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Dim the Lights and Feast Your Eyes on Netflix’s Jughead Hamburger Porn
Netflix has confirmed it’s adding the first season of CW’s Riverdale on Thursday, giving everyone a chance to dive into one of the weirdest teen dramas on television. But, Netflix knows what’s been missing from the first season, and decided to grant fans their deepest, darkest desire: Jughead hamburger porn.
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If We Live Another Billion Years, a Lot of Crazy Shit Is Going to Happen
Let’s just throw this one in the science fiction category. Everyone knows humans aren’t even going to survive the next few decades. But what would happen if we did live another billion years? Some really cool things with a healthy dose of horrific disaster.
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Developers of the MP3 Have Officially Killed It
MP3, the digital audio coding format, changed the way we listen to music and drove the adoption of countless new devices over the last couple of decades. And now, it’s dead. The developer of the format announced this week that it has officially terminated its licensing program.
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NASCAR's Wonder Woman Car Totaled in Fiery Wreck
Danica Patrick’s Wonder Woman-branded NASCAR was engulfed in flames after getting into a wreck at the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday. The powers of Princess Diana of Themyscira seemed to protect Patrick, who walked away unscathed, but another driver was injured in the crash.
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Alcoholism Saves Rick and Morty From a Face Hugger in Alien: Covenant Crossover
You know what they say, kids: Don’t use drugs. That is, unless it would save you from getting killed by an alien.
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Marvel's Cancelling Black Panther & The Crew, One of Its Most Important Comics Right Now
When Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey’s Black Panther & The Crew launched earlier this year, it proved that big publishers like Marvel can, in fact, still tell timely stories about real world issues, like how police brutality devastates black communities. But now, after a mere two issues, Marvel has cancelled the…
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Sunday's Best Deals: Coleman Gear, Cuisinart Grills, Motion-Sensing Lights, and More
Mini versions of OxyLED’s super-popular motion-sensing lights, a Charbroil Grill Gold Box, rechargeable batteries, and more lead Sunday’s best deals.
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Frequency and No Tomorrow Get Series-End Epilogues, Including Reveal of Frank's Fate
Fans of Frequency and No Tomorrow were collectively crushed when CW revealed that neither freshman series would get a second season. While neither show is getting a last-minute save, like NBC’s Timeless, fans are getting a bit of closure with some surprise epilogues to close out the stories.
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Let's Talk About That Breathtaking Doctor Who Reveal in the Spoiler-Packed Discussion Thread
Tonight’s Doctor Who gave us some really dark moments—and we’re not just talking about the space zombies. We need a moment to unpack that moment. You know the one we’re talking about. Take a breath and let’s jump in, shall we?
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Incoming, a Scifi Horror Short, Gives Body Snatchers WiFi
What if an alien invasion could be done remotely, ordering humans to do all the dirty work for you from the comfort of your alien spaceship? A new scifi short is about humans achieving First Contact, but the signal basically turns you into one of The Infected from The Last of Us.
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Yo Ho, Pirates of the Caribbean Fans, It's Paul McCartney as a Pirate
Jack Sparrow, meet your match. Sir Paul McCartney has unveiled the first look at his character for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. And I’m kind of at a loss for words.
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Zachary Levi's Alt-Con Nerd HQ Won't Be at San Diego Comic-Con This Year
It’s a sad day for those who can’t afford passes for San Diego Comic-Con. Zachary Levi has announced that The Nerd Machine will not be bringing Nerd HQ to San Diego this year, meaning comic book fans will be losing one of the con’s biggest offsite events.
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FCC Chairman Is Laughing at Americans Who Don't Want to Kill the Open Internet
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s profile rose a notch last week when John Oliver mercilessly mocked his ridiculous personal habits and his egregious intention to kill net neutrality. Now, Pai’s firing back by making horrible jokes about the Americans who like their internet just the way it is.
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NBC's Timeless Travels to a Past Where It Wasn't Cancelled With Surprise Renewal
Talk about changing your fate! NBC has changed course and saved Timeless from cancellation, giving it another season to air sometime in 2018.
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Grab Your Flamethrowers, Michael Myers Won't Be Immortal in Halloween Reboot
If there’s one complaint about the later Halloween movies (though, realistically, there are several), it’s how damn indestructible Michael Myers became. The masked killer escaped death so many times, he basically turned into a god. Well, writer Danny McBride has promised this won’t be the case in his planned Halloween…
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King Arthur (Actor) Was Almost on Game of Thrones
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword star Charlie Hunnam wants a second chance to be on Game of Thrones, after he said he turned down his last offer to guest on the show. I’m hoping GoT reconsiders because all I want is to see King Arthur show up in Westeros for no damn reason, even if it doesn’t make sense in any world.
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Last Call: Amazon's Most Popular Devices Are Back On Sale For Mother's Day
Update 5/13: These deals will go away come Mother’s Day, so take advantage while you still can.
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Saturday's Best Deals: Target, Digital Magazines, Last-Minute Mother's Day Gifts and More
$4 yearly digital magazine subscriptions, Target rugs, last-minute Mother’s Day gifts, and more lead Saturday’s best deals.
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New Poster Gives a First-ish Look at Okja's Titular Creature
Okja, Bong Joon-Ho’s first movie since Snowpiercer, is definitely shrouded in mystery. Is it a horror film, or a fairy tale— or hell, is it both? What is Tilda Swinton’s character up to? And what the hell does Okja actually look like? Well, the last question gets a sort-of answer, with the latest poster for Netflix’s…
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We're Ignoring Women Astronauts' Health At Our Peril
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s 7pm, and the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, which was packed with investors, aerospace tycoons, and scientists just hours ago, has dwindled to a dedicated few. It’s a very different crowd than the folks who came earlier in the day to watch Buzz Aldrin and other space veterans…
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