How Fans Helped Hasbro Build Its Biggest Star Wars Ship Ever
Toys and Star Wars are inextricably linked forever and ever. Star Wars creator George Lucas famously waived part of his directing fee and retained the insanely lucrative rights to Star Wars merchandise in a deal that has gone down in history as a catastrophic blunder on the part of 20th Century Fox. The studio was…
Brian Michael Bendis on Leaving Marvel for DC, Facing Death, and Why America Still Needs Superman
Brian Michael Bendis rocked the comic book-reading world last November with a sudden announcement: He, a in 1970. And it was no less than the chance to write DCs most iconic hero himself, Superman, that lured Bendis away. Imagine his shock then when, less than a month later, Bendis awoke in a hospital and learned…
Groups Allege YouTube Is Violating Law That Protects Kids
A coalition of more than 20 child-health, privacy, and consumer groups is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube is violating a federal law designed to protect children on the internet. The groups are expected to file a complaint with the FTC on Monday. The relevant federal law, the Children's Online Privacy Protection…
20 Pictures That Prove Shaquille ONeal Is a Real-Life Giant
Look, we all know that Shaquille O’Neal is a big dude. That’s not new information. But there’s a huge difference (no pun intended) between knowing someone is larger than average and actually seeing the evidence with your own eyes. Without further ado, here are 20 pictures that show Shaq making everyday items (and people!) look…
5 Hilariously Stupid Reasons Why Famous Characters Exist
We like to think that everything in our favorite movies and TV shows was the product of pure creative vision. And maybe some drugs. But mostly the creative vision part. Well, folks, that’s not how it works. Movies are complicated beasts with a lot of moving parts, and the demands of the marketing department, practical…
Toddler Has Had Enough Of His Toys – Video
As a kid your toys are your everything. Most of the time at least. Sometimes you’ve just had enough, and you want to get rid of them on way or another. This kid gets it.
8 Baffling Poop-Themed Toys Kids Are Lining Up To Buy
Maybe it’s due to the popularity of the poop emoji, or maybe it’s a trend that is somehow too intellectual for me to grasp, but today’s kids are into toy turds in a big way. I’m not speaking figuratively here. Right now, shelves are packed with products like … Here’s how the game works: You…
A look at everything that’s been done so far to prevent another Parkland. Seriously.
There’s been a lot of change since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and it’s come from unexpected places. In the week that followed the massacre of 17 teachers and students, people across the political spectrum came together in an effort to do something. And that’s a big…
‘Seeing Allred’ shines a light on misunderstood celeb attorney Gloria Allred
Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred has been called a “feminist crusader,” “media hound,” and “lightning rod for controversy” over the course of her career, but a new documentary invites the world to consider another descriptor for that list: icon. In Netflix‘s Seeing Allred directors Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman do an amazing job of contextualizing the lawyer’s controversial…