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MMA star Ronda Rousey said she would attend the Marine Corps ball with 22-year-old Lance Corporal Jarrod Haschert.
Nickelodeon’s president of content and development said the network might bring back several of its beloved ’90s shows, including Rugrats and Hey Arnold!
Scotch maker Ballantine’s is financing the development of a 3-D-printed glass that would allow people to sip whisky in zero-G environments like space.
A new Japanese website functions as Google Street View for felines, enabling users to get a cat’s-eye view of the city of Onomichi.
Bette Midler wants to play the mom role in a movie Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are writing, in which they’ll play sisters.
Adult site PornHub is offering a $25,000 scholarship. Its application-essay prompt: “How do you strive to make others happy?”
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Fans will have to wait two more years for the next Christopher Nolan movie; Warner Bros. announced that it would debut on July 21, 2017.
Katy Perry posted a video of herself falling off a Segway at Burning Man.
An 8-ft.-long king cobra escaped from its home in Orlando, prompting some schools to move all activities indoors.
Pottery Barn Kids is selling a bed styled after the iconic Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. Alas, it will set you back $3,999.
James Bond author Anthony Horowitz said Idris Elba–a rumored potential 007–wouldn’t be a good casting choice:
‘It’s not a color issue. I think he is probably a bit too “street.”‘
He later apologized for the remark, calling his word choice “poor.”
This appears in the September 21, 2015 issue of TIME.
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