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The Lonely Island celebrates Wack Wednesday with a Spring Break Anthem

The Lonely Island celebrates Wack Wednesday with a Spring Break Anthem

May 8th, 2013

Happy Wack Wednesday! Starting this week, The Lonely Island has promised to release one video/track every week, leading up to the June 11th release of their new album, The Wack Album. Today, we have “Spring Break Anthem”, a rap song that’s part Spring Breakers, part celebration of same-sex marriage. Weird pairing, sure, but undeniably, 100% [...]

The Lonely Island announces “Wack Wednesdays”, new album features everyone

The Lonely Island announces “Wack Wednesdays”, new album features everyone

May 7th, 2013

We reported that funny guys The Lonely Island will be releasing their new album, The Wack Album, on June 11th, but we now have a list of the star-studded cameos! Joining the trio on the new album will be returning guests as well as newbies including: Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, [...]

The Lonely Island announce new, wack album

The Lonely Island announce new, wack album

May 6th, 2013

Our favourite funny guys, The Lonely Island, are back with a new album! The trio, who became a hit with their Saturday Night Live skits and viral videos such as “I’m On A Boat”, “Like A Boss” and “Motherlover”, will be dropping their third album entitled The Wack Album on June 11th. They released a [...]

Andy Samberg interviewing Tegan and Sara is the greatest thing ever

Andy Samberg interviewing Tegan and Sara is the greatest thing ever

January 28th, 2013

I don’t want to oversell this video, but Andy Samberg interviewing Tegan and Sara is the greatest thing ever. Meh, humility is overrated. To celebrate the release of their album Heartthrob, due in stores on January 29 (but available right now in our First Spins section here), Tegan and Sara have been interviewing some of [...]

Andy Samberg Sued By Former Music Collaborator Rick Tha Rular

Andy Samberg Sued By Former Music Collaborator Rick Tha Rular

November 9th, 2011

Saturday Night Live is being sued over two popular Andy Samberg skits. According to The Hollywood Reporter Aleric Banks (“Rick tha Ruler”) and fellow collaborator Monique Hines are suing SNL AND Andy Samberg for allegedly stealing the music used in the short skits “Shy Ronnie” and “Like A Boss”. The skit “Shy Ronnie” was nominated [...]

Justin Timberlake sets his sights on SNL

Justin Timberlake sets his sights on SNL

November 30th, 2010

Singer turned actor Justin Timberlake seems to be distancing himself even further from his musical roots. Fresh off the rumour that the actor is pursuing a campaign for his name to be included in this year’s Oscar nominations for his role as Napster founder Sean Parker in The Social Network, Timberlake is also expressing his [...]

Ke$ha performs on SNL

Ke$ha performs on SNL

April 19th, 2010

Did y’all check out our gurl Ke$ha performing on SNL on Saturday night? The show was hosted by Ryan Phillippe (hai boi) and included what might be the least funny Digital Short I’ve ever seen. You’re breaking my heart, Andy Samberg! You’re breaking it! K dawg first hit the stage with a very patriotic version [...]

T-Pain’s Freaknik: The Musical

T-Pain’s Freaknik: The Musical

March 8th, 2010

We blogged last month about T-Pain lending his voice to a late-night animated special called “Freaknik: The Musical” and now we have clips! “Freaknik” is a one-hour special on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim late-night programming. The special is based on the annual Freaknik block party in Atlanta, Georgia that was the hit of spring [...]

T-Pain is a Freak(nik)

T-Pain is a Freak(nik)

February 1st, 2010

The auto-tune authority T-Pain is lending his voice to Freaknik: The Musical, a special on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim late-night programming. The one-hour special is based on the annual Freaknik block party in Atlanta, Georgia that was the hit of spring break during the 90s. The city shut down Freaknik in 1999 but it [...]

Friday Fun Stuff

Friday Fun Stuff

October 16th, 2009

It’s Friday! Cut loose (footloose)! Let’s see what’s going on shall we? * Feeling hungry? I packed you a lunch in your Twilight lunch box! Yummy right? * Cupcake cars! * Where The Wild Things are comes out today! I’m so excited! Neat-o fact? Spike Jonze wrote the script listening to Arcade Fire! * This [...]

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