Posts by Tess Lynch
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Afternoon Links: Inauguration Potpourri, Phoenix’s Uncomfortable Acceptance Speech, and a First Look at Seyfried as Lovelace
We learned a lot today. How to spell “inauguration” (though I’d like to keep “Anoguracetion” as a beautiful name for my future daughter). How to wear the “fringe [that’s] the talk of the town — and the world.” How to express excitement with a wiggle. How to bring a pastoral backdrop with you wherever you […]
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SNL Episode 11: Poor Jennifer Lawrence
OK. You know when you’re having a really brutal week at work — you’re up late like a little tension fossil at night, you’re phoning it in a little bit in the office, you’re clean out of ideas — and then Friday comes and you slay it? You really make Friday your bitch, you punch […]
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Afternoon Links: Ryan Murphy Throws an Intellectual Property Theft Slushee in the Faces of Innocent A Cappella Groups
Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum are taking on a remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, which surprisingly has nothing to do with sundown towns. Or a cover-song thief who comes in the night and yoinks your version of “Baby Got Back”: Singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton joins the list of unhappy Glee cover-song-stealing victims. At least Murphy will be empowering women by casting […]
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Afternoon Links: Watch Michael K. Williams Cover ODB
If you can’t wait for the release (when? When? WHEN??) of Dirty White Boy, here is Michael K. Williams harnessing the dirrrty vocal stylings of ODB in a cover of “Brooklyn Zoo.”
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American Horror Story Season 2, Episode 12: ‘Continuum’
Before I even start this recap, I should point out that I’ve now written over 30,000 words on this season of American Horror Story, and other than the fact that that qualifies me for admission to Briarcliff asylum, it means that I have very high standards for the parabolic plot arcs of this show. That’s […]
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Afternoon Links: American Idol and Dunkin’ Donuts Make Their Triumphant Returns
It almost seems like American Idol is attending its own funeral this season, which premieres tonight. The unsung-hero retrospectives, Freddy Krueger comparisons, and a book parody involving puppy stew indicate that America is ready to ask Kieran to dim the lights for good. Let’s take one last dance around the stage before sacrificing Seacrest to the sun god. Sumer is […]
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Afternoon Links: Dan Brown’s Inferno, the Jessica Show, and More Signs That Art Is Alive and Kicking
Introducing Graph Search, the new Facebook feature that will prompt a bunch of bogus disclaimer posts, just like every new feature that came before it. If you attempt to Graph Search for something outside of your social matrix, the query will be passed along to Bing. The search, which Zuckerberg is calling the “third pillar” of the platform […]
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Afternoon Links: Golden Globes Leftovers, Plus New Stuff From Wes Anderson, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Katniss Everdeen
Hey! The Golden Globes were pretty great, right? Well, not for everybody. Bret Easton Ellis tweet-grumbled throughout the ceremony, claiming that Jodie Foster “killed off her mother,” was “drunk,” and is a “three-year-old lesbian.” Also: Silver Linings Playbook is our generation’s Annie Hall. Jodie Foster’s speech stumped a few brains, drawing comparisons to Thought Catalog essays and […]
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Afternoon Links: Destiny’s Child Heads for the Super Bowl, Mike Tyson Heads for the Special Victims Unit
Destiny’s Child will reunite for the Super Bowl halftime show. So we all win. But David Bowie is never performing live again. So we all lose.
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Afternoon Links: Attacking Lena, Losing Britney, and Diversifying Bunheads
A breakdown of Linda Stasi’s New York Post review of the second season of Girls: 3 out of 4 stars for the “grittiness” and “reality”; 14 out of 4 stars for the “gorgeous,” “breathtakingly beautiful” Marnie; 1 out of 4 for the “ugly” anal sex, sheets, and studio apartments; and zero stars for Lena Dunham’s […]
