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The Coolest Places to Watch the World Cup Around the Globe
By Lanny Fuller
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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

By Cool Material
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Italy From Home

How to stock your pantry, fridge, and bar cart like an Italian.

By Kaitlyn Rosati
Entertainment
8 Autobiographies That Will Make You a Better Man

There are books that every man should read at least once in his life. After all, books can provide many lessons on how to be a better man. You can learn a lot of life lessons from autobiographies in particular. The autobiography format presents an opportunity to learn from someone…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Best Go-to Cheap Watches That Work For Every Guy

To my horologically inclined friends, let me apologize up front. I’m just not a watch guy. Try as I might, a watch has always been utilitarian for me. I like the weight of a timepiece, but think of it more as a bracelet. The fact that it can tell time…

By Brett Braley
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The Lectric XP 3.0 is the Best Class 3 E-Bike For Your Money

The past 40 years of performance innovation have birthed some interesting trends. Among them, version 3.0 – whether that be of a product, an experience, or a person – tends to be the most epic, the one that fans remember for decades to come. Windows 3.0 revolutionized personal computing by…

By Tim Wenger
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The Top American Motorcycle Brands That Aren’t Harley

Harley-Davidson has long been an iconic motorcycle brand. There's Peter Fonda’s Chopper from Easy Rider and the HD Fat Boy Arnold Schwarzenegger rode in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, as well as seemingly just about every big, loud motorcycle that barrels past you on the open road. When you think of…

By Amos Kwon
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Every Millennial Horror Geek Should Own the ‘Army of Darkness’ Shout! Factory 4K Release

The most important detail anyone needs to know about Shout! Factory’s 4K steelbook treatment of Sam Raimi’s seminal 1992 horror-comedy masterpiece Army of Darkness is this: It’s the best home video release the movie has ever gotten, and possibly ever will get. Even if you’re merely a casual fan, you…

By Andy Crump
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