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'Game of Thrones' Season 2: Take the quiz
'Game of Thrones' returns for its third season March 31. In the meantime, test your knowledge of the show's second season.
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Fake identities: Manti Te'o scandal and 6 other Internet hoaxes
Believe it or not, the Manti Te'o scandal is not the first online identity hoax, nor the longest-standing. Here's a look at some of the biggest scams to surface on the Internet, from the lives and deaths of fictitious characters to the downfall of their makers.
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Bram Stoker books: 9 things you didn't know about the 'Dracula' author
Bram Stoker is the godfather of the vampire craze, but the writer is often a mystery to modern readers. Here are 9 facts you probably don't know about the author.
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15 highest-paid authors of 2012
Here's the annual Forbes ranking of the 15 top-grossing authors in the book industry. Can you guess who's No. 1?
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Game of Thrones: 12 burning questions as Season Two ends
Here are the top 12 questions I'm left with after watching last night's season finale of Season Two of "Game of Thrones."
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Chapter & Verse 'Sookie Stackhouse' series will end this May
The 'Sookie Stackhouse' series by Charlaine Harris – the basis for HBO's 'True Blood' TV show – will wrap up with the release of the 13th book, 'Dead Ever After.'
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Netflix, riding success of 'House of Cards,' welcomes 2 million new users
Netflix logged $1 billion in revenue in the first fiscal quarter of this year.
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Culture Cafe Kevin Bacon apology: The actor said sorry for tweeting a key 'Following' spoiler
Kevin Bacon offered an apology to fans on his Twitter page and website for retweeting a comment that gave away a 'Following' plot twist. 'I just wasn't thinking,' Kevin Bacon wrote in his apology, 'Won't happen again.'
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More viewers 'binge' on episodes
DVRs and online providers like Hulu and Netflix are making marathon TV-watching easier than ever.
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Culture Cafe 'Game of Thrones' premiere recap: Did the season 3 debut live up to the hype?
'Game of Thrones' returned for its third season on March 31. 'Game of Thrones' airs on HBO.
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'Game of Thrones' Season 2: Take the quiz
'Game of Thrones' returns for its third season March 31. In the meantime, test your knowledge of the show's second season.
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Culture Cafe Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell star in the magicians comedy 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'
Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi star in the movie 'Wonderstone,' which also features Jim Carrey as a popular illusionist. Steve Carell is a fading Las Vegas magician while Olivia Wilde is a stage assistant.
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Why Time Warner is spinning off magazine unit
Spinning off its magazine company into a separate entity will give Time Warner freedom to focus on TV and movies, explained the company's CEO in a statement released Wednesday. Shareholders have urged the move as increasing internet advertising challenged the magazine business in recent years.
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Kim Jong Un baby: Is there a new Lil' Kim?
Kim Jong Un and his wife reportedly have a new baby, possibly a girl. The is no official confirmation from North Korea yet. But Dennis Rodman has a message from Kim Jong Un for President Obama.
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Fake identities: Manti Te'o scandal and 6 other Internet hoaxes
Believe it or not, the Manti Te'o scandal is not the first online identity hoax, nor the longest-standing. Here's a look at some of the biggest scams to surface on the Internet, from the lives and deaths of fictitious characters to the downfall of their makers.
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Global News Blog North Korea's special guests: First a Google executive, then Dennis Rodman (+video)
The fact that North Korea is getting to host well-known personalities from abroad is a PR plus for the regime, say analysts.
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Global News Blog Friends forever: Rodman warms to North Korean dictator (+video)
Former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-un his 'friend for life' after watching the Harlem Globetrotters in the isolated country today.
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Terrorism & Security Can Dennis Rodman's 'basketball diplomacy' make a difference in North Korea? (+video)
Rodman's visit to North Korea comes just weeks after the country's third nuclear weapons test. Some say such trips, like that of Google chief Eric Schmidt, boost the North's positioning.
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Oscars 2013: Where have child actors gone post-nom?
In the aftermath of Oscars 2013, which featured the youngest-ever nominee for Best Actress, here's a look at what other under-18 nominees have gone on to do.
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Opinion: A civics lesson for 20-somethings
Many young people drop out of civic life because we set them up to fail. In the Obama era, we talk about social change in such grandiose terms that anything after is bound to feel insignificant in comparison. I've learned that civic engagement, above all else, requires resilience.
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'Zero Hour' star Anthony Edwards discusses returning to TV
'Zero Hour' actor Edwards is returning to TV after starring as Dr. Mark Greene on 'ER.' 'Zero Hour' premiered on ABC on Feb. 14.
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Beyoncé answers national anthem rumors, talks Super Bowl (+video)
Beyoncé reaffirmed her national anthem chops with a performance for reporters, and says she was 'born to' sing it at Sunday's Super Bowl. But did Beyoncé sing live at the inauguration? Sort of.
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Sarah Palin vows to fight on without Fox News gig
Sarah Palin has parted ways with Fox News, but says, 'we haven't begun to fight!' even though polls show declining support for the tea party movement. In particular, she promises to 'shake up the GOP machine.'
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Chapter & Verse 'Game of Thrones' behind-the-scenes video gives a glimpse of season 3 (+ video)
Cast members Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, and others speak about the upcoming season of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' which will premiere March 31.
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'Birders: The Central Park Effect' aims to make birdwatching cool
Director Jeffrey Kimball doesn't focus enough on the 'birders' who watch the skies, but the nonviolent look at nature is enjoyable.
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Amy Poehler, Tina Fey host a Golden Globes that shut out broadcast television (+video)
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, the Golden Globes hosts, were also both nominees for starring on broadcast television shows, but PBS was the only broadcast network to win any big prize. Poehler was nominated for 'Parks and Recreation' and Fey was nominated for '30 Rock.'
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Golden Globes: 'Argo' surprises, and so does the Jodie Foster speech
'Argo' won best motion picture at the Golden Globes, but wasn't even nominated for an Oscar. Jodie Foster gave an unusual speech that indicated she was gay and leaving Hollywood. But later, Jody Foster backtracked.
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Mariah Carey on 'Idol' and more: A preview of winter TV
Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj come to 'American Idol,' 'Downton Abbey' returns for a new season and other TV shows to check out this winter.
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Chapter & Verse A book critic's literary tour of Manhattan
New York Times critic Dwight Garner stopped at book-centered destinations throughout the Big Apple. 'I was smitten all over again,' Garner wrote after his excursion.
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Chapter & Verse Lena Dunham's legal representative asks that leaked book proposal be taken down
Lena Dunham's proposal for her advice book, 'Not That Kind of Girl,' leaked online and was posted in full on the website Gawker.
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