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10. Man talks about how he used to want to be an astronaut 9. Woman fakes story of attempted sexual assault by a cop to benefit herself 8. Man tells woman her entire personality is a reaction to him 7. Abusive asshole displays psychological burden over the rape of his wife, who is wholly unrepresented…
Greetings, folks. I know I promised you an extra-long “Postal Apocalypse” after last week’s absence, but I caught a mutant technovirus (head-cold) during my wasteland wanderings (plane travel). So here’s a regularly sized mailbag for your enjoyment — load me up with questions and I’ll owe you next week. Equal Rites Matt: Dear Mr. Postman,…
Taylor Swift has just posted an open letter to Apple entitled “To Apple, Love Taylor” explaining why she’s holding back her latest album, 1989, from the new Apple Music streaming service. The problem, Swift says, is that for the three month free trial period every consumer gets, Apple won’t be paying artists for those streams. Swift…
Batman Begins, arguably the first truly great Batman movie since 1989, turns 10 today. When it was released in the summer of 2005, it wasn’t the only superhero movie on the block, but it was by far the best, and the impact it had continues to reverberate to this very day. We wouldn’t have Christian…
Unlike your run-of-the-mill cheap liquor — you know, the stuff that’s sold in plastic onesies — Arnold Schwarzenegger is like a good bottle of your drink of choice. Why’s that, you ask? Because the older Arnie gets, the better everything he does is. Consider the man’s charity work for the After-School All-Stars program in California….
Filming has begun for Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters movie, with Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones as the new proton pack-wielding foursome. And the first photos offer a few clues to what kinds of characters these ladies will be playing. Collider points us to a few set pictures that have gone out…
Bravo Jon for keeping it real. @Kwam_E ▶ Jon Stewart on Charleston South Carolina Shooting. Daily Show 6/18/2015 – YouTube.
Learning that a major character died in a Game of Thrones season finale shouldn’t surprise you. But exactly who died in last Sunday’s episode very well might. Is this character really as dead as them seem, though? Here are all the reasons viewers and book readers alike have devised that [REDACTED] may yet be around….
Jurassic World is delighting audiences, smashing box office records, and making people excited about dinosaurs again. But did you notice the movie is also sort of terrible? If the new installment of Jurassic Park left you with questions, our patented Spoiler FAQ has the answers you didn’t even know you needed! How would you summarize…
To Beggars Group Labels Artists and Managers: We thought it was time to update you on the situation with Apple Music, following speculation in the press, some of it ill-informed. Apple have been a wonderful partner for the last decade, and we confidently trust they will continue to be so. We have recently been in…