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Animal Planet’s “Monster Week” begins tonight
Channel Guide MagazineFrom May 21-28, Animal Planet will showcase legendary and not-so-legendary monstrous creatures with episodes of some of its popular shows, such as River Monsters, Finding Bigfoot and Call of the Wildman, along with a couple of new specials, during a... -
Cannes 2012: 'Holy Motors' has 'em saying 'Holy Moly'
24 FramesHoly Moly, starring Denis Lavant, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it has garnered strong reviews for being weird.... -
Anderson Cooper kicks 'Human Barbie' off show: 'You're dreadful'
Show TrackerAnderson Cooper had enough of the "Human Barbie," Sarah Burge on his daytime talk show on Tuesday and cut the interview short. "I think you're dreadful," he told her.... -
Wanted: Bigfoot hair samples for European study
LONDON (AP) — European researchers say new techniques to analyze DNA could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. In a project announced this week, Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology scientists appealed to museums,...
Tags: University of Oxford, Europe, Science and Technology
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Victim of an alleged "Warrior Eli" hoax receives apology
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWarrior Eli's cancer fighting saga grabbed the attention of many caring people. His online supporters followed his fight with cancer and his mother's death like a virtual soap opera. Donna Jantzen of Mulvane was one them. She sent a homemade...Tags: Cancer, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors
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Animal Planet spins tale of “Mermaids: The Body Found”
Channel Guide MagazineI have to admit, there’s something about the notion of science entertainment that rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it’s not the entertainment itself, but the venue in which it’s presented. A while back, Animal Planet presented Charlie Foley&... -
Mike McGrady dies at 78; journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax
In the summer of 1966, Newsday columnist Mike McGrady threw down the gauntlet to a trusted coterie of fellow journalists: Produce a novel so poorly written and relentlessly focused on sex that it would fly off bookstore shelves. Two dozen colleagues,...Tags: Benedict Arnold, News Media, Journalism, New York City, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors
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'Loiter Squad' dares to be dumb ... and gets a second season
Show TrackerThe guys from the hip-hop collective Odd Future also have a hit comedy series on Adult Swim called "Loiter Squad," which recently got renewed for a second season.... -
Some Old Town Laws Still Block Sunday Package Store Sales
The Hartford CourantAround the state, a “bizarre and unusual” collection of town ordinances, many dating to the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, are putting a damper on stores that want to take advantage of the new law allowing the sale of alcohol on Sundays...Tags: Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Ridgefield, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Bars and Clubs, Wines
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Mike McGrady, the man behind sexy, '60s literary hoax, has died
Jacket CopyMike McGrady, the man behind the 1969 bestseller "Naked Came the Stranger" -- written as a joke by Newsday staffers and published as though it was the true account of the sexual exploits of a suburban wife -- has died.... -
Sarah Silverman joins TBS Just For Laughs festival line-up
RedEyeTBS and Just For Laughs have added comic Sarah Silverman to the Chicago festival line-up in June, along with dozens of other newly announced shows. Silverman will host two shows at The Chicago Theatre on June 16, presenting some of her favorite comedians...Tags: Upright Citizens Brigade, Entertainment, Civil Rights, NBC (tv network), Megan Mullally
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The Matt Kemp effect: Don Mattingly gives lineup an odd makeover
Now for a lineup only a minor leaguer’s mommy could love. The Dodgers presented their strangest lineup in recent memory -- like ever? -- Tuesday night against the Diamondbacks. Are you ready for Scott Van Slyke to make the first start of his...
Tags: James Loney, Wade Miley, Justin Sellers, Jerry Sands, Bobby Abreu
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