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1. This college kid's ill-fated graduation backflip is the perfect metaphor for the real world. Davenport University grad Robert Blank wanted to make a statement with his walk across the stage, but falling flat on his face probably wasn't what he had in mind. Such is life.

2. Emma Stone's lip sync battle with Jimmy Fallon is perfection. From trending hashtags to lip sync battles, The Tonight Show has certainly changed from the days of Jay Leno. The regular bit got some new blood when Emma Stone took the stage, destroying "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled and "Hook" by Blues Traveler.

3. You need to hear Kai Langer roar louder than a lion because he is a champion. Five-year-old Kai Langer has a lot going on right now. He's got plans to name his new baby sister "Dad," and he wants to learn how to play the drums. When Ellen surprises him with a new drum set, Kai says, "I love you." It's all capped off with Kai performing "Roar" by Katy Perry.

4. Honest autocorrects: 13 texts you send all the time and what they actually mean. Buzzfeed is brutally honest in its rundown of common sugar-coating texts. To wit: "Let's be honest. You are never actually five minutes away."

5. People are paying $500 to live like they're on Mars in Utah. NASA isn't on board yet, but scientists at the Mars Desert Research Station are taking the project very seriously. The middle of the Utah desert has been set up to simulate the red planet in order to conduct experiments, and let's be honest. That's pretty cool.

Emma Stone went all out in her lip sync battle with Jimmy Fallon.

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1. 3 Dallas suburbs shine on new list of best small cities in America. Living in the big city isn't for everyone, which is why many are flocking to the suburbs and less-populated cities around Dallas. To demonstrate the popularity of suburban and rural communities, a new study by WalletHub has singled out three of Dallas' top suburbs on their 2024 list of the "Best Small Cities in America."

2. Chicago deep-dish pizza kings in Addison to close after 10 years. A Dallas restaurant with Chicago-style food is calling it quits: Taste of Chicago, which has been serving deep dish pizza in Addison for 10 years, will close at the end of October.

3. Acclaimed Dallas bagel shop wins 3 awards at national bagel showdown. An award-winning Dallas bagel shop has added another trophy (or two) to the shelf: Starship Bagel, an artisanal shop with three locations in the Dallas area, won three awards at the 2024 edition of New York BagelFest, a national bagel competition that took place in New York on September 28.

4. Dallas makes new list of easiest U.S. cities to pay off a mortgage. Luckily for homeowners living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, paying off a mortgage is much easier than in most other metropolitan areas in the country, according to a new report by SmartAsset. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington earned a ranking of No. 13 in SmartAsset's new study analyzing the top 40 large U.S. metros where it's easiest to pay off a mortgage.

5. Fast-casual Indian concept Tikka Shack to make its Dallas debut. A cosmopolitan fast-casual Indian concept is making its Dallas debut: Called Tikka Shack, it's a small chain from a skilled hospitality team and it has come to 5927 Greenville Ave. in a former Pie Five where it opened on September 30.

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