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Charlie Brown, Snoopy and their peeps are coming to the big screen. Fox and Blue Sky Studios have released a new full-length trailer for The Peanuts Movie. The gang is back and Charlie Brown is on a mission to prove he can be a winner and gain the affection of the new girl in town, if only he can get the courage to ring her doorbell. Lucy is back and in true Lucy...

The Powerpuff Girls are coming back! For those who weren’t fans of the awesome cartoon on TV from 1998 to 2004, The Powerpuff Girls was a fun, high energy, animated show about three badass girls. They fought against villains like HIM and Mojo Jojo. The girls, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, aka the Powerpuff Girls, were not to be messed with.  The mayor...

It’s been two decades, or 20 years, since the summer blockbuster  Jurassic Park hit theaters, but last weekend dinosaurs ruled the Earth again. Jurassic World  opened and now has the best global opening in history. The fourth film in the series became the highest global opener of all time with mega earnings of $511.8 million in its first days in theaters. It’s...

First there was Coachella, now it’s Bonnaroo! These are fun words, no? What? What is the Bonnaroo festival? The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four-day music festival similar to Coachella. Main attractions of this festival are the multiple stages of live music, featuring diverse musical styles. It began in 2002. Where? Where is it held? It’s...

It’s summer in the US. That means lots of sun and pool time. It also means we look for shade when we can. That kind of shade is good, the kind that keeps you from getting hot. Let’s talk about the kind of shade that is bad. Throwing shade is a term that means to publicly disrespect, criticize or talk trash about someone. Urban Dictionary defines it as...