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Feb
20

Music

Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain: 27 Songs That Influenced Nirvana's Lead Singer

Today would have been Kurt Cobain's 45th birthday. To mark the occasion, we created a playlist of twenty-seven tracks that he pointed to as influences on his music, his style, and his approach to art...

Feb
20

The Bio

Samantha Bee

As 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's' Most Senior Correspondent, Samantha Bee has investigated some of America's most pressing issues...

Feb
20

The Bio

Gerry Dee

There's a certain species of human that we're all familiar with: "the gym teacher," or Gymmiccus Teachiccus...

Feb
19

Arts and Entertainment

BAFFIN ISLAND FLICKS: Art Hindle, Annie Clark and Shad

All right - you're stranded on Baffin Island. It's cold. You've got nothing to do. The obvious question is: what movie do you bring?...

Feb
19

Arts and Entertainment

The Simpsons At 500: What WAS Bart In Detention For Every Day, Anyway?

The 500th episode of The Simpsons airs tonight, which means Bart Simpson has spent a LOT of time at the chalkboard after school ...

Feb
19

Arts and Entertainment

When Brian Linehan Shared Canada With The World

In the 1980s, the host of City Lights talked to some of the entertainment world's biggest names, and helped promote some Canadian artists to his worldwide syndicated audience in the process ...

Feb
18

Technology

Dark Side of the Moon: NASA's New Space Station Plans

NASA's new budget went to Capitol Hill yesterday, and it looks like travelling to Mars is off the table: the agency just doesn't have the funding...

Feb
18

Music

THIS WEEK: 11 Best Music Videos

It was announced a while back, but now there's video evidence: The Beach Boys are back at it...

Feb
17

Social Issues

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Michael K. Williams Stands Up For Marriage Equality

The struggle for equal marriage rights in Maryland just gained a well-known defender: Michael K. Williams...

Feb
17

Music

Jordan Knight On Whitney Houston's Tragic End

Former New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight talks about the perils of fame. He explains that at its best, it can be difficult to navigate, and at its worst, it can destroy ...

Feb
17

Comedy

AWESOME THING OF THE DAY: It's A Snap!

This video, created by Henry Inglis and Aaron McCann for Australia's Central Institute of Technology, is a dark, surprising, and hilarious twist...

Feb
17

Comedy

140-Character "Geniuses": It's #FunnyFollowFriday

If you're on Twitter, you're probably familiar with #FollowFriday, a weekly tradition in which Twitter users recommend other Tweeters who you should be following...

Feb
17

World

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Parazit's Subversive Iranian Satire - Now Available In English!

The Farsi-language TV show that Saman Arbabi and Kambiz Hosseini use to both discuss and lampoon the politics of their homeland in Iran finally has subtitles ...

Feb
17

World

Toys Will Be Toys - But They Won't Be Recognized As Russian Citizens

Authorities in Barnaul, Russia, have finally figured out how to handle the toys who have been protesting in the city for weeks: deny them citizenship ...

Feb
17

Social Issues

SOAPBOX: Former Child Soldier Michel Chikwanine

The campaign to end the use of child soldiers is an issue close to Michel Chikwanine's heart. That's because he himself was abducted and forced into violence at the age of five ...