At about 20 seconds into the new trailer for Backstreet Boys: Show Em What You're Made Of a disembodied voice (Brian?) asks: "What do you do when you're a full-grown man in a boy band?" This is exactly the kind of question a Backstreet Boys documentary should be asking.

Yesterday morning, anonymous hackers posted an extremely vague threat of violence against cinemas that choose to run The Interview, a Sony Pictures film that might be the cause of their recent hacker troubles. Today, reports indicate the $44 million movie is pretty much called off. (UPDATED)

Last month, a Canadian real-estate bro named Jordan Axani went on Reddit to explain that his girlfriend had broken up with him, leaving their "fairly wicked trip around the world for Christmas" in limbo. The plane tickets didn't require passport verification, and could thus be used by any resident of Canada named Elizabeth Gallagher—would any Liz out there perhaps like to accompany him dans le monde? Strictly platonically, of course. (Of course.)

President Obama announced today the United States is establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending more than a half-century of official hostility. "To the Cuban people, America extends a hand of friendship," Obama said during a nationally televised press conference this afternoon.

In a candid interview published in New York magazine, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder spoke with MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid about his tenure as President Obama’s top justice official.

In its goofiness and free-association, Adult Swim's 4 a.m. Infomercials series feels tailor-made to late nights spent with too much weed. "Unedited Footage of a Bear," the latest installment of the series that "Too Many Cooks" made famous, feels more akin to bath salts.

The growth of Wall Street is detrimental to the health of America. Let's review.

The wailing you heard emanating from Taylor Swift's Tribeca apartment last Friday was not a cat trying to escape Taylor's rigid grasp, but Selena Gomez, who was crying because no one understands her. Not even her boyfriend understands her.

If you try to slip anything past famous masturbation comedian Anna Kendrick, she is going to call you on your bullshit. That's what David Letterman learned when Kendrick felt compelled to point out that a cat toy that appeared earlier in the Late Show was really a furry dildo in disguise.

Below is a roundup of exactly what the headline of this post states from various members of the Gawker editorial staff.

The FDA is warning consumers to "avoid using pure powdered caffeine." Ehhh... no.

With the Colbert Report coming to an end, Stephen Colbert can do whatever the hell he wants, including selling the naming rights to the show to his new beverage sponsor, Dewar's Scotch. If you liked the Colbert Report, you'll love the ColbDewar's Repewars. Especially the new open, which Colbert cannot stop laughing at.

Here's an encouraging statistic: even though law school graduates now have a much better chance of getting a job than they did just a few years ago, the most recent U.S. law school class is the smallest one in 40 years. Are kids actually getting smarter?

The duo of Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon took it all the way back to the summer camp of your '90s childhood last night in a sketch where they landed roughly 1.5 good jokes, one of which was "Remember Third Eye Blind's 'Jumper?'" Pretty good joke.

The Fung Wah Bus, which once shuttled human cargo from New York to Boston for $15 each way and managed somehow to be every bit as reliable as the Greyhound (that is to say: utterly unreliable), will return in early 2015 after more than a year off the road, its attorney told Reason this week.

President Obama announced from the White House this morning that Cuba has released American captive Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in the country for five years.

Russia's economy continues to collapse today, just like yesterday and the day before. You don't think Vladimir Putin is gonna do some crazy shit soon? Take a look at this TV ad.

In an interview with People out today, the President and First Lady discuss their own experiences with racism in light of our current "national discussion of race and racial profiling." Michelle says, "I think people forget that we've lived in the White House for six years. Before that, Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs."

Two cofounders of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. and 12 others were arrested by federal authorities this morning in connection to a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. Steroids tainted with black mold traced back to the compounding pharmacy infected more than 750 people and left 64 dead.

In accordance with the final wishes of a dead Indiana woman, her 9-year-old German Shepherd was scheduled to be put to sleep today so the two could be cremated and buried together—a fate the dog has only temporarily avoided.