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A Cold War curiosity: Hanna-Barbera animated a U.S. propaganda short featuring kids’ funny letters to President Nixon, narrated by Dick Van Dyke. The result feels like a time capsule from an era when even geopolitics could be wrapped in colorful animation and upbeat storytelling.

Pizza Movie turns a simple pizza run into a wild, drug-fueled night of hallucinations, absurd encounters, and chaotic laughs in this frenetic Zoomer stoner comedy. Pizza Movie may not be the most gourmet slice in the comedy oven. It’s a little too goofy to be great, but also far too entertaining to be considered bad.

A dad finds himself giving his twenty-something daughter an unexpected life lesson: how to write an old-fashioned paper check. The moment turns into a humorous look at the generational gap between digital payments and old-school banking, with a nostalgic detour into quirky promotions like the long-forgotten “Toaster Rule.”

Today is Friday the 13th, which means at least three of your friends have probably already texted you something like, “Be careful today!” as if the calendar suddenly turned into a horror movie soundtrack. But before you cancel your plans, hide under the covers, or avoid ladders, it’s worth asking a very logical question: Is Friday the 13th actually unlucky, or is it just bad math mixed with good storytelling?

Disclosure Day asks a question that has fascinated humanity for decades. If definitive proof of alien life suddenly appeared tomorrow, how would we respond? Would we welcome our new cosmic neighbors or panic at the realization that we are part of a much larger galactic story?

Stewie is officially getting his own spinoff series on FOX, slated to debut during the 2027–2028 television season. The show will be produced by Seth MacFarlane alongside longtime writer-producer Kirker Butler and animation veteran Kara Vallow.

Why do tongues stick to frozen poles? The phenomenon called “tundra tongue” reveals the surprising science behind a classic winter dare and its painful results. Nearly all incidents involved kids between the ages of 1 and 16, with about 60 percent involving boys.

Melissa Auf der Maur adds a new milestone to her extraordinary creative journey with the release of her memoir, Even the Good Girls Will Cry:A ’90s Rock Memoir, from the imprint Da Capo. The book offers an intimate look at her life during the explosive alternative rock era of the 1990s, revealing the music, moments, and personal experiences that shaped her career.

Here are 50 things you can try to get to know your neighbor. Some are simple, some are a little quirky, and I’ll admit most of them are completely untested. But sometimes the best way to start a conversation is to try something a little unexpected.

Apple’s latest emoji drop features eight quirky designs, including the standout “Distorted Face,” which is the perfect symbol for the chaos of 2026. You know the feeling it represents. It is the look you make when your brain tries to process one more headline, one more meeting invite, or one more plot twist in the news cycle and just decides to reboot.

The documentary The Donn of Tiki takes viewers on a tropical time-travel adventure into the colorful life of Donn Beach, the legendary restaurateur better known as Don the Beachcomber. Born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, Beach is widely credited with opening the world’s first tiki bar and launching a cultural wave that blended island escapism, theatrical décor, and inventive cocktails.

Apple’s MacBook Neo with a price tag of about $600, and potentially closer to $500 with a student discount, Apple is suddenly doing something it has rarely done in the laptop space. It is making a MacBook that competes directly with entry-level Windows laptops and the sea of Chromebooks that dominate classrooms and budget-conscious buyers.