The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
August 28, 2013
Grantland Q&A: Adam Goldberg Drinks a Bottle of Water, Announces His Semiretirement From Vine, and Sets the Record Straight on 2 Days in Paris
Adam Goldberg showed up at Little Dom’s in Los Feliz on time, wearing a white V-neck T-shirt and carrying a largish video-camera bag. His face was narrower and more angular than it looks onscreen and he appeared to have gotten a haircut earlier that same day; there were still small flecks of cut hair sticking […]
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: The VMAs and Songs of the Millennium
Miley Cyrus twerks her way into history; Alex and Wesley share their short lists for Grantland’s Song of the Millennium bracket. ♦♦♦ Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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YouTube HOF: Ethan Hawke
As our own Wesley Morris proclaimed yesterday, we are now approaching the end of what has secretly been the Summer of Ethan Hawke all along, and what a better note to end it on than with the Friday’s release of Getaway, starring Hawke and grizzled, street-smart criminal Selena Gomez. What better time to take a […]
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#MILEYTAUGHTME: The Lessons We're Learning From Mileygate
Did you actually think the response to Miley Cyrus’s VMA performance was going to make her reconsider her new direction? I thought she told you that we can’t stop. Miley’s performance was so controversial because it made everyone take a step back and examine the blurred lines of personal identity politics in 2013. Was Miley […]
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Matt Damon Weighs in on Ben Batfleck: 'He's Not Playing King Lear. It's Batman!'
The internet’s choice for Robin chimes in.
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Escape From Pop Purgatory: Everlast’s The Life Acoustic
Welcome to Escape From Pop Purgatory, where we check out new music made by people who are more well known than 98 percent of the oppressively “cool” artists over whom the media obsesses, and yet are commonly perceived to be years past the point of their cultural relevance. (Pop Purgatory is fame plus time.) Because […]
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Best Song of the Millennium, Round 4: We Must Pay for Our Sins
I can see now that we’ve made a grave mistake. This bracket, this choice we made in the dead of summer to celebrate the fun and foolishness of popular songs, was all wrong. There were other opportunities, dismissed without a second thought. Great brackets. Brackets you’d never forget. The Coolest Cats Ever. The Best Sitcom […]
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Jesse Pinkman to Help Lead the Jews Out of Egypt
He’s cast, along with a few others, in Exodus.
Read moreAugust 27, 2013
Afternoon Links: The First (Speculative) Man of Steel 2 Trailer Appears, Starring Ben Batfleck and Lex Cranston
YouTube user solyentbrak1 stared into his crystal ball and asked for a glimpse of the year 2015. “You get a minute fifty-five,” said the crystal ball, “what would you like to see?” Solyentbrak1 thought about it: Perhaps he’d like to flip through a few digital front pages, check out a White House press conference or […]
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Grantland Photo Quiz: Why Is Vin Diesel So Deliriously Happy?
Q: Why is Vin Diesel so happy?
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The Biggest Winners of Summer Movie Season
Summer’s almost over, and so, fortunately, are summer movies. This was not the greatest summer for heading to the multiplex, even if the box office numbers don’t ultimately bear that out. After Labor Day, the 2013 season looks negligibly bigger than 2012 — the North American annual total has been holding steady in the $4.2 […]
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The Body Count: Is Longmire’s Absaroka County the Most Murder-Plagued Place on TV?
[Editor’s note: This post contains some pretty graphic and violent GIFs. But you might have guessed that from “Murder-Plagued” being in the headline.] “What the hell is happening to my county?” —Walt Longmire TV procedurals, as Andy Greenwald observed last month, “have long had body counts comparable to a land war in Asia.” Those body […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Breaking Bad, MTV VMAs, and Best Songs of the Millennium
Hey, man. You got a cigarette I can bum? This week on the pod, Andy and I discussed Breaking Bad — the ricin, the weed, the Landry, the chess moves, the heartbreak, and the Skyler White problem. Then we talked about the Miley Cyrus problem. Come on, tell me you weren’t dying to hear two […]
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Freak Show & Tell: All's Fair in Love and Civil War Reenactment
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Extreme Cougar Wives (TLC) Who Is This Now? […]
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The Kardashiad, Part 24: The Longer They Think They've Eaten Placenta, the Better
Rob says, “Legitimately, you can gain an inch to your penis if you lose 10 pounds. That’s also why I’m going to do porn.” Khloe looks at her nails. “Yes, Rob,” she says. “We all know your story.” Kim is on the Internet reading about people eating their placentas, looking at some sort of placenta […]
Read moreGrading the Top 10 Songs of … SUMMER 2013!
1. Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell, “Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke probably has an average-sized dick #JUSTSAYIN. Grade: B Best YouTube Comment: “#OVERPLAYEDONRADIO” — KRBYFIED 2. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell, “Get Lucky” Oh sure you’re sick of it NOW but give it a few months until this song just makes you nostalgic for the summer […]
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Annals of Scientology: Tom Cruise Girlfriend Tryout Era Continues
Driving past Scientology’s Celebrity Centre last weekend, it was immediately apparent that something was up: white tents, party supply rental vans, A-list (and some B- and C-list) thetans in the air. It was all in preparation for Saturday’s 44th Anniversary Gala, where celebrity Scientologists like John Travolta, Laura Prepon, Jenna Elfman, and Chick Corea gathered […]
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Best Song of the Millennium, Round 3: I Just Can’t Look, It’s Killing Me
We can talk about yesterday all day, but I prefer to live today, and today is the day that you have to decide whether you like “Ignition” or “Hey Ya!” better. I don’t really know if you’re ready for this. I don’t know if I’m ready for this. Get properly caffeinated, grab a healthy breakfast, […]
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With 'Berzerk,' Eminem Is Back
On Sunday, during the VMAs, Eminem announced a new album, his first since 2010’s Recovery. It’s called The Marshall Mathers LP 2, and it’s coming to us November 5. Last night, we even got the lead single, “Berzerk.” Pulling out the herky-jerky kill-spray everything flow, Em has a good ol’ time.
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