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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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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.

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

By Cool Material
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The Best Halloween Horror Movies to Stream Right Now

Halloween is right around the corner. Last year, the spookiest of holidays was canceled due to COVID and godawful weather, which makes Halloween ‘21 a chance at redemption and a reason to double down on celebrating the season. Costumes. Decorations. Jack-o’-lanterns. Way too much candy. Scary movies. Not everyone likes…

By Andy Crump
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The Best Horror Video Games to Play Right Now

Horror video games and movies are a year-round fare. But, there is something pertinent about the spooky time of year. So, in honor of Halloween 2021 we're rounding up our favorite scary, terrifying, and creepy video games to play right now. The horror genre is vast and complex. From big-budget…

By John A. Paradiso
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“Benedetta” Trailer: The Power Of Christ Titillates You

Paul Verhoeven has spent his career satirizing American action films in Robocop and Total Recall, satirizing military propaganda in Starship Troopers, satirizing nothing at all in Black Book, a film about Jewish spies in World War II, and back to satire with his riff on Europudding movies in 2016's Elle. Now his latest, the nunsploitation…

By Andy Crump
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You Can Relive All the ‘Home Alone’ Shenanigans with the LEGO McCallister House

There have been plenty of great user-designed LEGO sets that were put into production after a successful campaign on LEGO Ideas. If we're being honest, we haven't been as excited about any of them as we are about the upcoming LEGO Ideas Home Alone set. Almost 4,000 pieces come together…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now According to Experts

Inflation is rising, and the S&P is trading at its highest valuation levels since the dot com bubble. Your portfolio should be diversified to protect from market volatility, and there's no better investment than art, an asset class that has outperformed the S&P 500 by 174% from 1995–2020. Unless you…

By Pat McLaughlin
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