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Indie Comics: Easier To Build, Easier To Get On TV, And More Diverse Than Ever

In December of 1999, well before he became the man behind every Marvel title of note from Avengers to X-Men, writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis published a three-issue autobiographical comic called...

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From Goons To Geeks: Is The NHL Losing Its Tough-Guy Identity?

"Brains over brawn/that might work for you/But what's a Canadian farmboy to do?"— Warren Zevon, "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)"The NHL was the last great American pro sport to be disrupted by...

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Why Falling Down Stairs In Your Underwear Is Solid Prep For Being A Female...

Lexi Alexander's career started with her getting her teeth kicked out.Before she directed the cult favorites Punisher: War Zone (considered by fans to be the best take on Marvel's vigilante badass) and...

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Exclusive: New York City To Name New Chief Digital Officer

Former New York City digital director Jessica Singleton is taking the reins of mayor Bill de Blasio's NYC Digital as chief digital officer today, Fast Company has learned. The appointment will be...

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Rupert Murdoch Stepping Down as 21st Century Fox CEO

Slowly but surely, Rupert Murdoch is handing the reins of his media empire over to new (but not unfamiliar) hands.Murdoch announced today that he will be stepping down as CEO of 21st Century Fox,...

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"You've Taken Your First Step Into A Larger World"

When Oculus took the stage in San Francisco yesterday to present their Rift VR headset to the public, they stayed exclusively within the confines of the gaming world. They showed off the compatible...

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8 Movie Robots That Would Fail The DARPA Challenge

A few weeks ago, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) held the DARPA Robotics Challenge—the culmination of a three-year contest pitting teams from around the world against one another to...

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Apple Removes Civil War Game From App Store Amid Confederate Flag Controversy...

As the country continues to confront the social and political implications of the Confederate flag in the wake of the terrorist attack in Charleston—and the subsequent revelations about the...

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From Face of a Brand to Head of a Company

The measure of a "supermodel"—as established in the 1990s—used to be: A) Do you know them by their first name only? and B) Have they appeared in a George Michael video? It was a simpler time, for sure,...

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NHL And Major League Baseball Announce Digital Content Partnership

Ever since the National Hockey League started hosting outdoor games in Major League Baseball's most storied parks—like the New York Rangers taking on the New Jersey Devils in Yankee Stadium in 2014—the...

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"Brand Challenges" Are Impacting SeaWorld's Bottom Line

SeaWorld released its second-quarter earnings to the public Thursday morning, and the numbers show a company still trying to overcome significant PR backlash in the wake of the 2013 documentary...

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Virtual Reality Is Anyone's Game...For Now

Coming off the highs of the Oculus Rift's grand unveiling and the general coming-out party that was this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, it seemed like virtual reality (VR) was going to ride an...

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There's Now A $380,000 Bounty On The Heads Of Ashley Madison Hackers

In an early-morning press conference held at the Toronto Police Headquarters, Avid Life Media—the parent company of AshleyMadison.com—confirmed through acting Toronto Police Department staff...

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Sorry, But Games Will Not Sell Apple TVs

As Apple takes the stage today to unveil (among other things) a new iteration of the Apple TV, there is no doubt that they are aiming to place themselves at the center of your living room's...

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Happy 20th Birthday, Sony PlayStation

It was September 9, 1995. A game console already making waves in Japan arrived on U.S. shores for the first time. It announced its intention right in its name—if your computer was your work station,...

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Wait, Rupert Murdoch Could Be Good For National Geographic?

When it was announced last week that 21st Century Fox had purchased a majority stake in National Geographic, there were some understandable ripples of concern throughout the media and scientific...

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David Walker And Sanford Greene Bringing Back "Power Man And Iron Fist" At...

Marvel Comics' biggest bromance is back on.Writer David F. Walker (Shaft, Cyborg) and artist Sanford Greene (The Runaways, Uncanny Avengers) have been named the new creative team on a revival of the...

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"Great Scott!" Christopher Lloyd Reflects On Doc Brown's Wild Rides

Some actors are either blessed or cursed (depending on your point of view, or their mood on the day you ask them) with that one role with which they will forever be associated, and they can either...

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Exclusive: 'Back to the Future' Writer/Producer Bob Gale On Creating 2015 in...

In select cities, theaters are ready to show Back to the Future II on the big screen for the first time in a long time—it's not often that a film's sequel gets the spotlight over the original. But then...

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Here's Why 28-Year-Old Hilary Duff Is More Exhausted Than 74-Year-Old...

The new, critically acclaimed TV Land dramedy Younger is all about the realities of aging and the possibilities of reinvention. The show revolves around Sutton Foster's character, a 40-year-old who is...

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