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The little-known link between Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle and the Mexican Revolution

Real-life revolutionary women inspired those famous coiled buns.

The little-known link between Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle and the Mexican Revolution

Mad Max Will Have a Life After George Miller

Mad Max Will Have a Life After George Miller

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

The Internet Loves Star Wars More Than You Do

The Internet Loves Star Wars More Than You Do

Jack-o-Lanterns Go to the Movies

Jack-o-Lanterns Go to the Movies

The Original Opening Act to "The Empire Strikes Back"

In 1980, international cinemas still had short films before the main feature. "Black Angel," the opener for "The Empire Strikes Back," is now being re-released online.

The Original Opening Act to "The Empire Strikes Back"

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Ryan Gosling really gets the internet and Key & Peele skewer racism with an incredible musical production.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Amy Schumer wins the internet this week, but Rihanna and a wonderful golden retriever named Maple came out to play, too.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

The Best Ever Batman vs. Darth Vader Death Match

Aaron Schoenke makes what may be the best fan videos on the internet by pitting favorite characters against each other and watching them battle it out.

The Best Ever Batman vs. Darth Vader Death Match

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Fifty Shades of Hutt, a "Total Eclipse of the Heart" explainer, and classical music's chest-baring heartthrob win the internet this week.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

A win for Star Wars is somehow a loss for George Lucas, and Chris Rock gives the most tweetable interview of the year.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

NASA launches a SoundCloud, Sleater-Kinney sets the stage for a comeback, and "Bradley Pitts" sits "Between Two Ferns."

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

These Aren't the Droids

<p>Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, and Ellie Kemper lament a future designed by and for teenage guys.</p>

These Aren't the Droids

Novelist's Loner Protagonist is All Too Real in Tucson

Novelist's Loner Protagonist is All Too Real in Tucson

Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking

About a year ago, Carrie Fisher (script doctor, memoirist, recovering Princess) took to Broadway a one-woman show called “Wishful Drinking” — an account of her struggles with alcoholi...

Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking