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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

The Invasion of the Christmas Carols
Many of us mark our seasons by firsts: the first robin of spring, the first sunburn of summer, the first interception by our terrible quarterback

To See or Not to See: Is That Our Question?
Every couple of years or so, we try to survey Plugged In’s users to see what you think of the website: what works, what doesn’t,

Culture Clips: The Most Hated Man in Nerd-dom?
Luke almost didn’t come back. Mark Hamill portrayed Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, launching him into the kind of superstardom few ever

Thor: Ragnarok Hammers Home a Win
Ragnarok? Try Ragna-rocks! Thor: Ragnarok roared to a truly thunderous win, plundering North American theaters for a titanic $121 million (estimated, of course). That’s about

Miley vs. Hannah
Miley Cyrus just threw Hannah Montana under the bus. Hannah Montana, of course, was the famous character who rocketed young Miley into the stratosphere of
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