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A fictionalized docudrama about the creation of Snapchat was crowned the most-liked script to make the rounds in Hollywood this year, as it earned the top spot on the Black List. Read more…

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Think about the world 10 years ago. Smartphones were just adding GPS location services. SLR cameras were just getting video capabilities. The first app store came on the scene. Doesn’t it seem like these inventions have already been around forever? Can you imagine the world without them?

The future catches up with you — and today’s digital future is already taking shape around us. Today’s vanguard tech will be tomorrow’s everyday, must-have conveniences. Are you already living in that future, or are you taking it a day at a time?

Read on to discover how far into the future you’re already living. Read more…

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Having a smart home is cool, but it’s a trickier proposition for renters. Unless you’ve got the best landlord ever, if you don’t own your place you may not have the flexibility to mess with ceiling lights or power outlets, or even hang frames on the wall.

Fortunately, there are a host of smart home devices that don’t require any major in-home changes but still add some extra functionality to anyone’s humble abode. Here are some of our picks. Buy them for your friend who rents — or yourself. 

1Google Home Hub

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An Ode to..is a weekly column where we share the stuff we’re really into in hopes that you’ll be really into it, too.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and, if you’re like me, a time to bathe in the cascade of Christmas songs, Grinches and Scrooges be damned. 

For a solid month between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, it is wall-to-wall Christmas music, flooding out of every speaker, radio, and PA system you come across. This may sound like hell to some people but, reader, those people are wrong. 

Making things even more fun, streaming platforms have revolutionized the way we can consume Christmas music: no ads, access to just about every possible version of every possible Christmas song, and, most importantly, the curated playlist.  Read more…

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Got a friend who seems to love nature and animals more than they like people? Yep, we all have one — and even if they’re constantly forgetting to text back because they never have service, we love them anyway. Fuel their anti-civilization passion even more and check out these gifts for the outdoor enthusiast. 

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Bubble baths are everything, and this drag queen gets it.

Connie, the chaotic Hormone Monstress from Big Mouth who loves a good, hot bubble bath, is the mentor we all wish we had during puberty. Drag queen Miss Toto brought the animated walking disaster to life in an incredible performance in Miami. 

In the viral video posted to Twitter, Miss Toto opens her number with Connie’s iconic “bubble bath” dialogue before vogueing in the massive fur costume. 

Voiced by Maya Rudolph, the way Connie says “bubble bath” is so infectious, people have created supercuts of it.  Read more…

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A screenplay about the birth of Snapchat has just been crowned the most-liked script to make the rounds in Hollywood this year, according to an annual industry list. It’s called Frat Boy Genius, and is a fictionalized docu-drama about Evan Spiegel and the creation of Snapchat. 

Frat Boy Genius earned the top spot on something called the Black List. Every year, Hollywood executives vote on which scripts that have passed their desk in the last year they liked the most. The scripts that get the most votes then make the list, in descending order. 

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“donald” cracked SplashData’s annual top 100 list of the most common passwords. Read more…

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There are few places more supportive than a public bathroom full of drunk girls, and SheRateDogs is the digital version of that.

If you’ve ever had the beautiful experience of being in a women’s restroom in a bar or club, you’ll understand how emotionally validating total strangers can be. Random women will bombard you with compliments on your makeup, helpfully tuck the tag back into your bodysuit, and give (unsolicited, but still appreciated) advice on your love life. More often than not, they’ll echo Britney Spears’ iconic T-shirt: DUMP HIM.  Read more…

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We’re not sure who slipped something nasty into UPS’s egg nog on Sunday, but the shipping company is facing backlash over a tongue-in-cheek tweet that went a bit too far into Grinch territory.

The now-deleted tweet was posted Sunday afternoon and read like something Scrooge McDuck would dictate. 

Oof, that’s the sort of thing Scut Farkus would say while pummeling you with snowballs. The tweet lived for almost a full day before it was deleted sometime Monday afternoon, but that didn’t stop Twitter users from calling out the company for their bah humbug attitude. 

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