Culture Archive
Archives for December 2014


Each December, mash-up artist DJ Earworm creates a mash-up of the songs that he thinks defined the pop music year in the United States.


The Suicide Squad doesn’t have the pop culture recognition of the Justice League, the Avengers, or even the Guardians of the Galaxy. You might have some questions. We have answers.


It all has to do with aspect ratios. What are those? Read on.


Mountains of private data were stolen from the company by hackers who may have been working for North Korea.


The binary number format YouTube uses to count views tops out at 2,147,483,647 views. And “Gangnam Style” recently surpassed that figure.


In 2014, this addictive song was pretty much one with the air we breathed.


David Ehrlich’s 2014 video countdown is amazing.


Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere.


Plus, Mark Zuckerberg’s first reaction to the Oculus Rift, Lyft gets the Al Franken treatment and a great video called Time Trap.




The inspiration for the service? The epic rant by the Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman.


Toy Story That Time Forgot will make you believe in ‘80s action figures again.

Is the Pope moving the Church toward a greater openness to gay and lesbian couples?


From critics prizes to industry awards to the Golden Globes, these ceremonies set the Oscar agenda.


In no world is U2’s Songs of Innocence the best album of 2014.