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Apr 24, 2018
Identical twins Randy and Jason Sklar released a new audio documentary Sklars And Stripes earlier this month, in which they embedded themselves in cities around the United States, and challenged themselves to write five to seven minutes of stand-up material specific to each community they visited. During our interview…
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Apr 24, 2018
To say that Nicolas Cage's career has had some ups and downs would be an understatement. It'd be more accurately described as a high velocity, back-breaking roller coaster of movie quality. How one actor can manage to be so good in a handful of award-worthy films and so unbelievably awful in so many discount DVD bin…
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Apr 24, 2018
As befits a movie featuring 60 or more characters—including several of whom have their own franchises—Avengers: Infinity War has the longest runtime of any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date, clocking in at 156 minutes. That sounds like just enough time to find the last Infinity Stone, show us how the Asgardian…
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Apr 24, 2018
Anyone wondering when the warm spring weather will arrive might end up reconsidering after seeing Netflix's May blossoms (read: shows). The second season of Justin Simien's superb Dear White People series arrives May 4, while the first half of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season four hits the streamer at the end of the…
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Apr 24, 2018
Deadspin Golf Club Apologizes After Calling Police On Group Of Black Women Members | Jezebel Did Allison Mack Try to Recruit Emma Watson Into Her Alleged Sex Cult in 2016? | The Root Stop Calling the Police on Black People Just Because You're Annoyed; You're Gonna Get Someone Killed | Splinter
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Apr 24, 2018
You might not immediately recognize Amber Nash's name or face, but the second you hear her raucous laughter in Archer, you know things are about to get really freaky. The improv and live-theater vet is probably best known for playing "sturdy bisexual" Pam Poovey, who frequently manages to be the most debauched…
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Apr 24, 2018
There's always that one person in your life that has nothing on their walls. Add some awesome to someone's life, or upgrade your own bare walls with rad prints during this 30% off sitewide at Pop Chart Lab. Check out their newest prints, like Every Emjoi Ever and Marvel Origins: A Sequential Compendium. Enter the code…
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Apr 24, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end, one of two films (the second coming in May 2019) which mark the conclusion of "Phase Three" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a universe that began a decade ago with the first Iron Man. Marvel has been very clear that these movies will mark a decisive endpoint to…
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Apr 24, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is only a few days away, marking the beginning of the end of "Phase Three" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you're in need of a refresher, but don't have time to watch the last six films by Friday, you're in luck: The A.V. Club prepared this handy 5-minute recap to get you prepared.
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Apr 24, 2018
At the end of this UnREAL season, we have to wonder what the point of all this was. Was it to portray husband-hunter Serena as the ultimate feminist at the end? To show how close Quinn was to losing everything? Or to highlight the near-supernatural Jedi mind tricks of one Rachel Goldberg, able to manipulate anyone…
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Apr 24, 2018
With Avengers: Infinity War poised to, Thanos-like, slay fully half of the world's box office starting Friday, the Marvel movie juggernaut (no, not that one, thankfully) dispatched two teams of heroes into the late-night fray on Monday. Makes sense, since all the trailers suggest the rapidly multiplying superhero team…
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Apr 24, 2018
Here's what's happening in the world of television for Tuesday, April 24. All times are Eastern.
