The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 26, 2013
If You Want a Breaking Bad Sneak Peek, Just Break Into Bryan Cranston’s Car
A local Albuquerque man is in custody for nabbing a script from Bryan Cranston’s car.
Read moreMarch 25, 2013
Afternoon Links: Oscar Season 2014 — Now More Interminable Than Ever
More time yet for a hundred indecisions, and for a hundred visions of screeners, before the taking of toast and tea: The 2014 Oscars are moving to March. “With the shift, the 2014 awards season calendar is shaping up to be an unusual one, with a frenetic January full of guild awards and then a […]
Read moreWorst Cooks in America, Episode 6: Butter and Hash
With only four contestants left, Worst Cooks in America is a different show. Last week the judges eliminated Carla and Michael, cooks with two of the clearest gimmicks: Wanna-Lay-Bobby-Flay and Bow-Tie-Accounting-Dork. With their dismissal, all that’s left is to watch the most capable cooks compete, though that distinction is profoundly relative. On other cooking reality […]
Read moreNew World War Z Trailer: Wow, That’s a Lot of Zombies
Check out the latest footage from Brad Pitt’s zombie movie.
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Nostalgia Bites: Reliving the Birth of Reality TV With MTV’s Retro Real World Weekend
This weekend, to drum up enthusiasm for its 28th season, Real World: Portland, MTV ran a marathon of “retro” seasons: the first, New York; the third, San Francisco; and the 12th, Las Vegas, which I’m assuming was a nod to the fact that 2002 is vintage enough for most of MTV’s viewership. I tuned in […]
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My Chemical Romance Dissolves Its Bond
The first time I met Gerard Way was February 2003 in Chicago. I was fleeing a blizzard on the East Coast and profiling the Used, an up-and-coming screamo band from Utah whose singer, the maniacally disheveled Bert McCracken, was in the news for dating, then dumping, Kelly Osbourne. Gerard’s band, My Chemical Romance, was opening […]
Read moreThe Brutal Empire of Queen B: On ‘Bow Down/I Been On’
“Bow Down/I Been On,” the probable first single(s) from Beyoncé’s next album, has been as divisive and controversial as Spring Breakers, as audiences seem unsure how seriously to take it. After all, this is Beyoncé, queen of mixed messages. One thing comes across loud and clear: Beyoncé is not here for your expectations of her. […]
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The Nine Most Thrilling Wig Moments of Phil Spector
We’re going to be honest about this: We sat through David Mamet’s Phil Spector last night for the hair and only for the hair. And so did you. (People who might argue, disingenuously, with this assertion: David Mamet fans, Al Pacino fans, blood-spatter-forensics fans, who were in for a giant treat.) But if you didn’t […]
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The Walking Dead Gives ’Em What They Want
My son and I play a game called “Zombie.” Basically, I chase him around while pretending to be a zombie and making those hungry/throaty zombie noises, then I finally catch him and pretend to gnaw on his arm or leg. He giggles the whole time. Little kids love zombies. You know who else loves them? […]
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Tilda Swinton at MoMA: One of the Greatest Sleeping Performances of All Time?
Swinton’s making sleep art at the MOMA.
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