Over at Slate today, Seth Stevenson takes on the "supercut," aiming to explain why some people "spend so many hours stitching footage into YouTube collages." He spoke to Chris Zabriskie, who put together the Lost "What?" reel, along with a few others, and also put together his own supercut – one of all the frames in…
Lifetime premiered its Taylor/Burton biopic, Liz & Dick, last night. It was highly anticipated because Lindsay Lohan starred as Elizabeth Taylor and schadenfreude is the marijuana of the masses. So we all went on Twitter and giggled our way through it (not terrible enough, my ass). The film delivered precisely zero…
On Saturday, rapper 50 Cent swung by the QVC studios in West Chester, PA and quickly made several bubbly women of a certain age fall madly in love with him.
TLC's reality series about the conjoined Hensel twins, Abby & Brittany, ended its first-season run last night. Over the course of its slow, uneventful yet riveting eight episodes, Abby & Brittany gently shaded in the characters the best-known living conjoined twins. My favorite of their quirks is their tendency to…
As a companion to our glossary of Mariah Carey's 10-cent words, here's a supercut of her talking about her songwriting throughout her 22-year career. Just as she keeps coming back to a heartbreaker, this is something she does incessantly.
Yo, the best fucking show on the planet, Breaking Bad, comes back Sunday for its fifth season, yo. So to celebrate, yo? I made a supercut of Jesse Pinkman's favorite vocal crutch, yo. (It's "yo," yo.)
John Carter, the instantly infamous Disney bomb and possible co-assassin of Taylor Kitsch's career, sees its home-video release this week. It's kind of worth checking out just for the disastrous spectacle of it all, but if you're busy and don't want to watch two-plus hours of a multi-pronged civil war on Mars (aka…
Today, Titanic 3D docks in theaters. Here's a supercut of almost 50 instances of Leonardo DiCaprio's (unfortunately?) immortal line, "I'm the king of the world," popping up throughout pop culture since the movie's original 1997 release. The phrase might be the most obnoxious thing you can say on a boat and otherwise.…
Tonight NBC premiered a new sitcom, Are You There, Chelsea wherein Laura Prepon (of That 70's Show) plays Chelsea Handler and Chelsea Handler plays her own older sister. The show is based on one of Handler's memoirs, Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea and even though NBC decided to strike the vodka mention in the…
Today is the last day on the air for Regis Philbin, the man with the most hours on camera according to the Guinness Book of World Records. We've been watching the show all month and it's pretty clear that it's his time to go. Have a look at this video—compiled by Gawker intern Roger Cormier—to see just a few of the…
The two monoliths of the World Trade Center were such an integral part of the New York skyline, that you didn't even notice them in the many movie shots of Gotham's majestic sprawl. Now, a decade after they fell, their presence in a movie scene is all you can see. Here are some of their greatest starring rolls.
This supercut mashes together sixteen different trailers of films coming out this year. So what you're telling me is... all I have to look forward to are a ton action movies, The Hangover 2, and the last of the Harry Potter series?
From Dawson's Creek to The Brady Bunch, Boy Meets World to Buffy, this supercut of TV's greatest kisses will certainly make you smile, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Whether you're getting pumped up for the Superbowl or really want to nail that job interview, this supercut of film's great sport pep talks is sure to leave you feeling inspired and ready to conquer the world.
Just when you thought the alphabet was getting a bit dull, this supercut, from The Big Lebowski to The Sound of Music, adds a little spice to the tune, showing your favorite movie characters singing from A to Z.
When's the last time you've heard someone yell, "It's showtime!" to a crowd? Chances are you were watching a movie because does anyone every actually yell that out in real life? Here is probably where you heard it.
One of cinema's earliest, longest, most famous and eternally requisite action moments is the slap. So, what better way to celebrate that than with seven minutes of the movies' best slap-happy moments, all conveniently presented in a supercut! Watch inside.
What do Mary Poppins, Garth Algar and Jean-Luc Picard have in common? Watch and find out.
We've already seen the glorious infographic of Leo's crying career, so why not take a look at his acting chops when it comes to completely losing his mind? Evidence of Leonardo DiCaprio being every casting director's dream, inside.
