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Groom Beats Nerves by Singing Wedding Speech

Tom Fletcher didn’t want his fear of public speaking to ruin his wedding day, so the butterfly-bellied groom found a creative solution. Fletcher wooed his bride, charmed his guests and soothed his nerves by singing his wedding speech. “It’s possibly the most nervous I’ve ever been in my life (about the speech, not the wedding!),”…

Dog Lends Helping Paw to Disabled Cat

Cats and dogs may have their differences, but when the two rely on each other for companionship and survival, it’s a love story sweet enough to charm the Internet. Online animal channel Wakaleo shares the story of Ralphee, who was born with a neurological disorder called cerebellar hypoplasia, or CH. This means the cerebellum is…

13 People to Watch Out for on Black Friday

The season’s most stressful holiday is upon us — and we’re not talking about Thanksgiving with your in-laws. Black Friday is the boss level for all retail customers. It’s the one day of the year when retailers allow shoppers to tear displays to pieces and fight each other over a waffle iron. If you’re braving…

A Cover of Queen Using Only Movie Screams Now Exists

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_UR61wQes?enablejsapi=1&] Screaming has never sounded so musical. Thanks to the Internet, and the charitable work of YouTuber Ryan Mitchell, a cover of Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” now exists, created using nothing but screams from beloved blockbusters. The screams come from films like Home Alone, 40 Year Old Virgin, The Shining and a…

This Kitty Eats With a Fork

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYIakIBoN5o?enablejsapi=1&&w=640&h=360] That time the cat stole your dinner right in front of you, but didn’t have the decency to chew with her mouth closed. The audacity! Such bad table manners. Okay, so Nylah the kitty isn’t technically holding the fork, but she’s pretty darn close. Hey, give her a couple of years to master…

What if Pixar Made ‘The Expendables 2?’

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_PALo2wqw?enablejsapi=1&&w=640&h=360] If the action and gore in the summer flick The Expendables 2 was too much for a family night at the movies, leave it to Toy Story‘s Buzz and Woody to PG it up. Media company IGN Entertainment created a parody trailer of what the action film would look like if it had…

Apple Parody Has Your ‘One More Thing’ Moment: ‘We’re Buying Google’

What if Apple had unleashed absolutely nothing new during its Sept. 12 event? Well, comedy engine College Humor turned that inconceivable thought into a reality in the above spoof starring actor Christopher McDonald, who also played Apple CEO Tim Cook in the “Steve Jobs’ Substitute” parody. “Today, Apple is releasing something more extraordinary: nothing,” McDonald…

Obamacare Tweet Was Made for Trolls

Oh, White House. Haven’t you learned that any and all images on Twitter can and will be Photoshopped to use against you? The President and his social media team learned the Internet’s version of Miranda rights the hard way Thursday, when they tweeted an image of Obama holding a sign prompting people to sign up…

10 Brits Snubbed from the Olympic Opening Ceremony

10 Brits Snubbed at Opening Ceremony 1. Ricky Gervais as “David Brent” A middle management mentor for athletes. Image courtesy of Wikipedia 2. Winston Churchill Hologram Churchill, Tupac style. Background image courtesy of Flickr 3. Wallace and Gromit Beloved British characters Wallace and Gromit didn’t land a starring role in Danny Boyle’s production. Image courtesy…

If the Presidential Debate Was Like ‘The Voice’

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLnTfr7fG9k?enablejsapi=1&rel=0&w=640&h=360] What would happen if voters treated presidential debates more like The Voice? This video pretty much sums it up. Obama has a “great voice”, and Mitt Romney has “badass hair”. SEE MORE: Carson Daly Tells All About ‘The Voice,’ Its Social Media Clout and ‘TRL’ This video makes us wonder: if you could…

Rollerskating Turtle Thief: Today’s Weirdest Thing on the Internet

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BdEnWrkMgo&w=640&h=480] A turtle rollerskates into a grocery store and attempts to steal lettuce — that’s not the beginning of a joke, rather it’s the latest prank from French humorist Rémi Gaillard. Gaillard’s motto, which appears at the end of the video, tranlates to “It’s by doing whatever, that one becomes whoever.” Watch Gaillard dressed…

Coco Crisp’s Crazy Catch Has Internet Abuzz

http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=25368881&width=600&height=336&property=mlb Hey, non-sports fans: meet Coco Crisp. He doesn’t just possess one of the sweetest names in sports — he’s also capable of completing, dare we say, really crispy catches like the one above. His homerun robbery of Tigers star Prince Fielder on Tuesday night helped the Oakland A’s to a 2-0 MLB playoff win…

Even Jon Snow Would Charleston to This Jazzy ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itn8highTRo?enablejsapi=1&] This post contains spoilers from Game of Thrones. Read at your own discretion. Cheer up, Jon Snow. This jazz band has just the thing to turn that frown upside down. The New Orleans-style jazz band Swamp Donkeys performed a funky version of the usually intense Game of Thrones theme song at B.B. King’s…