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Disney attempted to trademark “Día de los Muertos” for an upcoming Pixar movie. The Internet took care of that real quick. Setting aside our feelings about Orson Scott Card, here’s the trailer for Ender’s Game. This made our week: The IT Crowd … Continue reading
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If you have the time, watch all of these Assassin’s Creed movie clips edited together. Anders Holm talks The Mindy Project, Chris Messina’s magic eyes, and Mindy Kaling’s aggressive charm in this interview with Vulture Omar Sy confirmed (or so it … Continue reading
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Excellent news for gamers who don’t want to interrupt play time to talk on the phone or grab a laptop: you can just order your Pizza Hut directly through your Xbox. How a group of librarians fooled Al Qaeda and saved ancient … Continue reading
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We love what the ladies over at the Black Girls Talking podcast are doing, so we were pretty stoked that HelloGiggles sat down with them for an interview! It’s in French but it is super awesome: Batwheel. There is a new Star … Continue reading
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According to Reddit, this is the Best 2013 Summer Playlist. Neil Blomkamp talks about creating the dystopian world for Elysium. Check out Jeffrey Veregge, who combines well-known comic and pop culture characters with Native American art. A Tardis bunk bed! … Continue reading
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The Game of Thrones cast says readers of the books will be “shocked” by the changes to this season’s events. Now we’re even more curious to see what goes down in Westeros next week! Comic artists Noelle Stevenson and Danielle … Continue reading
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This is a bit of a stretch, since things have changed drastically for those poor, poor folks on The Walking Dead, but fun nonetheless: TWD and Toy Story are the same tale. List of shame: television shows that hired no … Continue reading
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The Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter has kicked off a lot of conversations about what TV-to-movie projects could be next. There’s going to be a Goosebumps movie?! Hansel and Gretel is getting a sequel. Should we set the date for a drunken matinee watch party now? Laurence Fishburne is in … Continue reading
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The Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter has reached its goal, but you should still check out the campaign page because the video is delightful. Disney shorts are back, with Mickey Mouse’s Croissant de Triomphe, and it’s totally adorable. Venture Bros. is returning May … Continue reading
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ROBOT SUIT FROM JAPAN! Cyberdyne invented and manufactured the Hybrid Assistive Limb, and it has been issued a Global Safety Certificate, which means that this robotic limb can give a lift to the elderly and disabled around the world! For … Continue reading
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Relevant and interesting: 8 Young Women Of Color Authors. We still want Michelle Rodriguez to be Alej Muñoz, nth generation Puerto Rican NYC cop, but we’ll settle for Michael Ealy. Although this show technically is not a Robocop remake, just a show about robot … Continue reading
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A study in sweaters. If you wanted to know what was behind Cosby’s haute creations, Collectors Weekly has your answer. Ebony‘s list of young Black writers you should know is not comprehensive, but a great taste of what’s out there. Grace … Continue reading
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You know you miss the good old days of indignant 8-bit chirps about not cleaning up massive piles of poop. The Tamagotchi returns! We’re a little weary of change to our childhood classics, but after a while the new Harry … Continue reading
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WTF, Evolution? is our favorite Tumblr blog (this week), hilariously spotlighting some of nature’s most terrifying or bizarre creatures. (Have you seen the blobfish?) Cheese Cupid is the cheese and beverage pairing app you need, although our default mode is always just … Continue reading
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Our 50th Geeking Out post! The most beautiful intersection of Kim Cattrall projects. The song of the Strong Female Character. Lucasfilm co-chair Kathleen Kennedy talks producing, and how she convinced J.J. Abrams to direct the new Star Wars film. Tina … Continue reading
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