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New Hosts Of "The View" Kiss Barbara Walter's Ring To Kick Off New Season

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Newbies Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace joined returning hosts Whoopi Golberg and Rosie O’Donnell in paying respect to their leader: Baba Wawa.

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19 Incredibly Useful Tips For Writing The Perfect Personal Statement

Meredith Vieira Proves She's Still A Great Interviewer

The New "Mockingjay" Trailer Is Here

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Finally!

Watch the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 here:

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A 10-Year-Old Goldfish Had Surgery To Remove A Tumor, Expected To Live Another 20 Years

What's Your Favorite "Friends" Quote Of All Time?

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In honor of the legendary sitcom’s premiere 20 years ago.

On September 22, 1994, TV graced us with the brilliance that is Friends.

On September 22, 1994, TV graced us with the brilliance that is Friends .

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We were introduced to Monica, Chandler, Ross, Phoebe, Joey, and Rachel, and other legendary characters.

We were introduced to Monica, Chandler, Ross, Phoebe, Joey, and Rachel, and other legendary characters.

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This sitcom made everyone happy because of the brilliant things these amazing characters said.

This sitcom made everyone happy because of the brilliant things these amazing characters said.

Tell it like it is, Rach.

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Even 20 years later, we still use their hilarious one-liners.

Even 20 years later, we still use their hilarious one-liners.

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The Games Of The Future Aren't Just Games, They're Billion Dollar Ecosystems

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What Destiny and Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft say about the future of gaming.

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One is a $500 million dollar blockbuster, a sure-thing atom bomb of hype and polish from one of the gaming industry's most powerful and storied studios. It recouped its budget on its first day of sales.

The other is the definitive indie success story, a quirky Swedish side-project gone supernova, a game that steadily built a massive following—and massive profits—via word of mouth. It's sold more than 80 million copies.

I'm talking, of course, about the two games dominating the conversation about games this week: Destiny, the first new game in seven years by the creators of the mighty Halo franchise, Bungie; and Minecraft, the digital Lego set made by the Stockholm company Mojang, which sold today to Microsoft for 2.5 billion dollars. Superficially, these games don't have much in common, besides success. Destiny is a first-person shooter set in space, that hoariest of game types, and looks like, well, 500 million bucks. It may be one of the most visually beautiful games ever made. Minecraft is, let's say, not a looker, a blocky, pixelated toolkit, the simplicity of which bespeaks its humble origins. And its basic unit of play, building, would seem totally opposed to the basic unit of the guns-and-explosions. Destiny is about destruction.

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Of course, Microsoft hasn't just bought a company and its game. They've also acquired a vast, organically built, fervently devoted fan culture, one that is dauntingly, beautifully complex. Any given one of the thousands of active Minecraft servers might be best thought of as a kind of social hub, a collaborative science project, or a competitive computer game (and any given one might be all three!). And it's a fan-driven universe that is constantly refining and updating itself, with player created mods, graphics upgrades, and, crucially, for-sale content packs on the big online stores run by Microsoft and Sony. Minecraft is never finished per se; it's an ongoing service, subscribed to by millions, and whoever owns and distributes it can sell (or give) new features to its subscribers in near perpetuity.

(And look for the conversation about the acquisition to turn into a conversation about player fears that there will be a lot more selling than giving. Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, in a resignation letter released concurrently with the announcement of the sale, seemed to suggest as much, writing, "I'm not an entrepreneur" and "It's not about the money.")

For those inclined to scoff at Mojang's price tag, there's precedent, though not in gaming. Paying top dollar for the native audiences in a coveted social ecosystem is the tech business trend of the last few years. Think of Facebook buying Instagram, or Yahoo buying Tumblr. The latter deal, especially, has shades of Microsoft and Mojang, a legacy tech giant grabbing the eyeballs and credibility of a swelling startup.

While Minecraft is bursting with more sheer stuff than any given player could conceivably see in a playing lifetime, the consensus on Destiny, one week after its release, is that it feels a little empty. Critics have groused that the plot is wanting, that the main story isn't long enough, that the multiplayer parties aren't big enough, that the missions are repetitive and so on, and so forth. All of these criticisms are right. They may also be missing the point.


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22 Mesmerizing Cooking Vines To Inspire Your Next Meal

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Can you learn a new recipe in just six seconds?

