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tv The 35 best TV performances of 2016 (and one worst)
By Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Marah Eakin December 15, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The 20 worst films of 2016
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 15, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Shots fired as Designated Survivor ends on an effective cliffhanger
By Zack Handlen December 15, 2016 | 4:49am
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tv Rectify comes full circle in a gripping finale
By Erik Adams December 15, 2016 | 4:30am
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tv Ray McKinnon on saying goodbye to Rectify
By Erik Adams December 15, 2016 | 4:30am
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tv Modern Family goes back to school for one last dance
By Kyle Fowle December 15, 2016 | 4:09am
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tv Lee Daniels’ Star is a mess, but can it recover?
By Molly Eichel December 15, 2016 | 4:06am
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aux John Waters’ lifetime of trashy brilliance is being recognized by the WGA
By William Hughes December 15, 2016 | 4:01am
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aux The National is donating its merch sales to Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and more
By William Hughes December 15, 2016 | 3:25am
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tv Survivor wraps up a strong season in a neat narrative bow
By Carrie Raisler December 15, 2016 | 3:17am
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tv Ragnar’s storm-tossed journey leads to his enemy’s door on a compelling Vikings
By Dennis Perkins December 15, 2016 | 3:00am
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aux R.I.P. Bernard Fox, Bewitched’s Dr. Bombay
By Sam Barsanti December 15, 2016 | 2:46am
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aux Two This Is Us writers want to resurrect the failed How I Met Your Mother spin-off
By Sam Barsanti December 15, 2016 | 1:12am
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aux Marvel adds more Kanye and Jay Z to its library of hip-hop variant covers
By William Hughes December 15, 2016 | 12:41am
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aux Apple’s AirPods are finally available, unless you’ve somehow lost them already
By Sam Barsanti December 15, 2016 | 12:17am
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aux Star Trek: Discovery finally finds its lead in The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 11:52pm
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aux Snoop Dogg, RZA, and Common will guest star in that hour-long Simpsons episode
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 11:33pm
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aux Legendary renames the Pokémon movie and its Pacific Rim and Godzilla sequels
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 10:43pm
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tv Another apocalypse is on the horizon in the trailer for season 4 of The 100
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 10:42pm
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aux Stephen King reveals the real secret of terror: children
By Joe Blevins December 14, 2016 | 10:30pm
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aux Rachel Dratch tramples over “Margot Robbie’s Moment”
By Gwen Ihnat December 14, 2016 | 9:55pm
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aux One of this week’s Jeopardy! contestants died before her episodes aired
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 9:44pm
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tv First Taken trailer shows off its particular set of skills
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 9:34pm
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aux Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger is getting her own biopic
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 9:30pm
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aux The Hollywood Reporter finds 7 white guys to weigh in on diversity in animation
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 9:30pm
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aux Starbucks launches online animated series with The Simpsons writing trio
By Randall Colburn December 14, 2016 | 9:10pm
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aux Emma Stone’s Cruella De Vil movie has found its director
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 9:04pm
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aux Inside “fashwave,” the official celebration music of the alt-right
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Take Springsteen’s ’57 Bel Air for a spin—or just keep it in your garage
By Mike Vanderbilt December 14, 2016 | 8:40pm
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aux Molly Ringwald to play Archie’s mom on Riverdale
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 8:38pm
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aux Taran Killam to make his Broadway debut as King George in Hamilton
By Caroline Siede December 14, 2016 | 8:14pm
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aux “Why did they call it Joy?”: Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence roast each other
By Joe Blevins December 14, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Andrew Lloyd Webber claims he nearly discovered Rihanna
By Caroline Siede December 14, 2016 | 7:45pm
