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Whoa. Sunday night's Super Bowl was the most watched television broadcast in herstory! From the AP: NEW YORK - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more…   Read Story »
I know that this world was not made for us, or whatever, but it would be nice if the world didn't work so hard to remind us of that fact on a daily basis. Come on, world! Give us something that is…   Read Story »
And so it ends. 2009. 2008. 2007. 2006. 2005. 2004. 2003. 2002. 2001. 2000. They're all gone now. R.I.P, those years. What a Toad's wild ride it has been. So many ups and downs! Just kidding. I mean,…   Read Story »
It's Monday morning, I haven't even had breakfast, and already my mind is blown? So it's going to be one of THOSE weeks. It's probably a good thing, though, that I haven't eaten anything yet today,…   Read Story »
This has been floating (get it?) around for a few days now, and has been sent as a tip many times. It's a trailer for Ghostbusters if it had been made in 1954. Fair enough.   Read Story »
Yesterday, Empire posted a new trailer for a horror movie called Triangle. You can watch it here. It looks pretty scary! The plot seems to be that a bunch of yuppies sail their sailboat into Scott…   Read Story »
Look, Eminem has earned his place in history. Whatever you think of his hate-filled, Weird Al Yankovicly comic rhymes, the fact is that he has made white rappers legitimate* in a way that Snow failed…   Read Story »
Roger Ebert is the best. Duh. BLOG US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. But now his "best" status is going to be made official, because his childhood home is being declared a historic landmark. From the Sun…   Read Story »
Every once in a long while, there is a moment that captures the spirit of an era. Dorothy walking along the Yellow Brick Road. Elvis Presley shaking his hips on the Ed Sullivan Show. Dennis Hopper…   Read Story »
(This week, we're highlighting some of our favorite Videogum posts / video-related moments of 2008. So that's why things look different, and are old, this week. Happy Almost New Year!) Originally…   Read Story »