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Amazon’s new education tool helps students become better writers

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Amazon's been ramping up its efforts in the education space since 2013, when it acquired TenMarks. The ed-tech startup helps teachers and parents create easy-to-digest curriculums for young students, which up until today were all about math. But now,...

Amazon offers a free screenwriting tool to discover new stories

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Amazon's original series have been on quite the run as of late, and the online retailer wants to help both aspiring and established screenwriters get their work discovered. To do just that, the company has Amazon Screenwriter: a free cloud-based ap...

Sam Shepard Arrested for Drunken Driving

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Actor, director and playwright Sam Shepard had been arrested for driving under the influence on Monday in Sante Fe, New Mexico, according to Reuters.The Oscar-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize...

Star Wars’ Lando Calrissian Gets Own Comic This Summer

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When Star Wars viewers first meet Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) on screen in middle of his arc, there's a lot left unsaid on what happened before The Empire Strikes Back.Marvel decided to...

DC Comics’ Midnighter Learns To Love Himself Through Pain

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Midnighter isn't your typical hero with an superiority complex. This isn't Batman. Instead, Steve Orlando is looking to make Midnighter a far more gritty series and hyper-focused on what happens when...

Harris Wittels, Comedy Writer and ‘Parks and Recreation’ Producer, Found Dead

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Harris Wittels the co-executive producer of the NBC comedy ‘Parks and Recreation’ found dead at his home in L.A., California. Wittels was 30 years old at the time of his death and according to the...

In Other News: Kathleen Hale Stalks A Reviewer

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Author Kathleen Hale managed to accomplish an action that many authors never do: confront a book blogger.But the bigger question is: Why? And does she have the right to stalk? A tangentially...