Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
For the video for her song "Bad Blood," Taylor Swift had many of her famous friends make cameos. Their work paid off - it won video of the year at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Prime Minister David Cameron will step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Mr. Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downing Street, in which he said he will attempt to "steady the ship" over the coming weeks and months, but that "fresh leadership" is needed.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Aubrey Plaza and David Letterman talk about both of their shows coming to an end. Now that her show Parks and Recreation is over, Aubrey in particular has some ideas about what she might pursue.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Aubrey surprises David Letterman when she reveals the story of the film she's in alongside Hollywood superstar Robert De Niro. The conversation then turns to drinking and the host talks candidly about his past.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
On Graham Norton’s chat show, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who first came to prominence as “The Naked Chef," talks with movie stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence about his learning disability, and his unlikely rise to becoming Britain’s number one best-selling nonfiction author.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, USA
Actor Tom Cruise joins talk show host Graham Norton on the couch and co-stars Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly by video to discuss the release of Top gun: Maverick thirty years after the original movie Top Gun.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, USA
Miles Teller claims that Tom Cruise never warned him about the rigors of making a new Top Gun movie, and Jennifer Connelly admits to a secret fear she felt unable to reveal before filming began.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, USA
Tom Cruise tells about his experience flying in an F-14 fighter jet. It's an experience not for the faint of heart, and requires a strong stomach!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
@TheEllenShow: How do you throw a party for Bruno Mars? You planet.
;-) Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson were on "The Ellen Show" for an incredible reenactment of the video for their unstoppable song! Everyone got in on the fun. Listen closely to captions 60 and 61: Does Bruno say "Ellie" or "L.A."? Please tell us your opinion.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
A ventriloquist, a frog... and an eloquent work study offering this repetition with Bobby Goldsboro to be a guaranteed success.
Difficulty:
Advanced
United Kingdom
In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded Britain and brought with him fancy French words to add to the English language.
Difficulty:
Advanced
United Kingdom
This video shows us that Shakespeare invented over 2000 new words and phrases, such as "eyeball," "anchovy," and "puppy."
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Created in 1611, The King James Bible permanently shaped the English language with new phrases that are still in use today. How many of them do you know?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
In the 17th Century, scientific research influenced the invention of English words relating to physics, chemistry, and anatomy.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
A look at how lexicographers started creating the Dictionary of the English Language to ensure that everyone spelled words correctly and knew their correct definition.
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