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By Jordyn Taylor 6/18 11:05am

John Mayer’s New Music Video Inexplicably Stars the Prancercise Lady

Today in news that literally makes no sense, it appears that John Mayer’s latest music video stars the Prancercise lady—as in, the lady who developed an exercise regime based off the movement of horses, and who might actually believe she is a horse. We’ll give you a second to sit with that.

Mr. Mayer’s team announced Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 3/01/11 4:26pm

App for That

GroupMe: In-App Chat Is In; John Mayer Jokes Are Out

Employees at New York’s buzzmagnet start-up GroupMe are masters of discipline! The companypushed major updates this morning exactly when they said they would, along with a new website that’s straight from the computers on the spaceships of the future.

First, the app. What was yesterday a group text messaging and conference call Read More

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