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Game Goods 2017: Bob Hoose’s Year-End Picks
We all know that it’s a pretty common thing these days to see families playing video games together. Games can be interactive, fun, and even

Culture Clips: Do (Late Night) Nice Guys Finish Last?
I watched about five minutes of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert the other night. That was as much as I could take before Colbert’s

Why “This is Us” is Sweeping the Nation
Over the last two seasons, NBC’s This is Us has become must-see TV for many a viewer, many of whom watch the show with a

Audiences Go Cuckoo for Coco
Leave it to a movie about dead people to inject a little life into the box office. Coco, Pixar Studio’s latest visual feast, carved up

And Now, Something Good (or at Least Interesting) About Justice League
Listen, I’m not going to tell you that Justice League is a great movie. I’ve written and said too much about it already to claim

Justice League Soars and Sinks Simultaneously
If you’re a top-flight team in college football, it’s not enough to just win. You’ve got to win by 50. If you don’t win pretty

Digging Below ‘6 Below’
In 2004, Eric LeMarque got lost while snowboarding and spent eight days in the snow and bitter cold. His story was recounted in the film

Culture Clips: Soaring ‘Reputation,’ Sinking Reputations
This just in: Taylor Swift is kind of a big deal. For months, the pop star has been stirring the pop culture stew with a

Cyberbullying Themselves
Fourteen-year-old Hannah Smith lived in Leicestershire, England. Fifteen-year-old Natalie Natividad lived in a little town called Hebbronville, Texas. Neither girl knew of the other, but

Ragnarok Rages Again
For the second straight week, it was hammertime. No one could touch Thor: Ragnarok this weekend. Marvel’s latest superhero smashfest banked an estimated $56.6 million
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