The whole James Franco thing was already exhausting but now it is just absurd. From the HuffingtonPost: James Franco has won a spot in a University of Houston creative writing program. The…   Read Story »

Director Sidney Lumet died over the weekend. He was very good at his job and he will be missed. R.I.P. Sidney Lumet. You are in heaven now, writing books about movies that the angels will read in…   Read Story »

Speaking of books, I have only read the first 10 pages or so of Tina Fey's new book, Bossypants, but they were 10 very good pages! Humor books are, as a rule, horrible and always unfunny, but I have…   Read Story »

Eater has bravely taken an in-depth look at Gwyneth Paltrow's cookbook, which they describe thusly: The cookbook is many things: it is aspirational and sweet, it is seasonally-minded, it is…   Read Story »

"You have my sword." "And my sword." "And my sword!" Oh brother. Don't get me wrong, I love a good sword fight (no homo) as much as the next guy (no homo), but does this really need to be in 3D?…   Read Story »

Apparently there IS some nostalgia to this shit right here. (Get it? Old stuff! IMDB Memorable Quotes!)   Read Story »

ATTENTION VIDEOGUM BOOK CLUB: BRACE YOURSELVES, FOOLS.   Read Story »

Have you guys been following this Tiger Mom business? I think it's about how to turn your child into a violin? Something like that. There's math equations in it? In any case, now it is going to…   Read Story »

After the jump, the video that is really making the rounds today, in which a young boy opens his Christmas present only to discover it's a bunch of dumb fucking books. Personally, I deeply relate to…   Read Story »

This is a recipe for DISASTER! Get it? Recipes? (The joke is that cookbooks have recipes in them but then "recipe for disaster" is a common expression about disaster. And Gwyneth Paltrow is the…   Read Story »