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Back in 2001, Disneyland Resort opened a second theme park gate – Disney California Adventure – dedicated to the Golden State and all its glory. In the early days of operation, the park suffered from a lack of entertainment and inspiration, and an unavoidable comparison to the masterpiece across the street named Disneyland. But after a rocky start, Disney California Adventure has been slowly improving to where it is now considered one of the great theme parks in the country.

Cars Land – opened in 2012 – rivals any other intellectual property (IP)-themed land in the world, which is quite a feat among competition including the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Pandora: The World of Avatar. The 2021 opening of Avengers Campus has made the park the go-to place for full-on Marvel immersion. With even more expansion on the horizon, the future looks brighter than ever for Disneyland’s second gate.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Look who turned 90 years young! If you are looking for the lowdown on this cantankerous and cranky birthday duck, you’ve come to the right place. Donald Duck burst onto the scene June 9, 1934, and his popularity has continued to climb ever since. Donald has a reputation for being a little “ill tempered” from time to time, but we actually think he’s a little misunderstood, so let’s give our #1 duck a little love, with a look at some of the highlights of his illustrious life and career.

What Kind of Duck is Donald?

Donald may have more of an “everyduck” appearance, but he is actually modeled after a specific breed – the American Pekin. This is where Donald gets his bright white plumage, and golden bill and legs.

Disney animator Dick Lundy is credited with developing Donald as a character, and artists Dick Huemer...

Top Chef: Kentucky has just four contestants as of the Thursday, March 7 episode and we need to take a moment to marvel: It's three women and a black man. Eric Adjepong, Sara Bradley, Kelsey Barnard Clark and Michelle Minori are all that remain of the 15 contestants who put their knives to good use throughout season 16. With just one more round before the finals, Top Chef: Kentucky could have an all-female final competition. In "The Tase of Macau," airing Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m. on Bravo, the four contestants must cook with the world's smelliest fruit, durian. The fruit is a delicacy in...

USA Hockey’s board and the women’s national team have reached an agreement over their wages after months of back-and-forth.

“Today reflects everyone coming together and compromising in order to reach a resolution for the betterment of the sport,” USA Hockey president Jim Smith said in a statement. “We’ll now move forward together knowing we’ll look back on this day as one of the most positive in the history of USA Hockey.”

Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

“Our sport is the big winner today,” said Meghan Duggan, captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

As we learned last Thursday, the new season of Top Chef is bringing the heat with an unprecedented twist: Eight chefs from previous seasons will return to compete against eight brand new cheftestants.

Now we’ve learned exactly who those past contenders are. The 14th cycle of the show, which premieres at 10 pm E.T. on Thursday, December 1, will see the return of Sam Talbot (Season 2: Los Angeles), Casey Thompson (Season 3: Miami & Season 8: All-Stars), Amanda Baumgarten (Season 7: Washington, D.C.), Brooke Williamson (Season 10: Seattle), Sheldon SimeonÂ...

Sharpen those knives, chefs: Bravo’s Top Chef has set a return date for Season 14 — and a few familiar faces are getting back into the kitchen.

The hit cooking competition will return for an all-new season on Dec. 1 at 10/9c, the network announced Thursday. This season’s destination is Charleston, South Carolina, so down-home Southern cooking will certainly be on the menu. And in an unprecedented twist, eight chefs who lost in previous Top Chef seasons will return to compete against eight newcomers for the Season 14 title.

RelatedGordon Ramsay to Host Fox’s Live Cooking/Talk Show The F Word...

Sharpen your knives and set your DVRs: Top Chef is coming back.

The beloved Bravo series will return for its 14th season on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt and this time they’re heading down south to Charleston, South Carolina.

This isn’t your standard season, though: In an unprecedented twist, eight new chefs from around the country will go up against eight returning chefs from previous seasons. The past cheftestants have not yet been revealed, but here’s hoping they’re ones that will bring the drama (Marcel!).

Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons will return...

