If you’re not 15, you’re forgiven if you don’t know who the hell these seemingly pre-pubescent boys are – and why girls go gaga for them. Their clean, fresh faced looks and side-swept hairdos – not to mention their obviously manufactured boyband vibe – make it just too easy for non-believers (non-Directioners?) to ridicule them; it was only a matter of time before a parody surfaced.

Nintendo recently released a commercial (or is it?) starring Joel Mchale and a herd of unlikely characters to promote the new Nintendo 3DS. The ad starts out with Joel insisting that the video goes viral who then proceeds to perform stunts which are typically viral-inducing including requesting a baby panda, kicking an intern and pulling in a bevy of bikini-clad females.

You’ve probably noticed some friends posting a video on Twitter or Facebook about this and wondered what it was. Whether you’ve watched it or have yet to make that 30-minute time commitment, here’s a quick summary: KONY 2012 is a film released by Invisible Children to spread the word on Ugandan guerrilla group leader and head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony.

With the 84th Annual Academy Awards just around the corner, Oscar.com recently posted this comical video of Mike Myers teaching actor Kevin Kline how to hold an Oscar statuette. Produced by Funny or Die, the clip sees Myers as Sir Cecil Worthington, a hoity-toity Oscar etiquette coach.

We know that Adele’s songs are full of sorrow and despair and all the stuff sad songs are made of. But in the midst of all this hurt and suffering, doesn’t a small part of you wonder who this 'bastard' is? Who is this unthinkable monster who conveniently broke the heart of the music industry's crown jewel? Well, he's now taken to Twitter to tell his side of the story.

The folksy M Ward of She & Him fame has released an animated video for the first single off his forthcoming solo record ‘A Wasteland Companion’ – a follow-up to 2009’s ‘Hold Time’. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact message being conveyed in ‘The First Time I Ran Away’, but we feel a sense of calm – coupled with a bit of sadness – after watching the video and listening to the single for the first time.