A Rare Trip Inside Disney’s Secret Animation Vault

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article originally ran on February 3, 2017. In 1944, Disney rereleasedSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsinto theaters nationwide. But it does exist. And Ive been inside. In an anonymous block of Glendale, California, sits a nondescript beige building free of signage or distinction. Even for employees of the company, the building remains elusive and hard to gain entry to....

February 3, 2017 · 2 min · 417 words · Joshua Mclean

11 Surreal Moments From O.J. Simpson’s Reality-TV Show,Juiced

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on June 17, 2016. On April 10, 2024,O.J. As the fifth installment ofO.J. Made in Americareminded us, O.J. Simpson filmed a reality television show back in 2006, calledJuiced. Ostensibly its a hidden-camera prank show in the style ofPunkdwith O.J. Simpson as the prankmaster general. plays himself, sometimes he plays a version of himself, and more rarely, he plays a character....

June 17, 2016 · 4 min · 739 words · David Smith DVM

Airplane!’s Creators Reveal the Origins of ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on February 1, 2016. Jim Abrahams, one of the three writer-directors ofAirplane!,died on November 26, 2024. There are few movies as quotable as the 1980 disaster-movie parodyAirplane! with the trio who wrote and directed the film, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. Wed say, Wait, wait, wait. But we added the Dont call me Shirley....

February 1, 2016 · 2 min · 341 words · Joshua Miller

‘You’re Caught’:The Jinx’s Tense, Unbelievable Conclusion

The Jinx Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on March 15, 2015. Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2. By the end of this tense, revealing, and unbelievable hour, there was no question why. The episode begins with Jarecki wrangling one last interview with Durst. And he hangs up the phone. This is the wisest choice he could have made....

March 15, 2015 · 3 min · 471 words · Larry Kelly

The 3 Most Interesting Revelations FromThe Jinx, Episode 5

The Jinx Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on March 9, 2015. Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2. Jon Stewart made fun of the verdict. So did theTimesandthePost.When was the last time they agreed on anything? Fred Armisen played Durst onSNL. Hes pretty good, though insufficiently twitchy. That leads us to our first major realization of the episode:...

March 9, 2015 · 3 min · 448 words · David Bailey

The 3 Most Interesting Revelations FromThe Jinx,Episode 4

The Jinx Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on March 2, 2015. Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2. How did Durst plead in response to the charge of murder? I was Mr. Bob in prison, recounts Durst now, with something like fondness in his voice. He seems to have enjoyed aspects of the behind-bars experience....

March 2, 2015 · 3 min · 639 words · Brooke Thomas

The 3 Most Interesting Revelations FromThe Jinx, Episode 3

The Jinx Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on February 23, 2015. Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2. This case was not investigated the way it should have been. Investigators from Westchesters D.A. office reinterviewed everyone who had been examined in the early 80s. One of them went so far as to draw a map to Bermans door for the police....

February 23, 2015 · 3 min · 582 words · Andrew Patrick

The 3 Most Interesting Revelations FromThe Jinx: Episode One

The Jinx Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on February 9, 2015. Weve republished it to coincide withThe Jinx Part 2. The police then manage to track down the victim: Morris Black. Why is it such a dump? Why is there no indication that a woman lives there? Theres no Dorothy Ciner, deduce the cops. Thats just a cover....

February 9, 2015 · 1 min · 186 words · Ashley Gonzalez

Who Killed the Gangster’s Daughter?

Revisiting Lisa DePaulos 2001 feature about Robert Durst and the death of Susan Berman. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But conversations with Susan were almost always filled with breathless drama. If she was up, you knew it. If she was down, you knew it. Either way, you knew the details. Kim felt guilty about that. I have information thats going to blow the top off things, Susan told her....

February 6, 2015 · 10 min · 2128 words · Wanda Cummings

Are You aMean GirlsSuperfan?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Were republishing in honor of Mean GirlsDay. Once you ace this quiz, try your hand attodays Cinematrix. But just how obsessed with it areyou? Are you one of the greatest fans youll ever meet? Or are you like a grotsky byotch? Time to find out. Get in, loser. How Well Do You KnowMean Girls? It was alwaysMean Girls....

April 30, 2014 · 1 min · 155 words · Neil Nolan

The True Origin Stories Behind Six ClassicArrested DevelopmentJokes

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This story was originally published on May 22, 2013. We are recirculating it now in the wake of Carl Weathers death. It was made illegal after it was found to cause serious burns. Now its called meta I guess, but it wasnt called meta then. The phrase I wanted to play with is, Thats a little cornball....

May 22, 2013 · 3 min · 629 words · Kelly Allen