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Watch Neil Patrick Harris Get Acrobatic for the Tonys
Neil Patrick Harris literally jumped through hoops last night in this amazing opening number he performed for the Tonys last night. We know -- 8 minutes is an eternity for a video on the internet, but just think how he felt running around like a maniac and singing and dancing for that long. Watching it makes us feel like we just worked out, which is nice, because it's great to get that crossed off
Squints and Ham from ‘The Sandlot’ Reunite at Ballgame
Surely you remember Squints and Ham, from 'The Sandlot'? In a nostalgia bomb sure to blow the minds of people everywhere who don't want to admit it's not 1993 anymore, the two actors from everyone's favorite kid's movie about baseball from the early '90s met up...AT A BALL GAME!
Make Your Own Cronuts!
Cronuts have taken over New York City (and the internet) in a big way. The hybrid croissant-doughnuts are only available at one bakery, and when they're gone madness ensues. People are scalping pastries, folks. There's a cronut black market on Craigslist, where you can have one delivered to you for $40. There are bootleg "doissants." It's insanity.
10 Insanely Delicious Doughnuts for National Doughnut Day
Whether you love doughnuts, or hate your pancreas, Friday, June 7 is National Doughnut Day! Celebrate by getting a free doughnut from Krispy Kreme, or getting a "free" doughnut from Dunkin' Donuts if you buy a drink. If that's a little too tame for you, let these epic doughnuts inspire you to search for a doughnut so good, it's actually worth paying for.
Watch Samuel L. Jackson Give an Epic Performance of a ‘Breaking Bad’ Monologue
Samuel L. Jackson has been raising money for Alzheimer's research through a pretty genius charity campaign. He went on Reddit, said he was raising money, and promised if he raised enough money he would make a video of himself reading their top-voted 300-word monologue...
Police Officers Rescue Ducklings for Nervous Mother Duck
What would you do if you saw a duck pacing back and forth and quacking nervously? (We'd probably be really confused -- what's a duck doing in our living room??) Fortunately, the police and animal control officers in the video above were able to make sense out of the situation, and rescue all of the duck's ducklings, which were trapped in a sewer.
16 Awkward White People Dances, Just in Time for Wedding Season
Wedding season is upon us -- are you prepared?!! Sure, you have an outfit, but what are you going to do when the DJ starts playing 'Celebrate' by Kool and the Gang? Huh?! Do you even know?!
Michelle Obama Shoots Down Heckler in the Best Way Possible
Somebody thought they could heckle Michelle Obama. Somebody thought wrong.
About 12 minutes into a speech the First Lady was giving for a Democratic Party fundraiser in Washington, D.C., a protester interrupted to demand that the president sign an anti-discrimination executive order. And that's when things got real.
Good Samaritan Rescues Puppies From Trash Can
First of all, how could somebody just dump a bunch of adorable puppies in a trash can? Seriously? What is wrong with people? Fortunately, for every (horrible monster of a) person who throws away puppies like they're garbage, there's a person who will rescue said puppies from the trash.
Man Tricks Girlfriend Into Filming Surprise Proposal
Granted, this video is not as elaborate as most of the proposals we feature on here. There was no puppet movie, no homemade video game. There was just an awesome surprise.
Breakup Note Left for Cheating Boyfriend Is a Hilarious Scavenger Hunt
Here are a couple life lessons to live by: Always sign out of your Facebook, folks. Oh, and also don't cheat on your girlfriend. Valuable lessons to takeaway from this deceptively cheerful breakup note peppered with hearts and exclamation points.
Massive Supply of Classic Atari Games to Be Excavated From Landfill
Legend has it that 30 years ago Atari buried a massive cache of video game cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico. Specifically, they buried tons and tons of copies of the failed 'E.T.' video game, an Atari non-classic that nearly sunk the gaming industry. Now a film crew has been given six months to search the massive 100 acre landfill to find the motherlode of lost games and confirm that the sto