Posts by Chris Ryan
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A Terrible Idea That I Fully Support: Michael Vick’s Return to the Eagles
Sometimes there are terrible ideas, but you support them nonetheless. This is a safe place for you to defend those ideas. This Is a Terrible Idea Yesterday the Philadelphia Eagles announced they were re-signing Michael Vick to a one-year contract worth up to $10 million. Or maybe it’s a three-year deal with a bunch of […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Grammys, Girls, and The Walking Dead
I knew Chris Ryan was trouble the minute he put a dubstep drop into his breakup song about Jake Gyllenhaal. Or am I confusing him with someone else? Either way, on this week’s show we sank our dancing bunny fangs into the 2013 Grammy awards. Is Jay-Z the new Frank Sinatra? Is Justin Timberlake the […]
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Last Night on ‘Blake Griffin Dunks on Your Life …’
The life and death of Spencer Hawes! Blake Griffin (sorta) switched hands in midair against the Sixers last night. According to the announcers, the crowd went crazy — though given the fact that the crowd was in Philly, this could have been for any number of reasons (fighting over the spoils of a T-shirt cannon, […]
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That Was a Goal: The Premier League Weekend in Five Goals
The story of the Premier League this weekend, told in five goals. Get some. Jason Puncheon It says a lot about this season of the Premier League when the goal that may very well have delivered the title to Manchester United (it’s February, mind you), was followed by a celebration in which the goal-scorer pretended […]
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Amazing Mario Balotelli Valentine’s Day Cards
We were made hip to this by HeyBelinda. Nothing says “I love you” like Mario You can find more of these on JTerrys.tumblr.com.
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Gregg Williams Has Made a Very Interesting Facial-Hair Decision
So what do you do when you are a disgraced major character from the Bountygate saga, best known for coining the phrase “kill the head and the body will die,” and testifying against the guys who played for you and the coaches who worked with you? Obviously, you grow an Evil Abed beard and join […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Workaholics Guys
The third season of Comedy Central’s Workaholics opens with the show’s three protagonists, Blake (Blake Anderson), Anders (Anders Holm), and Adam (Adam DeVine), acid-proofing their house in preparation for a hallucinogenic drug binge. And since then, things have only gotten weirder. The trio behind Workaholics have taken the basic premise of three bros who live […]
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Danilo Gallinari’s ‘Shot of the Century’
Best part about this other than JaVale McGee’s reaction (which is not quite this, but pretty close) is how the Nuggets announcers go from calling it the shot of the century, to the shot of the year, to “guessing” it’s going to be in the top 20 shots of the season. HAVE THE COURAGE OF […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Beyoncé, My Bloody Valentine, New Girl, and House of Cards
The day after the Super Bowl is usually reserved for hangovers, trips to Disney World, or, if you’re one of the other members of Destiny’s Child, picking up a few extra shifts at Gimbels. (I kid! Luv u, Kelly!) But a case of the Mondays isn’t enough to stop Chris Ryan and me from podcasting. […]
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That Was a Goal: The Premier League Weekend in Five Goals
The story of the Premier League this weekend, told in five goals. Get some. Moussa Sissoko The January transfer window was sad and weird. Between Harry Redknapp and Tony Fernandes gambling the financial sustainability of Queens Park Rangers on Christopher Samba and Loic Remy saving them from relegation, to West Ham owner David Sullivan claiming […]