Jake Lauer
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Nelly Talks 'Hot in Herre' 15 Years After His Monster Hit Topped the Charts
The early 2000s belonged to Nelly. 15 years ago, his inescapable single “Hot in Herre” was the song of the summer, Nelly’s album Nellyville sold over 700,000 copies in its first week, and Nelly was on his way to becoming one of the best-selling rappers of all time. With back-to-back number one hits in “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma,” the St. Louis-born hip-hop star topped the Billboard charts for… → Read More
Computer Bot Goes on Dark Web Shopping Spree in the Name of Art
Curious about the mysteries of the internet’s deepest and darkest crevices? Check out the new gallery exhibit from a bold Swiss art collective named !Mediengruppe Bitnik. The group has equipped a laptop with an automated bot designed to surf a massive online dark market site called Alpha Bay and make illicit purchases at random. → Read More
The 20 Most Beautiful Victoria's Secret Angels of All Time
Men around the world wait patiently all year for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, the best showcase of beautiful women in the history of mankind. Despite the fact that it only first kicked off in 1995, 20 years of stunning women in lovely lingerie have enshrined the annual fashion show as a staple of American culture. → Read More
The 20 Most Beautiful Victoria's Secret Angels of All Time
In honor of this legendary lingerie extravaganza's 20th anniversary, we bow down to some of our favorite angels to ever get their wings. → Read More
The 20 Most Beautiful Victoria's Secret Angels of All Time
In honor of this legendary lingerie extravaganza's 20th anniversary, we bow down to some of our favorite angels to ever get their wings. → Read More
Watch: This Adorable 5-Year-Old Badass Lays Waste to System of a Down’s “Toxicity”
Although System of a Down’s nu-metal classic “Toxicity” came out years before she was born, Brazilian tyke Eduarda Henklein-Baterista rocks the song’s drum beat like "Bonzo" in a ponytail. At an age when most kids are learning to play “Hot Cross Buns” on the recorder, this little wunderkind is flawlessly nailing a rock song’s compound duple meter and alternating 6/8, 12/8 and 4/4 times, and… → Read More
The Only Way to Watch the New Star Wars Movie Spoiler-Free
With some early estimates predicting a record-smashing $300 million opening weekend for the long-awaited Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there will likely be an unprecedented number of people seeing the film when it’s finally unveiled on December 18th. → Read More
Be Afraid: The Creepy Clown Trend Is Making a Comeback
If you see an eerie clown wandering alone, aimlessly on your street in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he is probably not the notorious registered sex offender “Silly the Clown,” who moved to town a few years back. So please don’t be alarmed if you see a menacing white-faced clown in a white costume, or an unnerving orange-haired man in a green jumpsuit frightening everyone. → Read More