The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
June 27, 2013
Eastbound & Down Season 4: Ken Marino, Tim Heidecker, the Future, Probably Some F-Bombs …
We get some details on the return of Kenny Powers.
Read moreGirls in Hoodies Podcast: James Gandolfini, Paula Deen, and the Mad Men Finale
We know Grantland — and the rest of the Internet — has been filled to the brim this week with farewells to the late, great James Gandolfini (and justly so!), but the three of us didn’t want the week to go by without saying our piece about the beloved actor and the impact he had […]
Read moreJimmy Kimmel vs. The Beliebers
What kind of abhorrent behavior will Justin Bieber fans tolerate from their downy-faced, monkey-hoarding Messiah? Jimmy Kimmel dispatched his Lie Witness News team to Staples Center to expose the unquestioning depths of their Bieber-worship. As it turns out, they will forgive any alleged transgression. Urinating on the flag? Probably just a joke. Socking his grandmother […]
Read moreThe Eight Scariest Things About Hell Baby Based Only on the Trailer
Early reports indicate that Hell Baby, a fall comedy-horror release written and directed by Reno 911! alumni Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, might not be the next Rosemary’s Baby. Variety briefly slammed it, calling it “tedious and tasteless in equal measure,” but the New York Post predicted that it’ll achieve cult status à la […]
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Jennifer Aniston, Forever Alone … and Other Tragedies From This Week’s Tabloids
OK! Jennifer Aniston Pregnant and Alone: “Jen’s plan to wed on some exotic beach by year’s end crashed and burned, brought down, it seems, by a combination of domestic squabbling and Justin [Theroux]’s career ambitions — mainly his huge commitment to star with Liv Tyler in the HBO series The Leftovers,” which starts filming soon. […]
Read moreJune 26, 2013
Afternoon Links: Every Famous Person in the World in a Single Lip-Dub Video
Top YouTube comment on Bonnie McKee’s star-studded lip-dub video: “This is how I’d like my world to be. Different creeds, colors, ages, genres, and at least one drag queen, all having a good time together.” Way to derive meaning from a song about adult Slurpees and organ-dispensing vending machines! The future is bright.
Read moreLet’s Start Imagining New Endings for The Hills Right Now
This is an unscientific estimate, but I’d say that the series finale of The Hills was probably the most important television moment of all time. It was the closest we as a society have ever come to letting the seemingly unstoppable giant killer cobra of reality TV begin to devour its own tail, and it […]
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Rembert Explains America: In Search of Brad Paisley’s ‘Accidental Racist’ in Tampa
If there was a final chapter to the story, why couldn’t it be in Tampa? Nothing leading up to my walk inside the Florida State Fairgrounds was planned. I hadn’t planned to be in Tampa that Saturday evening, I hadn’t planned on staying in a hotel across the street from a Brad Paisley concert, and […]
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Val Kilmer Refused to Be Bob Dylan’s Dancing Huckleberry-Monkey
“VK: Can I tell a Bob Dylan story?”
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Staying Ride-or-Die for Sci-Fi in a Game of Thrones World
The Futurist is a new, periodic dispatch from the front lines of tomorrow — a gleefully wigged-out examination of science, science fiction, technology, culture — and all their lunatic fringes. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, we will think the unthinkable, do the undoable, and eff the ineffable. Season 3 of Game of Thrones is over, and I’m going […]
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YouTube HOF: King’s Things
This week, CBS’s Under the Dome premiered to more than 13 million viewers, proving there’s still juice in the seemingly indefatigable Stephen King adaptation economy. The Grantland staff decided to take a moment to appreciate the filmic works of the prolific author: the most memorable adaptations of his work, his questionable foray into directing, and […]
Read more6-Year-Old Death-Metal Zombie Girl’s Got America’s Best Talent
“We can’t wait to hear your sweet music,” said Howard Stern on last night’s America’s Got Talent, almost as if he had no idea what was about to happen as adorable, doll-eyed 6-year-old Aralyn took her spot at center stage, gripping her mic with apparent fear as the nation’s expectant eyes fell upon her. And […]
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Q&A: Veteran Music Video Director Diane Martel on Her Controversial Videos for Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus
Heads up: NSFW videos and websites are occasionally linked to throughout this post, so watch who’s watching your monitor. Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Miley Cyrus’s “We Can’t Stop” have quickly become two of 2013’s most watched and argued over music videos. Thicke’s finds him and the song’s costars Pharrell Williams and T.I. goofing off […]
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Escape From Pop Purgatory: Bret Michaels’s Jammin’ With Friends
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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