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Netflix

'BoJack Horseman' surprised viewers and critics with its gradual dive into the depression of an anthropomorphic horse that used to be the star of a banal, early 1990s, TGIF-type sitcom.

Roger Cormier, Hannah McDonald


PBS

Between 1995 and 1998, PBS fed kids classic tales like 'Ivanhoe' through a wise-cracking Jack Russell Terrier. And now it looks like he's getting his own feature film.

Kristin Hunt




YouTube

Twenty years ago, a young Scottish actor named Ewan McGregor careened onto the screen and dared viewers to “Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television.”

Kristin Hunt


Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981).

Dudley Moore played the titular role in 'Arthur' (1981), with Liza Minnelli portraying waitress Linda Marolla and Sir John Gielgud in an Oscar-winning performance as Arthur's dryly sarcastic servant, Hobson.

Roger Cormier
Snuggie/Facebook

More than 30 million of the once-ubiquitous sleeved blankets have been sold since their debut—which means you’ve probably purchased one.

Jennifer M Wood




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China is the world’s second largest movie market, but it has strict guidelines about what it will and will not allow in theaters.

Rudie Obias