Starbucks Responds To Slowing Economy With $7 Cup Of Coffee

The unemployment rate in October was 7.9 percent, that totals about 12.3 million Americans that are unemployed, but that hasn't stopped coffee juggernaut Starbucks from introducing a $7 cup of coffee according to the Washington Post. If you don't want to purchase the seven dollar 16-ounce grande coffee you can opt for the six dollar 12-ounce tall instead to save a couple of your hard earned dollars. You can also have the option to brew at home if you purchase half-pound of the rare Costa Rican coffee called Geisha for $40.

I'm more of a Dunkin Donuts guy myself, but sometimes I choose to "Trust The Local Flavor" of Honey Dew Donuts. However, it doesn't mean there isn't a market for the most expensive coffee Starbucks has ever brewed. The Starbucks customer is now looking at coffee as one would wine. Pretty soon you're going to be hearing the terms "buttery" and "oak" when discussing coffees. You laugh, but this isn't far off.

The Empire State Building's LED Light Show

The Empire State Building, to show off its new LED lights, put on its first ever "light show" on November 26, 2012 at 9PM. The light show was synchronized to Alicia Keys songs Girl is on Fire and Empire State of Mind.

The lighting system, created by Philips Color Kinetics, can generate 16 million colors, and create effects such as ripples, bursts, sweeps, sparkles, cross-fades, strobes and chasers.

Video shot from Hoboken, NJ.

Music in the background was playing on the radio which was simulcast on several radio stations in New York City at the same time.

Batman VS Sherlock Holmes - Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2

Taking two pop culture icons and having them go at each other in an epic rap battle? Check. Including their somewhat controversial side kicks in the verbal destruction? Check. Throwing in well known catch phrases from multi-million dollar film franchises? Check.

Check out Batman versus Sherlock Holmes below as they lay a lyrical assault on each other.

Mitt Romney & Obama Final Debate "Songified"

Not sure if the TMT readers have seen these Songified videos yet, but these creative bastards did the same thing with the other two Presidential Debates. Pretty funny stuff. View below and let me know if you agree.

An Ode to Full House by Tom Hanks

Thirty-one years ago, James Stewart appeared on The Tonight Show and read a poem about his dog Beau. Funny, touching, eloquently read; it spoke to that generation of dominant TV watchers - our parents and grandparents.

In 2012, Tom Hanks (repeatedly labeled the living successor to Stewart – misguided view or not) has his answer. A slam poem about Full House on Late Night, speaking to our generation because we watched that awful(ly watchable) sitcom and love our pop-culture jokes. Since I represent said generation, I laughed.

But nobody trumps Johnny Carson. Least of all Jimmy Fallon. Advantage, Stewart.

Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney - Epic Rap Battles Of History Season 2

I remember when I first discovered these videos during the height of season 1, I was up have the night watching them and proceeding to Tweet and post them on my friends Facebook pages. I think some are still recovering bandwith from that night.

Of course the pimped out impressionist rappers had to come up with a battle featuring Mitt Romney & Barack Obama right? Hysterical. Watch and laugh below.

Want to be in "Annie"? That'll Cost You $30,000.

Despite having absolutely no acting or singing capabilities whatsoever, my friends and I probably would have done anything to be in Annie when we were kids.  Between the original stage musical and the two movie versions (I've been a fan since the 1982 movie, which I recently picked up on blu-ray), Annie was the show that turned us into the showtune-loving psychopaths that we are today.

Well, a 35th Anniversary revival of Annie is about to open on Broadway, and the Neiman Marcus holiday catalog - famous for ultra-expensive 'fantasy' gifts like jet packs, limited edition sports cars, and million dollar watches that only Daddy Warbucks himself could possibly afford, is offering a walk-on role at a performance of the show for the bargain basement price of only $30,000.  Leapin' Lizards, indeed!

To be fair, the price does include six tickets to the show for family and friends, as well as dinner with one of the producers (and who wouldn't want that?), and the proceeds will be donated to both the Pajama Program, which helps kids in need, and the Pedigree Foundation, which helps shelter dogs find homes.  So while $30,000 will get you a nice dinner and your Broadway debut while six of your closest family and friends are most likely laughing at you, you'll also be helping some real-life Annies and Sandys, and that's a good thing.  And it's still cheaper than the jet pack.

For the rest of us, Annie is currently in previews at the Palace Theatre on Broadway, and opens on November 7.  I'm quite looking forward to this, since I've actually never seen the stage version:

Big Bird Goes Political In Campaign Ad

I'm not one to discuss politics open and honestly, especially on a website geared towards film. I personally like to poke fun at both parties due to the fact that I largely fall in the middle. That being said, politics is a very serious subject to some people, but I like when one of the parties can bring some funny into the sometimes stagnant process. Check out the Big Bird heavy video approved by the president himself. How can you not laugh at this?

CM Punk Hits Fan During WWE Monday Night Raw

Wrestlers in the WWE get paid to smash people's faces in on a weekly basis in a ring. Their whole life is connected with violence. Sure there are going to people who scream out, "It's fake!" Yes. I know it's not the wrestling you are watching on television might not be considered a sport. There are storylines and quite a bit of acting in and outside of the ring involved, but the participants are athletes. So when drunken fans start to whack a wrestler when he is trying to land his bit, this is what happens.

Replacement Refs Get Ripped On Via Song Parody

I know some of my fellow nerds don't watch sports and think an "interception" is a sequel to Inception but I can't get enough of the NFL. It makes for a nice 4 weeks leading up to my other favorite sport, hockey, which as some of you might know is experiencing some technical difficulties of it it's own. Whats up strike?

The NFL wasn't in much of a rush to get some real referees back on the field, that is until Monday night's debacle in the waning seconds of the Seahawks versus Packers game. It was an interception folks, and the replacements blew it. Cut to tonight, the real referees are back just in time for Thursday Night Football. That won't stop this sort of funny parody below though.