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Vin! The Rock! Jason Statham in a turtleneck! Luda!

Some aldermen worry the program will creep beyond Wrigleyville, but transit watchers and businesses say the move makes sense. [ more › ]

There is ONE pop of color, but it's slight.

You can head to Iceland for less than the cost of some meals in Chicago. [ more › ]

The last time I was emotionally invested in The Walking Dead, Negan, a straight-up terrorist, had just arrived, waving a barbed bat like a four-four. The show has since completely lost me.

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Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli, who met on the set of Orange Is The New Black, got married Saturday afternoon in Palm Springs.

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We’ve all heard the “walk 10,000 steps a day to be healthy” pitch, but new research says that, while 10,000 is better than nothing, it might not quite be enough.

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The owners of the iconic Willis Tower are working up plans for a $20 million expansion to the Tower's vertiginous Skydeck, and some of the more out-there possibilities include a place to rappel from one floor to another, or walk outside along a 102-story balcony. [ more › ]

All proceeds benefit the National Parks Foundation, Sierra Club and Earthjustice. [ more › ]

Modcloth, a women’s online fashion retailer known for quirky, indie-inflected clothes, will be acquired by Jet.com. Jet is, in turn, owned by Walmart. “It was explicitly stated that starting Friday paychecks come from Walmart,” a current employee told us. Current employees received offer letters from Walmart Wednesday…

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The gay emojis are here. Smiley face!

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Tears can flow at inopportune times. Like when you’re at work trying to come across as a professional that’s got it all together. There, there—dry your eyes and tell everyone it’s because you care so damn much.

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After a fucking creep won the Oscar, he received a standing ovation from the audience. Brie Larson was also standing, behind him, with her hands firmly at her sides.

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I don't envy appliance companies. Designers and marketers have a tough job, constantly trying to innovate new fridges, dishwashers and ovens —anticipating which features consumers will actually use and love, all without getting gimmicky or too niche. Because the current trend involves connecting to other smart devices like Alexa and iPhones, they now must also keep the technological horizon firmly in mind. Unless you're the second coming of Steve Jobs, it's hard to know what features will stick and what will go the way of the betamax.

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Check out this collection of photos from the folks of Librairie Mollat, a bookstore in France. The pictures show book covers interacting seamlessly with customers and employees. Man, I could look at this kinda thing all day. Annnnnnd I probably will, TBH. Productivity be damned! See more at the Instagram de Librairie Mollat.

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By now, you've probably seen the video from last night: Warren Beatty looking confused holding an envelope and card that didn't match what he expected, Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong winner, and, eventually, the cast and crew of Moonlight correctl...

She barely even blinked when she got clocked in the noggin.

Well, except for the shoes.

Meet birdstep. It is pretty much dubstep, except with birds. Don’t like birds? You won’t like birdstep. Don’t like dubstep? You won’t like birdstep. Don’t like birds or dubstep? Why the hell did you even click on this article I mean honestly it doesn’t make any sense are you a glutton for punishment or something? Me too! […]

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Every year, The Hollywood Reporter does humanity a great service by interviewing actual Oscar voters—anonymously, as some are almost certainly names we’d recognize—about what they really thought about the Oscar nominees, and who they held their noses to vote for. And they’re back! With a vengeance.

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Good Morning After. NASA's big announcement could offer us a future among the stars, Apple's own 'spaceship' gets a boring name and another Instagram feature you might never notice.

She also compares the outcry against the bigoted public figure to Jesus's crucifixion. [ more › ]

Despite the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ attempts to make the Oscars a more populist affair (their decision to allow up to nine Best Picture nominees has allowed for more than just prestige films to be in the running), over half the country hasn’t seen a single one of the nine films it found to be the…

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Have you ever heard of walking tacos? They have all the ingredients you'd imagine a taco would have like ground beef, cheese, lettuce (et cetera) but instead of being layered in a taco shell they are stuffed in mini bags of Fritos. Their portability makes them perfect for camping, picnics, or just for eating in front of the TV.

Well, this recipe is a lot like that except with banana pudding!
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A Florida man's alleged plot to set off explosives disguised as food in East Coast Target stores was foiled after he was turned in, authorities said.

We are firm believers that you can have a favorite recipe for brownies from scratch (this is ours) and have a favorite boxed brownie, too. These are not mutually exclusive and here's why: Once you find your favorite mix, you can rest assured that you'll have a brownie just the way you like it, wherever you are. Because sometimes you need a brownie fix with minimal input and maximum brownie enjoyment.

So, what's the best boxed brownie mix? Well, that depends. You see, everyone has a different opinion about what makes a brownie the best. Some people like them chewy, while others go for fudgy, and then there's the crowd who not-so-secretly wishes their brownies were cake.

We taste tested nine major brands against our favorite chewy brownie recipe to narrow the field to four of the best boxed mixes for every kind of brownie-lover, including a gluten-free version!

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These days I find myself increasingly irritated, annoyed, and flat-out furious with men. They’re voting for incompetent people, allegedly running the country and frankly, just pissing me the fuck off. I’ve been trying to soothe all this anger with country music. But not just any forlorn steel guitar stuff. I’ve been…

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