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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See Eerie Photos of New York City’s Abandoned Subway Stations
In case you missed it -- there's a storm a-brewin'! Hurricane Sandy is lurching her way up the coast, heading for us all. Yesterday, the MTA announced it was shutting down trains in NYC at 7 pm and buses at 9pm. Here are some pictures from their official Flickr page taunting us with how delightfully empty all the stations are right now.
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The Best Costumes From ‘HallowMeme 2012′
Halloween may be next week, but Brooklyn's 'Hallowmeme' party got the costumed fun started early. The fourth annual event, put on by the folks at Forced Meme Productions, gives people the chance to dress up like their favorite internet sensations. There were lots of McKayla Maroneys and Psys, but people also repped some less-popular memes as well. Skull Trumpet and High Expectations Asian Father both made appearances, and of course there was a 'Gangnam Style' dance-off and plenty of Honey Boo Boos. Here is all that, plus our personal faves.
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Underwater Dog Photos Immortalized in New Book
To celebrate the release of one of our favorite blogs-turned-books, 'Underwater Dogs,' here are some pictures that helped bring photographer Seth Casteel such great success. If you love them, you can find more in his book, which is available here and makes for much better conversation than your current coffee table book, 'Our Bodies, Ourselves.'
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10 Amazing Halloween Light Shows to Make Your Day
You GUYS! It's almost Halloween! We sincerely love Halloween around here, in case you hadn't noticed. Here's one way we've been getting into the spirit of the season -- awesome Halloween light shows. Some of them are more traditional ('The Haunted Manion,' 'Monster Mash'), whereas other are scary in a more timely way -- what could be more terrifying than a giant light-up neon pumpkin singing 'Call Me Maybe'?
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‘Gangnam Style’ Turns Spooky in Halloween Light Show
We've seen a lot of incarnations of Psy's 'Gangnam Style.' Even still, we never predicted we would see the song in spooky Halloween light show form.
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Disney Unveils First Latina Princess
Disney has announced that their newest princess is Latina. Her name is Sofia and she'll be voiced by 'Modern Family's' Ariel Winter. She makes her first appearance in a Disney Channel movie on November 18th called 'Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.'
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Watch the Worst Game Show Answers in TV History
This is how people humiliated themselves on television before reality TV. This compilation takes the best of people's hilariously embarrassing wrong answers from game shows old and new and puts them all in one place
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Will Ferrell Crashes Chelsea Handler’s Show
"I've been on twice. Two of the worst days of my life. And I've been to jail six times," were the words Will Ferrell had to offer when he crashed 'Chelsea Lately' in a golf cart wearing a Cubs shirt. Then he tried to leave, and did a hilarious 20 million point turn to exit
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Obama and Romney ‘Sing’ Katy Perry’s ‘Hot and Cold’
Last night's presidential debate was a little intense. This video ought to make you feel better. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney coming together to perform Katy Perry's 'Hot and Cold.'
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Conan Spoofs Brad Pitt’s Ridiculous Chanel No. 5 Ad
Brad Pitt has made an ... interesting commercial for Chanel No. 5. Did we say "interesting"? We meant "what is going on here?" Conan O'Brien decided to poke a little fun at the ad on his show last night. It's so ridiculous he didn't have to change much to make a joke. See the original below if you don't believe us.
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Honey Boo Boo Supports Obama, Spazzes Out on Local News Show
She seems like she's just decided this during her interview with Jimmy Kimmel on her show, but perhaps Honey Boo Boo Child has been cheering for Barack Obama all along.
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Hilarious Montage of ‘Ellen’ Scares Will Make Your Day
Ellen DeGeneres is always doing her part to brighten spirits. Fortunately this sometimes comes at the expense of a famous person's dignity. Here is a montage of a bunch of times Ellen had somebody sneak up behind a guest and scare them. Oh, and sometimes it's just Ellen lurking in a bath