Emerald Catron
Emerald Catron has written for Asylum, Lemondrop, MyDaily and Daily Fill. She is one half of rap duo Dem Shortybooz and is a comedic performer around NYC. Follow her on Twitter @emeraldcatron
Emerald Catron
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Google Honors Maurice Sendak With Whimsical Doodle
Today would've been the 85th birthday of beloved children's author Maurice Sendak, who passed away last year. In his honor, Google made this amazing, elaborate Google Doodle.
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12 Pairs of Animal Best Friends
We don't know what the weather's like where you are, but it is a chilly, grey, rainy Monday here, so we need this. In fact, even if it's totally gorgeous where you are, these pictures and GIFs of animal best buds is probably worth a look. First of all, they're really cute. Secondly, they'll probably cheer you up. Last, why wouldn't you want to see a seal cuddling a penguin?! Enjoy!
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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 our list so early in the day.
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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.
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The Best Vines of June (So Far)
Sure, it's only the first week of June, but here are the best vines of June. Listen, we know it's crazy, but that's what this video is called. So either the rest of the Vines this month are not going to be this funny, everybody is going to take a Vinecation until July, or they're just going to keep adding more and more Vines to the end of this video each week
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Comedian Nathan Fielder Gets Teens to Play STD Prank on Parents
Comedian Nathan Fielder is making good use of his power on Twitter. He's been coming up with a number of pranks for people to play on their parents/friends and having them send him the often-hilarious results. This time he told his legion of followers to text their parents asking if it's illegal not to tell somebody you gave them an STD and say they were asking for a friend. These are the results. Keep fighting the good fight, Nathan Fielder.
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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.
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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
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Brian Williams Rapping ‘Nuthin’ But a G Thang’ Is So Wrong It’s Right
Well, you don't see this every day. Unless you come back every day and watch this video again. But let's not get caught up in particulars. Let's just watch Jimmy Fallon's very successful mashup of Brian Williams clips that makes him rap the lyrics to 'Nuthin' But a G Thang' by Dr. Dre. If he sounds this good when he's not even t
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Here’s the Perfect Alternate Ending to the ‘Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding Episode
**SPOILERS** NSFW SPOILERS! Do not watch this video if you haven't seen the latest 'Game of Thrones,' are at work, or just don't think you can sit through the whole thing again. If none of these apply to you, we highly recommend you watch this video. It is hilarious. Otherwise, sorry.
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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?!
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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.