Archive for April 17, 2016

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Velocity Alert: 'Simpsons' boss unearths script pages from the Prince episode that never got made

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'Simpsons' boss unearths script pages from the Prince episode that never got made

A look inside Conan O'Brien's re-write of the never-seen episode.

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Prince George stayed up 15 minutes past his bedtime to meet Barack and Michelle Obama and 10 More

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The curious case of the 30-year-old high school basketball star

Jonathan Nicola was a Canadian high school hoops star -- or so everyone thought.

AMC will play 'Purple Rain' at 87 U.S. theaters this weekend

AMC will honor Prince with screenings of the 1984 film.

8-year-old pens thrilling apocalyptic novels about farts

Can't wait for the movies to come out.

Kid's literal answer to bonus question is too perfect

Well, they weren't wrong.

How I learned to love my incessant blushing

According to Darwin it's the "most peculiar and the most human of all expressions."

Hulu's movies are exploding as the Netflix film library shrinks

Hulu & chill?

'Anti-ageing' gin promises to fight off wrinkles as you drink

It's infused with drinkable collagen.

This CEO fits all of her trash since 2012 in a mason jar

"People hear about me, and the think 'she must live in a tree and have armpit hair,'" Lauren Singer says. "But you don't have to be a hippie to do this."

Trans bathroom activists aren't just shouting, they're waging viral war

The battle over access to public bathrooms is playing out with memes, videos, Facebook posts and tweets.

Michelle McNamara, true crime writer and wife of Patton Oswalt, dies

Her death was "a complete shock to her family and friends."