Posts by Tess Lynch
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Blood in the Water: Is Survivor’s Familicidal New Gimmick Really That Bad?
On the topic of this season of Survivor, subtitled Blood vs. Water, I have a two-point prologue after watching last night’s premiere. The first point is that Greg Buis, whom you may remember from Season 1 as the charming gentleman who was later robbed of the “Sexiest Male Contestant” award by inferior Colby Donaldson, passed […]
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Afternoon Links: James Franco Paps Himself
James Franco — a person who long ago traded sleeping for producing his varied brands of art, art, and more art — apparently has a new hobby: He’s self-papping. In a series of photos posted on his Instagram feed, Franco dedicated the staged images to sites like Just Jared, Gawker, and Perez Hilton and graffitied […]
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Afternoon Links: The Turkish O.C.
Turkey has become the first country brave enough to adapt The O.C.: “It looks glossy and perfectly replicates the original series with a Turkish twist.”
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Free iPads, Gigantic Mushrooms, and the Rise of the 'Buzzy Stunt': Is TV Advertising Getting Desperate?
One of the most disconcerting things about being alive is how many interesting things happen every day that you never know about: the books you’d love but will never read; the movies that would change your life but somehow never make it onto your radar; the Internet that hangs on the vine, ripening, sweetening, and […]
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Afternoon Links: Call Off the Geek Mob — Justin Bieber Isn't in Batman vs. Superman
If you’re still genuinely upset about the Batfleck, well, I feel bad for you, son: The world isn’t done messing with your tender comic-fan heart, as proven by Justin Bieber Instagramming a photo of himself holding a Batman vs. Superman script (otherwise known as the Man of Steel sequel) with the most inflammatory hashtag: “#robin?” […]
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Afternoon Links: Miley Cage Is Your Reward for a Productive Workweek, America
Yeah, this video swims right to the top of the link pool today. It’s the scariest film I’ve ever seen. All eight seconds of it.
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Afternoon Links: Jimmy Fallon Is in the Joke Empire Business
To kill time between the approaching finale of Breaking Bad and the Saul Goodman spin-off, we must prepare for a hiatus filled with Walter White parodies and fan-made improvisations, and Jimmy Fallon’s spoof “Joking Bad” is a great place to start. Celebrity cameos? Check: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Jay Leno, and Bob Odenkirk all lend […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Grand Theft Auto, The Weeknd, and MasterChef
After Molly awoke the gamer community dragon this week in her criticism of Grand Theft Auto’s lack of playable female characters, we couldn’t help but continue to poke at the cranky beast on the pod, while also helping out Rockstar with some ideas for fun, violent, female-driven fantasies (Grand Theft Auto: Hooker’s Revenge, anyone?). We […]
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Weekly Weird Internet: Nic Cage and the Celebrity Meme Kings
Nicolas Cage knows that he’s the man in the meme. In an interview with Moviefone following the Toronto International Film Festival screening of Joe, a David Gordon Green–directed drama in which Cage plays an ex-con who mentors a 15-year-old boy (played by Tye Sheridan), Cage addressed his virtual footprint, a FrankenCage crafted out of YouTube […]
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Afternoon Links: Is The Newsroom the Greatest Show on Television?
This one’s for Emily, whose Newsroom recaps are almost enough to make me dive back in — but not quite. Funny or Die has spoofed the opening scene of Sorkin’s most divisive show in “A Message to Aaron Sorkin,” allowing Luke Barnett (as Will McAvoy) to illustrate exactly why the show is un-sit-throughable to so […]
