Blog Profile / UPROXX: Web Culture
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Web | |
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| Archived Since: | November 14, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Watch John McCain Ask Apple CEO Tim Cook A Really Tough Question
So today Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared before a Senate panel to talk about that whole tax thing people have been talking about, and Sen. John McCain, man of the people, asked Cook a question we’d all probably like to ask him. “Why theShow More Summary
Here’s What Pop Culture Characters Do On Their Day Off (Art By Kiersten Essenpreis)
“Joker vs. Banksy” [via]
We’ve featured art by illustrator Kiersten Essenpreis here many times, specifically her funny, pop culture works from numerous Gallery 1988 art shows. We also appreciate her for creating the best Halloween costume based on 1988?s They Live. Show More Summary
Game Of Lulz: The Internet’s Best Reactions To Sunday’s ‘Game Of Thrones’
Since at least a half dozen of you seemed to moderately enjoy last week’s installment, we’re back with another edition of the internet’s funniest, lulziest takes on the most recent episode of Game of Thrones.
“Second Sons” was pretty...Show More Summary
David Call Would Like To See Nic Cage ‘Tear Into Some Messy Meat With His Hands’
David Call is an actor probably best known for his portrayal of Nick Lane on the FOX sci-fi series Fringe. Additionally, David played Ben Donovan on Gossip Girl and Connor Gavin on FX’s Rescue Me. He can currently be seen on big screens across the land starring in Dead Man’s Burden, a Western about a struggling couple living in New Mexico in 1870. Show More Summary
Zach Galifianakis Took An 87-Year-Old Homeless Woman To ‘The Hangover III’ Premiere
In 1994, long before Zach Galifianakis could afford such luxuries as a washing machine and dryer, he was a regular at Fox Laundry, where he met Elizabeth “Mimi” Haist, who volunteered at the laundromat and lived off tips. They became...Show More Summary
Russian Soldier Smiles As A Bullet Is Removed From His Forehead With A Pair Of Pliers
Contrary to popular belief, Russia is not all insane dash-cam footage and commercials featuring scuba diving dogs. It is a large, complex nation, and like all large, complex nations, it is capable of being many things at one time. For...Show More Summary
We Asked A Netflix Exec Our 10 Burning Questions Prior To The ‘Arrested Development’ Premiere
We’re days away from Arrested Development premiering on Netflix and here at UPROXX we still have SO MANY QUESTIONS. Thanks to our obsession with all things Bluth, a Netflix executive was nice enough to answer ten of our team-compiled most burning Netflix-related questions in the midst of the final countdown.
Answers are informative and to the point. Show More Summary
Watch Incredible Footage Of The Oklahoma Tornado Going From 0 To 200 MPH In Seconds
As of this morning, 51 people, including 20 children, were killed during last night’s tornado strike in Oklahoma City, which also left over 40,000 homes without power. Some are calling it, as Burnsy noted, the “most destructive tornado in the history of the world,” with wind speeds reaching up to 200 MPH. Show More Summary
Oklahoma Tornado Rescue Volunteers Can Wear Whatever They Want
Screen caps like the one above are popping up like cicadas on Twitter right now, and, yes, that is quite the hilarious shirt for someone to be seen wearing in an interview on CNN. If this was Devin the Spring Breaker or Devin the unemployed blogger that lives at home with his parents, that would be one thing. Show More Summary
President Obama Pledges ‘All Available Assistance’ To Oklahoma Tornado Relief
As the sun sets on Oklahoma City and Moore, Oklahoma, rescue and retrieval efforts are still underway to help people find their loved ones and friends. The White House has already issued a statement and President Barack Obama has spoken with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, offering any help necessary.
President Barack Obama told Oklahoma Gov. Show More Summary
Today’s Oklahoma Tornadoes ’3 Times Worse’ Than May 3, 1999
As I’ve been glued to KFOR’s tornado coverage for the last hour or so, reporters on the scenes in Oklahoma City and Moore have been using very basic terms like “gone” and “just dirt” to describe the devastation following today’s estimated EF4 or EF5 storms. Show More Summary
‘The Most Destructive Tornado In The History Of The World’
That is the description being used by some meteorologists in Oklahoma today, in the hours following a massive tornado that struck Oklahoma City and the suburb of Moore, and as tornadoes still threaten the state. Some reports have indicated...Show More Summary
There’s An Entire Tumblr Dedicated To Celebrities Using Baguettes As Everyday Objects
One has to assume the thought process behind Baguette-me-nots, a Tumblr dedicated to replacing everyday objects with baguettes, went like this: “Hey I just thought of a funny pun: Baguette-me-nots.” “Haha, that’s good. We should turn...Show More Summary
‘Star Trek: The Middle School Musical’ Is Something We Really Need In Life
You know, there’s really been something missing from the reboot of the Star Trek series: song and dance. Why J. J. Abrams didn’t consider turning the series into a musical is beyond me. Luckily, the internet imagined what a middle school production of Star Trek would look like. Show More Summary
Reggie Watts’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ Cover Will Have You Rickrolling All Over Again
That headline is not a threat. I repeat: NOT a threat. Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” has been banished to the nether regions of the Internet, after Rickrolling became one of the world’s most hated memes in the mid-2000s. But...Show More Summary
Men Can Now Earn Money By Placing Ads In Their Beards Via ‘Beardvertising’
Beards are basically free marketing for flannel shirts and neck scarfs, so as long as you have a big ol’ bushy one, why not get paid? That’s the logic behind Beardvertising, a concept, Laughing Squid reports, “thought up by Lexington,...Show More Summary
So This Is What Happens To Your Blood When A Single Drop Of Snake Venom Gets Into It
No. Nope. Oh hell no. FCK SNAKES! KILL ALL OF THE SNAKES!!! That is all. (BTW, the snake in the video is a Russell’s viper.) (World’s Best Ever via David Grann) The post So This Is What Happens To Your Blood When A Single Drop Of Snake Venom Gets Into It appeared first on UPROXX.
The Best GIFs And Images Reacting To Yahoo Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
What you see above is every teen’s worst nightmare: their Tumblr redesigned by Yahoo, with nary a NSFW GIF or NSFW selfie in sight. They’re even so worried that Tumblr CEO David Karp, who sold his microblogging platform to Yahoo forShow More Summary
‘Mad Men’ Discussion: ‘Are We Negroes?’
Okay, what the fck was THAT?!
Seriously, I’ve thought about this A LOT over the course of last and this morning, and no matter how hard I try I can’t come away from the same feeling I had throughout last night’s episode, which was something...Show More Summary
Laser Pointer + Cat + Fan = The Vine You’ll Hate Yourself For Watching Over And Over
We here at Uproxx love cute, snuggly pets. Corgis. Kitties. Lobsters. Anything we can snuggle with, we’ll show you. That’s why I’m so conflicted here. This Vine is the unfortunate result of an idiot with a laser pointer, a cat and a fan. And I can’t stop watching. Show More Summary