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Understandably, Dirty Dancing is the gold standard for '80s romance movies. The coming-of-age story about a teenager's last Summer before college involves rebellion from parents, an older man, and some intense dance scenes. Are you ready for the film's 21st-century incarnation? Presenting, the Dirty Dancing Facebook game. With over 10 million page fans, Dirty Dancing is the ninth ranked movie on Read more
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Although my job sometimes requires me to play video games (tough, I know), I find that my game time decreases during the Spring and Summer months. Maybe it's the warmer weather, or the fact that it's traditionally a dry spell in the gaming world, but I'd say that I log a good three to five hours a week playing video games; hardly any of that time is spent playing online. But a recent study Read more
Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fun party games when you are surrounded by friends and a kit, but what's a geek to do when you're at your computer and supposed to be working, but feel the need to rock out? Put on your headphones and test your Button Hero skills and you'll have the answer. The online game (I use the term game lightly) features a Last FM player and a single button you are supposed Read more
Time totally stole my Website of the Day when they listed Kongregate as one of the top 50 websites of the year. On a side note, did you happen to see a little site called PopSugar on that list? Maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, I was going to tell you to add Kongregate to your bookmarks toolbar right now for those times that you just can't bear to sit there and analyze one more excel spreadsheet, Read more
It seems all geeks love Indiana Jones. Maybe it's his fly hat, maybe it's his guy-next-door yet heroic persona, and maybe it's just because he's a professor of archeology and an adventurer (read: Geek God). Combine that collective love for Jones with Legos and you get an awesome Lego Indiana Jones Adventure, a free (and fun!) flash game I can't get enough of this week. The game takes you on a Read more
Get the inside scoop on what Britney Spears is like as an X Factor judge — HuffPost TV What to watch over the Memorial Day weekend — Zap2it See the X-Men reimagined as Disney characters — BuzzFeed Watch a clip from Brad Pitt's new movie — ET Online The best movies about grief you probably haven't seen — /Film Jon Favreau will star in Iron Man 3 — The Hollywood Reporter See what Read more
Track and field star Lolo Jones isn't an Olympic virgin, considering she competed in the 2008 games, but she is a virgin in the traditional sense. You might think that an almost-30-year-old virgin would not advertise the fact that she's never had sex, but Olympian Lori "Lolo" Jones isn't shy about her virginity. Later-in-life virgins have a new celebrity role model in 29-year-old Lolo, as she's Read more
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan last night in a surprise ceremony in his backyard. Priscilla, who just finished med school last week, has been dating Mark for almost a decade, after they met at Harvard. The Social Network makes the case that computer nerd Mark created Facebook to help him get chicks. But if all women knew that dating a technology lover Read more
Billy Bob Thornton claims he never felt good enough for his ex-wife Angelina Jolie — D-Listed Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer get photo-bombed in Cannes — People Michael Fassbender talks candidly about his Oscar snub — Lainey Gossip Disco Queen Donna Summer has passed away — HuffPost Entertainment Rooney Mara arrested on the job — JustJared Zooey Deschanel's brother has A Siri Read more