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Apr 24, 2018
The first teaser for Tom Hardy's Venom, which may or may not have anything to do with the Spider-Man movies, refused to give any real indication that it was about the beloved Marvel villain/antihero until the title reveal, stopping just short of actually showing Venom's face. Fans were so disappointed by the tease…
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Apr 24, 2018
A lot happens in "Chivalry Is Dead," but iZombie saves the biggest surprise for the very end: Liv tries to turn a sick girl into a zombie, and it doesn't work. This seems to imply that some people might be immune to the zombie virus, which is a potentially a huge development. What this means for Liv and her smuggling…
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Apr 23, 2018
Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump impression isn't particularly funny and hasn't been for a while, but part of the reason Saturday Night Live dumps Baldwin in orange paint every week is because it drives the real Trump crazy—which, to be fair, is a little funny. Apparently, though, Trump's predecessors in the White House…
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Apr 23, 2018
By all accounts, actor Matthew Rhys is a busy guy: He's wrapping up his final season on the acclaimed FX series The Americans, played a pivotal role in Steven Spielberg's award-season favorite The Post, and the native Welshman and his Americans co-star Keri Russell also have a toddler, named Sam, at home in New York.…
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Apr 23, 2018
Denial: It's not just a river in Egypt, it's also a plot device that allows Supergirl to stretch 10 minutes of story into an entire 45-minute episode. Sam's in denial about the fact that she's Reign. Kara's in denial about how much anger she feels towards Mon-El. M'yrnn and J'onn are in denial about how quickly his…
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Apr 23, 2018
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Prince's estate are set to release a full album of unreleased music in September, with caretaker Troy Carter implying that it will be some kind of cohesive work like a concert or—as Variety theorizes—"thematically linked songs." Carter doesn't say much, but he notes that it's…
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Apr 23, 2018
"Think of the Carnivale. It will sort us all out. I have no doubt." Truer words, eh, Dr. Stanley? Whether due to lead poisoning, cabin fever, a Shining-esque supernatural siren song, or some combination of the three, the Franklin Expedition's chief surgeon soon turns this chipper prescription for positive thinking,…
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Apr 23, 2018
Picking up where we left off, based on this episode, Pierce didn't lose his mark because he was finally selfless: It literally was as simple as getting Chloe to fall in love with him. Which brings us into some questionable terrain for Lucifer, specifically in terms for Chloe as a character.
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Apr 23, 2018
As eager as Hollywood is to forgive him, Mel Gibson has a pretty ugly history in the movie industry—including all of the explicitly racist things he's been accused of saying or doing and the time he got so angry during negotiations for Braveheart that he threw an astray through a wall. Now, in a not-so-fun twist of…
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Apr 23, 2018
Welcome to Trailer Happy Hour, the semi-regular feature where we grab some of the hot trailers and promos from the day, toss ‘em into a blender with some other stuff we found in the fridge, and then dare our friends to drink whatever comes out. Today, we've got another look at Constance Wu's Crazy Rich Asians, Nicolas…
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Apr 23, 2018
Garnet's future vision has long been one of my favorite science fiction elements of Steven Universe, and that's not just because it's cool that Garnet can see the future. Rather than merely using her ability as a way of solving plot problems, Steven Universe has spent time exploring what it means for Garnet to be able…
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Apr 23, 2018
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige doesn't want to talk about the future of the MCU, but that hasn't stopped a few websites from throwing deep-cut Marvel references at him in hopes of getting their favorite obscure or semi-obscure characters into a movie. First up is The Wrap, which got Feige to say that one of the comic…
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Apr 23, 2018
Today's WTF moment: A woman is being fined $500 for carrying her in-flight snack from Delta—an apple—with her off of her flight. BBC News and other outlets are reporting this morning that Crystal Tadlock, flying from Paris to New York, wanted to save the in-flight snack for her connecting flight to Denver. She even…
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Jan 31, 2018
For the fourth installment in his Purge series, James DeMonaco plans to explore just how the fictional New Founding Fathers got everyone in this country to agree to an annual 12-hour killing spree. The first teaser for The First Purge plays on nationalist pride with a slide show of smiling Americans, who will soon…
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Jan 31, 2018
Jezebel United Airlines Prevents Woman From Traveling With Emotional Support Peacock | Splinter Everyone Loved Trump's Horrifying Story About the Nice White Couple Taking a Homeless Addict's Baby | Deadspin The Hurricanes Are Finally Ready To Embrace Their Hartford Whaler Past | Earther
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Jan 31, 2018
Zachary Quinto is once more preparing to follow in the late Leonard Nimoy's footsteps. After succeeding the original Spock in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, Quinto has just signed on to another revival of In Search Of..., the iconic paranormal investigation series Nimoy hosted in the '70s.
