Special effects creator Ray Harryhausen died yesterday at the age of 93. Harryhausen was the undisputed master and pioneer of stop-motion animation, the dominant form of effects in movies until the growth of CGI in …

By now, you’ve probably heard of Charles Ramsey, the man who saved three girls in Cleveland who had been kidnapped and brutally abused for years. In fact, you’ve probably heard Ramsey’s memorable interview with a …

The officer in charge of the US Air Force’s sexual assault prevention and response branch was arrested on Sunday and charged with sexual assault in Arlington, VA. The episode comes the same week that the …

Kristen Wiig‘s passion project, once called Imogene, is finally making its way to theaters and has a new trailer out. Now called Girl Most Likely, it stars Wiig as Imogene, a failing New York playwright …

Defense Distributed, an open-source project run by a 25-year-old Texas law student, has successfully tested the first firearm produced almost entirely with 3D printing. The weapon, and the company’s plans to make the blueprints available …

Zach Galifiankis returned to Saturday Night Live this week for his second go at hosting. And despite his hilarious absurdist monologue, a Jennifer Aniston look-alike contest with his Hangover co-stars Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper, …

The shooter of Trayvon Martin has waived a possible path to acquittal without a jury trial. George Zimmerman and his legal team decided this week not to pursue a hearing on whether Zimmerman is immune in the …

Twenty years ago this week, the first public website went online. The World Wide Web made its protocols available to everyone free of charge, and the internet as we know it (more or less) was …

The family of a teenager slain almost sixty years ago in a landmark civil rights tragedy is urging consumers not to “do the Dew” with a flamboyant hip-hop star.
Huh?
Let’s back up a bit: earlier this …

Google has adapted many of their popular “Now” features for iOS, offering Apple users a more personalized search experience. The comparisons to Apple’s native Siri are obvious, with both apps acting as a sort of …

The Angels’ Share, a UK dramedy about a violent ex-con trying to go straight, opens on a bumbling drunk falling onto train tracks as a locomotive approaches. “This is God,” the unseen station agent proclaims …

This week’s episode of Mad Men, “The Flood,” portrayed the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce family (and to some degree, the US) reacting to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Critics are vigorously debating how successful the …

Director Guillermo Del Toro‘s homage to Japanese monster movies comes into clearer focus in the latest trailer for Pacific Rim, debuting at this week’s WonderCon.

This sneak peek includes a clear mention of “Kaiju,” the Japanese …

The trajectory from hope to more pragmatic rhetoric in the Obama presidency has been well documented. Someday, someone may track this change through the President’s humor. Appearing at last week’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner, the …

A one-star review on Yelp: the food was terrible, the service was completely inattentive… and another guest there shanked you?
Prisoners, lawyers, and ex-cons are taking to the site better known for convenient maps of popular …

A rural phone company could be Google’s (and the cable providers’) biggest upcoming competitor. The Vermont Telephone Company (VTel) is now offering gigabit internet for $35 a month, half the price of Google Fiber’s equivalent …

Sometimes, Jon Stewart‘s job must be too easy. Crazy and offensive things are said everyday on Fox News, and the team at The Daily Show just has to find when they said the exact opposite …

Millions of snack fans breathed a sigh of relief this week when Hostess Brands LLC told NBC News that they will restart production of iconic snack cakes in late July, starting with Twinkies. The continuation …

Gus Van Zant must really want to direct Fifty Shades of Grey. The Good Will Hunting director reportedly shot a test sex scene based on the novel with True Blood hunk Alex Pettyfer – even though …

According to PC services company Soluto, the most smoothly operating Windows laptop is a 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Come again?
That’s right, a computer not even optimized for the OS performed the best in Soluto’s “frustration analytics.” The …