Posts by Tess Lynch
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Afternoon Links: Spring Break Forever, or at Least Until You Go Bankrupt
It’s officially spring break season. Sorry, let me try that again: WOOOOO! IT’S OFFICIALLY SPRING BREAAAAAAK SEASON! Put your outfit’s roof down like you’re a birthday Bieber! Or don’t do that and respect yourself instead, I don’t care. WOOOO! Staying home making charts instead? That’s OK, so is Joe Francis. “Now, you want to see […]
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Afternoon Links: Taylor Swift and Nic Cage Find Trouble Together
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a meme. Don’t panic. Just let it wash over you like bees spitting out of a motion-activated hand towel dispenser. And yes, this is the 80th post I’ve made that manages to link to the goats.
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Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites Episode 3, ‘There’s Gonna Be Hell to Pay’
Sometimes on Twitter, someone will mention me and ask “Is that show [Survivor] still on?” I’d like to clear that up: No. Survivor was canceled in 2010, and these recaps are an exercise that other bloggers and I write in a vast imagination-pooling experiment. What happens is that we all race to our computers on […]
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Afternoon Links: Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle May Tour Together, Celebrities May Survive Together
Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle got together at the Comedy Cellar, texted Jay-Z, and left late-night voice mails for Lenny Kravitz and Arsenio Hall. They also discussed — joked? After midnight it’s anybody’s guess — touring together. RumorWatch continues with another drip from the Celebrity Survivor faucet. THIS IS PROBST’S LAST ATTEMPT. Jeff Bridges, come […]
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Afternoon Links: Duck Dynasty, Dancing With the Stars, and Other Things Morrissey Probably Doesn’t Like
Here’s a short story based on the links of the day: Once upon a time, there was a family of ducks led by a musician with a bleeding ulcer. One day, they all started marching over to a late-night show’s soundstage when they heard the blast of a shotgun and ran the other way. They […]
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Afternoon Links: How to Move on Now That Jennifer Lawrence Has Stolen All Our Hearts
You can’t have her, Jack. Jennifer Lawrence is the world’s girlfriend now. She is the rarest, most charming butterfly and can never be pinned onto a piece of decorative corkboard and imprisoned in a frame. Cradle her essence in your hands and then set her free, laughing and dancing against the backdrop of beautiful nimbus […]
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The Walking Dead Season 3, Episode 11: ‘I Ain’t a Judas’
The nature of television is less casual than it used to be, with media requiring more and more of a commitment from viewers, as well as offering more opportunities to indulge in meta-programming and shield themselves with spoiler-protection masks, reinforcing the bonds between audience and serial. It’s immensely gratifying, but it can also be daunting for […]
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Afternoon Links: Oscar, Ashton, and Dawson
That putrid, dubious carrot of an awards show is coming. Did you hear? Did you know? Are you prepared? Have you studied so you don’t suffer a heart attack when you see Jack Nicholson present? Or are you a hater? Don’t be a hater. We’ll have so much talking to do about the Oscars on […]
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Afternoon Links: The Obama-Inspired Game of Thrones Knockoff, the RiRi-and-Breezy-Inspired SVU, and More
An Obama-inspired fantasy trilogy called Queen of the Tearling has landed a seven-figure deal. Quick! You dictate, I’ll type! Jimmy Carter and the werewolves! There’s a magic crystal buried somewhere in Mount St. Helens! Throw some virgins in! We gotta move on this!!
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GrantlandW Podcast: Girls, House of Cards, and Catfish
This Tuesday, Molly Lambert, Tess Lynch, and I convened in the hallowed studios of the Grantland Network, poured some freshly filtered water into those B.S. Report glasses, and kicked off our inaugural episode of the podcast that we’re gonna call GrantlandW for now to talk about TV, the Internet, and other pop culture matters close to […]
