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Another day, another social media hoax. If you've received a suspicious Facebook message, warning you not to accept a friend request from 'Jayden K. Smith', we're here to tell you exactly what to do! Here's everything to know!

Guest writer Bill Shaffer takes us back to Lawrence Kansas in 1989, for a cast and crew re-premiere of Carnival of Souls. By Bill Shaffer Note from Glenn Erickson: I think I first crossed emails with Bill Shaffer around 1998, when I was still the editor for MGM Home Video and just beginning to write MGM Video Savant. Bill sent along info that helped me convince the MGM restorers to include a flashback at the end of Duck You Sucker. Although I didn't find out until much later, Bill was a producer at the PBS station Ktwu in Topeka, Kansas, and had actually interviewed Eli Wallach once about The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Bill became a major source for info and connections when it came time to do the extras for the MGM releases of the Sergio Leone movie; all just to help out. I think the fact that...

This World of Warcraft life-size Orc cosplay is freakin’ insane! It was created by Steven K. Smith, and the scale and detail of it is simply incredible. It’s like the guy just conjured the Orc and magically pulled it right out of the video game. I’d say it looks like it could have walked right off the set of the WarCraft movie but all of the Orcs in the film were CGI.

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The National Book Foundation announced this year’s National Book Awards Wednesday night, which means that MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Ta-Nehisi Coates, who took home the award for nonfiction with Between the World and Me, can add another line to his already lengthy resume. The fiction category, meanwhile, experienced a bit of an upset, as Adam Johnson’s story collection Fortune Smiles took first place over more buzzy contenders, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life and Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies. Read the full list of finalists and winners (bolded) below. And congrats to all!FICTIONKaren E. Bender, RefundAngela Flournoy, The Turner HouseLauren Groff, Fates and FuriesAdam Johnson, Fortune SmilesHanya Yanagihara, A Little Life NONFICTIONTa-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and MeSally Mann, Hold StillSy Montgomery, The Soul of an OctopusCarla Power, If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the QuranTracy K. Smith,...

How amazing. The ’20/20′ anchor returned to TV after two months in rehab on Jan. 24 to take the first step of her recovery: admitting that she was an alcoholic. And right after Elizabeth bravely owned up to her addiction, Twitter exploded with an overflow of support.

“I’m really proud of what I did,” Elizabeth Vargas told George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America on Jan. 24, referring to her decision to check herself into rehab for alcohol abuse. And she wasn’t the only one who was proud. Right after the 20/20 anchor’s revealing, first post-rehab interview, countless fans on Twitter sent her messages of love, support, and congratulations.

Fans Praise Elizabeth Vargas After Brave Alcoholism Interview

Admitting that you have a problem is the first and hardest step. So when Elizabeth said those powerful words — “I am. I am an alcoholic.” — on Gma, she struck a chord with thousands of viewers.