Posts by Tess Lynch
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Afternoon Links: Adam Levine Hates America
Sing it with me now: hot mic, hot mic, hot mic, hot mic. Adam Levine was caught saying “I hate this country” on The Voice after two singers on his team were voted home last night. Levine attempted to explain himself on Twitter by using the dictionary, but some people will not be pacified. Our […]
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The New, Out-of-Control Amanda Show Is What Happens When They Cancel Intervention
After eight years, A&E has canceled Intervention, and once the final five episodes air in June it will only be a matter of time before you forget you ever knew the name Candy Finnigan. It was probably about time. Last season a bulimic man named Andrew was revealed to have submitted himself for intervening, a […]
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Afternoon Links: The Nicki Minaj–Summer Jam Beef Revisited
Nicki Minaj vs. Hot 97 morning show host DJ Peter Rosenberg, Round 2: cogent points, a golden hat, and a stone-faced stare. “I never found you funny. I never found you entertaining. I never found you smart.” (Here’s a beef refresher, if you need it.)
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Afternoon Links: Lena Dunham’s Not Crazy About the Girls Porn Parody
Lena Dunham is less than titillated by the fact that Girls is getting its own porn parody (kinky cupcakes in the shower or I don’t care). Among other objections (“because it grosses me out”), Dunham takes issue with the dude-centric sexual gaze of the porn’s producer, Hustler, “because Girls is, at its core, a feminist […]
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Afternoon Links: Mad Men Meets Daft Punk
There is nothing better than a good mash-up. To paraphrase Gary Busey on The Celebrity Apprentice, who actually doesn’t seem to quite understand what a mash-up is, mash-ups are like life — unpredictable and, you know, full of all different kinds of stuff. So enjoy Ken Cosgrove dancing to Daft Punk (or wait for Daft […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Mad Men, Kitchen Nightmares, and Frances Ha
The Girls in Hoodies go bicoastal this week, with Emily phoning in from New York (apologies in advance for the sound quality) while Molly and Tess hold down the fort in L.A. We would be remiss if we didn’t talk about That Mad Men Episode for a bit, and the pros and cons of abstract Mad […]
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The Kitchen Nightmares Nightmare and Gordon Ramsay’s Empire of Bitter Reality
Gordon Ramsay’s primary trait is that he is scary. He projects Simon Cowell–esque honesty, but it is directed at its targets in the form of spiny fireballs. He walks among them, unchained from a desk. His trademark immunity to sensitivity — he’s called Jamie Oliver fat, a Kitchen Nightmares diner an “old bag,” and once […]
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Afternoon Links: Happy World Goth Day!
As I am sure you’re all already aware, it is World Goth Day. It is, after all, a hot topic. The four-year-old holiday began with two DJ’s from the BBC, Martin OldGoth and Cruel Britannia. Celebrate by taking in some black-and-white photos of bats and graves from goth’s history, and don’t forget to respect your […]
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Afternoon Links: Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars Filibuster Gets Animated
This animated version of Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars filibuster speech is worth a look, if only for the tiny baby Padawans floating in an anti-gravity classroom. Depending on your mood, you may also want to become involved in the predictably crazy comments section (“So then why not Photon who has power over energy would be […]
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Afternoon Links: The Lonely Island and Reggie Watts Kick Off YouTube Comedy Week
The Lonely Island have become grown-ass men. In a new video for YouTube’s Comedy Week, the trio take on the mature subjects of wife sex and cemetery real estate (“wobble-dee-wobble-dee drop into my grave plot”). It goes hard, because it’s #DIAPERCORE. Reggie Watts also debuted a video for YouTube’s celebration with his variation on the […]
