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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

By Lanny Fuller
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
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LEGO Is Making Sustainable Pieces From Plant-Based Plastic

A few years ago, LEGO spent over $150 million (1 billion DKK) to establish the LEGO Sustainable Materials Center as part of their commitment to use sustainable materials in their building sets and packaging by 2030. The first fruits of their labor are finally here, as LEGO just announced that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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7 Podcasts About Food That Will Make You Drool While You Listen

You might not be able to see what people are cooking up on a food podcast, but we’d say that’s a positive. Every time we watch cooking shows, we end up drooling over whatever the meal is and don’t listen to the information. That’s not a great mix when the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 10 Most Beautiful Video Games We’ve Ever Played

Video games are great for relaxing, replaying like you’d reread a good book, or keeping up with other hobbies. Others are better for just staring at, as if your computer monitor or TV screen was an oil painting. Some of the best artists of this generation are working in modern…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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An Artist Made a Model of Midtown Manhattan Out of Computer Parts

Not every artist works with paint and canvas. Zayd Menk, an artist based in Zimbabwe, uses computer parts, hot glue, and basically anything he can find in his junk drawer. The results are stunning. Just check out this build of Midtown Manhattan he completed after months of work. Composed of…

By Mike Newman
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The 10 Best Films of the Last Decade

Almost all of the films up for an Academy Award this year are certified fresh on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, but that doesn't necessarily mean every one of those films is one we consider to be one of the best films. We poured over the top 100 Tomatometer scores with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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