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aux Watch Alan Thicke rap with Ninja Turtles and more in these vintage clips
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 7:30pm
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aux Emmy Rossum closes deal to return to Shameless
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 7:24pm
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aux Godzilla to stomp Tokyo for 96 hours straight on El Rey’s “Kaiju Christmas” marathon
By Mike Vanderbilt December 14, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Holy shit: Somebody edited 400 versions of A Christmas Carol into one coherent movie
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Adam Driver wouldn’t mind skipping the trailers for Star Wars: Episode VIII
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 6:45pm
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aux Uber employees reportedly spied on celebrities, politicians, and exes
By Dennis DiClaudio December 14, 2016 | 6:25pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Mel Brooks, sous-vide, and more
By Shep McAllister December 14, 2016 | 6:15pm
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aux Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! nabs special guest host Tom Hanks
By Marah Eakin December 14, 2016 | 6:14pm
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aux Despicable Me 3 trailer pays homage to the ’80s
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 14, 2016 | 6:12pm
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aux The A.V. Club tries to read your mind
By Kevin Pang December 14, 2016 | 6:04pm
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aux The SAG nominations get weird with Captain Fantastic and Stranger Things
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux Apparently, the best way to harvest Christmas trees is by helicopter
By Joe Blevins December 14, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux Paris Is Burning, Thelma & Louise sashay into the National Film Registry
By Katie Rife December 14, 2016 | 5:57pm
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film Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson fail the Bechdel test in Unforgettable trailer
By Dennis DiClaudio December 14, 2016 | 5:18pm
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aux Women Who Draw puts the focus on female talent in the art world
By Joe Blevins December 14, 2016 | 5:15pm
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aux Reasonable Discussions: December 14
By AV Club Staff December 14, 2016 | 5:00pm
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film Christopher Nolan restages WWII in first Dunkirk trailer
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 4:43pm
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aux Watch out, Netflix: Amazon Prime Video expands service into 200 countries
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 4:42pm
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aux Ben Gibbard will cover Teenage Fanclub for a new vinyl subscription service
By Mike Vanderbilt December 14, 2016 | 4:20pm
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aux An unreleased Akira Game Boy game has been unearthed
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv Mozart In The Jungle solves its lockout with a zany lock-in
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 4:00pm
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aux Music industry sends open letter asking Trump to crack down on piracy
By Dennis DiClaudio December 14, 2016 | 3:53pm
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games Overwatch is Now a Winter Wonderland, With Holiday Loot and a New Brawl
By Cameron Wade December 14, 2016 | 3:43pm
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games The 10 Best New Videogame Characters of 2016
By Garrett Martin December 14, 2016 | 3:12pm
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tv Star is a middling second act for Lee Daniels
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 3:00pm
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aux The Academy disqualifies scores for Arrival, Manchester By The Sea, and Silence
By Esther Zuckerman December 14, 2016 | 2:54pm
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aux ABC extends episode orders for Black-ish, The Middle, more
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 2:37pm
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aux Watch this selection of perfectly constructed film scenes
By Joe Blevins December 14, 2016 | 2:30pm
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aux Sebastian Stan to play the Jeff Gillooly to Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding
By Danette Chavez December 14, 2016 | 2:04pm
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aux Look in the mirror, internet: Here are 2016’s most-googled pop culture terms
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 1:00pm
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aux Slouching toward 2017
By Dan Savage December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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games A floating diner was the year’s most memorable video game location
By Clayton Purdom December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv As one show fades away, a Star is born
By LaToya Ferguson December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack is the film dork’s secret musical weapon
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv What’s missing from our list of 2016’s best shows?
