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The only thing more entertaining than a good movie is having your mom recount the details in a total mom way. Joe Nicolosi knows this all too well. First, he had his mother explain "The Matrix," and now here's "Inception...

From Dutch design studio Booo comes Smart Booo, a portable pebble-like remote for your lamps. Tap it to turn your lights on and off, and rotate it in space to dim. It works with out-of-the-box Booo-designed lamps, but th...

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"I'm going to New York," the skinny 15-year-old announced to her mother. "And there's nothing you can do about it." With that, the Pennsylvania farmgirl hit the big city. Within a few years, she'd rocketed to the top ran...

“I’m going to New York,” the skinny 15-year-old announced to her mother. “And there’s nothing you can do about it.” With that, the Pennsylvania farmgirl hit the big city. Within a few years, she’d rocketed ...

The thing with lines in the sand is that they create division. What if you draw one and your audience, customers or the people you care about are on the other side of it? What if you offend or turn off the people you're ...

Three weeks ago, I drove to a sagging brick Victorian in midtown Detroit to watch the three-piece post-folk band The Hand in the Ocean play a house show with four other acts. Upon arriving, I was ushered through a courty...

The second annual event won't have as great an impact on downtown churches as the inaugural 2014 race, because it won't fall on Palm Sunday. Runners will be rerouted through…

Back in 2013, photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero released a series of self-portraits showing how bystanders looked at her in public. What were they reacting to? Her weight. Morris-Cafiero has now released a new set of pho...

After only six episodes and what seems to be a consensus that their coupledom is peripheral to the plot of "How to Get Away with Murder," we'd like to inform you that Laurel and Frank already have several homemade YouTub...

Spoilers are coming ... In September, actor Kristian Nairn said in an interview that he and Bran wouldn't be in Season 5 of "Game of Thrones," and the entire Internet was like, "Hodor?" Now, one of the "GoT" showrunners ...

Painting is not an option for us (as I suspect is the same for many renters), so I decided to focus on creating a gallery wall that I really love in order to bring some color to the walls. One of my goals with this cure ...

Sure, it seems like there's always a country music award show on TV, but the Country Music Association Awards (better known as the CMAs) airing tonight are the real deal. It's the most prestigious trophy in Nashville, so...

Sure, it seems like there’s always a country music award show on TV, but the Country Music Association Awards (better known as the CMAs) airing tonight are the real deal. It’s the most prestigious trophy in Nashville...

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Pin-Ups for Vets Founder Gina Elise, Navy Vet Buddy Watson, Julia Reed Nichols Veterans Day is a time to remember the past as well as the ongoing courage and sacrifice of our enlisted men and women. It's also a time to p...

Mark Villaver has danced behind some impressive celebrities like Taylor Swift. But he's never looked better on the dance floor than in this video, where he and his mom throw down some super smooth moves to Usher. Mark's ...

A would-be rapper stranded in 1980s Midwestern suburbs, 15-year-old Hank loses his first battle-of-the-rhymes. The onlookers who give the kid a thumbs-down during the match -- mounted in a mall parking lot -- can't be ju...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The sketches of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' Chicago museum show a flowing white building topped with a hovering ring. The newly unveiled architectural designs for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art w...

Since the 2012 release of the Rhett Walker Bands' debut album and first Top 10 hit, Grammy-nominated musician Rhett Walker has been touring non-stop. And with the recent release of the Band's second album "Here's To The ...

Q: We built a beautiful country "farm house," but made a bad design decision. The front door opens into the hall which flows without interruption into the main part of the house which is the dining area/kitchen/living ro...