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The Top 10 Online Videos of 2010 (so far)

We’re addicted to the internet here at WBRU. To prove it, we’ve got over a year’s worth of weekly columns documenting the latest in online videos.
You could work your way through all of those. But to make it easier on you, here’s a list of the 10 best videos we’ve seen in the past six [...]

Chupacabra?!

This monster (see picture at the link below) washed up in Ontario, Canada. What do you think it is?
Rat? Dog? Demon animal?
[Monster]
-Daphne

Soldiers, cyborgs, demon-nazi vampires, stop-motion monsters, hoverbikes, kung fu… Need I say more?

A new movie is coming out this year that has “for the guys” written all over it.
A parody of B-Movies from the late 80s and early 90s, “Manborg” is director Steven Kostanski’s debut.
In his words, “Manborg” is “about a soldier who gets killed fighting in a war against hell only to come back [...]

Review: Jersey Boys – The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Tonight, I went to see the touring production of the hit Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys. And while it is true that on a Friday night especially, I stood out as being perhaps one of the youngest audience members, I certainly enjoyed myself nevertheless.
Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four [...]

The Beatles Are Back Together: How You Say? Read On.

Before the actual graphic novel has even been released, the film version of this Beatles zombie illustrated novel is on its way.
Zombie, I say? Yes, zombie.
Because in case you hadn’t noticed yet, zombies and vampires are en vogue now.
Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, by Alan Goldsher comes out in June this year. According [...]

What do you say when you put Ellen DeGeneres, Lady Gaga and child prodigy Greyson Chance on a TV show together?

Hi Miss Gaga.
That’s what you say.
At least, that’s what Greyson said when Lady Gaga called in to the Ellen DeGeneres Show to congratulate the 12-year old prodigy (apparently) on his piano recital performance of “Paparazzi”. She also told him to work hard on his future and stay away from girls.
(But boys are ok, [...]

The Jersey Girls of JERSEY BOYS!

JERSEY BOYS, the musical that took the Tony Awards by storm in 2006, winning the award for Best Musical, is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center this week! The show opens Wednesday May 12th and runs all the way though to June 6th.
In the meantime, check out this interview I had with Sarah Darling [...]

New poll says Celine Dion is America’s favorite musician (no, really)

It’s Friday, there’s lots of reasons to be happy, but I’ve got one great reason to be pissed off. A new poll from Harris Interactive asked people for their favorite musical performer. And apparently America’s number one favorite singer out of all of them in the history of music is…Celine Dion.
This is really sad news, [...]

Want to avoid suspicion in Arizona? Try wearing a “Gringo Mask”

As you might have heard, in Arizona these days there’s a little bit of controversy over a recent immigration law. In a nutshell, the police can stop someone they think looks suspicious and demand to see their proof of ID papers.
This has a lot of people wicked freaked about privacy, but a Latino ad agency [...]

Watch this: the “Super 8″ teaser trailer from J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg

It might get pulled down from YouTube (leave us a note in the comments if it does), but we’ve got the teaser trailer here for “Super 8,” the latest project from J.J. Abrams (LOST) and Steven Spielberg. Abrams says it’s not a sequel to Cloverfield but it certainly seems cut from the same cloth. Take [...]