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Lake Bell Is Optimistic About Gender Equality in Hollywood

Lake Bell, one of the triumvirs starring in the new cabin-in-the-woods thriller Black Rock, had an interesting take on the difficulties female filmmakers face when trying to break into the Hollywood mainstream.

Shetland Pony Suckles Lamb, Ushers in Era of World Peace

Just when you thought Shetland ponies couldn"t get any more adorable, they go ahead and quadruple their adorability in one squee-packed news item. A mother pony living in the Black Mountains in Wales let a lamb suckle from her despite having a young foal of her own.

Brooklyn Hipsters Degrade Native American Culture with Indoor Tepees

Indoor tepees are becoming really trendy among affluent New Yorkers bored with their spacious urban dwellings, yet too self-conscious to simply build a pillow fort.

"Swarmageddon" Terrifies People Who Hate Bugs, Obviously

People who fear bugs will be especially put upon during lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2013/05/18/6cea6be6-bd6e-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.

State-of-the-art 19th-century torpedo was discovered by Navy dolphins

In the late 19th century, the Howell torpedo was an incredibly advanced piece of military equipment, a breakthrough device in the United States' quest to achieve naval dominance.

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Taylor Swift and the Many Faces of Fear

Taylor Swift is up for Top Artist in the Universe at tonight's Billboard Music Awards, but she probably won't win because voters can smell fear. And Taylor Swift, if her appearances on Ellen are any indication, is very afraid.

Ryan Gosling Is Completely Endearing in Latest Showbiz Anecdote

Ryan Gosling"s smirking, sun-dappled face will appear twice over the course of the Cannes Film Festival: in the erotically violent Nicolas Winding Refn film Only God Forgives, and then briefly in a documentary about the ruthless business behind movie-making, Seduced & Abandoned,

Gatsby, What Gatsby?

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 19: Actors Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan attend the 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Press Conference during The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2013 in Cannes, France.

Booze-Free After-Prom Parties Are Still Boring, Even with Bribes

It"s prom season, and for every parent with a teenager not self-assured enough to take itself out for an Evil Dead/The Big Wedding double-feature at the local cineplex instead of attending a chaperoned night of slow-jam hugging in a school multi-purpose room, that means lots of worrying about what s

Greta Gerwig Needed Noah Baumbach's Validation To Write Frances Ha

I don't think I'd be super off-base if I said that Greta Gerwig was the closest thing our generation has to old-school Diane Keaton; she's flighty and light on-screen, but there's melancholy and intelligence behind it.