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Earlier this week Michael Palin, who we know from the Monty Python series was knighted! Palin was knighted by the Duke of Cambridge. The Monty Python star was knighted for his contribution to travel, culture and geography. This makes him the first Monty Python star to be knighted. He did mention however that John Cleese once turned down the honor. He reportedly had to keep back the jokes he wanted to tell. Mainly to keep in line with the prestige of the event. Now not only will the world remember him as one of the knights who say “Nee!”. We…

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When you become a parent you get a rare opportunity to honor the memory of a loved one. You get to choose the new child’s name. Robin Williams’ family is honoring him by naming their children after him. Zachary Williams, has named his first born son McLaurin Clement Williams. “Mickey” was born May 22nd and weighed 8lbs. McLaurin was Robin’s middle name and Zak is happy to have his father live on through his son. The rest of the world is cooing along with the family as they share this adorable news. Along with this we get to see photos…

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If you ever wanted to follow OJ Simpson on Twitter now is the time to do it. While he doesn’t hold a verified account, he has now 245k follwers after only one tweet. He opened this account only two days after the 25th anniversary of his ex-wife’s murder. Whether that was intentional or not it is being viewed being in poor taste for the former NFL star. “Hey twitter world this is yours truly. Now coming soon to twitter you’ll get to read all my thoughts and opinions on just about everything. Now there’s a lot of fake OJ accounts…

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Released in 2003 was a sequel to My Neighbor Totoro that seemingly no one knew about. It is called Mei and the Kittenbus and follows Mei’s adventure with a kitten of the bus that was featured in the first film. This movie is probably one of the most unknown movies in the Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli universe. In fact a couple years ago even many Japanese fans were surprised to find out that it existed. Possibly the reason that Totoro has never been featured in another Ghibli movie is due to the actor that played him dying of heart failure. This…

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Jodie Landon, one of Daria’s friends in the show is to be getting her own spinoff starring Tracee Ellis Ross. Originally they had intended to call this new show “Daria and Jodie” but instead went with “Jodie”. They are going to show us what it is like for Gen Z(1995-2010) to function as an adult. “Jodie” will center around her as she goes into a post-college world and gets a job at a tech company. Jodie had many great moments in the original series and was one of the best characters besides Daria and Jane. She is sarcastic and funny…

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Everyone is getting really excited about the newest season of Stranger Things premiering on Netflix this coming July. Including food companies like Coca Cola who has rolled out a throwback coke and now Burger King who has announced that it will soon sell an “Upside Down” version of the Whopper. The burger is exactly the same except for it will be served upside down. Which is kind of nuts when you realize that you can literally just flip your burger upside down at any point of time and have the exact same thing. I’m not sure if they are planing…

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Totoro is a classic Ghibli film that has been the jumping off point for children to watch anime for years. Now with the new Ghibli theme park opening in Japan opening in 2022 they have decided to start making more toys to get people hyped about the new amusement park. This toy is a remote controlled Catbus! It moves forwards, backwards and makes noises and plays music. Now you can play along with your own narrative as you help Sasuke find Mei when she get’s lost. Or if you just want to scoot around and discover new things of your…

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The Shining has long been held one of the most eerie, spine tingling horror films of all time. Whether it’s the strange twins that freak you out or the elevator of blood it really had something to spook everyone. Now we can see in the new trailer for Doctor Sleep that they have brought that same energy to this new film that is to be a direct sequel to the original 1980 film. In this trailer we can see Ewan McGregor spiral into a story about madness and magic, or as he calls it “The Shining”. Playing Danny Torrance as…

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If you live in California you were probably already excited that next years Star Wars Celebration is going to be held in Anaheim since this will be the second time they host it there. Now Starwarscelebration.com has announced when tickets will go on sale for 2020 as well as the dates they will be holding the event. They will be having next years event in August from the 27th-30th. Tickets will go on sale June 21st at 9am PST. If you buy tickets online they are cheaper than if you wait to get them at the door and there is…

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