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Orchestra attempts to play after eating one of the world's hottest foods
Claus Pilgaard, better known to the people of Denmark as "Chili Klaus," is a professional comedian. His specialty? Eating chili peppers—and, more importantly, getting other people to eat them. His...
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Women with PhDs review Amazon's 'sexy PhD' costume
Nothing signals a good time on the Internet like an Amazon review brigade. Nothing brings out the snark like the sexual objectification of women. And when the snark calls for women with advanced...
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Dashcam captures two Austin police officers joking about rape
The Austin Police Department is launching an investigation into a dashcam video showing on-duty officers joking about rape. Austin attorney Drew Gibbs made the video public after acquiring the footage...
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This is not a drill: Marvel writer teases 'Attack on Titan' crossover
The titans have broken through the Rose Wall... and they're coming for your superheroes. Marvel comics writer C.B. Cebulski just took to Twitter to announce what may be the most jawdropping...
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'Inception' gets even more complicated when explained by a mom
Inception, Christopher Nolan's notorious mind-bending sci-fi/heist/fantasy/romance/thriller… thing… may have been one of the biggest films of 2010, but it's lived on primarily as a cultural in-joke to...
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Why is Firefox tweeting Gamergate nonsense?
Mozilla's social media accounts seem to want women in gaming to examine all sides of the metaphorical rocks that have been hitting them in the face for the last two months. While the rest of the world...
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'Into the Woods' finally releases a trailer with singing
Our fears, which were many, are at last fading over the upcoming film adaptation of the great Sondheim musical Into the Woods. The latest trailer, which finally gives us some actual singing, shows a...
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'Black Widow' author releases a 6-page script in support of movie campaign
In response to this weekend's fan campaign to promote the idea of a Black Widow movie across the Internet, the writer of the Black Widow comic has taken it upon himself to deliver a sample of what is...
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'Naruto' fans react to an ending 15 years in the making
Naruto, one of the biggest manga phenomenons in recent memory, has finally come to a close—and as with all the other great Endings, it's controversial. Basically: all those tongue-in-cheek parallels...
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2 TV adaptations aim to refresh the 'Phantom of the Opera' story
The Jazz Age brought us our most famous version of Gaston Leroux's Victorian melodrama Phantom of the Opera, the silent film featuring Lon Chaney as a disfigured, mask-wearing stalker who threatens to...
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Fan theory offers chilling proof that 'Frozen' is 'The Shining'
Listen, we've seen fan theories in our day. There's the one that posits that Jack and Tyler from Fight Club are actually Calvin and Hobbes. The theory that Ron is Dumbledore. And, of course, the...
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Gamergaters are turning their pain into a musical extravaganza
At this point, it's difficult to tell what Gamergate is parodying: progressive ethics in the gaming community, or just themselves. First, Gamergate proponents decided to move their campaign over to...
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Here's what it's like to be Princess Leia walking through the streets of New...
Ever since the viral video 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman brought widespread attention—and controversy—to the issue of street harassment experienced by women in the city on a daily basis, the...
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Acclaimed sci-fi writer exposed as notorious Internet troll
Benjanun Sriduangkaew is a celebrated up-and-coming writer who has been hailed as part of a new crop of diverse voices in speculative fiction. Her novella Scale Bright was acclaimed as one of the...
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Bizarre exorcism at a Texas Starbucks captured on video
"OK, I'm going to the exorcism now!" You'd expect a video that starts out with this chipper greeting, apropos of any context whatsoever, to deliver. And the apparent exorcism that took place outside a...
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Notorious men's rights troll launches 'safe space' for Gamergate
Gamergate continues to satirize itself with the announcement of a new website intended to create "a safe space" for heterosexual male gamers. The site, Reaxxion.com, is the brainchild of Roosh, a...
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Supernatural's 200th episode is a fitting tribute to its fangirls
Most shows that survive to the ripe old age of 10 are not works in progress. They are generally longrunning powerhouses that have found a formula and have stuck to it. But if Wednesday night's 200th...
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Marvel's 'Star Wars: Darth Vader' #1 gets a stunning cover
Marvel made a splash at this year's San Diego Comic-Con by announcing that their initial slate of Star Wars comics, marking their return to stories they once published long before Disney bought them...
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BioWare went all-out after a Mass Effect fan asked for help proposing to her...
It's no surprise that a popular videogame franchise with an interspecies alien/human love story is a huge hit with fans of all sexual orientations. What may surprise some Mass Effect gamers are the...
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The 'Gilmore Girls' reunion is happening
Long-beloved cult series Gilmore Girls made a triumphant arrival on Netflix last month, embraced by the loving arms of an Internet eager to give it overdue praise for its complex portrayal of women...
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