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  • Portrait of American country music singer and guitarist Loretta Lynn as she sits outside in a chair, 1970s.

    True Story: 30 Biopics That Oscar Voters Loved

    Famous or obscure, people are interesting. And sometimes their life stories are better than anything Hollywood can dream up — even when they seem like something you could only find in a movie. Maybe that’s what’s behind the steady string…

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    Big Names That Changed With the Times to Avoid Being Canceled

    Companies, products, and artists continually reinvent themselves to keep up with consumer preferences and ensure they’re on the right side of history. Rebranding and other such changes are nothing new but have taken on a new urgency in the face…

  • Iasi, Romania - September 20, 2012: Wilson NFL Trakified American Football ball, on the field

    18 Biggest American Sports Scandals

    Remember your Little League coach telling you to “just go out there and have fun” or your parents cheering for you during your first pee-wee basketball game even though you could hardly dribble the ball? Maybe you still get chills…

  • circa 1925: flappers at the bar of isa lanchester's night club in london

    2020s vs. 1920s: Will History Repeat?

    With the 2020s well underway, we’re still looking to see how predictions in everything from cars to investments play out — but also seeing similarities some parallels with what America experienced a century ago. That starts, of course, with a coronavirus…

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    Beware of Fly Vomit … It’s More Dangerous Than You Think

    From unrepentant buzzing around your head to annoyingly painful bites on your ankles, flies are a nuisance from their slimy, squirmy maggot beginnings to their fly-swatter spatter endings. But as obnoxious as those bites might be, they aren’t the most…

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    The Surprising Reasons These Companies Changed Their Brand Names

    Companies’ reasons for choosing new names and logos vary from the banal — corporate restructuring — to the extraordinary: fraud, disasters, or scandal. Changing a company’s long-standing name isn’t without risk, and these days rebranding comes with a fair amount…