As college tuition rates in the U.S. continue to climb higher and higher every year, Germany is switching things up by offering you a degree for free.

No, that is not a typo. According to Fusion, Europe’s leading lederhosen enthusiasts decided last week to open up the floodgates for everyone, international students included, to attend any of their public universities at zero charge. Zip. Zilch. Nothing. Nada. Not a penny, nor a euro.

However, even a freebie comes without a few caveats. Before you start booking your flight to Munich, here are a few things you should consider doing.

1.) Get fluent in the language.

Don’t expect the professor to slow down class because you can’t decipher a verb tense. Just like international students on our home turf, you need to understand the words that are coming out of their mouths. For a free, yet actually effective resource, check out Duolingo.

2.) Secure your living quarters.

German students typically live at home while attending university, so dormitory space is very hard to come by. Think of all German campuses as “commuter colleges,” and find yourself a rental.

3.) Find your niche, now.

We’ve fallen into a habit of “exploring” majors in the U.S., often not even declaring our routes of study until junior year (and then changing it three more times anyway). In Germany, you apply to be accepted into a major and you take the prescribed courses of said ...

By Andres Tardio

The Based God’s Curse might be rearing its head yet again.

Talk of Lil B’s curse on Kevin Durant intensified over the weekend after the NBA star suffered a fracture in his right foot that is set to keep him sidelined for more than a month. Following news of KD’s injury, Lil B mocked the sharp shooter on Twitter.

But, it was all good between the two just a couple weeks ago.

As recently as September, Kevin Durant said he was “cool” with Lil B despite their ongoing feud, which started in 2011 when the Oklahoma City Thunder star insulted the rapper’s music. That was all it took to catch The Based God’s dreaded curse.

By 2012, it seemed as though Lil B had lifted the curse. Thunder fans were finally able to breath a sigh of relief.

But that all changed earlier this year, when he released “F–k KD,” a diss track aimed at the reigning MVP. The song contains lines like, “I like Roc Nation and I love Jay Z/ But on West Side, I’m screaming ‘F–k KD.’”

In the meantime, it seems Durant is staying positive. On Sunday (October 12), Durant offered words that are sure to encourage Thunder fans everywhere.

We wonder what The Based God, who recently revealed an Emoji-inspired app, has to say about that.

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Halloween is tough as it is. But when there are only so many prominent female figures in pop culture at the moment, you’re likely to find yourself in a squabble or two about who calls dibs on being Beyonce for Halloween. If this sounds like you and your friends, we have a solution for you! Why don’t you each pick a version of Queen Bey from her visual album which dropped December of last year (just too late to be a 2013 Halloween costume contender)? This way, everyone gets to be Beyonce! At least for a night.

Think that sounds like a lot of work or like you’ll be dropping a lot of coin to look like Her Royal Bey-ness? It’s really not, we promise. We even did most of the heavy-lifting for you already—peep our costume shopping guides for “Pretty Hurts,” “Haunted,” “Blow,” “No Angel,” “Mine,” “***Flawless,” and “Grown Woman” below!

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+ Dress: Rosewe yellow bandage dress ($20)
+ Sash: Blank white satin sash ($3)
+ Marker: Black Sharpie permanent marker ($7/dozen)
+ Gloves: White elbow-length gloves ($7)
+ Earrings: Triple drop dangle rhinestone earrings ($9)

Haunted

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Trusted ESPN analysts don’t mince their words when it comes to Monday Night Football, so why should Simone Kelly beat around the bush when it comes to her take on “Are You the One?” Season 2?

The sassy spitfire, who’s about as shy as dynamite, has generously agreed to serve as MTV News’ own “AYTO” correspondent through the current batch of episodes, and last week, she proved she’s got no intention of sitting on the fence.

Have things changed for Episode 2? Don’t hold your breath.

In the latest episode of “Simone Says” below, the vet tackles Dario committing a Shelby-robbery, why “AYTO” is starting to look like “Mean Girls” and why Tyler‘s gotta learn to keep her head up. Listen to her take, tell us if you agree with her stances and stay tuned to the next “Are You the One?” episode next Monday night at 10/9c!

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When contestants enter the “Are You the One?” dating fray, they often gravitate toward someone quickly — look no further than instantaneous lovebirds Paris and Pratt, as well as Brandon and 11th girl Christina. But on tonight’s episode, Briana and Curtis, who seemingly flew under the radar for the first few days, made a connection all their own.

Sure, the chemistry was evident — just look at the passion during their first smooch at a rowdy house party. Heck, C even deemed it as “fantastic and awesome.”

But physical attraction aside, it was how the handsome duo bonded on an emotional level that gave us serious flashbacks to “AYTO” Season 1 newlyweds, and parents-to-be, Amber and Ethan. During Briana and Curtis’ first getaway date, they spoke about their childhoods, as well as their hopes for a family of their own. But their relationship was elevated to another level when the brunette beauty trusted the sensitive nice guy enough to open up about a deeply personal experience: her painful miscarriage.

