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Merry Festivus! Your Guide To Celebrating 'The Holiday For The Rest Of Us'

By Zachary
If you've ever felt like Christmas just wasn't for you, or the rush to spend money on presents is getting you down, you'll be happy to know there's an alternative. Since 1997, Seinfeld fans have been marking December 23rd off on their calendar as Festivus ("the holiday for the rest of us!"). If you're a fan of the show you probably know all about the Festivus pole, the airing of grievances, and other Festivus traditions, but this holiday is about bringing people together. So in the Festivus spirit, we're happy to introduce you to the magic and wonder of this

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Dick Van Dyke Returning To 'Mary Poppins' Revival

By Meg
This is the best Christmas gift I could have asked for. Legendary Dick Van Dyke confirmed he will be returning to his singing and dancing shoes for the new Mary Poppins revival! The movie isn't set to come out until Christmas Day 2018, but it's already got an incredible star-studded cast. Emily Blunt will be playing Mary Poppins, and will be joined by Meryl Streep, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Angela Lansbury and Colin Firth.Now, it's not going to be a total remake so don't get too worried. The movie is called Mary Poppins Returns and will take place 30 years in

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Happy 50th Birthday to Kiefer Sutherland!

By Zachary
Today, one of the most successful actors from two countries celebrates his 50th birthday. Born in 1966 to famous Canadian parents Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, Kiefer has managed to chart his own path through Hollywood, winning awards and fans for his amazing roles on both TV and the silver screen.Fun fact: Sutherland has a star on both Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. He deserves it, with a movie career stretching back more than 30 years and a starring role in 24, one of the most popular shows of

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80s Rocker Richard Marx Helped Restrain A Crazed Passenger On His Plane

By Zachary
When casting the part of the unlikely tough guy who jumps into action when a flight attendant on his plane is attacked, you might not think of 80s heartthrob Richard Marx. Well, that's exactly what happened when Marx and his wife, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, were caught on a Korean Air flight with an abusive passenger.The rocker, who's know for such hits as "Should've Known Better" and "Hazard," says that the passenger in the row next to the couple started acting abusively towards flight attendants and passengers."When he started pushing the female staff and pulling them by

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Turbo-Man Dolls Are Finally Real! But They're Already Sold Out

By Zachary
Jingle All the Way might not be as beloved as some Christmas classics like It's a Wonderful Life, but it's earned its place as an evergreen Christmas movie with its timeless theme - struggling to buy the "big toy" of the year.The film was released the same year as the Tickle Me Elmo craze, and got a lot of laughs out of star Arnold Schwarzenegger's quest to buy his son that year's "it" toy, a Turbo-Man action figure.The Turbo-Man doll was, briefly, a real toy, but only 200,000 toys were ever shipped, and the fad didn't survive

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Winning 'Price Is Right' Actually Kinda Sucks

By Meg
"It's...A NEW CAR!!"Honestly, probably everyone's dream words when they were younger. You wanted nothing more than to be on The Price Is Right and hear Johnny Olsen or Rod Roddy say you got to play Plinko for a brand new car. Not to shatter your dreams or anything, but winning a new car actually costs you THOUSANDS of dollars. According to Aurora De Lucia, a contestant on the show in 2013, her new car cost her more money than she could have imagined. "I viewed [winning] as a great way to make money," she said. "But I was

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The First Six Mega Man Games Are Coming To Mobile Phones

By Zachary
Just a month after another retro gaming icon finally made the jump to mobile phones, and after this year's huge success of Pokemon Go, everyone's favorite super fighting robot is finally ready to rock and roll onto Android and iOS. Capcom announced on Monday that Mega-fans won't have to wait until 20XX to duke it out with the blue hero's robot enemies on their phones.  The first 6 Mega Man games will be available on mobile phones some time in January.There's no price announced yet, or even a definite release date besides "early January," but fans of the

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A New TV Documentary Will Shed Light On The Menéndez Brothers' Case

By Zachary
This year's hottest TV trend was revisiting some of the most shocking court cases of the 1990s. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won 9 Emmy Awards, and CBS's documentary The Case Of: Jon Benét Ramsey made headlines for its controversial examination of the child pageant star's death.Next month, a new two hour TV special will revisit the original "trial of the century," the homicide trial of the Menéndez brothers, Erik and Lyle, who were found guilty of murdering their wealthy parents Jose and Kitty Menéndez in their Beverly Hills home. The brothers' shocking murder and
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