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These stuffed tomatoes are sure to impress. (Hint: You can pause the video by clicking on it at any time.)

Empty your tomatoes, fill them with a mix of corn, carrots, basil tofu, and pesto, and top with crumbs. Bake, then garnish with watercress.

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Here's an easy pasta dish with chicken and spinach.

Just cook pasta, pan-fry chicken with stock, add spinach and cheese, and finish with a tomato sauce.

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Homemade salsa isn't hard.

Use a skillet to dry-roast tomatoes, jalapeños, and garlic until their skins are browned. Peel everything, remove the tomato cores, and use a mortar and pestle to grind everything together, adding salt and coriander (cilantro).

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Wikipedia Was Wrong And Actor Nick Frost Is Not Dead

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The World’s End and Hot Fuzz star is very much alive and tweeting.

A few days ago it appears as though someone updated English actor Nick Frost's Wikipedia page with the sad, terrible news that he had passed.

A few days ago it appears as though someone updated English actor Nick Frost's Wikipedia page with the sad, terrible news that he had passed.

You may know him from movies like The World's End and Shaun of the Dead or TV show Spaced.

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Here's a screencap of the edits:

Here's a screencap of the edits :

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Can You Find The Dildo In These Pictures?

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According to the Subtle Dildo website, this is an “installation art project about the place of rubber in our lives.”

No idea who these guys are, by the way.

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It doesn't really matter. If anything, that makes it better.

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Actually, the more you play this game...

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...the more you begin to consider its philosophical ramifications.

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33 Important Questions All Londoners Need To Answer Immediately

49 People Who Really Regret Their Teenage Email Address

Conclusive Proof That "Funny" Blackboards Need To Be Banned

24 Ways Your Day Could Be Ruined By Cuteness

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Well I was going to sit here, little cat, but FINE.

You could be shadowed by your overly attentive roommate.

You could be shadowed by your overly attentive roommate.

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You could be held captive by your aggressively friendly neighbor.

You could be held captive by your aggressively friendly neighbor.

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Your personal hairstylist could start getting a little too pushy.

Your personal hairstylist could start getting a little too pushy.

"It looks better this way!"

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Your clothing choices could be viciously attacked.

Your clothing choices could be viciously attacked.

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How To Give A Good Hug

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The proper technique for squishing bodies together.


21 Classic Photos Of Shaq You Have To See Before You Die

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Kazaam!

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There Was A Very Important "Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants" Reunion

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Can we just focus on the pants?

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I'll never understand how one pair of jeans perfectly fit four different girls when all of my own jeans barely even fit me perfectly, but WHATEVER. SISTERHOOD FOREVER.

I'll never understand how one pair of jeans perfectly fit four different girls when all of my own jeans barely even fit me perfectly, but WHATEVER. SISTERHOOD FOREVER.


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36 Little Victories That Made '00s Kids Feel Unbeatable

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With a pink Motorola Razr, nothing was bringing you down.

Getting to the end of your Slip 'N Slide without flying off the end and getting grass burns.

Getting to the end of your Slip 'N Slide without flying off the end and getting grass burns.

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Nailing every step on your dance mat.

Nailing every step on your dance mat.

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The person you voted for being eliminated from Big Brother.

The person you voted for being eliminated from Big Brother .

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Figuring out a new way of making scoubidou bracelets.

Figuring out a new way of making scoubidou bracelets.

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David Cameron's Sweary Twitter Replies As Greetings Cards

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The PM gets a lot of abuse on Twitter . We decided to give some of the messages a more personal touch.

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Thinkstock / BuzzFeed

Thinkstock / BuzzFeed

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23 Reasons Jessica Lange Is The Most Flawless Human To Ever Exist

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BOW DOWN.

First things first: Jessica Lange is the realest.

First things first: Jessica Lange is the realest.

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There's no doubt that she's supremely gorgeous...

There's no doubt that she's supremely gorgeous...

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And that she's been a superstar since the beginning of her career.

And that she's been a superstar since the beginning of her career.

Jessica in All That Jazz? Incredible.

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She's still slaying the masses at 65 years old, being the face for Marc Jacobs Beauty in 2014.

She's still slaying the masses at 65 years old, being the face for Marc Jacobs Beauty in 2014.

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