A man wearing a werewolf mask robbed a Forever 21 in Orlando this weekend. According to police, no one was injured during the robbery and no one reported being bitten and turned into a werewolf. So that's good.
Summer blockbuster season is just around the corner, and with it, it will bring many films that are, to borrow, Charlie Jane Anders' words, sequels, remakes or reboots. In need of some movies that are not only standalone stories but also led by women, and in some cases, directed by women? Look no further, my fellow…
Forget about all of those "Teens React To" videos, because this tops them all. After all, what opinion is more vital in the age of viral videos than the greatest viral video stars of all time—CATS.
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Heyo! In an interview today, Josh Radnor—How I Met Your Mother's melancholic wandering penis—revealed that the whole show was just one 9-year long-con to trick you into caring about some dead lady! Nailed it! MAN, YOU GUYS SURE WERE STUPID FOR FALLING FOR THAT PRANK.
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I've seen some surreal moments in our nation's capitol, but few can compare to watching Republican members of Congress lecture John Holdren last week on the meaning of "science." Here are some highlights.
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The Boston Marathon is 26.2 grueling straight-line miles of sweat, fatigue, and self-doubt, a feat people who are in excellent physical shape would have difficulty accomplishing. Which means that when people who have disabilities are able to accomplish it, it's all the more impressive.
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In today's Tweet Beat, Patti Stanger is mourning her beta fish, Judah Friedlander touches base with Marlon Wayans about a classic film and Dean Norris sympathizes with Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Long Island high school student Kwasi Enin has achieved the impossible: He got into Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale AND Penn.
Finally, scientists have dared to venture where no thinker has dared venture, boldly asking one of the most daunting and mysterious questions about what separates man from beast. Namely: what if bird and monkeys and shit could dance too? Would that be chill or what?
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Just what are men thinking when they message lesbians on dating apps, especially when those dating apps have a good chance of being for lesbians only? One lesbian woman decided to find out and blog her experiences on her tumblr account. Here are her conclusions.
Here's an unexpected approach for a makeup commercial: These videos feature two women removing their makeup and showing the "imperfections" that lie underneath, rather than floating through some airbrushed fantasy.
Tig Notaro is one of the driest comedians out there. She's also one of the bravest, able to make fun of everything life's thrown at her. For Notaro, that means cracking jokes about surviving breast cancer and enduring a double mastectomy, all right after her mother died and her girlfriend told her to kick rocks. But…
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As if the military doesn’t have enough fires with all those sexual assault claims, the Army released an updated regulation banning twists and braids for female members. In response, African American soldiers have crafted a White House petition asking President Obama to order the Army to reconsider their new regulations …
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There's been plenty of writing done about whether movies with female leads do well at the box office. Those pieces, however, are usually speculative, based on individual test cases or sound bites from film executives. But for a refreshing change, FiveThirtyEight has actually reviewed the data, miraculously concluding…
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The anti-choice lunacy continues: a ridiculously strict Arizona law limiting women's access to RU-486 — commonly known as "the abortion pill" — takes effect today. For literally no good reason, providers will now be forced to administer the drug using outdated protocols and only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy,…
All in all, I consider myself a good time gal — not in the the slutty WWII sense (though that's fine, too! THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROOPS!), but in the way that I can take a joke and generally have a good sense of humor about myself (just so long as you never ever mention the ribbon around my neck). But here's the…
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Wondering how to deal with nosy neighbors, obnoxious airplane passengers, and people with no boundaries? What do you do if you accidentally poop during sex? How to make it clear to someone you don't like them?
Here is a "charming" video starring the Australian cast of The Lion King, singing "The Circle of Life." On a plane. This is supposed to be cute, but in fact it's my worst nightmare, because there's nothing worse than being trapped in an enclosed space and subjected to talent.
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A teacher at Red Bank High School in Tennessee is out of a job for taking a student to an emergency room and paying for the visit.
