New Star Wars doc unravels the series’ funniest and most enduring mystery

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Most Star Wars fans are familiar with the famous A New Hope blooper where a random, nameless Stormtrooper doinked their head on a Death Star bulkhead. A true classic.

The identity of the clumsy Imperial soldier has been a mystery for as long as the movie has existed. And now, a new Jamie Stangroom documentary titled The Empire Strikes Door (omg), is poised to solve it.

This whole thing looks like a hoot, from the “Every generation has an idiot” tagline to the lineup of legitimate Star Wars celebrities who apparently lent their time to getting this thing made. I can’t wait to watch. It’ll be out Sept. 25 on Stangroom’s YouTube page. Read more…

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Beyoncé announces surprise ‘Making The Gift’ TV special

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Beyoncé is here to make our Monday a whole lot better.

On Sunday, ABC announced Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift, a surprise television special that will offer a behind-the-scenes look at how Bey made her The Lion King: The Gift album.

From the 30-second trailer, we can already tell the special will offer a lot of in-studio footage, and feature special musical guests, along with Blue Ivy. 

Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift will air Monday night (Sept. 16) on NBC, after the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars. Read more…

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Allow this dog to convince you that he’s a baby

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The internet can be extremely stressful at times, but it can also offer 25 seconds of pure, wholesome bliss that you can watch on a loop. Take this video of a dog pretending to be a baby, for example.

The precious “Staffordshire bull terrier pit bull cross” seen above is named Louis. According to the video description, his owner explained how he joined the family when he was just six weeks old and had just been taken off of his mother’s milk.

“He would suckle in his sleep a lot so I decided to give him a binkie to see if it would soothe him a little, he took it right out of my hand and started suckling it like a little baby and wouldn’t give it back,” the description reads. Read more…

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New York bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes by emergency order from Governor Cuomo

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Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking action against electronic cigarettes.

On Saturday, the New York governor announced an emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes in-state.

Gov. Cuomo tweeted the news and noted that State police and the New York Department of Health will “ramp up enforcement against retailers who sell to underage youth” and he will continue to “advance legislation to eliminate deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes” to young people.

BREAKING: Today I am announcing emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.

-State Police and DOH to ramp up enforcement against retailers who sell to underage youth

-We will advance legislation to eliminate deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes to youth

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) September 15, 2019 Read more…

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Please enjoy Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley dancing to Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’

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The truth is, Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” is the anthem we needed in 2019.

The song was released in 2017, but it recently surged in popularity, topping the charts, bringing us laughter and joy in the form of DNA test memes, and even gaining the attention of people like Hillary Clinton. 

With a catchy beat, empowering lyrics that touch on self-love and question men’s actions, and, of course, Lizzo’s stunning voice, “Truth Hurts” is a straight up jam, one that not even members of Congress can turn down.

On Friday, during Congressional Black Caucus week, Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley busted a move to the song and shared footage of their delightful dancing on Twitter. Read more…

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Ash Ketchum is FINALLY a Pokémon League champion and fans are going bonkers

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Ash Ketchum is finally a winner.

After more than two decades of struggles and near-misses in the Pokémon League, Ash finally scored himself a championship trophy. It happened in the latest episode as the Alolan League came to a close, more than 1,000 episodes into the long-running anime.

The race to the championship led Ash into a showdown against his friend, Gladion. Their dramatic match-up pitted two Lycanroc Pokémon against one another, and Ash pulled out a win in the end.

Ash has been a loser so many times, fans have just come to expect a downer outcome every time he steps up to compete. So as you might image, Pokémon fandom lost their collective shit over the weekend as it sunk in that Ash is finally a winner. Read more…

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