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The Deadpool movie is actually happening
The day Marvel fans have begged for has come at last: Deadpool finally has his own movie. After a sneak reveal of test footage and a viral Twitter fan campaign earlier this summer, Fox, which owns the...
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Google just funded all the classroom projects in L.A. and Boston
Earlier this week, Google surprised teachers in Los Angeles and Boston by fully funding all of their classroom projects on DonorsChoose. Google partnered with the crowdfunding charity website, popular...
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High school suspends student editor for refusing to print the word 'redskins'
A year-long standoff between a Pennsylvania high school administration and its student body newspaper has resulted in suspensions, a $1200 fine, and an IndieGoGo campaign in protest—all because the...
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Texas school district bans John Green, 6 other authors
A Dallas high school may be looking for a new keynote speaker for its upcoming literary festival—it's kind of hard to speak at a school that's banned your book. Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass...
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Orlando Jones crashed our offices to livetweet the 'Sleepy Hollow' premiere
Sleepy Hollow may be one of the year's most unexpected hits, but it's got nothing on the inventiveness of one of its stars, Orlando Jones. Fans have embraced Jones due to his deep understanding of...
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Hulu nabs J.J. Abrams for adaption of Stephen King's bizarre JFK novel
In its ongoing quest to deliver the type of high-end programming Netflix has offered, Hulu has stepped up to bring us the time travel/conspiracy thrill ride we didn't know we were waiting for: an...
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University of Chicago students attempt to out sexual perpetrators on Tumblr
A briefly lived anonymous Tumblr attempted to out students at the University of Chicago as alleged perpetrators of sexual assault.As reported by Jezebel, the Hyde Park List (referring to the Chicago...
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University of Chicago students create Tumblr database of alleged sex offenders
An anonymous Tumblr attempts to out students at the University of Chicago as alleged perpetrators of sexual assault. As reported by Jezebel, the Hyde Park List (referring to the Chicago university...
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16-year-old-girls take home top prize in Google Science Fair 2014
What all started with peas pulled from an Irish garden could be a remarkable breakthrough in combating a global food crisis. That garden belonged to then 15-year-old Émer Hickey, one of a trio of...
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Bad Lip Reading gives the 'Walking Dead' zombies a catchy theme song
The maestro of YouTube comedy, Bad Lip Reading, is back and hungry for brains. The folks who brought you "Medieval Fun-Time Land" and endlessTwilightparodies are back with a homage to The Walking Dead...
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Dashcam video captures South Carolina cop shoot an unarmed driver
Dashcam footage of a routine traffic stop in South Carolina earlier this month shows a state trooper firing his gun three times on an unarmed black man as he tries to reach for his driver's license....
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AsapSCIENCE tries to explain PMS, ends up reinforcing stereotypes
It's never an easy task to tackle one of the most pervasive stereotypes about women, but the YouTube explainers at AsapSCIENCE, having previously brought us the science of orgasms, have attempted it...
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Controversial book blogger suspended from Twitter after threatening female...
Ed Champion is a writer and host of the author-interview podcast Bat Segundo, where he interviews influential literary authors and critics such as Terry Teachout and Jesmyn Ward. He's also the longtime...
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John Green had a hilarious response to news of 'The Fault in Our Stars' ban
Warning: This article contains spoilers for John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. It's Banned Books Week, and America's schools have been busy proving they're up to the challenge: Just a few weeks after...
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Chris Pratt and 'SNL' confirm that we'll see any movie Marvel puts out
Would you go see a movie starring a bunch of random weirdos, or maybe a shopping cart or two? You would if that movie was a Marvel movie—as last night's Saturday Night Live spoof showed us. The skit...
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Here's the best take on the Amal Alamuddin-George Clooney wedding news
By any stretch of the imagination, you'd call a celebrity wedding between a high-powered international lawyer and one of the world's most beautiful actors a success. But in the case of Amal...
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Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig troll a morning show host who hasn't seen their...
Denver news anchor Chris Parente may have won several regional Emmys for his work, but during a recent interview with comedy veterans Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, he made an amateur's mistake. He...
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A zoo is asking the Internet to name these adorable red panda cubs
They're adorable. They're red pandas. They're cubs. And they're twins. They're adorable red panda cub twins. We're entering, like, Harry Styles levels of should-be-illegal cuteness here. Seriously,...
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Deer surprises homeowner by jumping in his pool
A deer who tumbled into an Encino neighborhood pool on Friday brought the whole community together for the rescue effort—along with a few musical numbers. The buck, who got tangled in a pool covering...
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Here's what's new on Netflix in October
Congrats, lovers of Netflix Instant. The network's October lineup of new releases offers more treats than tricks, including beloved classics like Rain Man and cult hits like Galaxy Quest and Team...
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