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The Inside Story of How Nickelodeon’s ‘Angry Beavers’ Nearly Ended by Making the Main Characters Realize They Were Going to Die | VICE | United States

Larry Fitzmaurice10 years ago013 mins

Screen grab via Angry Beavers opening credits In 2001, Nickelodeon’s slapstick cartoon series The Angry Beavers was facing cancellation after four seasons on the air. “We were significantly over budget, behind schedule, and had generally worn out our welcome [with the network],” series co-creator Keith Kaczorek says over e-mail. In light of this certain demise,…

Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? – The New Yorker

JOHN SEABROOK10 years ago037 mins

Max Martin, pictured at the 2015 Grammy Awards, has written nearly two dozen No. 1 songs, for performers including Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL TRAN / FILMMAGIC VIA GETTY Barrier Status: ‘none’ Among the stranger aspects of recent pop music history is how so many of the biggest hits…

Jessica Williams: Daily Show gun violence segment airs | EW.com

Christopher Rosen10 years ago02 mins

The mass murder of nine people on a community college campus in Roseburg, Oregon last week was the 45th school shooting in 2015. And to illustrate how often stories of gun violence cycle through news broadcasts, Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams revealed to new host Trevor Noah that she “pre-tapes” discussion of “these terrible, unending stories.” “I’m sick…

Frank Miller’s First “Dark Knight III” Cover Revealed – Comic Book Resources

Albert Ching10 years ago02 mins

INFOLINKS_ON Those wondering when some Frank Miller art from “Dark Knight III: The Master Race” would surface need wonder no more. DC Comics has released Miller’s cover to the minicomic that will be bundled with the first issue, starring the Atom — and as evidenced by the cover, Superman as well. Each issue of “Dark…

Mega-Popular 13-Year-Old YouTube Star Mysteriously Dead

Sam Biddle10 years ago08 mins

For the past five years, an anonymous mother and father duo in Arnold, Maryland have obsessively documented their three young children for millions of YouTube fans. Last Thursday, one of them died at 13, and no one knows why. Caleb Logan Brataley isn’t his real name, but it was known across the infinitely expanding YouTube-verse…

Stephen Colbert: Stop pretending mass shootings will magically stop on their own – Vox

German Lopez 10 years ago10 years ago06 mins

Stephen Colbert is exasperated with America’s unwillingness to do anything about itsvery unique gun problem. Breaking the comedic tone on his show on Friday, Colbert echoed what’s now a common theme in the discussion about guns: Why doesn’t anything change? Commenting specifically on the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, Colbert said: In the face of the…

Rick & Morty‘s Co-Creators Plan To (Finally) Hire Female Writers For Season 3 | The Mary Sue

Maddy Myers10 years ago011 mins

Did you know that Rick & Morty has no women writers on staff? Co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland mentioned that fact in a Hollywood Reporter interview today, along with their intention to hire more women next season. They’re not hiring more women because they set out to do so, or anything. By their own…

If You Didn’t Love Avengers: Age of Ultron, The New DVD Won’t Change Your Mind

Charlie Jane Anders10 years ago010 mins

I was kind of hoping to write a review of the Avengers: Age of Ultron DVD/Blu-Ray that went something like, “If you were one of the people who didn’t love the Avengers sequel, this new DVD will change your mind.” Alas, I can’t write that, because it’s probably not true. Avengers: Age of Ultron was…

Enough is Enough: Dark Horse’s Scott Allie’s Assaulting Behavior | Graphic Policy

Janelle M. Asselin10 years ago033 mins

We all know at this point that there is a pervasive sexual harassment problem in comics. This isn’t just about one or two people who behave badly, but about an industry-wide problem where harassers and abusers are protected by their employers — the very institutions that are supposed to operate within human resource rules and…

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September 30, 2015 – Chris Christie – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Episode – Season 21 – Ep. 21003 | Comedy Central

The Daily Show10 years ago035 mins

SINCE I’VE BEENIN AMERICA A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME IF I’M HAVING A HARDTIME ADJUSTING TO LIVING IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE TRUTH IS, YES. SOME THINGS ARE HARDER TOUNDERSTAND THAN OTHERS. FOR INSTANCE, WHY DO YOU LET THEBABY LIONS ( BLEEP ) IN THE SANDBOX IN YOUR BATHROOMS? AND WHY DID YOU…

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Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

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The Inside Story of How Nickelodeon’s ‘Angry Beavers’ Nearly Ended by Making the Main Characters Realize They Were Going to Die | VICE | United States

Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? – The New Yorker

Jessica Williams: Daily Show gun violence segment airs | EW.com

Frank Miller’s First “Dark Knight III” Cover Revealed – Comic Book Resources

Mega-Popular 13-Year-Old YouTube Star Mysteriously Dead

Stephen Colbert: Stop pretending mass shootings will magically stop on their own – Vox

Rick & Morty‘s Co-Creators Plan To (Finally) Hire Female Writers For Season 3 | The Mary Sue

If You Didn’t Love Avengers: Age of Ultron, The New DVD Won’t Change Your Mind

Enough is Enough: Dark Horse’s Scott Allie’s Assaulting Behavior | Graphic Policy

September 30, 2015 – Chris Christie – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Episode – Season 21 – Ep. 21003 | Comedy Central