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- The New Yorker explores the repressive authoritarian themes of Thomas the Tank Engine.
- Ryan Gosling gets kicked out of 30 Rock in his SNL promo.
- According to a new study, Americans who don't think white people have societal and economical advantages over people of color strongly approve of Trump.
- The Times reports that Twitter may have been used even more extensively than Facebook as a tool for Russian interference during the 2016 election.
- The mockumentary format is alive and well.
- I think it is safe to say that this is the greatest Star Wars/local dental practice promo video ever.
- Remember that time Trump turned away in disgust while a man bled to death in front of him?
- The Cher Show is officially coming to Broadway in 2018.
- A cop who posted an Instagram video telling people to not drink and drive was arrested for a fatal DUI three hours later.
- Ikea has bought TaskRabbit.
- TV and movie writers open up about their Star Trek spec scripts that never got made.
- Hugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe.
- And finally, nothing is more beautiful than the first time you lay eyes on pizza:
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