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Attention Chris Brown Fans: Your Idol Needs Your Help
So, in the exciting world of R&B…
Chris Brown is asking for help. Now, when I heard this, I thought, “Great, he’s finally ready to deal with the serious mental problems that surely led him to assault his then-girlfriend Rihanna a year ago,” a crime for which he pled guilty last summer.
But I was wrong. He’s [...]
Mad Men Barbies!
Toymaker Mattel has announced that the latest versions of its Barbie and Ken dolls will be styled after four of the characters from the AMC TV show “Mad Men”. Don, Betty, Roger, and Joan are set to become the latest residents of Barbie’s Malibu Dream House, because there’s nothing that 7-year-old girls love more than [...]
Milk-a-whaaaaat?
Remember the E-Trade commercial from the Superbowl where one cute little baby refers to another cute little baby as a Milkaholic? And then she goes, “Milk-a-whaaaaat?” Hilarious, right?
No! That ad was offensive and downright hurtful to one poor woman: one poor, attention-starved woman named Lindsay Lohan. You see, the milkaholic baby’s name was Lindsay, [...]
Real Men Use the Driving Instructions
Google is launching a new map for eco-friendly travelers/fitness snobs. The search engine giant is unveiling bicycling directions on their maps feature. Like the driving maps feature, cyclists will learn the distance, alternate routes and estimated travel times. Because it’s totally safe to pull out your iPhone while riding a bike so it [...]
Pink Floyd Taking It to the Man
Pink Floyd is suing EMI for revenues earned from digital royalties. Their contract was signed in 1999, before a little thing called the iTunes music store existed.
We have reported so many stories about EMI hurting for cash, mostly involving their abuse of the Abbey Road studios. Karma says that what goes around [...]
New Tron Movie Trailer-2:21 OF AWESOME
Disney has dug deep, deep into the vault and found Tron Legacy. A sequel to the 1982 movie, which starred young and newly-minted Oscar winner Jeff Bridges, it now stars Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde (Thirteen from House), and Bridges returns as well. It focuses on Bridges’ son, who falls into the world of [...]
Worst. Shaving. Accident. Ever.
The words “shaving” and “accident” should never go together.
WBRU’s Oscar Recap
First-timers dominated a historic Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night.
The Oscars 2010 Liveblog!
Good evening, and welcome to WBRU News’ first-annual Oscars liveblog! Stars have been landing in various states of sobriety on the red carpet for a few hours now, and the anticipation is building for what will surely be a long night of drama, surprises, and awkwardly scripted “banter” and acceptance speeches.
We’ll have updates on who’s [...]
Ready for the Oscars? Watch & join in on our liveblog on Sunday!
Do you love the Oscars? We love the Oscars! And this year, WBRU is sharing the love. Join us on Sunday, when we’ll be liveblogging the whole shebang, from the pointless red carpet pageantry to the epic showdown between exes James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow for some of the top awards.
Previously: WBRU liveblogs the 2010 [...]
