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Netflix has become an original series generator the likes of which the online world doesn’t see.  They’ve gotten critical favorites like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards, crowd-pleasers like Arrested Development, and a 5-series maxi-series event with Marvel coming down the pipe, but Netflix isn’t resting on its laurels.  Instead, the company […]

Everyone wants to be part of the latest and greatest version of everything, but when it comes to updating your operating systems, you should always think twice before you push that download button, especially when it comes to Apple’s smartphone operating system.  Apple’s iOS is notoriously riddled with bugs with every new update, and it […]

The September 9 event was much awaited, especially since it was the rumored debut of both the Apple iWatch and the iPhone 6.  As it turns out, both of those things happened, and now that the first weekend of sales is over, Apple can start celebrating with solid-gold iPhones and other such celebratory goodies.  So […]

With NBC’s beloved Parks & Recreation entering its final season, it appears that the cast has already started finding other work.  Chris Pratt, who played Andy, is now a Marvel superhero in the biggest movie of the year.  Amy Poehler will be fine, as will Nick Offerman and Aziz Ansari.  The other half of Parks […]

Once upon a time, attitude was everything.  The wilder your commercials, the bolder your flavors, the more people liked you.  Consider it an anti-Guy Fieri.  One of the best examples of this came from the stodgy old minds at Coca-Cola, with their secret recipe and sacred formula.  Their entry into the x-treem citrus drink market […]

Veteran character actor Richard Kiel made a first impression in a big way.  It’s easy to do that when you’re 7 feet 2 inches tall.  His first acting role was as the giant Kanamit alien in the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man,” and he continued to work steadily for many years.  If you don’t […]

When it comes to breaking out of jail, sometimes it seems like it’s just too easy to comprehend.  You walk out into the yard, you crawl under a fence, and you flee into the night.  That’s how an impressive gaggle of teenagers managed to escape from the Woodland Hills juvenile detention center in Nashville, Tennessee.  […]

When it comes to police work, there’s the glamor of cops on television and the terrible, dirty, back-breaking work done by real police officers.  The groundbreaking reality television show Cops, which follows on-duty law enforcement on their calls, blurred that line significantly, and it’s been a ratings success for a staggering 25 seasons, mostly on […]

In what is the last year of the show, Breaking Bad looks like it will end on a high note.  The drama series about meth-making chemistry teacher Walter White and his adventures long ago came to a close on AMC, but the final season has turned out to be a boon to the show’s award […]

You can never underestimate the power of a good voice.  It can turn homeless men into media sensations and it can turn radio announcers into legends.  For Dominick Pardo, born in Westfield, Massachussetts on February 22, 1918, it turned a high school actor into one of the most famous voices to ever come out of […]

There are a lot of things that can cause trouble when you’re dealing with a massive flying machine loaded with dozens of people and carrying hundreds of gallons of highly explosive fuel.  Any little distraction, even a seat adjustment, can cause chaos and disruption and put lives at risk.  When that disruption happens to the […]

One of the biggest names in Hollywood is no more.  One of the funniest folks to ever step on the stand-up stage is also gone.  There’s no real easy way to say this, but Robin Williams, the iconic actor who won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting and rose to stardom as Mork on Mork […]

…Kevin Love, that is!  The Minnesota Timberwolves star forward/center/nearly 7-foot-tall three-point shooter and certified double-double machine that is also known by mortals as Kevin Love is going to be moving to a new destination and getting a new position in the process.  Kevin Love will be joining the Cleveland Cavaliers to help spread the floor […]

Facebook being down is a big deal for a lot of people.  After all, Facebook is THE social network, and it’s also a place where a lot of people to go play games, share pictures, hang out, and generally waste the work day.  So when Facebook suffers an outage, be it a record outage or […]