Towering Inferno Director John Guillermin Dies at 89

British director John Guillermin, whose films included The Towering Inferno and Death on the Nile, dies aged 89.
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The Excruciating, 200-MPH World of Wingsuit Racing

Joe Ridler has jumped out of an airplane nearly 700 times in his life, but when he makes the leap later today, the goal will be about more than reaching the ground safely. It will be to fly through the air faster, farther, and for longer than anyone else in the sky. Ridler’s competing in the National Championships of Wingsuit Flying in Chicago, also known as wingsuit racing.
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What "Orwellian" really means

If you’ve watched the news or followed politics, chances are you’ve heard the term Orwellian thrown around in one context or another. But have you ever stopped to think about what it really means, or why it’s used so often? Noah Tavlin dissects the term.
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Beatles Recording Found in Drawer After 50 years

An original reel-to-reel tape of The Beatles at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 is found after spending 50 years in a desk drawer.
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Lousy at punctuation? Fear not – so was Wordsworth

Though one of the greatest poets who ever lived struggled with commas, many of us are infuriated by rogue apostrophes and other printed solecisms. How did this come to be? David Crystal on the hidden depths to punctuation.
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[SPOILERS] 'Supernatural' Cast: Jared Padalecki Shares Five-Year-Old Wedding Photo, Opens Up About New Episodes

Jared Padalecki recently took to Instagram to share a sweet image of himself and his wife Genevieve Cortes on their wedding day. The ‘Supernatural’ actor met his partner on the set of the TV series and exchanged vows in 2010 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Honest Trailers - Avengers: Age of Ultron

An Honest (and funny) description of the Avengers sequel.
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