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Justin Bieber forgets the words to his own Christmas song on stage
If you don’t remember all the lyrics from Justin Bieber’s essential 2011 Christmas album, Under the Mistletoe, don’t worry: Neither does Justin Bieber Bieber’s attempt to bring a little holiday cheer to his recent acoustic Toronto concert was a little … Continue reading
Your new favorite Hanukkah song is by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings just dropped a new Hanukkah classic The Brooklyn-based soul group performed brand-new holiday song “8 Days (of Hanukkah)” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. The festive song is featured on the group’s album It’s A … Continue reading
Watch Will Ferrell and Billy Eichner yell at New Yorkers about Christmas
TruTV just unwrapped a very special Christmas edition of Billy on the Street Host Billy Eichner and Will Ferrell hit the streets of New York to harass strangers about all things Christmas. Watch the pair force a wrapped bale of … Continue reading
‘City on Fire’ is the literary time machine to the ’70s you’ve been waiting for
Image: Penguin Random House “Later, when time had gone all gluey and mutable, Keith would wonder: had it really only been three months since he’d been ordered to wait in the wrecked entryway of that house on East Third? And … Continue reading
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has twin baby girls one day after announcing major company turnaround plan
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tweeted today that she has given birth to twin baby girls, only a day after she had a full round of major press appearances and shareholder announcements The 39-year-old executive, head of a company that just … Continue reading
Virtual reality video drops you in the middle of North Korea’s massive anniversary march
The notoriously tightly controlled confines of North Korea may limit our looks inside the “hermit kingdom,” but that didn’t stop ABC News from prying open the country’s culture through the lens of virtual reality. Inside North Korea VR, narrated by … Continue reading
See Emma Watson’s spell-binding new haircut
Emma Watson has clearly put Hermione Granger’s days of frizzy hair long behind her The stunning actress debuted a cropped new ‘do Tuesday night while promoting the film The True Cost, a documentary which examines the impact of fast fashion … Continue reading
Blink-182 is releasing a new album, so we don’t have to grow up after all
Nobody likes you when you’re 23 — unless you’re the band that soundtracked the lives of countless teenage troublemakers Pop-punk fans are rejoicing following news that blink-182 will release a follow up to 2011′s Neighborhoods in 2016. Drummer Travis Barker … Continue reading
Huawei Mate S review: The first Android with ’3D touch’ has plenty of power
A week before Apple announced the 3D Touch-enabled iPhone 6S in September, Huawei did something interesting: It announced an Android phone with a pressure-sensitive screen That phone was the Huawei Mate S, the company’s flagship that held its own — … Continue reading
President Obama welcomes Syrian scientist featured on ‘Humans of New York’
A Syrian scientist preparing to relocate to Michigan was featured on Humans of New York‘s Syrian refugee series this week. Now, he’s received a welcome message from President Obama himself. On HONY‘s popular Facebook page, the man describes meeting his wife, growing his … Continue reading