Hello? Adele? Is it Lionel Richie you’re looking for? Apparently not, as this video shows, because Richie gets totally burned when he calls Adele just to say his classic “Hi.” Maybe he thought that Adele’s singsong “Hello.” (from the song “Hello” on her new album, 25, coming out on November 20) meant they could be…

Beyond the horizon, out into space, there are wonders humankind will probably never know about. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t start looking right away. John D. Boswell, a web filmmaker also known as Melodysheep, recently put together this inspiring music video about space exploration for his Symphony Of Science…

Though Star Wars fans were forced to sit through half a football game to see the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, they’re now getting the distinct joy of watching the cast fall all over themselves (or a couch) when watching the trailer for the first time. Both Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, and John Boyega, who…

Ah, the LAN party. You know, when all your friends get together, wire up the computers, and destroy each other on Halo. It’s all fun and games until those console players show up, bragging about how they’re the better option. The Warp Zone put everyone’s thoughts into a song with this overall-clad ’90s-themed rap…

On September 11, Alan Purwin was tragically killed in a plane crash while leaving the set of Tom Cruise’s new move, Mena. Both he and Colombian pilot Carlos Berl died when their flight crashed into the Andes Mountains during a storm. Purwin, a visionary film helicopter pilot and aerial coordinator, worked on movies…

Two dancers. Two movies. Too many sweet moves. How could anyone ever choose between Kevin Bacon in Footloose and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing? YouTube user erv212 has made it easy to watch the showdown. Switching from movie to movie, this video compiles some of the most iconic dance scenes from each film, giving…

If you’re anything like us, The Onion is constantly narrating your life with clever quippy headlines. (And not just because Onion Inc. is The A.V. Club’s parent company.) So when Tumblr user Onegirlinalltheworld took screenshots from well-known episodes of Gilmore Girls and paired them with Onion headlines, it was…

Oh, McDonald’s. Your greasy, mangled drive-through burgers are great for a hangover, but ever since you publicly dissed Burger King, we’re finding it hard to stand up for you. Where’s the creativity, the innovation, the quality we need in a good burger chain? We want to love you, really. But you need to step up your…

Author Joe Hill knows a thing or two about horror and mystery—after all, his dad is famed horror writer Stephen King. So when he comes up with a new theory about an unsolved murder, people listen.

Kanye’s got the moves. He can dance to everything, everywhere—and on Twitter, he actually does. User @kanye_dancing uses a video of clip of Kanye rocking out in a crowd to depict him dancing to literally any song.

“You’re going to get us all sued for meowpractice,” Nurse Kathy’s lover, Chase Buchanan III, scolds in the opening scene of Cat Hospital. Later, we discover that although Mr. Peterson has six months to live, he’s only on his second life—seven more to go! These and the other feline stars of Cat Hospital (hello, Dr.…

Admit it, you’re still pretty misty-eyed over the ending of Friends in 2004. It’s okay—there’s even an ongoing comment thread on Quora discussing how the last episode just slaughtered everyone’s happy outlook on life (even though it was a happy ending).

If you ask us, emojis have gotten a little out of hand. A lot of them make sense—the expressions and hearts and the poop—but really what are we supposed to do with a little clip art icon of a camel?

Robin Williams’ death one year ago today took nearly everyone by surprise. And since then, the world has been deprived of a comedy visionary who brought us the voice of Genie, Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams, and more.

Every Scrabble player knows the tense irritation when another player challenges their word. After all, it’s clearly not just a game; it’s an overall evaluation of the quality of your vocabulary, spelling ability, and dictionary memorization skills. And it’s much more complicated than that, too. A new article for The…

Ennui, the French word for boredom that symbolizes world-weariness and existential depression, has merged with Nintendo’s Mario Bros. in a new game, Ennuigi, that highlights Luigi’s sad plight. Game designer Josh Millard created the game—which, thankfully, you can play—including a group of existential-themed…

If everything we learned from the movies is true, you can’t be a psycho, stalker, or generally insane criminal without having a crazy reference wall of scribbles, Polaroids, and maps. And, hell, those things take years to compile. Luckily for all those crazies out there, a new Funny Or Die video asserts that you can…

Stop what you’re doing and watch this video. YouTuber Todd In The Shadows cataloged his “favorite cliché in music” and made a compilation of songs that pause after someone says “stop.” The phenomenon is cross-genre and covers many decades of music—although, from the ratio in the compilation, Britney Spears seems to be…

It took three months, but YouTuber dondrapersayswhat has finally released his masterpiece: a new version of “Uptown Funk,” where every line comes from one of 280 movies. The ridiculously popular and often parodied song is now even better, with cameos from Christopher Walken, Eddie Murphy, Beetlejuice, the Teenage…

Westeros, the fictional realm and home to all the Game Of Thrones action, has some… let’s say unique spelling conventions. And if you’ve ever tried typing a recap of an episode into your phone to text a friend, you know all too well the havoc autocorrect can cause. UK artist James Chapman, author of Soundimals and the…