The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
June 14, 2013
Grantland Reality Fantasy League: The Dangers of a Girlfriend-Back-Home Sneak Attack
Full disclosure, I planned on skipping the GRTFL this week because I was occupied, but when you have a week with a murder-for-hire plot on Real World and the Glenn Close–ian bunny-boiling of Brandon on The Bachelorette, it was clear this was not the week to leave GRTFLers without a breakdown. So, I enlisted the […]
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He’s Back: Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms Terminator 5 (Plus Some Other Stuff)
Whatever else we’ll end up saying about Arnold’s comeback, we won’t be able to deny this: The man is not leaving any bullets unfired. After some rounds of your standard Internet chatter and industry gossip, Schwarzenegger has, somewhat out of the blue, confirmed he’s doing another Terminator. Hey, sure, why not?
Read moreJune 13, 2013
Afternoon Links: Finding a Place That Accepts Debit Cards After the Zombie Apocalypse? Priceless.
Hey, put it on my Grimes. The new Walking Dead prepaid debit cards are billed as “an exciting way for fans to incorporate the series’ art into their daily lives,” but I think they’re probably best saved for special occasions, like when you want to join other zombie enthusiasts in an abandoned mall for a […]
Read moreGirls in Hoodies Podcast: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and True Life
The behooded ones are finally all in the same room again, and just in time to go super deep on the Kimye phenomenon. What starts as a conversation about the New York Times’s fascinating interview with Kanye West and the buildup to his highly anticipated sixth album, Yeezus, can’t help but be colored by the […]
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Grantland Exclusive: The Real Housewives Get Lovingly Rendered in Pastel Portraits
Every time we put out a new issue of our Grantland Quarterly, we try to include a bonus, something unique to the print object. In the past we’ve included the George “Ice Man” Gervin Nike poster, stickers of Ed Hochuli doing the dougie, and a 2 Chainz paper doll. Issue 6, which just came out, […]
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Team USA: Graceland, Where Going Undercover Has Never Looked More Beachtastic
Welcome to blue sky season! Last Thursday, USA debuted its latest entry in the Summerwatch canon, Graceland. It feels like the network has been promoting this one for nine months, yet with little explicit information about what to expect. But now that it’s finally here, can it stand beside other cable titans like Burn Notice […]
Read moreThe 300: Rise of an Empire Trailer, in Six Seconds
Trailers are so long, right? Two whole minutes of preview? Who has time for that in this day and age? Fifteen seconds in, we’ve already clicked back to Twitter, checked our e-mail, and comparison-shopped for a new TV on Amazon. Don’t waste our precious mental bandwidth, Hollywood studios. Tease us faster. Much faster. Cook it […]
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A Menagerie of Maniacs: The Everything Guide to Michael Shannon
Kneel before Michael Shannon, for he is the character actor of our time, a living embodiment of the madness inside us all. And now, little more than 20 years after his first onscreen appearance as “Fred,” a WWF-loving newlywed in 1993’s Groundhog Day, Shannon becomes a household name. Or, at least, a household name in […]
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Celebrities in Space: What Could Go Wrong?
I had never given much thought to the idea of space travel, or even outer space in general, until a few years ago. Space is so enormous, so vague and terrifying at the same time, that trying to figure out its complexities can hurt your noggin. When it comes to exploring the specifics of the […]
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Video: Grantland Takes the Hollywood Death Tour
Grantland takes a ride on the Dearly Departed Tour, where owner Scott Michaels and tour guide Brian Donnelly offer us an intimate look at the sites of the most infamous murders, overdoses, and scandals in Hollywood history, including the Menendez brothers, the Black Dahlia, Janis Joplin, River Phoenix, and more. For more information about the […]
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A Kanye West Groupie Tells All … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
Star Kanye Cheats on Pregnant Kim: Last July, Kim Kardashian cheered on Kanye West at his Atlantic City show, but she “would have felt far differently had she known what was going to happen that night at the show. Kanye would not only secretly meet a beautiful fan, but he’d end up sleeping with her twice […]
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