“I was supposed to be a mom,” Briana admitted. “It was [like] the most traumatizing experience of my life. I felt like when I started dating someone else, I just didn’t want them to feel like I was used already.”

Curtis, who was appreciative of Bri’s honesty, assured her that she shouldn’t feel that way.

“I can’t presume to imagine the feelings that she carries,” he explained in ...

Iron Man and Captain America back together again? Marvel fans should start getting their hopes up immediately.

According to Variety, Robert Downey, Jr., the man who brought billionaire playboy Tony Stark to life on the big screen, is nearing a deal to join the cast of “Captain America 3.”

Should the deal go through, it’s likely that he and Chris Evans’ first Avenger will bring the fabled Civil War storyline to the silver screen, opening up a new phase of Marvel Studios’ blockbusters to the already extremely profitable lineup.

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The plot will reportedly center on the Stark Industries genius feuding with Steve Rogers over the controversial Superhero Registration Act, which forces anyone with superhuman abilities to report their identity to the United States government in order to police the public for federal authorities.

Stark is onboard, but the kid from Brooklyn is not, citing fears that the Act criminalizes people like him if they don’t sign up. The storyline would therefore make Stark the de facto villain of the film.

In addition to Iron Man turning heel, Frank Grillo will likely return as Crossbones.

“I can’t divulge who is going to be in the film, but I think fans are going to freak out when they hear about it,” Anthony Russo, who directed “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” with brother, Joe, told Movies.com last month.

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Surprisingly, Downey, who is already locked in to bring his beloved character to “The ...

On Monday (October 13), Tyler Posey popped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, and at one point he was wearing nothing more than a teeny, tiny pair of bright-pink undies.

Hold my purse a moment while I howl at the moon.

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Mr. “Teen Wolf” himself stripped down to his skivvies all in the name of charity. The ab-tastic actor perched his gloriously tanned physique over a dunk tank filled with water to help raise money for breast cancer research.

Pop star-turned-folk singer Pink was charged with trying to dunk Tyler by hurling pink balls at a target. However, she proved to be a pretty bad shot, and after five failed attempts the singer sauntered up to the bullseye and manually sent Posey splashing down.

Real men wear pink — and not much else.

Wet teenage werewolves. Support for breast cancer research. Wins all around!

Watch the glorious clip in full below.

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Longtime musical collaborators Fat Joe and Jennifer Lopez reunite in a luxe New York City nightclub in a new teaser for their upcoming music video for “Stressin”.

The clip, which the Don Cartagena posted to Instagram on Monday (October 13) barely plays past the opening credits, giving you just enough of a taste to get excited for the full Eif Rivera-directed video’s arrival.

In the caption, Joe writes that the “Stressin” video will premiere this coming Friday. The full version of the Rico Love-produced banger will appear on Joey’s upcoming eleventh studio album.

The two artists have collaborated in the past, notably on J.Lo’s “Hold You Down” from 2005 and 2000′s “Feelin’ So Good,” which also featured the late Big Pun.

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“Two Broke Girls” star Kat Dennings and singer-songwriter Josh Groban are officially dating.

After making their first public appearance together at the 2014 Carousel Of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills on Saturday (October 12), the new couple took DTR — that’s “defining the relationship” — to new heights by making their status “Instagram official” the following night.

“I ship it,” Dennings captioned a photo of the two.

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Groban echoed her sentiments with his own pic, saying: “I ship it too.”

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Congratulations to the happy couple! First Ariana and Big Sean, and now Kat and Josh? Cuffing season appears to be in full effect.

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Forget scooping out all those messy pumpkin innards to carve a ghoulish Jack-o’-lantern this Halloween. A California farmer has come up with a far less messy alternative that he’s calling the “Pumpkenstein.”

Thanks to Tony Dighera of Cinagro (that’s “organic” spelled backwards — don’t lie, you didn’t catch it at first either) Farms in Fillmore, California, trick-or-treaters can buy special pumpkins grown in the shape of Frankenstein’s head for the low, low price of $100.

“Without giving the whole thing away, it’s grown in a mold, obviously,” Dighera told KTLA News. “The fruit has to be placed in a mold at a certain time, at a certain size. If you can imagine as the fruit grows, it moves, and if it’s too small and moves too much, it snaps the stem and they quit growing.”

Dighera’s monstrous pumpkins take about three-and-a-half months to grow in special molds that he created after four years of painstaking trial and error.

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Buyers can pick up a Pumpkinstein at Whole Foods and Gelson’s super markets or on Cinagro’s website. “We are shipping them, it’s gone absolutely crazy, all over the world…Dubai, Japan, all over,” Dighera said.

In addition to the pumpkins, Dighera’s organic farm also grows and sells edible, cube-shaped watermelons. Though Pumpkinsteins might be all the rage this season, next year Cinagro will add — wait for it — white pumpkins shaped like skulls to the inventory.

But, when ...