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Weird Al’s Sci-Fi Roots as Told to Us by His Long Time Drummer and Photographer
Everyone has a Weird Al memory — whether it was hearing a song of his while you were growing up, watching a video on MTV, or just a general knowledge of his persona, Weird Al Yankovic is undoubtedly an icon. But if you start comparing memories, one man has more than anyone…besides maybe Al himself. It’s…
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Our 10 All-Time Favourite Stephen King Horror Roles
Stephen King needs no introduction. Though he spends most of his time writing books and stories that almost inevitably get made (and remade) into movies and TV series, he also manages to do a little acting on the side, most often popping up in adaptations of his own works. Would you have guessed? We have…
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The Cast of Critical Role on Why They Love Roleplaying Games
Hand in hand with the meteoric resurgence of tabletop gaming in the past few years is the rise of the Actual Play show, as hundreds of thousands of fans watch or listen along to teams of hosts doing the actual gaming and storytelling for them. The biggest bang in all of that boom is perhaps…
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The Stand’s New Trailer Finds Hope and Plenty of Terror in Post-Plague America
As the real-life pandemic rages on, CBS All Access’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand will arrive to remind us just how much worse things could be.