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ENTERTAINMENT WATCH: The endearingly odd early-acting gigs of 13 Oscar winners By LAUREN HANSEN A teenage Anne Hathaway shills for an Ohio telephone company and a longhaired George Clooney works the emergency room long before ER TECH The week's best of the internet By Chris Gayomali The 9 best images, memes, videos, and more to emerge from the great digital playground — from a clever YouTube easter egg to Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man POLITICS The great 'Jedi mind-meld' controversy: How Obama disappointed nerds everywhere By Ryu Spaeth Oh, the shame of mixing up Star Wars and Star Trek... entertainment 13 movies with titles that are lies By Scott Meslow Today, The Last Exorcism: Part 2 joins a long, strange line of movies with titles that blatantly deceive audiences Science Can a brain-twisting smartphone game help combat depression? By Chris Gayomali A Harvard researcher hopes a little cognitive dissonance will help keep those suffering from depression emotionally healthy Language 10 acronyms with unintended double meanings By Ethan Trex The Wisconsin Tourism Federation realized in 2009 that internet-speak had made its acronym WTF pretty laughable ENTERTAINMENT Sad songs made happy: The amazing art of turning minor-key songs major By Peter Weber What if The Godfather were a romantic comedy? Or REM were happy about losing its religion? SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE See the floor plans of your favorite TV characters' homes POLITICAL WIRE Lawmaker jokes about transvaginal ultrasounds NEWSER $750K of whisky poured down drain SALON Never-before-seen photos of The Beatles NEW YORK MAGAZINE Starbucks teams up with the New York Times       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.