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Today's Best Deals: Game of Thrones, Bodum Drinkware, Smart Thermostats, and More
Game of Thrones Monopoly, Breath of the Wild’s collector’s edition game guide, and smart thermostats lead off Thursday’s best deals.
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The Magicians Raises the Dead, Then Buries Itself Alive with an Inexcusable Retcon
Last season’s The Magicians ended with a hell of a cliffhanger, and it looks like this year is going to be no different. In fact, the Syfy series has gotten the ball rolling early, with a penultimate episode that not only saw the very surprising return to two characters, but finally put an end to one of the most…
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Meet the New Characters Coming to Jessica Jones' Second Season
Aquaman casts a big villain. Peter Capaldi discusses what sort of Doctor we can expect in his last season of Doctor Who. There’s good news for The Magicians and Shadowhunters. Plus, snazzy new Defenders art, a new Justice League poster, and set footage from the next Mission: Impossible movie. Spoilers get!
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Do Not Pass King's Landing, Do Not Collect 200 Gold Dragons With Game of Thrones Monopoloy
When you play Game of Thrones Monopoly, you win, or you get bored after 90 minutes and trade away all of your properties. Today’s deal is within $1 of an all-time low, so you won’t need a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos.
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Women of Star Wars Get Highlighted in New Series of Animated Shorts
Disney and Lucasfilm have started this year’s Star Wars Celebration on the right foot, announcing a new series of animated shorts called Forces of Destiny... all about some of Star Wars’ most iconic female characters, with several of the actresses reprising their starring roles.
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Witness the Everyday Life of a Teenage Monster in This Gorgeous Animated Short
All teenagers go through the same sort of experiences in life—high school woes, making friends, getting into schoolyard scraps. But when you’re a monster teen attending a human school, things can be a little different, as this beautiful animated short shows.
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An Old Foe and a Familiar Face Join the Young Mutants of X-Men Blue
Today Marvel launched the second major team book in its new wave of mutant comic series. Titled X-Men Blue, it follows the escapades of the young, time-displaced original X-Men: Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Beast, and Jean Grey. But today’s first issue confirmed two big status quo changes for the young team too.
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Every New (and Returning!) Development Thrawn Brings to the Star Wars Universe
Thrawn is a great Star Wars book that stands on its own. But the little nods and winks Timothy Zahn makes to Thrawn’s old life in the Expanded Universe novels—and to the events in Rebels, where Thrawn is currently the main antagonist—add another layer of delight. You should definitely read Thrawn (and watch Rebels),…
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Forget Superman, Cat Grant Will Be in Supergirl's Season Two Finale
The best thing about Supergirl moving to the CW and moving its production to Vancouver was that it meant that it was much easier to bring the DC/CW shows together for things like the musical episode. The worst part was that it meant losing Calista Flockhart’s Cat Grant as a regular. BUT SHE’S BACK, BABY!
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There Are Way Worse Ways Carbon Monoxide Can Kill You
Us Earthlings are quite lucky to be living at around standard temperature and pressure. Life has evolved to comfortably handle the shapes in which most molecules have arranged themselves under temperatures of about 32 degrees Fahrenheit and atmospheric pressures of an average day at sea level. But on other planets, at…
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Report: Josh Brolin Is Deadpool 2's Cable
After what’s felt like ages of speculation, a contender out of nowhere has apparently swooped in to take on the role of Deadpool’s time-traveling best bud: Marvel movie alumni Josh Brolin appears to be Deadpool 2's choice for Cable.
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Superman Has Another New Origin Story, and It May Mean Major Changes for the DC Universe
The end of the Superman Reborn event has given us a major new evolution in Superman’s saga—a Man of Steel who is a singular mix of his pre- and post-New 52 versions of himself. It seems like the umpteenth time in recent memory that Kal-El has had his origin tweaked, but this time it’s a turn of events that could have…
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Michael Dorn Had a Good Reason for Turning Down the Chance to Play Worf's Ancestor on Star Trek: Discovery
The Star Trek rumor mill has been full of reports that The Next Generation actor Michael Dorn would return to his Klingon roots on Star Trek: Discovery. Turns out, nope, that’s not happening. However, it sounds like he was offered a part, but turned it down after hearing how small his paycheck would be.
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Black Panther & The Crew Is What Happens When Creators of Color Tell Their Own Stories
On December 21, 2016, Jacqueline Craig, a black woman living in Fort Worth, Texas, called 911 to report that a white, male neighbor was choking her seven-year-old son, allegedly in retaliation for the child littering on his lawn.
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12 Questions We Want Answered at This Week's Star Wars Celebration
This Thursday, the biggest Star Wars party in the galaxy blasts off. It’s Star Wars Celebration Orlando, the franchise’s last official con until 2019, and it’s expected to focus heavily on 2017 being the 40th anniversary of the first film, as well as the new film, The Last Jedi. This means we’re heading into…
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Scientist Publishes Important New Dino Relative 20 Years After His Death
Alan Charig was a dinosaur superfan long before Jurassic Park. The gregarious paleontologist and curator at the British Museum of Natural History studied and described all sorts of new creatures, and brought them to the world through his writings and on his BBC Television show in the 70s.
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Okay, Who Had Jude Law in the 'Young Dumbledore' Pool?
Because if you guessed that the Fantastic Beasts movies would tap Jude Law to play the young Dumbledore, come collect your money. Now I’m really sad that Robert Downey Jr. didn’t get himself cast as Grindelwald somehow. Then we could have had a Sherlock Holmes reunion!
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Drink Your 'No Hellboy 3' Sorrows Away with Hellboy's Official Booze
Still bummed there won’t be a Hellboy 3? There’s no better way to ease the pain than by consuming mass quantities of an off-brand Fireball inspired by the “red hot” comic book character. Actually, I can think of several better ways, but most of them involve chainsaws, starting fires, and blood moons.
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Steven Universe Is Finally Getting an Official Soundtrack Release
One of the many things that makes Steven Universe great is its use of music—from the catchy, chiptunes-infused score to the many songs that play an important part in the show’s style and storytelling. Fans have been requesting an official soundtrack for the show for ages; now, at long last, their prayers have been…
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Newly Discovered Chill Dad Shrimp Gets Best Name Ever
It’s a rare treat when we get to read some wholesome news about shrimp—living ones that aren’t being carefully placed around a cocktail glass. It’s even better when that news involves a feisty little shrimp getting a badass name from some cool science dudes.
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