Politics Buzz Follow the money.The candidates fundraising figures from 2011, broken out day-by-day, tell the key stories of the cycle.
Culture Buzz The London-based ideas agency Syzygy created this gorgeous illustration depicting the “20 greatest, funniest and most insane internet events from 2011.” Can you identify all of them?
Culture Buzz Vimeo user Hey_Rabbit filmed this compilation on her Canon Powershot from January 2011 to January 2012. My new, and relatively late New Years resolution is to do this starting in 2013.
Culture Buzz Every year, I'm guessing, I lose about 10-30 seconds of internet video attention span. Ever since I got started, I've lost precious time paying attention to online videos, so this collection of what I deem to be 2011's best should truly be held in high regard by those who understand my plight. Here's to more viral videos in 2012 that are even shorter (or to more friends willing to share timestamps that note where to start watching!)
Culture Buzz 2011 was a crazy year for Harry Potter fans! It was an end of an era with the end of the Harry Potter movies, and especially for people like me, who've grown up with Harry Potter, it was a bittersweet, whirlwind of a year. Here are my picks of the best Harry Potter related buzz of 2011.
Culture Buzz My favorite meme, favorite Twitter trending topic, favorite Ron Swanson moment and a load more 2011 favorites!
Culture Buzz Which of these things, from a BBC list called Faces of the Year 2011: The Women, is not like the other?
Celebrity Buzz Celebrities love their adorable, strangely named babies, and we do, too. This year has produced more than enough of those cute and privileged bundles, but here you'll find only the very, very best.
Culture Buzz Here at BuzzFeed, we've been making some lists and checking them twice. Here are the folks in 2011 who have been naughty or nice. Who gets their Christmas wish and who gets coal? Let's find out.
Culture Buzz Moving, tragic, awe-inspiring photos and the tales of how they came to be. Reuters released a year-end round up of their best photographs and had the photographers provide a sort of director's commentary. Compelling stuff.
Culture Buzz Comparing at letter written to Old St. Nick in 1911 to one from this year reveals…well, that things have changed. For instance, toffee was really a really hot Christmas item 100 years ago.
Culture Buzz A bunch of people did some really dumb things on Facebook this year. Here's a recap of some of these finer moments.
Music Buzz These albums deserved more. Whether that be more praise on year end lists or simply deserving at least a few more listens that they didn't get, these albums were underrated in 2011. After debating my choices make sure to also add your own suggestions.
Culture Buzz 2011 was a great year for gays, and I have a feeling, considering the way things are going, 2012 will be even better.
Culture Buzz Meet Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, dubbed today by Guinness as The World's Shortest Woman at 2-feet 6-inches tall. Jyoti is 18-years-old and has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. She hopes to be a Bollywood star, and I have no doubt she'll succeed.
Culture Buzz What a year for crime! Congratulations to everyone that made this year's list!
Culture Buzz Occupy, Egypt, Wisconsin, and Slut Walks. 2011 was filled with awesome protest signs. Here are 40 of the most memorable of them.
Culture Buzz 2011 gave way to plenty of celebrity scandal, from Lindsay Lohan's hearings to Anthony Weiner's, well, weiner. But if only these things had happened, then 2011 may have been that much stranger.
Culture Buzz The cutest list of the year! Send this to your mom, she'll love it!
Culture Buzz The best awkward Santa photo of 2011. That baby, and by extension Santa, will need some new pants.
Culture Buzz What a year in the Twittersphere! Around the world, people sent more than 60 billion Tweets in 2011. Here's a collection of 40 of the most important of those.
Movie Buzz One hundred and sixty-six movies were released this year. Youtube user HatInHand spent over a month splicing all of them into an easily digestible format.
Celebrity Buzz Lady Gaga's public appearances have become somewhat of a commodity. Whatever she wears next is bound to be edgy, a dash of crazy and pretty much all terrifying. With razor sharp finger nails (and cheek bones), plenty of pasties, and even some blood, she did not let us down in 2011.
Culture Buzz Here's a collection of the best animal photojournalism of the year. It was a sad, funny, but overall cute year for animal photos.
Culture Buzz 30 Rock was decked with yuletide awe last night.
Celebrity Buzz Whether you came to ogle the models or mock the fashion, everyone wins. And Kanye West and Maroon 5 and Nicki Minaj, too!
Sports Buzz “My friend had this done before Game 7,” our tipster writes. “Maybe you can show the world how big of an idiot he is, or just a die hard fan.”