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Why Game of Thrones Ep. 3 Was So Dark
"The Long Night," the third episode of the final season of Game of Thrones contained one of the most epic sustained action sequences ever...
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Of Course Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
Nothing says Christmas like Bruce Willis crawling around in ventilation ducts hunting terrorists. Die Hard is a yippie-ki-yay Yuletide fable with all the classic...
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How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Became One of the Most Beloved Holiday Albums of All Time
When CBS got a look at A Charlie Brown Christmas for the first time, they were not pleased. A mildly depressed Charlie Brown’s meandering search...
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The Oscar Speech We Want to Hear (but probably won’t)
Increasingly political awards show speeches could benefit from a little understanding. Here's the speech we wish we'd hear at the Oscars tonight. We're not holding...
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Joe Biden and Ukraine Explained
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Is a Recession Coming? (with Neil Irwin)
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What to Make of Mueller’s Testimony
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