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  UFC owners launch America's 'first legal' online poker site

  By Matt Brian on April 30, 2013 06:48 am + 24 comments

  Online gambling has returned to the US with the launch of the first legal, real money poker site. Continue reading…

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  How cable led the way for a new breed of television

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 30, 2013 05:55 am + 14 comments

  With The Sopranos, HBO set a precedent for the type of show that could be broadcast into American Continue reading…

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  First ever website brought back to life at its original URL

  By Vlad Savov on April 30, 2013 04:33 am + 121 comments

  April 30th may seem as ordinary as any other date, but in 1993 it marked an important milestone in Continue reading…

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  A legal victory for 'appropriation art' expands when artists can remix each others' work

  By Adi Robertson on April 29, 2013 05:30 pm + 45 comments

  Does painting blots over the eyes of a photograph turn it into something new? That's one of the Continue reading…

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  ComicsAlliance blog the latest Aol property to be shut down

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 29, 2013 03:56 pm + 9 comments

  Last week, Aol shut down a large portion of its Aol Music division, and now reports are circulating Continue reading…

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  Barry Diller on Aereo's future and why buying Newsweek was a mistake

  By Tim Carmody on April 29, 2013 03:44 pm + 14 comments

  Barry Diller is a media legend, a former Paramount CEO and USA Network mogul who helped launch the Continue reading…

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  New 'Pacific Rim' trailer shows off even more of Guillermo del Toro's giant monsters and robots

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 29, 2013 03:04 pm + 69 comments

  Director Guillermo del Toro showed off some footage from his upcoming film Pacific Rim back at Continue reading…

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  ‘Byzantium’ review: do we really need another vampire movie?

  By Adi Robertson on April 29, 2013 02:00 pm + 53 comments

  As a concept, vampires are wearing thin. Twilight and its attendant social phenomenon all but Continue reading…

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  'Captain America' and the other books given to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

  By Matt Brian on April 29, 2013 05:00 am + 42 comments

  What happens within the walls of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has largely remained a secret, Continue reading…

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  'EVE Online' getting a TV show based on real player stories

  By Andrew Webster on April 28, 2013 02:21 pm + 31 comments

  Massively multiplayer sci-fi game EVE Online is coming to your television screen, and it will Continue reading…