Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Yearning, pining, and perishing for all of these.
An HBO miniseries chronicling the founding of Hogwarts.
Each episode could follow a different one of the four founders. You know this would get straight-up Game Of Thrones real fast.
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A Netflix series following the Marauders, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape through school and up to the end of the first wizarding...
Can You Complete These Famous Shakespeare Quotes?
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Put your high school English class memory to the test!
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Which Literary Characters Do You Think Shouldn't Have Died?
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~cue life-ending tears~
There is always a sense of loss when you finish reading a book.
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Why can't the story continue? Why did it have to leave us like this?
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Fortunately for us, the good guys usually always conquer and SAVE THE WORLD! So we have that at least.
ITV
But fairytales stopped...
Which Child From "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" Are You?
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The Ultimate Literary Guide To America
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Literary landmarks abound from sea to shining sea.
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From museums and historic homes to out-of-the-way bookstores and bars, your literary-themed summer roadtrip just got easier to plan.
The Northeast:
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Sleepy Hollow, New York
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E.L. James Held A Twitter Q&A And It Went Horribly, Horribly Wrong
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Twitter threw 50 shades of shade at the erotic romance author.
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“Fun Home” Is Bringing Butch Lesbians Into The Mainstream
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Joan Marcus
I read Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home for the first time after my girlfriend gave it to me.
Here, you’ll love this. I know you will.
But my discovery could just as easily have been the result of some late night googling of “lesbian books” as a curious teenager tired of boy-induced heartache; it could have involved scouring into the carefully curated...
What Would Your Ultimate Hogwarts Experience Look Like?
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
We’ll give you a name, school supplies, and a house, but the rest is up to your imagination.
Michelle Regna for BuzzFeed / Warner Bros
First, what's your witch name? You can re-roll up to ten times.
Or wizard name if you prefer?
Now, it's time to get Sorted. You only get one shot.
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Here's The One Thing JK Rowling Wants Everyone To Know About The New Harry Potter Play
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“It’s not a prequel. It really, really isn’t a prequel. Not a prequel. Not at all prequelly. It is an anti-prequel. #NotAPrequel” —J.K. Rowling
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What's Your Literary Pen Name?
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Would your bestseller be written by Lydia Rowbottom or Niles Archer?
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Monday, June 29, 2015
53 Of The Most Heartbreaking Sentences In Fantasy Books
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“Always.”
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2. "The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through it and reach them."
—J.K. Rowing, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Hardest "Game Of Thrones" Quiz You'll Ever Take
Posted by Unknown on Monday, June 29, 2015
What do we say to wrong answers? Not today! WARNING: SEASON 5 SPOILERS TO FOLLO...
7 Pictures Of Dumbledore Being Fabulous
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Brought to you by the powers of photoshop.
Dumbledore eating fro-yo.
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Dumbledore taking a selfie.
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Dumbledore aligning his chakras.
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Dumbledore baking a cake.
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What Would Your "Fifty Shades Of Grey" Name Be?
Posted by Unknown on Monday, June 29, 2015
Are you more of an Anastasia Silver or a Christian Charcoal...
Sunday, June 28, 2015
53 Books You Won't Be Able To Put Down
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, June 28, 2015
What happens next? There’s only one way to find out.
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Vintage
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Which Jane Austen Hero Are You?
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It’s possible you’ll walk away from this knowing you’re a Darcy...
13 Amazing Book Plotlines That Never Made It To "Game Of Thrones"
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, June 27, 2015
There’s not enough airtime in the world for Tyrion’s shenanigans alone.
While enslaved, Tyrion becomes part of a private menagerie owned by a Yunkish millionaire.
•His dwarfism makes him a prized addition to Yezzan zo Qaggaz's "collection."
•His companions in slavery include Sweets, the only intersex character in A Song Of Ice And Fire, and Penny – a young woman dwarf who...
Friday, June 26, 2015
The Definitive Ranking Of Parents On "Game Of Thrones"
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
From worst to best.
