Making and distributing a short film is relatively less expensive than making a feature film, and sometimes it’s a director’s ticket to stardom in Hollywood. Here are 19 short films that were expanded into full-length feature films.

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If, for whatever reason, you long to wed somebody who’s already departed for the great beyond, your local government might just be willing to oblige … depending on where you live, and if you meet certain criteria.
Thanksgiving is here, which means unwanted questions from your relatives. But don't worry! When the conversation goes bad, just lob one of these facts out there.
Reader Aly, returning from a trip, asks, “What does the TSA do with all those confiscated items? Mostly, they confiscated my shampoo and I want it back, but I am also curious.”
As Boardwalk Empire concludes its fourth season, Atlantic City consultant Vicki Gold Levi shares her real-life recollections of the city’s glory days.
These groups eschewed typical protests for something a little more creative.
Posters and prints just don’t do great works of art justice—especially these. Take a trip to the right museum’s gallery and have a one-on-one with these masterpieces, or wait for the right tour and jump at them.
You’d think that if you lived on a small cul-de-sac with only four houses, it would be simple: The house numbers would simply be one, two, three and four. But Government is not about “simple.”
DEAR A.J., I went to my local diner, and they served me a glass of ice water—with a dead mosquito in it. I asked the manager what he planned to do about it. He said he’d give me a “free glass of water.” What should I have done?
Animals have always been important to the lives and livelihoods of humans, so it’s no wonder they've left a mark on language.
Put these masterpieces on your playlist and you'll never hear music the same way again.
GEICO’s delightful customer service would have been wildly popular in any era. Luckily these weird fads are all stuck in the past.
Love is patient. Love is kind. And often, love is denoted by the Greek root -phile.
Beyond Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain and even Alton Brown exists a culinary world limited only by human imagination and gag reflex. Here we explore some lesser known but very intriguing cookbooks.