Posts by Tess Lynch

  • Afternoon Links: Psy’s a Gentleman, and Hugh Jackman’s Got a Pretty Weird Fan

    How about some happy things? Like Psy’s houndstooth jacket in the “Gentleman” video, a janky pop song remixed from World of Warcraft blips and blurps, the Hunger Games: Catching Fire teaser trailer, and shipping your pants. Plus, Elaine Stritch endorses gossip, so now we can all sleep at night under tabloid blankets.

  • Vince Vaughn

    SNL Episode 17: Vince Vaughn Ends His 15-Year Hiatus

    Still sickly unable to get over my disappointment at losing KDAY, a bright spot in Vince Vaughn’s Saturday Night Live this weekend was seeing Steve Jones — Sex Pistol and host of “Jonesy’s Jukebox,” first on the now-defunct Indie 103.1, then on KROQ — pop up in the best skit of the night (“History of […]

  • Afternoon Links: Charlie Rides a Tank

    Charlie Sheen rode a tank onto the Warner Brothers lot. (“I used to be able to cruise on in. Not anymore.”)

  • Afternoon Links: What Obama Knew About Jay-Z’s Trip to Cuba and When He Knew It

    First, a couple of Florida reps flamed Jay-Z and “the diva Beyoncé” for their trip to Cuba. Then Hova responded with “Open Letter” (“Politicians never did shit for me except lie to me, distort history, wanna give me jail time and a fine … Obama said, ‘Chill, you gonna get me impeached. You don’t need […]

  • Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Mad Men, Coachella, and Tween Star Second Acts

    After our Ryan Seacrest–on-a-budget “premiere” of Miley Cyrus’s new Snoop Lion–assisted single, “Ashtrays and Heartbreaks,” last week, the Girls in Hoodies decided to conduct a general survey of how the tween stars of the aughts are holding up these days. We’re feeling pretty good about the future of the former Miss Montana (and no longer […]

  • Survivor: Caramoan, Episode 9: Malcolm As You Are

    Hey, guys. Nice tribal last night. We really saw some great text (use of the word “operatives” more than once, a “payback’s a bitch” bomb,) subtext (ominous warnings to play any idols floating around,) and a lightning-fast yoink right before the buzzer. That’s how you do it. Before all of that, however, there were monkeys. […]

  • Afternoon Links: Watch Dumb Reality Stars Be Dumb

    This compilation of reality stars mispronouncing words is beautimous, if probably incomplete. We can’t all have the sick flow of Nick Kosir, the rapping weatherman (“If I tell you a storm’s comin, I’m not lyin’ / predict so well, you’d swear I’m a Mayan / Ladies love a weatherman even on a cloudy day / […]

  • Afternoon Links: The Tragicomic Life of Tom Cruise

    I still haven’t forgiven my family for not interrupting my labor to tell me that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise had separated. I thought they were timing my contractions with their iPhones, but they were totally checking TMZ. Thanks for leaving me out of that experience, guys, you’re the best. Just kidding, you’re the worst. […]

  • Afternoon Links: School of Rock Goes Broadway While Jack Black Gets Roasted

    Andrew Lloyd Webber’s got the rights to School of Rock the musical. Meanwhile, Jack Black got roasted at the Friars Club for three hours, during which time he was called fat, a gnome, a chubby lesbian, and instructed (graphically) by Ron Burgundy to go fuck himself. Maybe he’ll get the chance to take that pain […]

  • Melissa McCarthy

    SNL Episode 17: The Greatness That Is Melissa McCarthy

    I had an argument recently about the effects of watching a Saturday Night Live host visibly read the cue cards. I was arguing that it’s distracting and sometimes seems to imply a lack of skill that undercuts anything good the performer is up to otherwise. My opponent countered that the whole point of SNL is […]

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