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 Unimpressed Kids Try Different Foods For The First Time
When you’re young and childless, there are certain phrases you hope you never have to say as a parent: “PUT A JACKET ON IT’S COLD,” “Back in my day…,” “The hell is this on your ass?” and “How do you know you don’t like it if you don’t try it?” I’ve never had pickled onions, but I’m pretty sure I’m not going to like pickled onions. Show More Summary
Richard Branson Dressed Up As The World’s Ugliest Woman After Losing A Bet
NOPE. Nope nope nope.
Virgin Group founder [Richard Branson] had his legs shaved, put on lipstick and squeezed into a red skirt to honor a bet by serving as a flight attendant Sunday on an AirAsia trip from Perth, Australia, to Malaysia.
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Watch 1974?s ‘The Great Gatsby’ Recut Like 2013?s ‘Gatsby 2 The Streets’
May 10-12, 2013 will henceforth be known as the weekend we all Charleston’d down to the cineplex:
My sources’ latest estimates for the 3D tentpole [The Great Gatsby] are $19.4M for Thursday/Friday, and -6% for $18M Saturday. Hollywood...Show More Summary
Meet The BBW Who Eats 5,000 Calories Every Day To Become An Internet Sex Symbol
“Big Woman Funnel Feeder” is both the name of a great CB radio handle (“This is Big Woman Funnel Feeder. Best watch out for the smokey in the bush ’round the next bend. Tijuana taxis everywhere tonight”) and an accurate description of...Show More Summary
BREAKING NEWS: Idiots Still Think ‘Vogue’ Cover Girl Kate Upton Is Fat
Last year, Burnsy wrote about the lovely troll known as “Skinny Gurl” who called Kate Upton a cannibal for eating at Carls Jr. Kate Upton’s a cow, you see. Get it? She’s fat. Kate Upton is fat. The same Kate Upton you see above, that very Kate Upton, is fat. Show More Summary
Gallon Smasher Gets What He Deserves In Schadenfreude-Tastic Video
Gallon smashing is the Dumb & Dumberer of pranks. For the blissfully uninformed, “gallon smashing” is when…and please pay attention because this is very confusing…you grab a gallon of milk, water, any liquid but Surge really (the world needs its precious Surge) and you smash it. Show More Summary
Gwyneth Paltrow Would Like To Sell You A $950 Shot Glass & A $500 Jigger On Her Goop Website
When we last checked in on World’s Whitest Person Gwyneth Paltrow, she was dispensing her secrets for a successful relationship (more blowjobs, less arguing) in between getting a colonic and lecturing her gardener, Juan, on how juice...Show More Summary
Princess Monster Truck Is The Modern Cat With A Pronounced Underbite For The Modern Internet
The cat you see before you is notable for three reasons: 1) Her name is Princess Monster Truck, 2) Her underbite would be terrifying on a person, but is adorable on a cat; and 3) HER NAME IS PRINCESS MONSTER TRUCK. According to BuzzFeed,...Show More Summary
The Infinite Wisdom Of Lucille Bluth, Just In Time For Mother’s Day
We’re all in agreement that Jessica Walter is television’s all-time mom, correct? I mean, no contest really. I honestly can’t even think of another TV mom I’d pit against her for the sake of debate. Between Lucille Bluth and Malory Archer...Show More Summary
The Best Parodies Of Time Magazine’s Highly Mockable ‘Me Me Me Generation’ Cover
This collage tells you everything you need to know about Time Magazine‘s much-derided “Me Me Me Generation” cover story. (Every generation thinks they’re the best generation.) As does does this side-by-side. Time has been trolling hyper-specific...Show More Summary
‘The Colbert Report’ Went Full ‘Great Gatsby’ Last Night, It Was Predictably Glorious
Friend of the program Drew Magary put it best when he tweeted, “The Great Gatsby looks like they took a nice book and made a terrible award show out of it.” I’m certain anyone who’s read the novel, followed Vince’s coverage, and is someone I want to be friends with wholeheartedly agrees with this assertion. Show More Summary
YouTube’s ‘Star Wars Kid’ Admits He Felt ‘Like Life Wasn’t Worth Living’ In First Interview
Apparently millions of people laughing at you on the Internet isn’t good for your self-esteem. Ghyslain Raza, better known to millions as “the Star Wars Kid,” who’s been mocked on Arrested Development, South Park, and by your grandparents,...Show More Summary
‘Melinda Brown Duncan Is The New Charles Ramsey,’ Says Idiots
Cajun Bow has already put into proper perspective just how quickly the Internet and the media has turned this Charles Ramsey thing into something that’s sort of depressing. Well, leave it to the media to throw another turd onto the ever-piling feces mound. Remember Antoine Dodson’s Internet explosion? Of course you do. Show More Summary
Who Wants To Watch Charlie And Martin Sheen Beat Michael Jordan In A Basketball Challenge From 1988?
If Obama had an emergency meeting with Congress and initiated a Youtube tax today, I wouldn’t object because YouTube is doing God’s work by providing us with videos like this one. The good folks at Grantland dug up this video of Michael Jordan in a basketball challenge against Martin Sheen and his up-and-comer son Charlie. Show More Summary
‘Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal’ Is The Best Possible Use Of Vine
If Gillian Jacobs is the Queen of Vine, Ryan McHenry is the app’s King, for he’s the mind behind the endlessly amusing “Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal.” It’s simple, really: McHenry films himself trying to feed Gosling on TV, only for Baby Goose to reject his crunchy advances. Show More Summary
Harlem Shake Video Ends In Flames, Which Is Precisely How All Harlem Shake Videos Should End
Like any good meme, the Harlem Shake was old before it even had a chance to be young, probably because of the fact that the dance being performed in thousands upon thousands of videos was not actually the Harlem Shake. But a little thing...Show More Summary
David Foster Wallace’s ‘This Is Water’ Speech, Illustrated Beautifully In A Short Film
It’s almost cliche at this point for a person running a blog or a website to post anything related to David Foster Wallace — almost akin to a college English major going around quoting The Cather in the Rye at every turn — but this is...Show More Summary
A Brief History Of Saul Bass Title Sequences In GIFs
Saul Bass, the legendary graphic designer and filmmaker, would have been 93 on Wednesday. It’s crazy when you think about how iconic he has become. A number of modern movies and TV shows, from Catch Me If You Can to Archer, have drawn inspiration from Saul Bass’ title sequences, but none have come close the original work by the man himself. Show More Summary
Zach Galifianakis Video-Bombs ‘Today’s’ Natalie Morales, She Promptly Calls Him ‘Jack’
I imagine Zach Galifiankis will be in full offbeat promotion mode until The Hangover III hits theaters, so it only makes since that he took a moment to video-bomb Natalie Morales prior to his Today interview this morning. I would normally...Show More Summary
15 Reasons Why The World Is Ready For Rick Moranis To Make A Comeback
We have good and bad news for you. First, the good: Rick Moranis is back, y’all.
Rick Moranis has an album coming out. It’s called My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs. This is the beginning of Rick Moranis’s reentry into the culture. Show More Summary