarbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer, which actually teaches girls that they can't be real engineers, the two...
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'Gotham' is going nowhere
The problem with Gotham is so obvious that it feels a little silly to be talking about the problem with Gotham. It has no plot. None. Despite plenty of advance praise and glowing reviews of the pilot,...
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Anna and Elsa are teaching young 'Frozen' fans how to code
We already know that Barbie can't teach girls how to code, but what about Anna and Elsa?Code.org is a non-profit educational group that helps kids of all ages learn to code by bringing them a variety...
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That mixtape from 'Guardians of the Galaxy' is now a free download
Groot has an extra reason to dance. Marvel is giving away Awesome Mix Vol. 1, the coolest soundtrack ever, for free on the Google Play Store, right now. But hurry! Variety tells us the offer ends...
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Live-action 'Attack on Titan' cast photos revealed
So far the upcoming live-action film of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyoijin) has proven baffling to fans. It has no continuity with the actual manga or anime series, and it appears that one of the...
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Writer of sexist Barbie book blames Mattel
The Internet discovered the sexist Barbie book that teaches girls they can't really be computer programmers and engineers this week. The response was swift and often caustic: in the middle of the...
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Who could be our new Jessica Jones on Netflix?
Deadline is reporting that multiple actresses and actors are under consideration for two of Netflix's four upcoming original series based on Marvel superheroes.Five actresses are currently rumored to...
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The 'Pitch Perfect 2' trailer is finally here
At last, the eagerly awaited trailer to Pitch Perfect 2 is out. This sequel was a certainty once the first Pitch Perfect became a sleeper hit thanks to the Internet's love of catty girl-powered...
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Buffalo snowstorm lets 'Attack on Titan' fan recreate famous scene
Like everyone else in Buffalo this week, redditor diabeetus-girl woke up to find herself staring at a wall of solid snow six feet high.Being an Attack on Titan fan, diabeetus-girl had a clever way to...
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'Lemony Snicket' author apologizes for racist jokes with $100K donation
In April, when writer Ellen Oh started the hashtag and Tumblr We Need Diverse Books, the publishing community was in arms over the exclusion of headlining writers of color at one of the industry's...
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One Direction fandom heaps sexist backlash on one of their own at AMAs
A member of the One Direction fandom stole the show at last night's American Music Awards (AMAs), but not for the reason you might expect.Anna Todd is a Directioner who shot to fame when her hit...
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