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Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dead at 95
Ernest Borgnine, the iconic movie and television actor, passed away on Sunday.
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Joey Chestnut Out Eats His Competition at the Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
While you were busy barbecuing with the family and taking the kids to see the fireworks this Fourth of July, Joey Chestnut was trying to break another world record.
Last year, the 28-year-old competitive eater set a record for eating a total of 68 hot dogs in just 10 minutes at Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, held annually on July 4th. This time around he set out to try and beat it, but did he succeed?
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This Is How Olympic Divers Really Look While Diving
One of the highlights of the 2012 Olympics will undoubtedly be diving. There’s been some stiff competition this year, especially in the preliminary rounds, and all the athletes have been killing themselves trying to look as graceful as possible while tumbling through the air. How do we know? There’s something on each diver’s face that just reads, “This stunt is kind of difficult to do.”
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Mother Nature Punishes Us By Taking Down Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram
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Unlucky Athletes Getting Balls (and More) to the Face
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Aerialist Nik Wallenda Becomes First Man to Tight Rope Walk Across Niagra Falls
Starting at 10:10 pm on Friday and finishing approximately 25 minutes later, 33-year-old Nik Wallenda completed a death-defying stunt that left everyone in attendance in awe. The daredevil aerialist balanced his way across Niagra Falls on a tight rope, becoming the first man to perform this feat.
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6-Year-Old Giants Fan Mails in Piggy Bank Money to Help Out Brandon Jacobs
Some things are difficult to explain to a child, especially if that child is a die-hard sports fan and you’re trying to explain why his favorite player is leaving the team. This happened to Julie Armento when the news came that football player Brandon Jacobs was leaving the New York Giants for the San Francisco 49ers and her 6-year-old son Joseph wanted answers.
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Neil Patrick Harris Is Too Smart for ‘Punk’d’ – Finds It Un-Bear-ably Funny
There are a lot of people out there who’d utterly freak out upon finding a bear ravaging their car, but Neil Patrick Harris isn’t one of them. He proved to the world that he knows how to keep calm when faced with this exact situation. Of course, he also knew that his “bear attack” was just a stunt pulled by those jokesters at ‘Punk’d.’
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Celeb Deaths, Giant Squid, Crazy Tweets and More Best Pics of the Week
This week we said goodbye to a number of celebrities we fell in love with over the years through their memorable and relatable characters.
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‘Family Feud’ Host Richard Dawson Dies – Relive Some of His Funniest Moments
Richard Dawson, the beloved ‘Family Feud’ host from the ’70s, died Saturday from complications with cancer. He was 79 years old.
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JCPenney Father’s Day Ad Features Gay Dads, One Million Moms Clearly Not Thrilled
JCPenney just can’t seem to get a break from One Million Moms. The retailer first came under fire from the anti-gay group back when it first announced Ellen DeGeneres as its new spokesperson, and then again around Mother’s Day when its campaign featured openly lesbian parents. Now, its latest Father’s Day ad, which displays real-world gay dads with their kids, is facing the same criticism.
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Dick Beals, the Voice of Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer, Dies at 85
Dick Beals, the ’50s-era child star who voiced the animated characters of Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer, died Tuesday at his nursing home in Vista, CA at the age of 85.