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A Spielberg 'West Side Story' remake? It needs to happen
The Internet loves to grumble, but while the rest of the Web is lining up to handwring over the news that Steven Spielberg wants to remake West Side Story, we're celebrating. It's true that Robert...
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'Community' duo teams up for hilarious 'True Detective' spoof
True Detective may be the Twin Peaks of the Southern Gothic. In between gorgeous cinematography and tantalizing mysteries, it trades on cryptic meanings, creepy iconography, and loaded, sometimes...
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Peter Capaldi wins us over as the new Doctor in one adorable video
OK Internet, you win, we give in. We're still miffed that we don't have a female Doctor, but we're officially declaring our love for Peter Capaldi. Since the controversial announcement last year that...
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Here's the 'Sin City' sequel trailer you've been waiting for
Comics fans, Robert Rodriguez fans, Jessica Alba fans, Bruce WIllis fans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt fans, fans of hot girls doing striptease in Robert Rodriguez films... Let's face it, is there anyone who...
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Women in sci-fi are #SoWeary of Hugo Awards backlash
The outcry over LonCon's decision to ask controversial British talk show host Jonathan Ross to host the Hugos just won't end. After a week filled with accusations of bullying and harassment on all...
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5 literary allusions to make you love the 'True Detective' finale even more
We know you gasped and screamed your way through last night's True Detective season finale. A hodgepodge of homages to everything from Texas Chainsaw Massacre to vintage pulp horror and Twin Peaks,...
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How to stop a train with 140 characters
How would you stop a moving train if you had to? Superman used raw force, but one resourceful passenger used Twitter. Alex Burrows was riding a pendolino in Birmingham, England, last Monday when he...
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A Turkish boy's tragic death goes viral on- and offline
What does a national protest look like on the Internet? It looks a lot like the outrage the people of Turkey are feeling today over the death of a 15-year-old-boy. And as outcry over the Internet...
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Shop owner enlists Facebook to save plus-size teen's prom night
Prom night is a magical evening for teens around the country. But it can also be a source of anxiety for young women and men who wear larger sizes, as Kristen Harris, owner of the Designer Diva...
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Are reaction GIFs a form of language?
We've seen Internet culture usher in all kinds of new ways of using language, from emoticons to capslock as modern-day love poetry. Now, MIT Media Lab is asking you to help them crowdsource animated...
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'Fangasm' takes you inside fan culture, up close and 'Supernatural'
One glance at the cover of Fangasm and you might think you’re looking at a new Young Adult novel about two girls meeting a pair of hot boys on the coming-of-age road to wisdom. And in a sense, you...
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If you're happy and you know it, you're online
Are you in a good mood because good things are happening to you, or because your Internet friends are happy? A new study of more than 1 billion Facebook status updates suggests that if you're smiling,...
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Mark Zuckerberg calls out U.S. government in Facebook rant
Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook today for a rare rant calling for more transparency from the U.S. government regarding Internet security. The Social Network guru expressed thinly veiled chagrin,...
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J.K. Rowling unveils 2-part history of Quidditch on Pottermore
Fans of Quidditch Through the Ages, J.K. Rowling's cheeky but fact-filled addendum to her Harry Potter series, have a new surprise waiting for them at Pottermore, Rowling's interactive post-Potter...
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Terry Richardson: Models lied about harassment because the Internet
How do you defend yourself against an allegation that you orally raped a young model during what she thought would be a routine photoshoot? If you're famed celebrity photographer Terry Richardson, you...
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Fanartist who accused Sarkeesian of art theft banned from Reddit
Last week, artist Tamara Smith was something of an Internet hero: The woman who gave Reddit a real reason to be mad at Anita Sarkeesian by claiming that the controversial Tropes vs Women creator stole...
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How Jimmy Kimmel duped SXSW hipsters
Austin: city of music. And, apparently, city of pretentious hipsters who knew about that band before you did. Even the ones that don't exist. Just as they've done at other music fests like Coachella,...
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Let this de-motivational video work its magic
By now the year has gotten well and truly underway, and you might be having some trouble keeping your New Year's resolutions. That's why, when we stumbled across this epic motivational video from...
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Sexist culture and harassment drives GitHub's first female developer to quit
It's no secret that open-source coding community GitHub is one noted branch of a tech culture that continually struggles with sexism at every level. Now, a leading female developer at GitHub is...
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What happens when a weight-loss site steals your bikini photos
Loving your body is never easy, especially on the Internet, where superficial judgments are dished out like candy. For women of size, every selfie is an act of empowerment. Or so Fatshion blogger...
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