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Lazy writers (we’re looking at you, Law and Order franchise) have been using true crimes that were “ripped from the headlines” as entertainment fodder for years. Sometimes, however, the process goes the other way…

It’s nice to have a hobby. Otherwise, your life would turn toward perpetual tedium and there’s a solid chance you’d wind up a serial killer, or at the

Believe it or not, celebrities tend to have a lot of downtime when they aren’t recording an album or shooting a movie. Sure, it can be grueling to work on a TV show for several months in a row, but what happens when you don’t have another gig lined up? You work on hobbies and, if necessary, you find a second job to occupy your time. Some second jobs are a little more surprising than others, of cou

Box art, like album covers, is a dying breed. Originally hand drawn art reigned supreme but better graphics and digital distribution have all but killed off the awesome and occasionally terrible covers of yesteryear.

Everyone loves a good old fashioned scandal. Add in a little bit of sex just to spice things up, and it’s ratings heaven for journalists, and can also help boost the public profiles of the people involved. Sometimes those involved are submitted to public shame, while others use their new notoriety to slingshot themselves into the spotlight and gain fame and fortune. For better or worse, the public

Lego's have got to be the most adaptable toy on the planet. In the hands of a child they are a choking hazard. In the hands of an adult they're a multi-thousand

The novel can be a lot like a person. Both have a reasonably tough exterior that defines us physically. But it’s what lies within that we consider truly

When we turn on a television show boasting thrills and action, well, that’s kind of what we expect to see. We yearn to witness butts being kicked, huge

We don’t ask a lot from our television sitcoms. Seriously, how else can you explain shows like According to Jim? One of the things we do ask for is a little

Bad-asses in movies can take many different shapes and forms. Comic book movies offer villains such as Magneto, Loki and Zod (to kneel before). Horror movies on the other hand generally feature invincible killers, creepy ghost children and brain eating zombies. But then there are movies that disregard all the supernatural crap and simply pit scared shitless people against Mother Nature’s nastiest