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MTV to celebrate online creativity with new awards show

By Aaron Edwards • April 5, 2011

Leave it to MTV to create an awards show that has, among others, nominations for Best Music Hack, Most Viral Dance, NSFW Music Video, Favorite F**** Yeah Tumblr, Best Animal Performance and Favorite Animated GIF.

Stephen Colbert gets down on ‘Friday’

By Aaron Edwards • April 3, 2011

Stephen Colbert stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform a striking rendition of "Friday," the now infamous song by Rebecca Black.

‘Breaking Dawn’ honeymoon scene pics leaked

By Aaron Edwards • April 1, 2011

If you're still wondering how the creative team behind the "Twilight" film series plans to handle the inevitable sexual scenes in the final installment of the Stephanie Meyer vampy love tale, then you are in luck. Some recently leaked photos may just give you the fix you need until the movie comes out in November.

Video of the Week

By The Ithacan • March 30, 2011

Next time you take the early-morning train commute to work, watching life pass you by through the grease-smudged windows, only to arrive at your desk with a stack of unfiled invoices, just know you aren’t alone. One of BBC’s many humorous clips, “Misery Bear Goes to Work,” depicts an average work day of a clerical…

OMG!

By The Ithacan • March 30, 2011

As an alternative to spending thousands on plastic surgery to get rid of bodily lumps and bumps, Japanese retailers are proposing a more economically viable alternative: nose clips. While these tools are pinching nostrils as well as pockets, The Beauty Nose Butterfly Nose Clip is making face reformation more stylish. With a bright pink butterfly…

Celebrity Oops!

By The Ithacan • March 30, 2011

Baby mama Jenelle Evans of MTV’s “Teen Mom” got feisty on Friday. The reality show star got in a fight with Britany Truett, a girl from her North Carolina hometown, over her ex-boyfriend and began launching punches at the girl’s face. The brawl quickly turned into a WWE smackdown as Evans threw Truett to the…

Angry Birds: The Movie

By Aaron Edwards • March 29, 2011

Rooster Teeth Productions, an Austin-based company known for its live action short films, has just released the trailer for Angry Birds: The Movie and it's everything you've ever wanted an Angry Birds flick to be, that is, if you've ever wanted an Angry Birds movie to exist (I won't hold it against you).

Bret Michaels sues the Tony Awards

By Aaron Edwards • March 26, 2011

Bret Michaels is suing the Tony Awards for a set piece malfunction that the rocker says caused his brain hemorrhage last year.

The Grey’s Anatomy musical episode

By The Ithacan • March 25, 2011

I do not watch Grey's Anatomy. But I may just have to tune into next week's episode, which is set to include a few songs performed by characters on the show. If you follow Grey's, you are probably well aware that Sara Ramirez, Tony winner and diva extraordinaire, has an amazing voice.

Hot or Not

By The Ithacan • March 23, 2011

Hot Maxi dresses These flowing dresses are the perfect update to any girl’s wardrobe. The long skirt elongates any silhouette and is forgiving to bodies that might still be hanging onto extra pounds from the holidays. They come in a variety of prints and styles from tribal Ikats and empire waist styles to cinched waists…

Celebrity Oops

By The Ithacan • March 23, 2011

Expecting daddy-to-be Ryan Phillippe is facing some legal heat from ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp, who now, after months of keeping quiet, insists the soap opera star is her baby’s father. Knapp hired lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan, famed for representing K-Fed during his divorce and custody battle with Britney Spears, to ensure Phillippe takes a paternity test.…

WTF

By The Ithacan • March 23, 2011

With countless glass bottles of every color, shape and size lining the shelves of cosmetic stores and beauty aisles, it’s often deceiving that each bottle of perfume contains a distinctive scent to match its signature look. That’s why Jammie Nicholas launched his truly original perfume line, Surplus. Nicholas was inspired by “The History of Shit,”…