Culture

As much as any media company or brand would like to pretend otherwise, one group claims primary responsibility as internet trendsetters. That group: high school students. Nowhere was this more evident with the Mannequin Challenge, which, as we reported, started...

The supermoon is a celestial event that some only glimpse once in a lifetime. This past Monday night, some drove to remote, dark locations, while others needed only to step into their backyards to witness the supermoon. NASA scientists...

Every man considers himself a hero and every hero has a journey. Sir Markus Zuck’s was simple: He was on a search for the truth. It’d proven difficult for him and so many others to find. Where had it...

Emojis are there for when words aren’t enough to express yourself, but even emojis feel limiting sometimes: the correct smiley face or symbol is just not there to communicate how you really feel. Well, here’s some much-needed good news. On...

A viral video is making the rounds, showing a guy opening a can of corn without the aid of a can opener. But this is Dave Hax we're talking about. He's got a YouTube channel filled with useful hacks, so he's...

Dave Chappelle hosted last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which was easily the best not just of the season but of the past few years. His opening monologue was tremendous, equal parts somber and hilarious, and as perfect...

With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the Internet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not! Each week The Fresh Toast will deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that have recently dropped....

At some point you sort of expect it to stop. The investment, mostly, but also personal interest and curiosity. With the ambush now year-round from Marvel and DC and Fox Studios of comic book movie after comic book movie,...

After this week, we could all use a break from constant bombardment of election talk from cable news and the internet. Why not change the channel or fire up your Roku or--best of all--go to an actual movie theater,...

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...