The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
July 8, 2013
The Faces of Wimbledon: Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler’s Most Unforgettable Reactions at the All England Club
On Sunday, Hollywood superstars (well, one Hollywood superstar and one guy who apparently has pictures of Hollywood in a compromising position with some heavy farm equipment, so Hollywood is forced to keep giving him jobs) Bradley Cooper and Gerard Butler put on their best blue suits and took in an afternoon of tennis at Wimbledon. […]
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Grantland Reality Fantasy League: The Challenge Returns!
It’s back. In just two days, MTV will graciously save your television summer by unleashing the latest iteration of The Challenge franchise. That means just two days until Paula Walnuts, Johnny Bananas, and Frank the Alcopsychoholic are all up in your living room exchanging insults, punches, and venereal diseases. That also means you only have […]
Read moreSorkinisms II: Welcome to the NFL
As a reluctant Aaron Sorkin apologist (when he says “elite” he’s talking about a meritocracy, you guuuuyssss), I was totally with our own Amos Barshad when he defended our foremost hot speechifier against certain YouTube artists who sought to pull him down from his throne of truth. I mean, a lot of Hollywood types get […]
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Summer HateWatch: Devious Maids, Episode 3
The message that I’ve received most since we started these show recaps: “Do I need to watch this show, or can I just read what’s written Monday morning?” Answer: No, please, do not watch this show. If you feel like you need to, just do this: Go to the store, buy a sombrero, put it […]
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Boobs at Work: Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and Nudity in Music Videos
Justin Timberlake dropped the video for “Tunnel Vision,” the third single off his 20/20 Experience, the other day, prompting many viewers to point out the major similarity it shares with Robin Thicke’s blockbuster “Blurred Lines” video: Boobs! Several of them.
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The Totally Predictable, Entertainingly Disastrous Tanking of The Lone Ranger
As expected, Ranger flopped.
Read moreJuly 3, 2013
Rembert Explains America: Craig Brewer’s Memphis
Every now and then, we’ll track down a respected human being from a town to tell stories about said town until they are tired of telling stories. This is one of those times. There was a certain excitement in Memphis about me meeting Craig Brewer. Be it ESPN 92.9 Memphis radio host Chris Vernon, SBNation.com […]
Read moreThe New Pacific Rim Trailer Cancels the Apocalypse, Kind Of
This past weekend I had a conversation with some friends about what Benjamin Franklin would think if he time-traveled to 2009 and watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. We kind of concluded that he would basically understand the underlying mech-obsessed philosophy that all those whirring gears and moving CGI parts were trying to convey, but […]
Read moreHollywood Prospectus Podcast: Veep Creator Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci is a gentleman and a scholar: The Glasgow native studied at Oxford and was well into a PhD on the work of John Milton before chucking it all to pursue a life in comedy. It was in this second career, surrounded by the hilarious likes of Chris Morris and Steve Coogan, that Iannucci […]
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The Grantland 2013 Summer Jam Playlist
Just in time to send you off into your holiday weekend in style, we asked the Grantland staff to pick some songs for our 2013 Summer Jam Playlist and say a few words about what makes them so darn summery and jammy. There’s a little of something for everyone here, so be sure to subscribe […]
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