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Friendly Squirrel Jumps Onto an Unsuspecting UPS Driver in the Doorway Who Was Delivering a Package
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
While making a delivery to the Chicago home of Amanda Atkins, an unsuspecting UPS driver named Oscar Luciano was happily dancing in place when a …
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Pop Culture
Millennials Struggle to Open Cans of Tuna on 'Kimmel'
Complex - BySarah Jasmine Montgomery
Those darn kids these days. As you may know, millennials are responsible for ruining the housing market, cruises, napkins, eating out, movie …
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Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill thinks Lady Gaga's canned "100 people in a room" quote is proof enough that she's a good actor
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
Lady Gaga got roasted a bit recently (we weren’t innocent) for using variations on the same phrase over and over again on her A Star Is Born press …
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Crossword Puzzles
The New York Times Puzzle Expert Demonstrates the Deliberate Process Behind Creating Crossword Puzzles
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
In the third episode of Wired Masterminds, puzzle expert (cruciverbalist) and magician David Kwong explains and demonstrates the deliberate process …
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Kidnapping
Website jokes about kidnapped women held as sex slaves in holiday-themed post
New York Post - By Joshua Rhett Miller
A website promoting events in Cleveland apologized for its “inexcusable and inappropriate” holiday-themed Facebook post that referenced three women …
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El Chapo
El Chapo's Wife Opens Up About Her Husband's Drug Trafficking Trial
Complex - ByJoshua Espinoza
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has become one of history's most notorious drug lords; however, his wife insists her husband's reputation is merely a …
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Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis to star in Possible R-rated Die Hard sequel
The A.V. Club - Tamika Jones
Die Hard fans have been through a lot. Die Hard was well-received by both the critical community and the general public when it was released in 1988, …
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Animated Movies
A Determined Crocheted Dinosaur Unravels Himself to Save the Love of Its Life From Drowning in a Well
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
In the short animation “Lost and Found” by Australian filmmaker Goldy, a crocheted green dinosaur woke up from a good night’s sleep and blew a kiss …
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Sexual Harassment
'Time' Awards Person of the Year to Group of Journalists it Dubs the 'Guardians'
Complex - ByTara Mahadevan
Time Magazine revealed its 2018 Person of the Year on Tuesday, a group of journalists named “The Guardians,” given to individuals “who have taken …
Michael Zauzigadded this to Machine Learning and The Future
Deep Learning
Deep learning technology fulfills its destiny, swaps Cage and Travolta in Face/Off
The A.V. Club - Reid McCarter
Deep learning (or deep fakes) technology, which has frightened and amused people in more or less equal measure since it first started popping up on …
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Stormy Daniels
Stormy Daniels Ordered to Pay Trump's Legal Fees In Defamation Lawsuit
Complex - ByAlex Galbraith
A judge has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay President Donald Trump's legal fees after her defamation case was dismissed. The ruling puts Daniels on the …
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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury Soundalike Marc Martel Performs an Amazing Cover of ‘We Are the Champions’ on Piano
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
Musician Marc Martel, whose voice is so highly reminiscent of the legendary Freddie Mercury that his vocals were featured as Mercury’s in the biopic …
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Neo-nazism
Neo-Nazi Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Heather Heyer in Charlottesville
Complex - BySarah Jasmine Montgomery
After being convicted of first-degree murder on Friday, James Alex Fields Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering Heather Heyer at the …
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal to star in remake of claustrophobic Danish thriller The Guilty
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
Jake Gyllenhaal is the best kind of movie star. He’ll play Mysterio in the upcoming Spider-Man sequel, but he’ll also champion smaller, stranger …
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Assassin's Creed
The producer behind the bad Assassin’s Creed movie to make a bad Duke Nukem movie
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
It was nearly a year ago that we reported on the possibility of WWE legend and burgeoning movie star John Cena starring in a Paramount adaptation of …
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TV
Kathie Lee Gifford is leaving Today, shattering the biggest friendship in news
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
Hoda Kotb’s star is on the rise at NBC, with her getting Matt Lauer’s spot on the Today deskafter he was fired at the beginning of the year, but her …
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Roads
Atlanta Suburb With Miles of Asphalt Paths Encourages Use of Golf Carts as a Primary Means of Transportation
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
The always traveling Tom Scott visited with Vanessa Fleisch, the proud mayor of Peachtree City, Georgia. Peachtree City is a planned community 20 …
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Columbia University
Columbia University Denounces Student's Racist Tirade
Complex - ByJoshua Espinoza
Columbia University officials have responded to a viral video in which one of their students is seen delivering a racist rant. A group of …
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Ali Wong
Comedian Ali Wong flocks to the Birds Of Prey movie
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Warner Bros.’ upcoming Margot Robbie vehicle Birds Of Prey continues to add some fun names to its roster of superheroic performers this week, with The …
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United Kingdom
Tegan and Sara are releasing a memoir next year
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
Tegan and Sara helped blaze the trail for what we know as indie pop, and now the sisters will dig into both their careers and their personal lives in …
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Comedy Central
Comedy Central cancels Detroiters after two seasons
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
Detroiters star and co-creator Sam Richardson has announced via Twitter that Comedy Central’s much-loved, little-watched Detroiters will not be …
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Touching Film About a Talented But Anxious Man Who Creates Tiny Stage Performances With Action Figures
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
“David’s Voice” by Chad Carbone and Graham Hill, is a truly touching, thought provoking short film about David Worobec, a classically trained …
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Pop Culture
Atlanta United Brought the MLS Cup to Magic City Strip Club
Complex - BySpencer Lund
Atlanta United won the 2018 MLS Cup despite some who think the path they took there was a bit fishy. While ATL is known as a hub for all sorts of …
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Captain America
How Captain America Embodies the Spirit of the United States’ Best Self Due to an Unbending Moral Code
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
In a valorous episode of the incredibly insightful video series ScreenPrism, narrators Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough talk about how the …
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Marvel Studios
Scott Derrickson is coming back to direct Doctor Strange 2 for a tentative 2021 release
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Seemingly confirming yet another Marvel hero who’ll almost certainly make it out of Avengers: Endgame alive, Marvel Studios has lined up production …
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Mashups
A Mesmerizing Mashup of 2018 Movie Trailers
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
Video editor Louis Plamondon aka Sleepy Skunk has released his annual movie trailer mashup for the year 2018. This year’s mashup is incredibly …
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Voyager 2
The NASA Voyager 2 Probe Exits the Heliosphere to Enter Interstellar Space 11 Billion Miles From Earth
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
On August 20, 1977, the NASA Voyager 2 Probe launched into space to study other planets. After passing through the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, …
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Christmas Eve
The Story of How Three Astronauts Aboard Apollo 8 Went ‘Round the Moon and Back’ on Christmas 1968
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 8 launch, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shares the story of this historic mission, which took …
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Trailers
Mahershala Ali gets old in the new trailer for True Detective's third season
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
This new trailer for the third season of HBO’s True Detective tells us a couple of interesting things. There’s no specific information about the …
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Ted Bundy
Netflix is getting on that hot Ted Bundy content train
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Netflix has just signed up for some fresh new content about America’s most boyish, Zac Efron-y serial killer, with THR reporting tonight that the …