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When Hollywood comes up with a good idea, it seems like it’s all you see for years. Maybe the reason is because Hollywood writers spend so much time experimenting with different formulas for success that when they finally strike something…
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Parenting is a tough gig. Kids need a lot of time and attention if you want them to become confident, healthy kids. That puts a lot of pressure on parents to offer the attention and support their kids need, especially when they’re trying…
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When it comes to eating healthy, it’s often difficult to separate fact from fiction. Which food trends are just fads? Which are actually healthy? Well, you can’t always tell by listening to interviews with celebrities and reading gossip…
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Steve Harvey is a master at giving advice, whether solicited and unsolicited. His show focuses on solving the problems of the everyday American, especially women. Every day, he invites women of all ages to his talk show and answers their…
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When you idolize someone, a great way to show your adoration is through gift-giving, right? Well some celebrity fans agree, but they take things too far. Celebs don’t always receive normal gifts from adoring fans – they sometimes receive…
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Tumblestone Developed & Published by The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild Available on Steam, PS4, XBox One, and Wii U I usually play puzzle games to feel smart, but sometimes they remind me that I'm not. A man's got to know his…
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Luxury isn’t just about having a big house with a beautiful yard. It’s about filling your home with items that shout value, even if your home is smaller than you’d like. The word luxury doesn’t only refer to expensive items. It means you’re…
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Wouldn’t it be amazing to travel by private jet, skipping all of those airport lines, or to have a collection of fancy sports cars? Well, while most of us can keep dreaming, those are just two of the high-class ways our favorite celebrities…
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What do you do when you’re bored at work? Watch compelling commercials, of course! This year has already had some pretty amazing advertisements. Studies show that employees waste between 30 minutes and an hour on mindless activities each…
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Disney is one of the most recognizable symbols in the entire world. It doesn’t matter if you’re American, there is a Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Hong Kong, a Shanghai Disney resort,  a Tokyo Disney resort, and a Hawaii Disney resort and…
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If you could live anywhere, where would you live? Given the choice, we would pick one of these 4 houses from the movies. Say what you will about your historically rooted community or your tiny apartment in a buzzing city, sometimes you…
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Veep, Season 5, Episode 6: “C**tgate” Written by Georgia Pritchett & Will Smith Directed by Chris Addison Airs Sunday at 10:30pm on HBO Jonah is running for congress now, something I never dared to hope for but which pleases me…
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As much as we like to think we're above the influence or marketing, that all the savvy ad campaigns fall of deaf ears, a good ad really does have an affect on us. Or if not a good one, than at least an interesting one. This one I've found…
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“Bachmanity Insanity” Written by Carson Mell Directed by Eric Appel Airs Sundays at 10pm on HBO Silicon Valley is a reliably hilarious show and an astute critique of the excesses of corporate America and the tech industry. It’s also a…
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The big Quicksilver scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past is pretty unanimously agreed to be one of the highlights of the film, if not THE highlight. And I mean, deservedly so. It's a great scene that perfectly demonstrates why super-speed…
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I first saw Pet Sematary (no, that's not a mispell) in the same way that I saw a lot of the big, essential genre/horror movies for the first time: on the Saturday night double-bill on Space, the Canadian sci-fi channel. I can't even count…
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It may surprise you to learn that Jeff Goldblum, star of Jurassic Park, Independence Day and more, has been performing a night club act with a band called The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, since the early 90s. But what may not surprise you is…
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I'm largely an outsider when it comes to gaming. Sure, I play games on occasion, but for the most part I'm an observer, not a participant, in gaming and the gaming community. And watching everything going on when it comes to Japanese Role…
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The Fantasia Film Festival is the highlight of the summer for Montreal Film nerds, a three-week extravaganza of the absolute best in genre cinema from across the globe. In the 20 years since the festival first began, Fantasia has grown…
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It really boggles my mind sometimes how quickly technology is moving these days. Commercially available virtual reality is available now, though still pretty pricey. Computers that just a decade ago would have cost an arm and a leg are now…
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