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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Interracial Couple in Cheerios Commercial Brings Out the Internet Racists
Look at that -- a cute video about a little girl who loves her daddy. JK! IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT HOW "NON-WHITES" ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE WORLD!! At least according to the racist internet monsters who said so many horrible things in the comments section of this video that Cheerios scrubbed and disabled them.
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10 Intense Kid Faces from the Scribbs National Spelling Bee
Yesterday was the culmination of hours of hard work and studying at the Scribbs National Spelling Bee. Before Arvind Mahankali won the title of champion (like a bawse, it's worth noting), kids from across the country came together to experience some extreme competition.
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Watch Steve Carell Prank Ellen’s DJ as Gru from ‘Despicable Me’
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Prancercise Is the Latest Horse-Inspired Workout Trend for Maniacs
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Patrick Stewart Discusses Charity Work, Removes Any Doubt That He’s Awesome
A 'Star Trek' fan at Comicpalooza in Houston, Texas, got the chance to ask Sir Patrick Stewart what he thinks the most important work he's done outside of acting has been. It turned out to be a very good question, eliciting a nearly eight-minute response about Stewart's work to help women who are victims of violence and soldiers who suffer PTSD.
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Wedding Party Takes Greatest Photo in History of Weddings
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Sloth Facing Is a Disturbing New Meme
Here's a nice, unsettling thing to look at: "Sloth-facing," also known as "Quasimoderping." Basically, you just move the eyes around a picture until it looks like a sloth and you are laughing/scared. It's pretty big on the internet right now, thanks to Redditor treverhaas, whose album of sloth-faced celebrities picked up some steam.
Of course, subreddit /r/quasimoderp have been doing this (more or less) for about seven months now, so there are lots of good celbrisloths floating around on the internet. Here are some of our favorites:
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Grumpy Cat Is Getting Her Own Movie Whether She Likes It Or Not
Everyone's favorite miserable cat is finally getting her own movie. No, not Garfield. There have been two Garfield movies already. Where have you been? But it has been announced that Tard herself, aka Grumpy Cat, is the inspiration for a 'Garfield'-like live-action movie.
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Dylan Sprouse Explains How Disney Ruined ‘Suite Life’
If you're all broken up about the end of 'The Suite Life of Zach and Cody' -- or its spin-off 'The Suite Life on Deck -- this probably won't make you feel any better. If you have never given any thought whatsoever to that show (like us), it's still a pretty interesting insight into how the Mouse House does business.
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Baby Mugging Is What You Should Actually Take Pictures of Babies Doing
If you're not taking advantage of your baby's pliability and lack of motor control skills to pose them for silly photographs, frankly we don't understand why you even had kids. If for no other reason than to post a picture of your kid to Facebook every once in a while that is actually entertaining, instead of just sharing "the magic" of a 10-month-old eating pie. Of course they like it -- it's pie.