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Brian Raftery

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    Check Out Zach Galifianakis’s Debauchery-Free Tour RiderThe ‘Hangover’ star’s live-show demands include a baby grand, a bottle of red, and more.
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    Watch the Inevitable Snooki Tribute to ‘Whip My Hair’The ‘Jersey Shore’ resident presents a reliably literal interpretation of Willow Smith’s meme-minting hit.
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    Listen to Two New (Old) Weezer SongsFront man Rivers Cuomo posted two rarities on his band’s website.
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    See Emma Stone’s Saturday Night Live PromosThe ‘Easy A’ star goes on a crying jag and gets compared to a Wookie.
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    Watch a Deleted Barroom Brawl Scene From AvatarIn this audience footage from Spike TV’s Scream Awards, Sam Worthington goes bonkers, and then gets bonked.
  6. music
    See Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel’s Patriot GameAt last night’s Phillies-Giants game, Ben took on “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and Zooey performed “God Bless America.”
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    Watch Doc Brown and Marty McFly Get Flummoxed by the FutureWe may not have hoverboards or rehydrated pizza in the year 2010, but at least technology allows for the dissemination of eerily spot-on Christopher Lloyd impersonations.
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    Douchebag’s Andrew Dickler on His Unlikely Move From Movie Editing to ActingFrom editing ‘Anvil’ to starring in a mumblecore movie.
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    Jim Jones Revue on Their Inspirations, Perspirations“When we went through immigration in Texas, the guy going through my passport asked me if I brought any Kool-Aid with me.”
  10. Second SightA chance meeting with Joan Rivers brings the photographer Flo Fox—disabled for 30 years—back into view.
  11. video
    Best Bad Viral Videos, by Everything is Terrible!From Colby the Christian robot to ‘Scanner Cop’ to break-dancing Duane!
  12. Putting the Funny in Witness ProtectionJon Glaser’s deeply weird Delocated.
  13. nostalgia
    Robert Davi Does Sinatra! Where’s Billy Zabka’s One-Man Show?When will Rutger Hauer come to the stage?
  14. The Rise of Colin QuinnThe comic is appearing in ‘Long Story Short,’ a one-man show about failed empires, produced and directed by Jerry Seinfeld.
  15. Rhythm and BluesHe writes massive hits for other pop stars. Can The-Dream finally do it for himself?
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    5 Toys Deemed Inappropriate for Toy Story 3The film features more than a dozen new characters — but what if several more new candidates were cut along the way?
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    10 ’80s Remakes That Should HappenMovies and TV shows that never caught on to begin with — ones with unrealized potential, just waiting to be dusted off.
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    Lost’s Hurley and Breaking Bad’s Gus: Know Your Chicken MogulsSuch turbulent lives. Such tasty wings.
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    10 Landmark Videos of White Comedy RapHow We Got from Rappin’ Rodney to “Lazy Sunday”
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    6 Most Realistic Music-Journo Movies of All TimeIs it near ‘Almost Famous’? ‘The Idolmaker’? ‘The Doors’?
  21. ensemblahs
    How Many Stars Are Too Many? A Nine-Inspired CalculationA scientific calculation, by way of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and the cautionary tale of ‘All the King’s Men.’
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    Accidental Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed On Going Back to Bloom County“I was arrested for that … So I cartooned instead.”
  23. The Renegade CartoonistEnshrining Berkeley Breathed’s ‘Bloom County.’
  24. Best Summer Ever?After next week, VH1’s pop-culture mavens sign off for the season. So we offered them a chance to comment on the summer’s worthiest targets.
  25. Excess BravadoScreaming Females lead a DIY punk movement in (say what?) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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    Vulture Exclusive: Poster Boy Speaks“Arresting Henry for being Poster Boy is like plucking a strand of Medusa’s hair.”
  27. Music to Your EarsThe best record stores come in small, highly specialized packages.
  28. The Curated BookshelfFor customizing your reading, nothing beats the neighborhood shop.
  29. Slice and DiceOne man’s vandalism is another’s political art. Just ask Poster Boy, the Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups.