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Tiger Blood Drink: 5 Winning Variations on the Charlie Sheen Inspired Beverage

By Steven HofferMar 8th 2011 – 3:55PM

It all started with Charlie Sheen's humble description of his impeccable circulatory system. In a now legendary interview with NBC's Today Show, Sheen boasted that he was not like ordinary people in that "tiger blood" flows through his veins. With his words quickly becoming an internet meme, Sheen decided that putting...

Facebook Profile Picture Meme: From Cartoons to Pedophiles [TIMELINE]

By Steven HofferDec 6th 2010 – 12:39PM

(Dec. 6) -- The Facebook profile cartoon meme is on a viral tear. The campaign encourages users to update their Facebook profile pictures to classic cartoon characters and has evolved from a harmless attempt at creating a nostalgic meme into, according to unconfirmed reports that don't make a lot of sense, an organized...

An Empire Built on Cute Kitties: How LOLcat CEO Ben Huh Changed the Internet

By Billy BakerOct 20th 2010 – 7:00AM
Cheezburger.com

Cheezburger.com

(Oct. 20) -- As the mogul of memes, Ben Huh controls an entire corner of Internet vocabulary. Fail. Photobomb. Squee. Lolcats. A former journalist, Huh, 32, did not create these memes. Nor does he remix the content that continues the process. He just owns the real estate where they go to live. He founded his company, Pet...

Katy Perry Likes Keenan Cahill, and So Should You

By Billy BakerSep 19th 2010 – 2:48PM
YouTube

YouTube

(Sept. 19) -- Keenan Cahill is the most-talked-about freshman at York Community High School. People he doesn't know stop him in the halls to say hi. Girls ask to take his picture. Perez Hilton name-drops him on his blog. Keenan, a 15-year-old from outside Chicago who looks closer to 9, has had a small cult following for...

One Meme to Rule Them All: Meme Team Picks Fave

By Billy BakerSep 5th 2010 – 5:06PM
Denny Renshaw

Denny Renshaw

(Sept. 5) -- The process by which a video goes from simply viral to full-blown meme is somewhere between accidental and inevitable. There's no formula. But increasingly there is a key ingredient: the Gregory Brothers. The musical group (which is actually three brothers and one of their wives) has exploded over the last...

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WATCH: Kids' Make Cute 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Video

May 07th 2012 - 07:10PM

Two children used their commutes to belt out lyrics to Gotye's hit song "Somebody That I Used To Know." The pair are huge fans of the tune and they jumped at the opportunity to create -- and star in -- their very own music video.

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Jason Schmitt: Karmin Holds the Music Business Hostage

May 03rd 2012 - 04:42PM

The music that you make as an art form isn't in trouble at all; it's in great shape.

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Sounds Like? Adele: BearCat

By Meghan Camarena Apr 30th 2012 - 06:06PM

In this week's episode of Sounds Like…, YouTuber Nancepants17 asked if I knew of an artist who sounds like Adele.

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(WATCH) Students Remix Dean's Awkward Youtube Warning Video

Apr 27th 2012 - 12:10PM

Lori Berquam, dean of students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, posted a Youtube video in which she somberly asks students not to attend the school's massive Mifflin Street Block Party, saying she's seen smart students make stupid decisions at the booze fest.

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'Hot Problems' Is Worst Song Ever, A Big Problem For Everyone Else

Apr 20th 2012 - 02:03PM

These "hot" girls' problems are now everyone's problems.

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Background on memes

A meme (; )) is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena.

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