Fans refuse to let "Little Witch Academia" end after 1 episode
In just two days, a Kickstarter campaign to fund a second episode of fan favorite Little Witch Academia has more than doubled its goal, raising over $300,000—and the possibility that fans could...
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Bogus "Pinterest tool" is actually a password-thieving Trojan
A phishing scam disguised as an item on your pinboard has landed on Pinterest, and could be thieving the usernames and passwords of unsuspecting pinners. The scheme comes in the form of a pin, which,...
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Fans petition for Robert Pattinson to hunt vampires on "Supernatural"
Four months ago, Tumblr user brokeback-purgatory had a dream. It was a simple dream, a wish for one unfortunate Hollywood A-lister to have the one thing fame could never give him: revenge on the...
View ArticleFlorida faces Internet's wrath after Zimmerman acquittal
The nation appeared to be stunned Saturday night by the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But as many condemned the state of racial politics in...
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Cory Monteith's death stuns "Glee" fans
Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old actor who played Finn Hudson on Glee, has died in Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel. News of Monteith’s death surfaced around 1:15am on Sunday, when Vancouver...
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The definitive guide to Idris Elba fandom
If you're a sci-fi geek or know anyone who is, Pacific Rim was probably the talk of your weekend. It's earned near-immediate devotion, but Guillermo del Toro’s high-budget ode to a half-century of...
View ArticleAnne Rice gets Margaret Cho off in Hysterical Literature #8
By now the format of Clayton Cubitt's "Hysterical Literature" video series has become well-known to its sizeable audience. The tasteful black-and-white setup of a woman sitting at a table never...
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A photo hoax spreads as fans mourn Cory Monteith
People from across the Internet have joined the Glee fandom this week to mourn the sudden passing of Cory Monteith. The 31-year-old Canadian actor, who played lead character Finn on the popular show,...
View ArticleWhy Matt Smith of "Doctor Who" hates Facebook
The Eleventh Doctor Who may be a hit with sci-fi fans around the globe, but Matt Smith probably isn’t a hit with Facebook right now. He told TechWeekEurope that he thinks the social network encourages...
View ArticleThis "Wizard of Oz" mashup is brilliant—but is it tainted by scandal?
Move over, Pink Floyd. There’s a new Oz in town, and it’s not your parents’ alternate soundtrack—though it may have an even darker backstory. Yesterday, former American Idol contestant and songwriter...
View ArticleThis puppet version of "Wolverine" is even better than the movies
What’s the only thing better than Wolverine? A puppet Hugh Jackman singing and dancing the part of Wolverine, of course. Or at least that’s what the 18,000 YouTubers who’ve tuned into “Wolverine—the...
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One Direction's new single is the best leak ever
Three weeks ago, the heartthrob hub known as One Direction announced a new upcoming single. On Wednesday afternoon, after weeks of teasers and five days before the song's official release, Twitter...
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A beginner's guide to "Orphan Black" fandom
When BBC America debuted its new sleeper hit Orphan Black in March, a show starring exactly no one you’ve ever heard of, they could have rolled out a massive marketing campaign. Instead, they took an...
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29 tags Tumblr banned from its mobile app (and 10 it didn't)
In the wake of Tumblr's censorship of various NSFW-friendly tags from its mobile app, we decided to take a closer look at the types of banned content to see if we could trace patterns. Unfortunately...
View ArticleTumblr doesn't care how you feel about its censorship crusade
This morning, as Tumblr users learned that some of their blogs and many tags were being blocked or obscured, I emailed Tumblr about the changes. A rep finally wrote back with a total nonresponse. We...
View ArticleTumblr users petition against adult content crackdown
The weekend before Yahoo officially announced it was buying Tumblr, 170,000 anxious Tumblr users took to Change.org to beg Tumblr CEO David Karp to change his mind. As we all know, that petition...
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Pac-Man wants to hold your hand in this new dating sim
What if you could go to high school with Pac-Man? What if you could date him? If you think that's cool, you're in luck: thanks to an enterprising game developer and Andrew Hussie, the genius behind...
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Chalkboard monsters are here to help you explain your fandom
Fandom loves to take the concept of fandom itself and humanize it, imagine what it would be like if the fandom you love could be summed up as a single human personality. Popular fandom sites like...
View ArticleThis One Direction fanfic is too controversial for Kickstarter
"Reading this may cause permanent damage!" heeds the summary of a One Direction fanfic that was reportedly deemed too "controversial" for Kickstarter. But that hasn't stopped its author, a 30-year-old...
View ArticleProust is no match for these two fanfics
It had been a long battle for survival, but he managed to stop the imbeciles from defeating him for real. Thus begins the longest work of fiction ever written. Nope, it's not Proust's À la recherche...
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