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# Samantha Grossman

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## Samantha Grossman


## Samantha Grossman


* ![&lt;&gt; on March 3, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0cac0a1a4eb7592/698880455f570f23ecb1fe75/gettyimages-513650882.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 4, 2016  
### [Someone Immortalized Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win With a Giant Mural](https://time.com/4247961/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-mural/)  
"Never never give up"
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 4, 2016  
### [Watch Stephen Colbert Recap Everything That Happened While Scott Kelly Was in Space](https://time.com/4247676/stephen-colbert-scott-kelly-year-in-space/)  
"Thanks to Taylor Swift, we have now learned that girls travel in what are called squads"
* ![Celebrity Sightings In New York City - September 18, 2015](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01ec9f069d9674fd/6988750d5f570fa32ab1ecb9/gettyimages-488941310.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 3, 2016  
### [Here's How _Broad City'_s Abbi and Ilana Define Success](https://time.com/4246287/broad-city-success-hillary-clinton/)  
Plus: what it was like to film an episode with Hillary Clinton
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a48545948cd05d1/69887febab6d77da616a8af1/lp33-pizza-night-light-0368.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 2, 2016  
### [This Pizza Night Light Will Chase Away All Your Nightmares](https://time.com/4244940/pizza-night-light-kikkerland/)  
Drift off into a delicious, cheesy slumber
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 2, 2016  
### [Watch Chrissy Teigen Name-Drop Barack Obama In the Best Way Ever](https://time.com/4244532/chrissy-teigen-stephen-colbert-barack-obama/)  
She asked for his input on what to name her baby  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 1, 2016  
### [Watch This Reporter's Hilarious and Inappropriate On-Air Giggle Fit](https://time.com/4243630/best-news-bloopers-february-2016/)  
And more, in this roundup of February's best news bloopers
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 1, 2016  
### [Taylor Swift's Maid of Honor Speech Should Become Her Next Song](https://time.com/4243113/taylor-swift-britany-lamanna-maid-of-honor-speech/)  
'And it would be so magically unpredictable but at the same time, so incredibly fated, just like the...
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 1, 2016  
### [Watch Stephen Colbert Recreate the Oscars Using Puppies](https://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/)  
Infinitely cuter than the regular Academy Awards
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 29, 2016  
### [Ja Rule Was Born on a Leap Day So He Gets to Joke About Turning 10](https://time.com/4241956/leap-day-ja-rule-birthday/)  
He was livin' it up in Las Vegas
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 29, 2016  
### [See Kate Winslet's Emotional Reaction to Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Win](https://time.com/4241310/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-kate-winslet/)  
Jack and Rose forever  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 29, 2016  
### [Watch Leonardo DiCaprio Try to Remain Calm as His Oscar Gets Engraved](https://time.com/4241112/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-engraved/)  
He is just so giddy
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 26, 2016  
### [Watch Kids Try to Explain This Year's Best Picture Nominees](https://time.com/4239472/oscar-best-picture-nominees-kids-explains/)  
Their plot summaries are hilariously incorrect
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 26, 2016  
### [Watch Gerard Butler and Jimmy Fallon Slap Each Other Silly](https://time.com/4238678/gerard-butler-slapjack-jimmy-fallon/)  
With giant prosthetic hands
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 25, 2016  
### [Watch This Chef Turn Dunkin' Donuts Into Beautiful Sushi Rolls](https://time.com/4237605/dunkin-donuts-sushi-chef/)  
Could this become the next New York City food hybrid trend?
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 25, 2016  
### [Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to _Ellen_](https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/)  
They simply had too much great footage

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