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One of America's most intriguing cold cases heated up this week when a tip from a retired mobster sent FBI and Michigan law enforcement officials wielding shovels and bulldozers to a suburban Detroit field in search of the decades-old remains of former Te
Jessica Bloustein Marshall|
But the crop of current Hollywood stars that appear in This is the End are hardly the first to play an embellished version of themselves on the big or small screen.
Aly Semigran|
When people live together in small communities they can be a great source of comfort and support to each other—but they can also really get on each other's nerves. Every community must figure out the best way to keep conflict to a minimum. In the late mid
Arika Okrent|
Go home, universe. You're drunk.
Lucas Reilly|
Chris Higgins|
Not all authors are quick to hand over their movie rights to film producers.
Erik van Rheenen|
Surprisingly, there are a lot of awards out there that you don’t want your name attached to.
Stacy Conradt|
Having served as a camera operator on over 100 films, Dave Knox knows a thing or two about the wacky slang used by movie industry insiders. Here are a few.
Judith Herman|
Kilroy can be found all over the world, and went viral long before social media or the Internet were around.
Matt Soniak|
Here are five one-hit wonders who deserve to be remembered for their five minutes in the limelight—and what they’ve been up to since.
Erik van Rheenen|
Growing up often means prioritizing work over fun stuff. Unless, of course, your job involves nothing but fun stuff.
Jake Rossen|
These passages from old English textbooks aren't wrong—but they don't sound quite right, either.
Arika Okrent|
We hope you'll sleep better knowing a little more about the science of dreams.
Maggie Ryan Sandford|
Chameleons are often described as the “quick-change artists” of the animal kingdom, rapidly altering the shade of their skins to blend into their environment. The animal kingdom is filled with amazing color-changers, several of whom dramatically outdo the
Mark Mancini|
Finally—a way to map out a family that includes a frog, a pig, a beatnik, an alien, three near-identical chickens, and a "whatever."
Meg Boeni|
Inspired by her novel Love Rehab: A Novel in Twelve Steps, Jo Piazza assembled this list of real-life break-ups so heartbreaking, they went down in history.
Jo Piazza|
Many pilots have a lot of star power behind them, either in front of or behind the camera. But just because a pilot has some clout to it doesn’t mean it will be picked up for an entire season run. Here are 10 high-profile TV pilots that didn’t make it to
Rudie Obias|
Mark Mancini|
When I saw the Caribbean Sea in person for the first time, my eyes metaphorically popped out of my head. As a kid who grew up in South Jersey, I was used to the dirty, almost brown, kinda-sorta blue color of the coastal Atlantic Ocean. But this was differ
Will McGough|
“Twenty-five years of peace, Mr. Carnegie, and I hope there will be twenty-five more!” Thus Kaiser Wilhelm II greeted Andrew Carnegie, the world-famous industrialist and peace advocate, who had come to Berlin to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kaise
Erik Sass|
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