By Becca James, Noel Murray, Brandon Nowalk, Dennis Perkins, Nathan Rabin, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Esther Zuckerman, A.A. Dowd, Vikram Murthi, Molly Eichel, Jesse Hassenger, Les Chappell, Caroline Siede, Nick Wanserski, Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Josh Modell, Joe Blevins, Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, Kyle Fowle, Myles McNutt December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The mother of all celebrity chefs wasn’t Julia Child
By Tamara Palmer December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The best TV of 2016, part 2
By Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, LaToya Ferguson, Noel Murray, Oliver Sava, Marah Eakin December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux The best comics of 2016
By Shea Hennum, Oliver Sava, merged-5876237249237173262-z3or5dc, Tegan O'Neil December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The best TV shows of 2016: The ballots
By Scott Von Doviak, Joshua Alston, Noel Murray, LaToya Ferguson, Dennis Perkins, Allison Shoemaker, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Esther Zuckerman, Zack Handlen, Vikram Murthi, Molly Eichel, Les Chappell, Caroline Siede, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, Emily L. Stephens, Kyle Fowle, Myles McNutt, Dan Caffrey December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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music Hodgy’s journey to adulthood could use a few more specifics
By Dan Caffrey December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The year’s second Obama origin story, Barry, goes deeper into the president’s past
By A.A. Dowd December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv A chilly Christmas-themed Brooklyn Nine-Nine has trouble thawing
By LaToya Ferguson December 14, 2016 | 5:34am
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tv Smackdown! Live proves that it really is the land of opportunity
By Kyle Fowle December 14, 2016 | 4:56am
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aux Chris Pratt says his new toilet is ruining his friendship with Nick Offerman
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 3:51am
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aux R.I.P. Alan Thicke
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 3:37am
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aux TNT decides that a modern-day Civil War show doesn’t sound like fun anymore
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 2:44am
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tv New Girl’s Christmas is as sweet and clumsy as a gift from Nick Miller
By Emily L. Stephens December 14, 2016 | 2:01am
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aux OITNB’s Ruby Rose might lend some prison melodies to Pitch Perfect 3
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 1:59am
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aux Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos made a Christmas album
By Sam Barsanti December 14, 2016 | 12:55am
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aux TV Land defrocks Impastor
By William Hughes December 14, 2016 | 12:29am
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aux David Ayer and Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn to reunite for Gotham City Sirens
By Sam Barsanti December 13, 2016 | 11:37pm
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aux Pokémon Go is finally adding new Pokémon
By William Hughes December 13, 2016 | 11:19pm
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aux Read This: Ta-Nehisi Coates considers Barack Obama in the Trump era
By Caroline Siede December 13, 2016 | 11:00pm
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aux WGN exterminates the witches of Salem
By William Hughes December 13, 2016 | 10:56pm
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aux WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump seems to think wrestling is real
By Dennis DiClaudio December 13, 2016 | 10:41pm
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aux The Muppets revive Pigs In Space as a web series
By Sam Barsanti December 13, 2016 | 10:38pm
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aux Fate Of The Furious trailer destroys Beauty And The Beast’s viewing record
By Sam Barsanti December 13, 2016 | 10:10pm
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aux If genuine, this 1977 Scientology handbook is a kitschy cult classic
By Joe Blevins December 13, 2016 | 10:00pm
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tv We’re running down the year’s best TV shows, numbers 30 through 16
By Danette Chavez December 13, 2016 | 9:59pm
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aux IFC renews Stan Against Evil
By William Hughes December 13, 2016 | 9:58pm
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aux We’re talking KFC’s latest marketing stunt starring Fred Armisen
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2016 | 9:53pm
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aux Watch these kids rap about eating healthy, then decide to eat healthy forever
By Clayton Purdom December 13, 2016 | 9:15pm
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aux Damn, this Transformers: The Last Knight poster is serious
By Sam Barsanti December 13, 2016 | 9:02pm
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aux UPDATED: Kanye West and Donald Trump just had a chat about “life”
By Esther Zuckerman December 13, 2016 | 8:36pm
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aux Meagan Good to kick ass, take names in Hulu’s Foxy Brown reboot
By Katie Rife December 13, 2016 | 8:34pm
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aux Read This: Remembering Robert De Niro’s bizarre 1996 video game
By Joe Blevins December 13, 2016 | 8:30pm
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aux TBS renews Search Party and People Of Earth
By Esther Zuckerman December 13, 2016 | 8:24pm
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aux Noted villain Ben Mendelsohn to play Robin Hood: Origins’ Sheriff Of Nottingham
By Sam Barsanti December 13, 2016 | 8:20pm
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aux Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer to direct Chris Evans as Dr. Jekyll
By Danette Chavez December 13, 2016 | 8:08pm
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aux Wonder Woman dresses too sexy to be a role model, UN rules
By Katie Rife December 13, 2016 | 7:52pm
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aux Grunt author Mary Roach is an expert in 1-syllable book titles
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 13, 2016 | 7:47pm
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aux This bot will do a wonderful, terrible job mashing things up for you
By Clayton Purdom December 13, 2016 | 7:45pm
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aux Lupe Fiasco quits music after being called an anti-Semite
By Danette Chavez December 13, 2016 | 7:44pm
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aux NAACP Image Award nominations celebrate Beyoncé, Moonlight, Birth Of A Nation
By Caroline Siede December 13, 2016 | 7:29pm
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aux Another Daniel Clowes book is headed to the big screen
By Esther Zuckerman December 13, 2016 | 7:03pm
