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The theme of The Big Bang Theory’s Season 7 finale was Sheldon’s inability to cope with change, negative or positive. He probably wouldn’t be very happy to note that the series made a change by shifting to Monday nights for the first few weeks of Season 8. But while the time slot may have changed, this premiere was pretty textbook Big Bang Theory. It’s become tradition these past few years for every season to end with one character leaving on an extended trip and then the early episodes of the following season to focus on the rest of the cast dealing with that character’s absence. But it seems that the writers couldn’t bear to have Sheldon remain apart from his crew for any longer than necessary. And maybe you can’t blame them given how much of the show’s humor revolves around Sheldon belittling or annoying his friends. In any case, where we saw Howard remain in space for several weeks in Season 6 and Leonard take a couple weeks to return from his sea voyage in Season 7, Season

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — University of Alabama officials have clarified a number of rampant rumors circulating the community after anonymous threats of campus violence sparked a dorm lockdown and search. Despite officials giving the all-clear late Sunday night and campus operations continuing as normal, students and family members have had difficulty sifting through large amounts of misinformation on social media. On Monday, the campus community received an email from officials specifically denying a number of rumors spreading on Twitter and other social media sites like Yik Yak, including: The fire alarm in Presidential Village was due to sensor that was activated by a non-fire event. There was no machete with a note on the door of a fraternity. No shots were fired at Presidential Village. The FBI is not on campus, and did not conduct a raid in Paty Hall. No one dressed as the Joker was in Tutwiler or on sorority row. There was not a man on sorority row with a box t

Say goodbye to summer: The Northern Hemisphere’s autumnal equinox—the first day of fall—occurs Monday, September 22. With its brilliant colors and crisper days, autumn is a favorite season for many. But what actually happens to make the seasons change? The answer is the “clearly definable” position of the sunon the summer and winter solstices, the late Judith Young, a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, told National Geographic News in 2011. “The solstices are very accurately measured as the northernmost point that the sun rises along the horizon in June and the southernmost point along the horizon in December,” she said. (Seepictures of the sun’s path across the sky—an entire year in a single frame.) In modern times, the solstice points became the astronomical definitions of when the summer and winter seasons begin. In the Northern Hemisphere, June features the summer solstice, while in the Southern Hemisphere, June marks the firs

The Voice ‘s judge chairs have started turning once more, as season seven of the hit show premiered tonight…with a few new faces on board. Tonight marked new judges  Gwen Stefani and  Pharrell Williams  first night on duty on NBC’s singing competition, as they joined Voice  vets  Adam Levine  and  Blake Shelton  in the iconic red chairs for another season of blind auditions, battle rounds, steals, shocking eliminations and amazing guest mentors for all the new contestants! So how did the new judges do? NEWS: Gwen Stefani and Pharrell join  The Voice  as judges! We loved the fresh, new attitude they brought to the show, and is it just us or did it feel like Stefani and Pharrell were born to judge alongside Levine and Shelton? So you tell us: would you turn your chair for Stefani and Pharrell? Let us know in the comments! The Voice  has had a continuously-changing roster of judges since its inception. Back when The Voice  premiered in 2011, Levine and Shelton sat in

Red’s back! Coming off of an explosive first season, NBC’s  The Blacklist  returned on Monday, Sept. 22, and kicked off season 2 with a bang (or three). After months away from the FBI searching for the mysterious Berlin, the world’s biggest con artist managed to get himself picked up by child soldiers and taken to their leader in Cameron. In less than five minutes, Red ( James Spader ) pulls an “I’m the captain now” by dropping hellfire missiles on their camp and weasels the information he wants out of the leader. Who needs Olivia Pope? Red’s got it handled. PHOTOS: Sharp men in tuxes He’s now on the search for Lord Baltimore, the hustler Berlin has hired to find him at any cost. Enter Agent Elizabeth Keen ( Megan Boone ), who now spends her days walking around in her undies and taping pictures of Red and her sociopath ex-hubby Tom to her ceiling … not creepy at all. She’s still working with the FBI and follows Red’s Lord Baltimore lead to a data engineer named Rowan

Three weeks after hackers posted hundreds of stolen photos of nude celebrities, another crop of intimate pictures surfaced online over the weekend. Stars affected by this latest breach include actresses Gabrielle Union and Meagan Good, who confirmed that their photos were stolen. Other celebrities who saw photos (alleged to be them) leaked were Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Kate Bosworth and Jennifer Lawrence (whose representative already promised legal action when nude pictures of the star were stolen earlier this month), along with many more entertainers. According to reports, the photos were first published again on such sites as 4chan and Reddit, where they were removed but spread almost instantaneously across the Internet anyway. (Reddit has since banned the forum that popularized the photos.) Union, the star of BET’s “Being Mary Jane,” and her husband, basketball player Dwyane Wade, released a statement to TMZ condemning the photos. The couple said their attorneys are contac

Eric “The Actor” Lynch , who was a popular guest on  Howard Stern ‘s SiriusXM radio show, died Saturday afternoon. He was 39. Johnny Fratto , who was Lynch’s manager, confirmed the news on Twitter Sunday afternoon. “I am so sorry and so sad to inform everyone that my friend Eric ‘The Actor’ Lynch passed away yesterday afternoon,” he wrote with a picture of the beloved radio guest. SiriusXM radio also confirmed his death by tweeting, “Rest in peace, Eric the Actor. We love you.” As soon as his death was announced, comedians and fans from around the world expressed their memories about the “Wack Pack” member.