Culture Buzz Stand up comedy's stressful enough, but are you funny enough to take it to the streets? These comedians do their best work amongst the people and who knows, maybe you'll encounter them one day. For more Man on the Street hijinks with a game show twist, tune into Funny Or Die's “Billy on the Street” on Thursdays at 11p/10c on Fuse.
Politics Buzz Ross Everett visits Zuccotti Park and interviews a variety of OWS demonstrators and spectators. Ross encounters a diverse set of perspectives in his search for enlightenment, or truth, or pills, or… something.
Go Pierce, Go Pierce, Go Pierce! To Santorum's credit, at least he didn't walk off the set when asked “Are you a bigot?”. (via joemygod.blogspot.com)
Music Buzz The “What are you listening to?” street game has gone completely viral and copycats of the original New York video have sprouted up all across the globe. Watch them all below to see which small sample of an entire city your music taste fits in with the best. If you're like me you'll think to yourself, “Oh that one guy listens to LCD Soundsytem too?!” and you'll get far too excited.
Some lady named Maureen interviews J Mascis of the band Dinosaur Jr. Maureen really shines in this.
Lady Gaga takes Anderson Cooper to see her old studio apartment. So cute. Also, if you didn't already know, “Born This Way” comes out Friday!
Celebrity Buzz NYMag's Vulture interviewed Keanu Reeves about a bunch of movie stuff, and then they asked him about Sad Keanu. He plays dumb (but amused). I still think he's Joaquin Phoenix-ing us.
Celebrity Buzz There are 5 videos. Some of them take place in a convertible. Go! Fun fact: James Franco's cats are named Sammy and Zelda.
Culture Buzz Time Out New York recently ran an article about the coolest places to work in NYC. For some reason they left out BuzzFeed, which should have been at the top of the list. In the same article, there was also a section called, “Worst Job Gaffes” which featured anonymous post-it note confessions of New Yorkers who screwed up royally. These will make a great short list of what not to do on your next interview.
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/07/19/bill_m...
He thought it was a Coen Brothers' movie. You should really read this whole GQ interview, it's pretty special.
http://videogum.com/199572/double-rainbow-guy-interview-a...
He's like Noah in the Ark! This is why he had two rainbows instead of one, because God decreed that all rainbows should in live in pairs, lest the first rainbow be lonely.
On the one hand, you have to feel bad for Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger, who's just trying to do his postgame and get the fuck out of town. On the other: Viva La Furia, Hermosa, Congo-Lining-In-The-Middle-Of-A-Press-Conference Roja. (Update: This was apparently after the Euro Cup in 2008? Whatever, Iker is hot.)
Celebrity Buzz The world's best (only?)-known victim of mercury poisoning breaks his silence. Mercury Level 57: never forget.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/asia/10koreans.ht...
Interviews with eight people who recently left North Korea paint a haunting portrait of desperation and political resentment.
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/28/the-adam-lambert-in...
Blogosphere fave Michelle Collins (of Best Week Ever) interviewed her own personal Idol, runner-up Adam Lambert, and kind of vomited all over the place with excitement (metaphorically speaking, of course). Among other things, you'll learn that Glambert's is more of a Sex And The City guy than he is a Golden Girls fan. Which is a shame, as we were just starting to like him.
In basically your worst nightmare, a hidden camera experiment reveals the worst (real-life) interviews, teaching you exactly what NOT to do. In this one, we learn not to mention our spouse's job — especially if it involves hunting Bigfoot.
Likely exhausted from promoting I Love You, Man (which, inexplicably, is still not yet in theaters), the film's stars Jason Segel and Paul Rudd essentially field interview questions with fart noises. Fart noises: always classic. Paul Rudd and Jason Segel: always classic.
Celebrity Buzz With the release of her new autobiographical book Wishful Drinking, the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is parading through press outlets, leaving droppings of crazy in her wake. The book, based on her live show, takes a look at her “crazy days,” which - at least after watching her interview on Today - may refer to yesterday and the day before that.