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Poems have helped to create some of the most poignant scenes in movies—think of W.H. Auden’s "Funeral Blues" in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral,' or Elizabeth Bishop’s "One Art" in 'In Her Shoes.' Movies, in turn, have inspired some spectacular poems.
For people in a swath of the country, Sheetz is an unwritten item on the itinerary of any journey of more than 40 miles.
Jeff Bezos’s net worth skyrocketed in the last year. Elon Musk’s net worth did, too. So did loads of other billionaires’.
Mary Astor and her 'Purple Diary' were the center of a Hollywood scandal so big, it knocked news of Hitler off the front page.
In the 1980s, shopping malls across America hosted everything from video game demonstrations to fans screaming for Patrick Duffy.
New York City’s population density has proven impossible to beat—but San Francisco tried its level best.
From ahead-of-the-curve furniture design to geeky scientific fact-check details, here’s what to zoom in on the next time you’re sitting awestruck watching Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey.'
Yes, J. Peterman is a real mail order catalog magnate. And yes, he's real-life friends with the not-so-real Peterman.
You know that Tom Hanks is an Oscar-winning actor, and that he recently played Fred Rogers on the big screen. But did you know that he's actually related to Mr. Rogers? (And to Abraham Lincoln, too.)
Why have one TV show when you can have two? And why just have a plain old TV crossover when you can have a really weird TV crossover?
From its humble beginnings on Logo TV to its current status as an awards show darling (19 Emmys and counting), 'RuPaul's Drag Race' has been on our TV screens for over a decade now.
'A Glitch in the Matrix,' the new documentary from Rodney Ascher ('Room 237') takes its cue from Philip K. Dick to explore just how real the "reality" we live in is.
“Girl Groups” is one of those musical genres that’s difficult to define, but that has been incredibly influential on pop music as a whole throughout the decades.
Jackie Ormes was a trailblazer for Black women cartoonists. Find out more about her life, legacy, and the doll that made history.
Sometimes the trick goes unnoticed. But at least we can use blacklights to recognize the biofluorescent beasts who lay hidden in our midst.
Before writing plans for Memorial Day, check which businesses and institutions will be closed on the federal holiday.
Though NBC called it quits on 'Law & Order' in 2010, after 20 seasons and more than 450 episodes, the series lives on in reruns and spinoffs. In fact, it's probably playing somewhere on TV right now.
Girl Scouts are synonymous with cookies, and they should be. In just a few weeks each year, Girls Scouts sell more cookies than Oreo.
From clothing made from milk to selfie toasters, these are the products that had us doing a double take.
From a musclebound mollusk with a Cheshire grin to a furry mystery with lore worthy of Tolkien, here are eight of the most unique Minor League baseball mascots.
Audiences and critics have been captivated by the deeply dysfunctional—and bleakly hilarious—antics of the Roy family on HBO's hit series 'Succession.'
The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie wasn’t quite as satisfying as the scenes readers had imagined in their own heads.
The British royal family has a history of intrigue and scandal—and at least one royal shoe breaker-inner.