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If you ask the average person about Vincent van Gogh, you’d more likely to hear things about self-mutilation than his beautiful work or his staggering genius… especially since a lot of facts about him are wrong.

Some movies, like Basic Instinct and Species, provide countless displays of gratuitous nude scenes, and that’s great because we expect them to. Conversely,

Over the years, many great films have been adapted from books. This tradition of adaptation dates as far back as 1918’s Little Women to later classics such

Ever since the radio star lost a tense standoff with video, we’ve been forced to endure countless crummy music videos revolving around a couple of tired

There are basically two kinds of music videos: either the band just stands around playing in a series of generic shots for a few minutes, or you get a brief

Hollywood, it is commonly said, never has any original ideas. What people probably aren't aware of is that this has been true pretty much since the beginning of

We’re living in a culture where half of what we say seems to come from television or the movies. At some points it feels like there are precious few original thoughts being delivered in every day conversation, and quoting movies promotes a sort of kinship, and an inside joke with other people who are thinking to themselves, “Yes, I, too, have seen and enjoy that movie.” It’s just a shame that when

1. TeletubbiesAnybody for tubby-custard? How about we just watch TV off each others stomachs for a while? Nah, you’re right, it’s all repeats these

Superheroes have been with us since the 1930s. With their simple morality, bright costumes, and science-mangling powers, we've had literally thousands of

Anyone who has ever attended a major university with an art program knows that those wacky art students can be a strange bunch. While the rest of us are