Kerry Washington Tells GW Grads All About Her Frog Years

Other than George Washington, George Washington Carver, Washington Irving, or Martha Washington, who’d be the best Washington to give the commencement address to the Class of ‘13 at George Washington University? Kerry Washington, of course, who is not only a GW alum, but also plays a D.C. insider on television.

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Latest Anchorman 2 Trailer Features Sound Advice from Brick Tamland

The latest trailer for Anchorman 2 is basically the same as the first trailer for Anchorman 2, except that the jokes are different and Brick Tamland offers some really great advice about hugging a strange child in a public place: don't. Unless the child's parents are present, then by all means! Also, Brian Fantana…

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Nutella's legal wolfpack shuts down Nutella enthusiast's World Nutella Day, which is a total bummer for anyone who appreciates a good hazelnut spread.

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So Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne Have Reconciled, Apparently

Remember how Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne broke up amid rumors that Ozzy is actually a gargoyle from the semi-popular children’s cartoon Gargoyles? No doubt you were devastated, but there’s good news — the Osbournes are not breaking up, and they have the awkward public appearance to prove it!

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Lake Bell, one of the triumvirs starring in the new cabin-in-the-woods thriller Black Rock, had an interesting take on the difficulties female filmmakers face when trying to break into the Hollywood mainstream. Though the gender disparity in the ranks of Hollywood scribes and directors is pretty glaring, Bell is optimistic that the industry has made lots of gender equality progress.

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Shetland Pony Suckles Lamb, Ushers in Era of World Peace

Just when you thought Shetland ponies couldn’t get any more adorable, they go ahead and quadruple their adorability in one squee-packed news item. A mother pony living in the Black Mountains in Wales let a lamb suckle from her despite having a young foal of her own.

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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Amputee Gets New Bionic Hands

Last year Aimee Copeland was ziplining across the Little Tallapoosa River in Georgia, when her homemade line broke and she sliced open her leg, requiring 22 stitches to close. And then the nightmare began.

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Brooklyn Hipsters Degrade Native American Culture with Indoor Tepees

Indoor tepees are becoming really trendy among affluent New Yorkers bored with their spacious urban dwellings, yet too self-conscious to simply build a pillow fort. “Fort” is awfully militaristic, isn’t it? Far better to mitigate the imperialistic implications of fort-building by appropriating some cultural artifacts …

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‘Swarmageddon’ Terrifies People Who Hate Bugs, Obviously

People who fear bugs will be especially put upon during “Swarmageddon,” and you might never have figured this out if the cicada scribes at the Washington Post, a periodical chronicling the latest developments in entomology, hadn’t taken the time to explain that people who already hate bugs hate the idea of a lot of…

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