Stannis & Selyse Baratheon
These two basically treated their daughter like livestock: Locked her in a cage for her entire life and then burned her at the stake as an offering to the Lord of Light.
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Mr. & Mrs. Olly
If anyone should be burned at the stake, it's these two for releasing the demon spawn himself into this world.
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26 Filipino Words Now Officially Part Of The English Langauge
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
“Halo-halo,” “balikbayan,” and “comfort room” are among dozens of new Filipino words in the Oxford English Dictionary.
"Mabuhay"
The Oxford English Dictionary used this Filipino salutation, literally meaning "long live," to greet readers in a blog post today announcing that dozens of Philippine English words are now officially in the OED.
English has been spoken in the Philippines...
"Miss Todd" Delivers The Feminist Heroine Of Your Dreams
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
Miss Todd is a brilliant short, stop-motion, musical animation about the first woman to build and design an airplane.
Miss E. L. Todd was the first woman in the world to build and design an airplane, but you've probably never heard of her.
misstoddfilm.com
NY Times
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20 Things You Might Have Missed Watching "Game Of Thrones" For The First Time
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
Contains spoilers for those who are yet to catch up with Season 5, obviously.
Let's start at the very beginning. Remember the dead direwolf that had been killed by a stag in the first episode?
This was, though you may not have spotted it at the time, a pretty good analogy for the first few seasons of the show. The direwolf (Ned) was killed by the stag (Joffrey Baratheon)....
J.K. Rowling Just Announced There Will Be A Harry Potter Play In London Next Year
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will tell the untold story of the boy who lived.
THIS IS HUGE!!!
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J.K. Rowling Had The Cutest Response To A Reader About Fasting For Ramadan
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That’s how you keep your fans.
Fasting during Ramadan can be a struggle if you're surrounded by food, and sometimes it catches you in places you don't expect.
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Here’s What Happens When A YouTube Star Runs An Advice Booth
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
Social media whiz Connor Franta stopped by our L.A. offices to dish out life advice to our twentysomethings, and NO problems were off-limits!
This is Connor Franta. At 22, he's already a YouTube sensation AND a newly published author, thanks to his memoir.
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He's already accomplished so much in a short period of time, which got us at BuzzFeed thinking:...
It's Official, Another John Green Book Will Be Made Into A Movie
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Looking for Alaska “IS REALLY HAPPENING.”
ATTENTION ALL NERDFIGHTERS. John Green's book to movie adaptations won't end with upcoming Paper Towns.
John Green / Via nerdfightergifs.tumblr.com
YES JOHN!
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Becca gets Alaska–she wrote me this letter that just made it clear to me that she gets it way deep down, and if you've seen her...
What's Your All-Time Favorite Beach Read?
Posted by Unknown on Friday, June 26, 2015
Or poolside read. You get it.
It's summertime! But more important: It's summer READING time!!
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There is literally no better place or time to open up a good book.
But some books are just MADE for the season.
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Maybe your go-to is a lighthearted story of a getaway, like The Vacationers by Emma Straub.
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Perhaps you love returning to a childhood classic, like Harry...
Thursday, June 25, 2015
13 Of America's Best Entertainers On Comedy And Life
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, June 25, 2015
In Sick in the Head, Judd Apatow talks to some of the biggest names in comedy about living and working in the industry. Here’s a peek inside.
Chris Rock
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Jimmy Fallon
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Amy Schumer
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Harold Ramis
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All The Books Referenced On Season 3 Of “Orange Is The New Black”
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Orange Is the New Black book club, anyone?
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16 Ridiculous Fan Theories That'll Actually Make You Think
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Muggles don’t exist, and Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper from “Blues Clues” have a dark, dark secret.
Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper from Blues Clues are living a lie.
Mrs. Pepper had an affair with Cayenne, which led to the birth of baby Paprika.
As one Reddit commenter pointed out, "Cayenne is Paprika's Grandmother. It's latent genes. Don't you know how genetics work?"
Also, spices...
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