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December 7, 2019

Sports

Ranking the 30 for 30s

To be sure, ESPN doesn’t always go about things perfectly (see Tilt). With 30 for 30, they nailed it. The brainchild of “Sportsguy” Bill Simmons, the 30 for 30 series embarked on the tremendously ambitious [...]
Movies

The 100 Greatest Modern Actors

Marlin Brando once said “To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.” Just a short generation later, Jim Carrey would [...]
Movies

The 100 Most Iconic Fictional Characters

Superman (first appearance: 1938) Created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster for Action Comics #1 (DC Comics). Mickey Mouse (1928) Created by Walt Disney and Ub Iworks for Steamboat Willie. James Bond (1953) Created by Ian [...]
Movies

The 25 Greatest Film Composers

The twenty-five greatest composers in the history of cinema. Respective film scores are also loosely ranked within. John Williams (born 1932) Film scores: Star Wars, Jaws, Superman, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost [...]
Sports

The Winningest Athletes of All Time

Some say winning isn’t everything. And that’s probably true; after all, there is that next big contract to consider. But for these 35, winning wasn’t just everything, for much of their careers it was the [...]