Boys won’t watch girl heroines? Turns out that’s not true.

From "Dora" to "Korra" to "WordGirl," there are plenty of shows that have hit gender parity by featuring strong female leads and action-packed storylines. “We have sort of a framework for the development of female characters,” says Lesli Rotenberg, PBS’s general manager of children’s programming, explaining "WordGirl," the language-loving, crime-fighting action heroine. “We want to make sure that they are three-dimensional, that they’re inquisitive, that they’re funny, that they’re proactive, that they drive the plot.”

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Century City - One of the Worst Real Estate Deals in Hollywood History

Today, it is hard to imagine Los Angeles, and Hollywood in particular, without Century City.

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The real story of how Century City ultimately came to be is one little known in Hollywood history, and it began in 1956 with a nighttime phone call from then-Fox president Spyros Skouras ...

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Women Really Do Need a Sweater at the Movies

Robert T. Gonzalez of io9 rounds up the research looking into the widespread belief that women are far more likely than men to want an extra blanket on the bed, and the findings largely suggest that yes, there's a real difference in heat perception between men and women on average.

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