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Disney movies tend to cut before anything really intense happens. Villains fall to their deaths offscreen, and couples walk happily into the sunset -- but not to the bedroom. Which means, much to our dismay, we've never ...

So, Hugh Jackman may a bit stronger than we thought -- because, apparently, he can now deadlift 180 kgs (nearly 400 lbs) and make it look easy. But he's got good reason for his new fitness prowess: Jackman is currently t...

In March of this year I had the opportunity to write an article about Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) entitled The Most Common Rare Genetic Disease You’ve Never Heard Of: SMA. The response from people was so positive tha...

Steven DaLuz's ideas about the sublime are an attempt to weave a thread of continuum through art history. By saying that artists from the Renaissance to the Modernists and beyond were, are, striving for the same thing, t...

Remember when saving the seat next to you for your best friend on the first day of school? Well, pop stars aren't quite so lucky on one of music's biggest nights of the year. The Huffington Post got a sneak peek at the s...

I've never come up with a grand explanation about what life was supposed to mean for me after a suicide attempt. But the world is a good place. A hopeful…

Fans of Homer, Marge, and the kids are rejoicing as the longest marathon in TV history has begun with all 552 episodes of The Simpsons being shown back-to-back on the FXX cable network, starting on Thursday. 5 Math Lesso...

Last week, it was revealed that The Weinstein Company would debut a theater-only trailer for Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" with prints of "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For" on Aug. 22 and not release the clip onlin...

When it comes to the ice bucket part of the ice bucket challenge, rapper 50 Cent isn't too interested. What he really wants is to continue his feud with boxer Floyd Mayweather -- oh, and maybe donate $750,000 to charity ...

Lori Emerson's Reading Writing Interfaces "When computers move into people's homes, it would be most unfortunate if they were merely black boxes whose internal workings remained the exclusive province of the priests." "H...

Even after we die, we keep adding to our carbon footprint. 90,000 tons of steel, 4 million acres of trees, and 750,000 gallons of formaldehyde are used in the funeral industry each year. For a more sustainable solution, ...

A frequent sight in the streets of downtown Raleigh about 1900 was "Aunt" Betsy Holmes, who drove her cart to market each day. Drawn by a bull named Joe, it…

Taylor Swift's music video for "Shake It Off" has already made waves for all the wrong reasons. Swift dances and twerks alongside ballerinas and break dancers, and many critics called her out for cultural appropriation. ...

Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance in Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man raises the question of how many cigarettes a spy can smoke and also how many drinks he can imbibe and still see straight. Spying is a form of perc...

When we talk about Spanish wines, it’s easy to think only of its reds — the flagship tempranillos of the Rioja region, the august wines of Ribera del Duero, the trendy new offerings from Priorat.

Shakira's hips don't lie, but a federal judge is pretty sure one her songs contains lyrics illegally ripped off from another musician. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled against Sony Corp. of America Tuesday, fi...

I've been having a bear of a time finding a set of side tables that fit next to my couch and don't look terrible. I also love a good DIY project -- especially one that can be finished over a weekend -- so I was pretty ex...

There's going to be a lot of drama at the Primetime Emmy Awards this year. More specifically, it will happen in the category for outstanding drama series, which is shaping up to be the most heated contest of the glitzy a...

There’s going to be a lot of drama at the Primetime Emmy Awards this year. More specifically, it will happen in the category for outstanding drama series, which is shaping up to be the most heated contest of the glitzy...

From The Kitchn ' 15 Free Downloadable Labels for Your Canning Jars

The recent shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown has revived a national conversation about race and police brutality, about "walking while black," and about the perils of being young and not white in America. The c...

Roland Reiss and Lita Barrie in the artist's studio in the Brewery, 2014. "Art is a form of consciousness." - Susan Sontag Raphael Rubinstein insists that the major difference between an art critic and other critics -- l...