Posts by Tess Lynch
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Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites Episode 2, ‘Honey Badger’
This season, there are two crazy people on Survivor island: Brandon Hantz and Phillip Sheppard. We already know they’re crazy because they established that in the previous seasons in which they appeared (South Pacific and Redemption Island, respectively), but because the insanity level of the castaways seems to increase exponentially with every subsequent appearance on […]
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Afternoon Links: Rob Lowe’s Snow White Talks, the Scooby Gang Sings, and Conan Hosts
Here’s a look back at Rob Lowe’s bad date with a princess on the stage of the 61st Academy Awards: “Poor Snow White. She didn’t have the dwarves to support her.”
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Afternoon Links: Blessed, Catfished, and Celebrity-Bowled
Just when it was safe to open your mouth without “it is what it is” escaping like a weary cliché-genie from a lamp, “blessed” came along and infected humanity. It is the zombie of buzzwords, making anyone who uses it into a swirly-eyed, beatific drone person who probably sits with his or her hands folded […]
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Afternoon Links: Everyone Hates Rihanna’s New Fashion Line
Rihanna’s “surprisingly slutty” London Fashion Week debut sure was something, right? Her River Island collaboration was widely panned by critics, though if you smoke a ton of weed, the feeling of a breeze gently flirting with your exposed belly button and fondling your upper thighs probably feels soooooo goooood guuuuuys. I don’t know, the fishnet […]
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SNL Episode 13: Djesus Uncrossed!
My excitement for Christoph Waltz hosting SNL was tempered with some measure of fear because, as we all know, this season has been a little slumpy. Waltz is such a likable and accomplished performer that I felt concerned that the writing would fail him, that we’d watch him flailing around in a jokeless DJ Booth […]
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Afternoon Links: All-You-Can-Watch French New Wave Films and Obscure Samurai Movies, Courtesy of Criterion and Hulu
This weekend, Hulu presents you with all of the Criterion Collection’s streaming titles for free. I assume Obama did this to celebrate President’s Day. THANX OBAMA! Going to go watch The Blob now and write poems about the metaphor of the penny.
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Afternoon Links: Get Psyched to Watch The Notebook This Valentine’s Day With This New, Improved Trailer
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you: The Notebook cynics, the marathon kissers locked in a 58-hour-long chapped embrace, the bipartisan curious, the romantic unmanned aerial vehicles that shoot conversation hearts from above, the brat fry lovers (“it was an absolute disaster as a brat fry,” but love finds a way) and the corpses of […]
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Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites Episode 1, ‘She Annoys Me Greatly’
The premiere of Survivor: Caramoan sneaked up on me. I was just minding my own business, planning to try to watch the Southland premiere without going too deep into the LAPD/Dorner fiction/reality crossover zone, when I saw that my favorite show is back. Hallelujah! A nightmare-free Wednesday evening! This time, we’re back at last season’s […]
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Afternoon Links: Lena Dunham, Hughs Jackman and Laurie, and Amanda Bynes
Body talk: Lena Dunham and her body electric are both on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. “But I’m sick of talking about that,” you say, to which I respond, “Then stop talking about it in engaging ways, or at all.” “OK,” you reply, “then let’s talk about why the sexy M&M […]
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Afternoon Links: Justin Timberlake, Lars von Trier to Continue to Share Talents With the World (Separately)
This Justin: Jay-Z and Timberlake are planning to tour together this summer. JT called his new tracks “the best stuff I’ve ever done,” and MTV says, “like one of his idols, Bob Dylan, Timberlake said he’s striving to create another world to live in with his music, almost an alternate persona.” Like maybe a fancy […]