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Sometimes it’s the most ordinary, familiar things in life that are the most terrifying At least that’s the case in February’s MashableReads selection, psychological thriller The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. See also: Finding beauty in the apocalypse … Continue reading →

Will Smith can still get jiggy with it, 17 years later. It looks like Smith wants to build up his rap career again. After spitting beats on the Tonight Show earlier this month, Smith made his entrance on Late Show … Continue reading →

Few situations in life — even in the NFL — require a man weighing more than 300 pounds to run as fast as he can in a straight line for 40 yards The annual NFL Scouting Combine is one of … Continue reading →

The following chart, from the “climate reanalyzer” tool out of the University of Maine, shows forecast temperature departures from average on Friday. The eastern U.S., as well as parts of Canada, sticks out for having the most unusually cold conditions … Continue reading →

Saturday Night Live cast member Kyle Mooney’s cringeworthy interviewer character strikes again, this time in a video for SNL’s 40th anniversary show. The character, which is likely a big part of what got Mooney hired on SNL from his YouTube … Continue reading →

Before the aging indie bros get their guitar strings in a jumble, they should know that Stephen Malkmus covered Taylor Swift at the adorable request of his daughter. And what cool, musically-inclined dad can deny a request like that? Malkmus … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES — Here’s a completely different answer to the Oscars red carpet question of “What are you wearing?”: “A series of cardboard graphics that make me disappear.” The Academy invited a handful of social media creators to participate in … Continue reading →

Netflix is clearly the biggest tease since your crush in freshman year English class, because it has released yet another trailer from Season 3 of House of Cards. (You can watch last week’s clip here). Stop playing games with our … Continue reading →

No one can describe Bill Paxton’s unmentionables more eloquently than Jimmy Fallon and Martin Short The Apollo 13 actor was the star subject between the two former Saturday Night Live cast members on the Tonight Show on Thursday. They shared … Continue reading →

The operation to retake Iraq’s second largest city from Islamic State militants will likely begin in April or May, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday. It will involve about 12 Iraqi brigades, or between 20,000 and 25,000 troops. See … Continue reading →