Here are some links to help you get through your afternoon:
1. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are still adorable together, may the force be with them [Digg]
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And the tumblr shipping of Stewart and Colbert grew five times in size on this day.
2. Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Vision will fight in Avengers: Age of Ultron [EW]
More details are coming out about the plot to the next Avengers movie including the roles that Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Vision will have in Marvel’s next blockbustery-blockbuster.
Said director Joss Whedon, “They’re on Team Ultron, which makes things really hard for the Avengers because all of sudden they’re dealing with powers that they’re not used to.”
3. The MTV VMAs Love Them Some Beyonce [Variety]
Beyonce leads the pack in nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards this year with eight. Eminem and Iggy Azalea trailed Bey with seven nominations a piece. The videos up for video of the year are Beyonce and Jay Z’s “Drunk in Love”, Pharell’s omnipresent “Happy”, Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX’s stupidly popular “Fancy”, Miley Cyrus’ underrated “Wrecking Ball” and Sia’s “Chandelier.”
4. Dorkly nails the most annoying thing about items in Mario Kart 8 [Dorkly]
There are eight but here’s the highlights.
I think everyone groans when a lightning bolt happens. Even the guy who uses it hates it.
No, the blue shell is awesome. Mostly because I’m usually never in first place.
The timing on this thing is the worst. There’s a split second difference between boosting into your own bomb and triggering the star before you get hit by one of your own green shells.
5. Baseball is boring, says baseball player [Deadspin]
Even baseball players find baseball to be a tedious sport to watch. Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon told the Washington Post that he’d rather do plenty of other things than watch the sport that he’s made into a career.
“I don’t watch baseball — it’s too long and boring,” Rendon said.
6. “Another One Bites the Dust” sung by movie screams [AV Club]
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I think taking the time to edit this would have caused me to scream. Props to Youtube user Ryan Mitchell for presumably not going insane while making this video a reality.
7. Weird Al Yankovic with the inevitable “Fancy” parody “Handy” [Yahoo!]
This is so much better than the original and I don’t even mind “Fancy” (mostly due to Charli XCX).
