Relive Your Childhood: 10 of Your Favorite Author’s Homes You Can Visit Today

by Jordana Weisson November 19, 2018

Every kid who grew up in the United States has a common library of authors that they studied in school. Whether your favorites were Jack London and his adventurous White Fang or Laura Ingalls Wilder and her sweeping Little House on the Prairie series, these were the authors that you wrote book reports about and gave class presentations on. If you’re a book lover, visiting the homes of your favorite childhood authors is an adventure that adds meaning to any vacation.

10 Times Celebrities Helped Everyday People

by Jordana Weisson November 12, 2018

Although celebrity gossip can be enjoyable to read, it’s troublesome when we start to resent the everyday events of our own lives based on a picture of fame and wealth shown to us by social media. Would it surprise you to know that most celebrities live normal lives outside of the spotlight, and do good things away from media attention? Here are some of the times that celebrities have looked beyond themselves and helped out everyday people.

It’s a Dog’s Life: Famous Dog Actors

by Jordana Weisson November 9, 2018

Chances are, we all have dogs from our childhood that we remember fondly. Many times, it’s our own dog that we grew up alongside, but if we weren’t fortunate enough to have family pets, it may have been a dog on TV or in the movies. Dog have been appearing on the big screen for almost as long as humans, and although they may not achieve the popularity of a human actor, most of the time, they get paid and are cast in the same way as their human co-stars.

An Informative Round-Up of Notable Royal Children

by Jordana Weisson November 1, 2018

With all of the excitement happening in England, with the announcement of Harry and Meghan’s pregnancy and the wedding of Princess Eugenie, it’s easy to forget that there are tons of other royal families around the globe — some of whom retain much more power than the current English royals.

The Cutest Celebrity Family Halloween Costumes

by Christopher Brownon October 25, 2018

Halloween is everyone’s favorite excuse to eat candy, dress silly, and hunker down on the couch for a freaky movie. It’s a time of sugar, costume parties, and embracing the little kid in all of us. Thanks to the dawn of social media, Halloween has also transformed in to a way to flex your creative muscle for the digital world. Every year, more and more people are dressing up, posting, and going viral. Celebrities, ordinary people, costume designers, when it comes to Halloween success on social media, it’s an even playing field.

The Most Interesting Documentaries on Netflix

by Jordana Weisson October 12, 2018

One of the best resources that Netflix has in abundance are hard-hitting documentaries series that they’ve either bought or commissioned for their streaming service. Although documentaries have always been popular with some, Netflix is really the first media company to make documentaries accessible to all and are responsible for some of the most interesting and informative programming available today.

Larger than Life: The Greatest Boy Bands

by Christopher Brownon October 5, 2018

You can have a once-in-a-generation singing voice, write songs like the King of Pop and play guitar like Hendrix reincarnate and you’ll still be consistently out sold by the latest band. There’s no sense in fighting it. Boy bands are cheesy, generic, and inorganic, but that’s sort of the point. Today, we peer in to the history books, salute the forefathers of the genre, and relish in the majesty that are the greatest boy bands (and haircuts) of all time.

The Great Escapes: The Boldest Prison Escapes

by Jordana Weisson September 24, 2018

Great prison escapes are the stuff of legend. They’ve been fictionalized and chronicled in movies for as long as we can remember, and today’s audience is hungry for the wildest, most daring stories that can be found. Most of the time, prison dramas that involve escapes are fictionalized, but there are tons of real-life stories out there that are legitimately stranger than fiction.

The Most Shocking and Controversial Show Cancellations

by Jordana Weisson September 7, 2018

For every show that sticks around for an interminable number of seasons, there always seems to be at least two wonderful shows that are cancelled well before their time. Sometimes it’s because ratings have dropped, and the network can’t justify the show’s existence to their advertisers anymore, while other times key cast members or producers decide to move on and leave the show to flounder. All of these are valid reasons for a show being cancelled.