Culture

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog is best known for his obsessions with the monumental issues of human existence: technology, art, beauty, death, the unforgiving brutality of nature, and the exploration of the unknown. But he also considers—and complains about—the banality...

California has had an eventful week to say the least. Many voters debated on issues of federal importance like taxes on tobacco, the legalization of marijuana (yay!), gun control, the death penalty and… condoms in porn? That’s right. Prop 60...

Step aside, President elect. This year, people are getting all the hopeful feels from Starbucks red cups. It's a big mea culpa of sorts for Starbucks. Last year, they introduce holiday cups that were void of any holiday adornments, sparking...

Not ones to shy away from politics, Ben & Jerry's ice cream has released an idyllic, over-simplified video encouraging us to put our differences aside and get the hell along already. The video was actually released prior to the...

The official teaser trailer for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is out today, and wow, is there a lot to unpack here. Will Luc Besson's latest gift to the world of science fiction be The Fifth Element for...

It’s refreshing when we’re occasionally reminded that the giant, superhuman NFL players we see doing freakishly athletic things every Sunday are just like us in other ways. A perfect and nerdy example is Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Cassius Marsh,...

Napflix is a Spanish “siesta video platform” created by Victor Gutierrez de Tena and Francesc Perez that has a selection of the most boring and sleepy videos available, all collected with the purpose of helping you catch 40 (or...

On his TBS show last night, Conan O’Brien attempted to offer some hope to his audience the day after a shocking election that has essentially torn the country apart. Among other things, the host spoke about the optimism free...

It's been at least 24 hours since 'Gilmore Girls' made the news, so it's about time they made headlines again. And they have, with a new namesake frozen custard from Ample Hills Creamery in Brooklyn, which received more than 2,500...

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is infamous for many reasons. Last year his infamy grew because of a move he made in the music world: He paid $2 million for the exclusive rights to Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind Once Upon a...