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If Alan Pardew’s recent successes and the 5th place finish he lead the club to in 2012 has proved one thing, it’s that underwhelming managers can manage spectacular things. It might be unfair to cast Pardew off entirely as a terrible manager – it is a close run thing there for a while and the jury should still be out – and over the years Newcastle have been stuck with some seriously poor managers.

But there have been some surprising moments of over-achievement from even the very worst – including Gordon Lee, the man generally held as the very worst manager ever to take control at St. James’ Park. If nothing else, this at least offers the lesson that we shouldn’t always trust generic opinions either way, and indeed that high-points are indeed possible by otherwise irredeemable managers.

But who is the greatest player to have defied...

Frank Forte has announed that Asylum Press will re-release Robert Steven Rhine’s massive graphic horror anthology Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell through Diamond Comics Distributors, Scb Distributors, all major wholesalers, and Tony Shenton Distribution for a Halloween release.

This giant-sized horror anthology is loaded with tons of gore and humor that any hardcore horror fan will enjoy – especially fans of Tales from the Crypt, Eerie and Creepshow. It features 43 stories illustrated by 43 of the top horror comic book artists including: William Stout, Tim Vigil, John Cassaday, Hilary Barta, Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Gaither, Steve Bissette, D.W. Frydendall, Jim Smith, Frank Forte, Tone Rodriguez, David Paleo, Kevin Colden, Nenad Gucunja, John Howard, David Hartman, Eric Pigors, Mike Sosnowski, Kevin Colden, Tommy Castillo and Steve Mannion and many others. Cover art is by Frank Forte.

Four years in the making, this classic collection of sick and twisted short stories is a true labor of blood.

Forgot those circuses known as the Rnc and DNC, and take a trip to Satan's 3-Ring Circus of Hell instead as Robert Steven Rhine’s massive graphic horror anthology gets a re-release from Asylum Press just in time for Halloween.

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This giant-sized horror anthology is loaded with tons of gore and humor that any hardcore horror fan will enjoy - especially fans of Tales from the Crypt, Eerie, and Creepshow. It features 43 stories illustrated by 43 of the top horror comic book artists including: William Stout, Tim Vigil, John Cassaday, Hilary Barta, Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Gaither, Steve Bissette, D.W. Frydendall, Jim Smith, Frank Forte, Tone Rodriguez, David Paleo, Kevin Colden, Nenad Gucunja, John Howard, David Hartman, Eric Pigors, Mike Sosnowski, Kevin Colden, Tommy Castillo and Steve Mannion and many others. Cover art by Frank Forte.

Some of the twisted tales include: “Spare Parts,” a nasty E.C. Comics-inspired opus...

by David Harkness, MoreHorror.com

Fans of horror comics and graphic horror literature will be thrilled to know that Robert Steven Rhine's king-sized anthology Satan's 3-Ring Circus of Hell will once again be gracing the shelves of booksellers and comic stands everywhere... just in time for Halloween. Enjoy bone-chilling tales and stunning artwork from the likes of Frank Forte, Kevin Colden, Steve Bissette, and many more. Check out the official press release below for even more gruesome details.

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Aug. 28, 2012 (Los Angeles) Frank Forte announces that Asylum Press will re-release Robert Steven Rhine’s massive graphic horror anthology Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell through Diamond Comics Distributors, Scb Distributors, all major wholesalers, and Tony Shenton Distribution for a Halloween release.

This giant-sized horror anthology is loaded with tons of gore and humor that any hardcore horror fan will enjoy - especially fans of Tales from the Crypt, Eerie and Creepshow.

I’ve run out of shelf space for books relating to the life, career, and films of Walt Disney, but it seems there are always more coming along—and a surprising number of them have worthwhile new material to share. But the one even I didn’t know about was published some months ago by the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. When you visit the Museum—which you absolutely should—you’ll find that photographs are not allowed inside the exhibit rooms. That’s why there’s a handsome book called Picturing The Walt Disney Family Museum with photography by Jim Smith, text by Richard Benefield,…...