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The Truth Is in This X-Files-Themed Art Show

In celebration of the return of The X-Files, the iam8bit gallery in Los Angeles is teaming up with Poster Posse to present an entirely Mulder, Scully, and friends-themed art show. And the art? Is...

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Today's Best Deals: Anker Audio, Costco Membership, Laundry Folder, and More

Anker’s long-awaited Bluetooth earbuds, a $2 keychain multitool, and a heavily-incentivized Costco membership lead off today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a...

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George R.R. Martin Made Me Feel Unspeakably Depressed Yet Again

Few authors have as much power to draw you in with fun characters and thrilling adventures—and then crush your spirit utterly—as George R.R. Martin. But the latest way that Martin managed to make me...

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Bryan Singer Confirms He'll Soon Begin Work on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 

On his 50th birthday in September, director Bryan Singer posted an Instagram photo of a script he’d co-written for a new adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, dubbing it “a story...

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Star Wars: Reimagined Gives The Galaxy Some Fresh New Looks

A group of artists over on CG+, many of them professionals working in video games, have for the past few months been submitting some incredible entries in a competition called Star Wars: Reimagined....

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A Museum's 155-Year-Old Antique Mouse Trap Is Still Catching Rodents

Now here’s a testament to build quality. If you’ve ever lamented about your electronics dying after just a few years, you’ll be impressed with Colin Pullinger & Sons’ Perpetual Mouse Trap which,...

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Galaxy Quest's Happy Ending Is Actually an Evil Government Reality Show

In the last scene of Galaxy Quest, we see the once-washed-up actors, previously stuck in a decades-long hell of fan expos and ribbon-cuttings, back on the airwaves in a brand new show for the next...

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I Wrote a Weird Book About Two People Who Belong in Different Stories

A young witch and a wild science genius—the characters in my new novel All the Birds in the Sky don’t even belong in the same book together. They’re misfits in the eyes of the world, but they’re also...

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Why Are So Many Newborns Still Being Denied Pain Relief?

In 1985, a premature baby was born in Maryland who needed surgery to tie off a dangerous blood vessel near his heart. The newborn, Jeffrey, died weeks after the procedure. His family learned afterwards...

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Arrow Just Rocked Felicity Smoak's World Again, and She Has No Idea

Felicity Smoak’s year is about to get worse, and she doesn’t even know it. The latest episode logistically, emotionally, and narratively made not one single lick of sense... until the very end. That’s...

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A Sassy Lee Harvey Oswald Makes a Big Impression in This Clip From Hulu's...

Entertainment Weekly snagged this clip from Hulu’s Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63—which stars James Franco as a teacher who time-travels to prevent a certain history-changing presidential...

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A New Interpretation Of The Force Was Revealed On A Trippy Star Wars Rebels 

Star Wars Rebels keeps showing us these fascinating corners of the Star Wars universe that the main movies can’t quite get to. Last night, we discovered something very important—namely, that not...

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In the New Movie Creative Control, Virtual Reality Is Dangerously Irresistible

The widespread use of virtual reality is inevitable, and it’s getting closer and closer. A new movie called Creative Control now takes the tech to the next level, and the results aren’t good.Written,...

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If Your Father Was a Pulp Science Fiction (and Porn) Writer in the 1970s,...

Andrew Offutt was a prolific author of pulpy science fiction and fantasy stories, along with porn, under a variety of names. Now his son Chris has written a memoir called My Father the Pornographer....

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Do not discuss your life before: Wayward Pines’ first season made it clear...

Do not discuss your life before: Wayward Pines’ first season made it clear that Matt Damon’s character would not return. So the M. Night Shyamalan-produced show returns this summer with a new lead:...

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Legion Finds Professor X's Son in Downton Abbey

Legion, the upcoming X-Men semi-spinoff TV series, has found its star. Dan Stevens, best known as Matthew Crawley in the hit British period series Downton Abbey, has been cast as David Haller, the...

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The Young Octavia Butler Shaped Her Own Future Success Through Sheer Force of...

When she was still a struggling writer, Octavia Butler vowed that she would become successful, no matter what it took. Her handwritten affirmation about her own future success is amazing to read, now...

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New Batman Animated Movie Does Dick Grayson Justice

The Dark Knight is a terrible dad, generally way too busy brooding and fighting crime to utter “I love you.” In his newest animated movie, his family has to save his life. Does he say thank you? C’mon,...

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That Crazy Post-Apocalyptic Zorro Movie Is Now a Ridiculous Futuristic Zorro...

What do you do when you’ve already made and remade every single famous property out there? You set them in the future. It’s happening with Robin Hood, and now it’s happening with Zorro, too.Last year,...

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10 Movies That Secretly Hid Spoilers Inside the Movie Themselves

It’s always a nice wink at an unknowing audience when a movie reveals a huge spoiler during the movie itself. It’s harmless fun that most people don’t even catch because they don’t know enough about...

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