www.guardian.co.uk:
Was it Thomas Cromwell's machinations, a frustrated MP's diaries, or a novelist's treatment of his father's suicide? We asked a few people…Peter Carey – novelistKamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows (Bloomsbury) has huge ambition a (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Heather Graham follows on her hilarious advocacy spot for health care reformwith a new climate change ad. Graham squares off with Mackenzie Crook(The Office, UK; Pirates of the Caribbean) in this spoof. Grahamdetails the wor (Read More)
VentureBeat:
There are tons of karaoke applications for the iPhone, but a startup called Khu.sh is introducing a twist on the concept, “reverse karaoke,” to the App Store.There have been other reverse karaoke products, most notably Micros (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
As part of NBC's Green Week, many programs are incorporating environmental themes into their shows. On this week's 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy gives Kenneth the task of reducing TGS's carbon footprint by 5%. Kenneth first confronts (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
How did the Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving? According to these adorable young history buffs, with blankets covered in smallpox. While it may appear that these kids are simply playing dress-up, their reenactment is (Read More)
FanHouse:
by Tom ZillerFiled under: Rockets, NBA Injuries, NBA Rumors, NBA CoachesAdrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! has a half-harrowing, half-hilarious tale out of Minneapolis, where sources say Tracy McGrady put on his uniform Wednesday t (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Screenshot via peopleagainstdirtyIn so many cleaner commercials, the happy housewife works alongside singing, scrubbing bubbles that show how cheerfully the cleaner can battle soap scum, germs, and whatever other grime is bui (Read More)
The Guardian:
Great animation dominates this week's web videos – including what happens when pigeons get the bombGet ready for amazing animations this week on the viral video chart. In fact, with Spacious Thought, Pigeon:Impossible and Doc (Read More)
The Guardian:
For a unique take on the world of fashion, sign up to the Guardian's fashion email and get all the latest news delivered straight to your inboxFASHION DILEMMAFashion designers on Twitter - a good thing?Was the world a darker (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Barring any major uptick in stupid, this will be the last time I poke the 2012 believers with a stick. I swear. (At least, until January 2013.) Besides, this is a slightly different take than the usual debunking. The Santa Fe (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Back in 2005, the hilarious and versatile comedian Dave Hill teamed up with musician John Kimbrough to compare homemade demos. The result? Valley Lodge, a power-pop band featuring the aforementioned plus guitarist Phil Costel (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Alan Bennett's device of a play-within-a-play has its origins in the IliadOne of the most notable formal features of Alan Bennett's new play for the National Theatre, The Habit of Art, is its play-within-a-play. The action is (Read More)
Gawker:
There's a hilarious new meme in the wingnut sectors of the internet: someone's coined a bumper sticker slogan encouraging people to pray for Barack Obama. But here's the funny part: it's really a secret Christian code for "Ki (Read More)
Kotaku:
Modern Warfare isn't funny. Not intentionally, anyways. In an effort to make it funny, our brothers at sister site Gizmodo asked their readers to hit the Photostop circuit, see what cold be done. Here's just a small selection (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" was everywhere--every media outlet in the States has done at least a dozen pieces about it. Well now it's nowhere to be found: "Going Rogue" has gone rogue. It picked up a gun, snuck off the s (Read More)
Kotaku:
You live on the internet, so we know you've seen them: ads for Evony, pathetic attempts at enticing people to play an online game run by shady types by using boobs. Least, they were pathetic. Now, they're hilarious. I rock Ad (Read More)
Autoblog:
Filed under: Technology, Videos, Celebrities, Design/Style, ElectricJay Leno drives Commuter Cars' Tango - click above to watch the video after the jump Jay Leno likes him some electric Tango. No, not the new dance craze all (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The Thick of It is a savage send-up of Labour, politics and spin. So would its star feel uneasy inside Parliament?'It's a ridiculous building, isn't it?" says Chris Addison. We're hurrying past the Houses of Parliament. "It n (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The editor behind the publication of The Original of Laura explains why letting the public see it, against the author's wishes, was the right thing to doBy now, most serious readers will have some idea of the story behind the (Read More)
Gawker:
Noted author Sarah Palin is on Oprah, right now. Let's watch it together! First, Oprah would like to get this out of the way: remember the actual outright lie that Drudge printed about how Oprah "snubbed" Sarah Palin? Sarah P (Read More)