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Jan 31, 2018
There's an The Force Awakens Novel For Just $2', 'B00WCXL1JW');" data-amazontag="kinjaavclub-20" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WCXL1JW/?kinja_price=2ascsubtag=98dfb7b4e48ef2213c3bfe09fedcbd3701b10dbc&rawdata=[t|link[p|1822584871[a|B00WCXL1JW[au|472972639[b|deals&tag=kinjaavclub-20&ascsubtag=ae801e6f7f7a1b406eb0b3252e6b024a41682fba&rawdata=[t|link[p|1822586044[a|B00WCXL1JW[au|5727177402741770316[b|avclub"official novelization of The Force Awakens, because it wouldn't be Star Wars unless every possible monetization avenue was thoroughly mined, but it's actually supposed to be quite good. If you enjoyed the movie, or Star Wars generally, it's worth downloading to your Kindle for just $2.
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Jan 31, 2018
There's always that one person in your life that has nothing on their walls. Add some awesome infographics to gifting list with 25% off sitewide at Pop Chart Lab. Check out their newest prints, like the Permutations of Pasta and the Magnificent Multitudes of Beer. Enter the code GROUNDHOGDATA at checkout to see your…
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Jan 31, 2018
Black Lightning: B- | The Flash: B | The Alienist: B- | Lucifer: A- |
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Jan 31, 2018
The year in music was off to a promising start thanks to January's many great new albums. And with planned releases from the likes of U.S. Girls, Rhye, and The Soft Moon—not to mention the hotly anticipated Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther soundtrack—February looks to continue that trend. Here are the new records…
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Jan 31, 2018
I am a 38-year-old lesbian, very femme, very out. I have a co-worker I can't figure out. We've worked together for a year and gotten very close. I never want to put out the wrong signals to co-workers, and I err on the side of keeping a safe but friendly distance. This is different. We are each other's confidants at…
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Jan 31, 2018
Donald Trump issued his first State Of The Union address tonight, somehow managing to clear the extraordinarily low bar he's successfully convinced the nation to lower its expectations to accept, in so far as he didn't, like, burn Hillary Clinton in effigy from the center of the House, or call directly for Robert…
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Jan 31, 2018
Both the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show With Trevor Noah stayed up late on Tuesday to deliver live breakdowns of Donald Trump's long, rambling, predictably racist and awful (if obediently on-book) State Of The Union speech. Whether or not attempting to cobble together a show's worth of jokes on the…
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Jan 31, 2018
Here's what's up in the world of television for Wednesday, January 31. All times are Eastern.
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Jan 30, 2018
Here's one for all those The Room fanatics out there who still feel like they've never, truly, been close enough to Tommy Wiseau: the actor, auteur, and subject of last year's The Disaster Artist responded to a recent question about a potential remaster of his beloved cult film by going typically above-and-beyond,…
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Jan 30, 2018
Despite staying mostly quiet and out of sight over the last few months—as his name swiftly became synonymous with a culture of sexual harassment and assault that's slowly revealed itself to be rampant in the Hollywood ecosystem—Harvey Weinstein decided to open his mouth tonight, in an effort to refute the words of one…
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Jan 30, 2018
Right out of the gate, Black Lightning had an understanding that every superhero drama needs, well, both its superhero aspects and its drama aspects. The first two episodes of the series made it very clear that Jefferson Pierce—the father, the ex-husband, and the community leader—was, in many ways, more important than…
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Jan 30, 2018
Lately, the city of Chicago has been rocked by a feud involving an artist from Logan Square named Rae Bees and an animal shelter called Feline Friends, and at the center of the disagreement is a poor little kitty who happens to be named after comedian/musician Reggie Watts. Apparently, cat Reggie is fairly mischievous…
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Jan 30, 2018
Like various '50s spaceships that probably never actually existed—no matter what Tom DeLonge might tell you—the Roswell reboot has officially touched down. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the series—a recreation of a three-season '90s drama about alien teenagers and their attendant raging alien hormones—has scored a pilot…
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Jan 30, 2018
For the second week in a row, The Flash puts its season-long arc on the back burner in favor of a comedic one-off, making a strong (if unintended) argument in favor of scaling back the show's serialized ambitions. This fourth season was at its best early on, when the DeVoes were in the shadows and the bus metas took…
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Jan 30, 2018
On paper, John Krasinski starring in a TV show about Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character for Amazon doesn't sound like it would be particularly dated, as people will always have a taste for both Jim from The Office and dramatic CIA action, but this trailer for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan feels oddly like something from a…
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Jan 30, 2018
