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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we got a peek at the British Museum’s new Shakespeare exhibition. We discovered what our favorite books say about us. We read the best Full House article on the Internet this week. We saw librarian tattoos that weren’t terrible. We learned about Portland’s teacher… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Gird your loins: A new comedy created by former Daily Show showrunner Josh Lieb and comedian Nick Thune that is currently known as “Untitled Hipster Project” is headed to NBC. The basic premise? “A decidedly un-hip anthropology student finds himself living with – and studying – the wild, untamed hipsters of Brooklyn, New York.”… Read More

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Jimmy Fallon in Talks to Host Oscars with Rumored Objection

By Alison Nastasi on

The Los Angeles Times reports that Jimmy Fallon is in talks to host next year’s Oscars, with Lorne Michaels possibly producing. The TV vet is a much safer bet than last year’s producing disaster, Brett Ratner. Late-night talk show host Fallon has successfully emceed for the 2010 Emmy Awards and fits… Read More

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Watch Bill Cosby Teach Jimmy Fallon How to Dance

By Caroline Stanley on

He may have been America’s favorite TV dad back in the ’80s, but off-screen indiscretions in recent years have made it harder and harder to remember what we used to love about Bill Cosby. Luckily, the comedian appeared on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote his new concert tour, and in the process, reminded us of at least one reason why we grew up idolizing him — his incredible dance movies. Click through to watch Cosby teach a very enthusiastic Fallon a thing or two after smoothly dancing his way on stage to the Picture Pages theme, as well as the rest of the highly entertaining interview. … Read More

Television

Jimmy Fallon Scores His Own Primetime Music Special

By Caroline Stanley on

Finally a programming move by NBC that we can get behind. We’ve got a documented obsession with Jimmy Fallon’s musical parodies — particularly the wonderful ones involving “Tebowie” — so it’s exciting to hear that next Wednesday night at 10pm the network is planning to run a primetime special celebrating the… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. HBO is apologizing for putting a model of George W. Bush‘s head on a stake in an episode of Game of Thrones. “After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush,” explain series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. “In the DVD commentary, we… Read More

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The “Call Me Maybe” Tribute Videos That Are Actually Worth Your Time

By Emily Temple on

Just what is it about “Call Me Maybe”? In a trend that shows no sign of stopping, Carly Rae Jepsen’s sugary sweet hit has spawned hundreds of tribute videos, lip dubs, parodies and covers across the web, created by celebrities and civilians like, and with as much variation in quality as you might expect. But just when we thought we couldn’t watch even one more version, we saw an adorable, pared-down version of Jepsen singing the hit backstage at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with Jimmy and the Roots accompanying her on toy instruments. Here we go again. In order to keep everyone else from burning out, we’ve collected the most worthwhile “Call Me Maybe” tribute videos below. Click through to watch, and let us know if we missed your favorite in the comments. But not if it’s the James Franco one. … Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Thank god Jimmy Fallon decided to do another installment of his hilarious Downton Abbey parody “Downton Sixbey” — and this time we have Whoopi Goldberg playing Questlove’s mother. [via Vulture]

2. The critical consensus to the premiere of Kanye’s 26-minute “sensory experience” at the Cannes Film Festival seems to be that… Read More

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What's On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we hoped to avoid America’s worst airports. We watched a schizophrenic world tour of various accents. We read about two Cuban actors who defected to America following the success of their movie about Cubans defecting to America. We thought this Nickelodeon and Avengers mashup was fun. We… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. With only weeks to go before it hits theaters, they’re shooting an extra scene for The Avengers. “I’m not sure exactly where it’s gonna go,” says Mark Ruffalo. “All I know is that someone came in with the costume and said, ‘Here’s some wardrobe. We don’t know where you’re going to be or what… Read More