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Disney Moves to Bring ‘Star Wars’ Back to the Light Side
Two new trailers for ‘Star Wars:Rebels’ debuted yesterday, marking the upcoming release of the first new Star Wars project since Disney bought LucasFilm in October 2012. The purchase, estimated at approximately $4.05 billion, brought yet another round of backlash from fans, most of whom were still feeling betrayed after the horror that was the Star…
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The 78 Project Captures the Sounds of Today with the Scratchy Gear of the Past
Alan Lomax’s story has become the stuff of legend. In the early parts of the 20th century, Lomax ventured across the most desolate and poorest spots in America recording local musicians for the Library of Congress. Most notable among his discoveries were great Dust Bowl folkie Woody Guthrie as well as some seminal bluesmen of…
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According to Him, Oshie’s Epic Olympic Performance Not Deserving of Hero Status
On Saturday in Sochi, U.S. hockey player T.J. Oshie — hardly known at all to the majority of people who watched the game against Russia — joined the likes of Rocky Balboa, James Bond, and even Herb Brooks with a legendary performance defeating Russian counterparts that will go down as one of the most memorable…
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Snake Handling Pastor Dies After Snake Bite
Kentucky pastor Jamie Coots, age 42, died this past Saturday after a snake he was handling bit him on the hand while he was preaching to his church, Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name. Coots turned down offers for emergency medical treatment, and died at home. Coots was previously the star of a National Geographic…
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Is Tinder Like Real Life?
Most Americans have a mental image akin to Sylvester Stallone’s training montage in Rocky IV when they think about their country’s olympic athletes’ downtime: aggressive training to inspirational power ballads (or something along those lines). This, of course, is not really the case. In fact, many olympians have been getting distracted by popular dating app…
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Harry Potter Author Will Publish Another Book As Robert Galbraith
Publisher Little, Brown confirmed that Harry Potter author JK Rowling will publish another crime novel using her pen name, Robert Galbraith. The new novel, The Silkworm, is the second installment in the Cormoran Strike series (following the critically acclaimed The Cuckoo’s Calling). It will be published on June 19 in the U.K. and June 24…