In a move that, we can't help pointing out, was pretty clearly cribbed from this summer's Justice League, star Jim Caviezel has confirmed that his Jesus Christ will be back for The Passion Of The Christ 2, even though he totally died in the first one. Caviezel—who's currently gearing up for a different Christian epic…
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Jan 30, 2018
Apple's iPhone X is an unbelievable marvel of technology with a seemingly endless list of exciting new features and capabilities. , which is the kind of detail that overshadows literally everything else about it. Want to get on your phone by scanning your face? Well, it costs $1,000. Want to use those animated emoji…
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Jan 30, 2018
Pong—the groundbreaking electronic table tennis game that's been known to remain absolutely riveting for upwards of seven minutes at a time—is about to get the TV game show treatment. Not just any Pong, though; Variety reports that the famously minimalist Atari title is being spruced up with the addition of big ol'…
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Jan 30, 2018
The Root Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person | Adequate Man Which Industry Has The Worst Jargon? | Jezebel Mark Salling Has Died By Apparent Suicide | Earther
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Jan 30, 2018
After handing the keys to directors David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, Halloween director John Carpenter has largely stepped back, allowing series star Jamie Lee Curtis, returning to the role that made her famous—babysitter/survivor Laurie Strode—to keep fans updated on the status of the upcoming 11th entry in the …
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Jan 30, 2018
Detective Pikachu, Legendary's video game adaptation that still might be a weird dream we're all sharing, found its star at the beginning of December when Ryan Reynolds signed on to provide the bizarrely human voice of the eponymous crime-solving Pokémon. Now, the logic of our reality is being called into question…
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Jan 30, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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Jan 30, 2018
Up until now, Syfy's Krypton seemed like it would be the Superman-equivalent of Fox's Gotham—which is to say that it was a show about a place commonly associated with a superhero, but set before that superhero first put on their cape. For its upcoming streaming service, though, DC has decided to lean further into the …
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Jan 30, 2018
Showtime viewers will get to explore Chicago's South Side further, as Deadline reports the premium-cable network has just renewed The Chi for season two.
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Jan 30, 2018
Tony (Adel Karam), a fortysomething right-wing Christian car mechanic in Beirut, is watering his plants when he answers the door. It's Yasser (Kamel El Basha), the sixtyish Palestinian foreman of a construction crew that's working on the street outside. He wants Tony to fix a drainpipe on his second-floor balcony, but…
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Jan 30, 2018
Everyone involved in director Duncan Jones' Netflix movie Mute has been appropriately quiet about the whole thing, with basically the only confirmed details being that it stars Alexander Skarsgård as a mute bartender trying to find his missing girlfriend in a slightly futuristic Berlin. This new trailer won't provide…
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Jan 30, 2018
The original Purge movie, which starred Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, introduced the franchise's disturbing premise—that for one (fictional) night every year, all manner of crimes became legal. This means a scorned lover can exact a most terrible revenge, as we saw in The Purge: Anarchy, and some joyriding yuppies can…
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Jan 30, 2018
This Dryuary has really been a long month, hasn't it? Whew, good thing now there's only less than two days to go. Really looking forward to coming home from work on Thursday, putting my feet up, and having a celebratory glass of champa—wait, what's that? Paris is flooding and the wines are in danger? Are you fucking…
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Jan 30, 2018
In 2016, back when we really had no idea how good we had it, Leslie Jones single-handedly made the Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro significantly more entertaining thanks to her infectious enthusiasm for the entire ridiculous affair. NBC quickly caught on to how awesome Jones' Olympics-themed social media posts were…
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Jan 30, 2018
Losing any great filmmaker hurts, but the death of Abbas Kiarostami 18 months ago hit particularly hard. It wasn't just that he was still doing great work nearly five decades into an illustrious career—one that almost singlehandedly put Iranian cinema on the world stage. No, what made Kiarostami's loss so painful was…
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Jan 30, 2018
Mark Salling, former co-star of Fox's Glee who was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of child pornography back in October, has died. TMZ broke the news, saying that Salling's body was found in a park near his home in the Sunland area of Los Angeles. The LAPD has yet to issue an official statement,…
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Jan 30, 2018
Regurgitating pop songs in some semi-comic fashion is the new go-to for lazy brand marketers—sweet Jesus, how many times did we have to endure that "Sweet Caroline" traffic jam abomination—but, hey, turns out the gimmick actually works when you pony up for some top-tier talent.
