Could William Shatner be in the third 'Star Trek' reboot film?
Congratulations, Trekkies. You may finally be getting an on-screen reunion between Leonard Nimoy's Spock and William Shatner's Kirk—but not until 2016 if at all. Saturday while appearing at Nashville...
View ArticleDoes YouTube have a blackface problem?
YouTube prankster Sam Pepper has spent the last week embroiled in controversy. He's been accused of sexually assaulted multiple members of his fanbase, not to mention crossing similar lines in a...
View ArticleThis game turns kids' pizza joints into the nightmares you know they are
Six hours in a locked, dark room with no way out. All the while, an army of giant animatronic toys that are probably stuffed with the bodies of dead children is slowly, slowly advancing on you... Can...
View ArticleDoctor Who skins are now available for Minecraft
A month after Doctor Who and Minecraft fans everywhere celebrated the joining of their two favorites, the nuptials are finally here: Downloadable Whovian skins will be available for Minecraft on Xbox...
View Article'Twilight' is back with 5 new short films on Facebook
Thanks to a partnership with Facebook, the Twilight franchise is back with five new short films. A film competition called "The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Saga" will bring members of the...
View ArticleNetflix and Amazon outstrip TV on LGBTQ diversity
Thanks to an ever-increasing richness of complex and diverse characters in television, GLAAD's 2014 update on the state of representation in TV is nowhere near as dire as its previous report on film....
View ArticleBehold, the world's largest Harry Potter memorabilia collection
I thought I was a devoted Harry Potter fan, but Menahem Asher Silva Vargas has just put all of us to shame. While I spent the last 13 years writing HP fanfic and going to fan cons, Vargas was growing...
View ArticleGamerGate pushes Intel to pull ads over feminist articles
After claiming that gaming industry nepotism was corrupting the culture, proponents of GamerGate are now targeting advertisers of gaming media sites they disagree with. Intel has pulled all of its...
View ArticleThe troubling history of YouTube's sex abuse scandals
While a spate of accusations of sexual abuse and emotional manipulation by prominent male YouTube stars came to light in 2014, the toxic environment between some YouTube celebrities and their fans and...
View ArticleTeenager models gruesome murder after 'Dexter'
A British teenager who dismembered his 17-year-old girlfriend in a style similar to a fictional serial killer has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Steven Miles, then 16, murdered his girlfriend,...
View ArticleSubway tells women to stay skinny for sexy Halloween costumes
"Halloween's coming. You gotta stay in shape for all those sexy Halloween costumes." Yep. Subway actually went there, and it follows up this perplexing argument for why you should switch to foot-long...
View ArticleAnimated boob GIFs are part of a new online manga service
Warning: This article features NSFW content. Shonen Jump, the largest weekly comic magazine in Japan, is known around the world for its popular manga series aimed at boys, like Naruto and One Piece....
View ArticleCan you solve J.K. Rowling's bizarre 'Fantastic Beasts' riddle?
J.K. Rowling has returned to her playful habit of teasing her fans with riddles, puzzles, and fun hints about what's to come in the future of the Harry Potter universe. The queen of the Wizarding...
View ArticleA new anime series' rape scene sparks heated debate
Warning: This story contains depictions of sexual assault and may be NSFW. The first episode of a new anime, Cross Ange, streamed Sunday across the Internet, and one controversial scene has ignited a...
View ArticleMisha Collins joins William Shatner on his wine-tasting webseries
They've been teasing fans with their Twitter bromance for most of 2014, and now William Shatner and Supernatural fan favorite Misha Collins are finally collaborating on a project we can all get...
View ArticleNASA hosts 3D-printing contest for young scientists
The International Space Station has a new 3D printer, and NASA wants students to help put it to good use. The space program is holding a contest for students ages 5-19 to create designs for tools that...
View Article'Supernatural' is back with Demon Dean and antiquated technology
After a season 9 that was full of angst, high hopes, and low expectations from a long-jaded fandom, Season 10 of Supernatural rolled in tonight with the first episode and an exciting premise: Dean...
View ArticleErotica publisher takes blogger to court over financial trouble allegations
A major erotica publisher is suing a beloved one-woman blog site, and everyone from the blog's readers to the publisher's authors are rallying in support of the blogger. The publishing community has...
View ArticleEverything we know so far about J.K. Rowling's 'Fantastic Beasts'
As thousands of eager Harry Potter fans rushed to come up with the answer to J.K. Rowling's enticing Twitteranagram earlier this week, scores of Reddit users got unduly excited: They'd deciphered that...
View ArticleCalculating the cost of Calvin and Hobbes' shenanigans
How much would it cost you to have a kid like Calvin? Around $1,900 a year, if you're lucky and don't have too much water damage. Calvin and Hobbes has brought us many gifts in the two decades since...
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