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Jan 30, 2018
Bad news, "Redbone" lovers—despite his Grammy win Sunday night, Donald Glover still plans to retire his Childish Gambino musical persona.
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Jan 30, 2018
Historically and annually speaking, January is a bad month for Hollywood movies. It's a "dump month," that time of year when the major studios offload the projects in which they have no faith. Sandwiched between the holidays and the Super Bowl, these four weeks are generally treated like a write-off season, as bad…
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Jan 30, 2018
Ballsiest motherfucker in the room Tim Allen just decided he's had enough of this pantywaist culture of people trying to keep him from saying "eughhueghghuehgh!" in an appropriately edgy tone. Consider this the official notice you've been put on blast, WORLD.
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Jan 30, 2018
A Futile And Stupid Gesture, Netflix's new biopic about National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney, is essentially a who's who of famous entertainers from the 1970s. The long tracking shots of cocaine-fueled parties and cocaine-fueled writers rooms are jam packed with actors portraying everyone from John Belushi to Paul…
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Jan 30, 2018
Early reports on the 2018 State Of The Union indicate we'll see a kinder, gentler Trump at the podium, as he tries to use "bipartisan" language in place of his usual dog whistles (though there's a good chance he's pissed because he thinks he'll need a translator). Even so, you have other viewing options tonight, like…
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Jan 30, 2018
Elena Abbott doesn't need any new stress in her life. As a black woman reporter in 1972 Detroit, she has to fight for respect every day in a professional climate full of racists and misogynists, and when she's not at work, she's haunted by memories of her first husband's supernatural death. It doesn't help that her…
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Jan 30, 2018
A ninth season episode of Seinfeld finds George stealing a photo in order to edit himself, an unwelcome visitor in the pic, out of it. Unfortunately, the photo store employee edits out the wrong guy, then tries to draw him back in "by memory." Now, Twitter user @HonoredSpirit might be finding himself in a similar…
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Jan 30, 2018
Welcome back to AVC Sessions, our series where we bring in an artist, band, musician, singer, rapper, etc. to perform three of their tracks. This round, we're joined in the studio by Lola Kirke. Best known for her appearances in Gone Girl and The Leftovers, as well as her starring role on Mozart In The Jungle, Kirke…
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Jan 30, 2018
The best children's stories have a current of danger running through them. Hansel and Gretel are almost eaten alive by a witch; Rapunzel revolves around child kidnapping; The Three Billy Goats Gruff promises hideous monsters live beneath every bridge. All of these stories, delightful as they may be, are packed, too,…
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Jan 30, 2018
Klipsch's The Sixes are great powered monitors by any measure (I'd encourage you to check out this review on CNET), but they're particularly noteworthy for adding one feature that's shockingly hard to find on speakers like this: Built-in Bluetooth. So yes, these will be right at home with your high-end audio gear or…
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Jan 30, 2018
Humble's 2018 Paradox Interactive bundle is a goldmine for strategy gaming fans. Eight titles are spread across three different price tiers, and you can get them all for as little as $12, including games like Stellaris, Europa Universalis III, Cities In Motion 2, and more. As always, you get to name your own price,…
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Jan 30, 2018
In approximately three weeks, on Feb. 16, the biggest and blackest movie extravaganza that we have seen since the turn of '00 will finally be hitting theaters.
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Jan 30, 2018
Today's best deals start off with a Logitech Gold Box, a foam mattress sale, a charging station, and more.
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Jan 30, 2018
True confession time: Sometimes, even a tireless fashion editor needs a nap. This is why I was facedown in a pool of pillow Monday night, while Black Panther had its "red carpet" premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. No, I'm not proud; but I am better rested. These posts don't write themselves, y'all.
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Jan 29, 2018
Are you a server's worst nightmare without even knowing it? We're here to help. The Salty Waitress is The Takeout's advice column from a real-life waitress that will teach you how not to behave like a garbage person while dining out—and maybe in real life.
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