The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 5, 2013
Grading the Top 10 in … TURKEY!
1. Hande Yener, “Hasta” Hande Yener is a Turkish pop diva who has sold 17 million albums in her 13-year career. Yener started out as a backup singer for “Queen of Turkish Pop” Sezen Aksu, which allowed her to eventually release a solo project. Yener is known for her fusion of Turkish musical traditions with modern […]
Read moreHouse Eats 3: Cousin Sal vs. Joe House
Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Cousin Sal faces off against B.S. Report stalwart Joe House in an eating competition at New Orleans’s Acme Oyster House. It’s gross. For real.
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The Marine 3, Starring WWE’s The Miz, Atomic-Drops Onto DVD Today
At this point, if you’re WWE superstar The Miz (née Mike Mizanin), why wouldn’t you try your hand at an acting career? This is a guy who took one segment of one episode of the 10th season of The Real World, and through sheer determination and want, burrowed his way into a championship career at […]
Read moreMarch 4, 2013
Afternoon Links: Harrison Ford Is Going to Be an Anchorman
Harrison Ford has been cast in Anchorman 2. Aw! Wow! Hey! It’s a sequel, why not throw in a Wookie playing a flute just because? They dabble.
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Worst Cooks in America, Episode 3: Ice Cream and Grease Fires
This show is brutal. Last week we saw Dr. Bob and Big Mike sent home, and if those two barrels of charisma can’t cut it, who can? The two of them were clearly talented: Mike could probably walk onto any indoor football team in Canada, and Bob’s background in chiropractology gifted him with hands strong […]
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The Kardashiad, Week 6: Dying Is No Bueno
Kim’s in her Bentley coupe, on the phone with somebody named Karen, who asks her if she’s living in Miami and then says, “I ran into someone who knows Reggie” — presumably that’s Reggie as in Reggie Bush, Kim’s ex-boyfriend, and not Reggie as in Watts or Noble or Mantle or Miller — “and oh […]
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The Top 10 Reasons You Didn’t Watch Enlightened
[Edited to add: Spoilers of last night’s season finale ahead — proceed with caution.] Here are some reasons you might not have watched Enlightened: 1. The word “Enlightened,” which brings to mind health food store bulletin boards and white Buddhists, and we all know that nothing’s less funny than yogis trying to be funny. 2. […]
Read moreIs NBC Planning a Leno-to-Fallon Transition for 2014?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. They’re baaaack. In space, nobody can hear Conan O’Brien scream. Pick any horror movie tagline, really. The point is that, according to the Hollywood Reporter, NBC is once again looking to shore up its late-night future by making plans to ease Jay […]
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The Walking Dead, Season 3, Episode 12: ‘Clear’
[Note: Finally, my time to shine. A chance to write about the television phenomenon The Walking Dead. It’s truly an honor. Let’s do this.] We first see our heroes, White Guy, Young White Kid With Cowboy Hat, and Black Lady With Nice Shoulders, cruising down the street in a very fuel-efficient car. They must be headed […]
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Q&A: Girls Director Jesse Peretz on Lena Dunham, His Music Video and Features Career, and the Satisfaction of Working on Cable TV
A defining part of Lena Dunham’s deal is that in the entertainment big leagues, she’s a rising three-tool player who can write, direct, and act. But the reality is that doing all of that on your own on a television show is too much flor just one person to handle. Accordingly, over half of the […]
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Girls Maturity Level Threat Watch: Episode 8
Adam The girls of Girls like to try on new lifestyles the same way you would shop online; picking out items that look great on models in the carefully styled pictures posted on the site, then feeling stupid when it shows up as a physical package and doesn’t fit or look flattering at all. Maybe […]
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SNL Episode 14: Kevin Hart’s Magical Z-Shirts
First of all: We missed you, Don Pardo, and I really hope you’re recovering from your broken hip. I’d send you an edible arrangement of candied Z-Shirts if I could. Feel better. I am familiar with Kevin Hart, and I like him. His energy and delivery have the effect of making me slowly scoot toward […]
Read moreSteven Spielberg to Produce Miniseries Based on Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon Script
Having recently been denied a third Oscar for Best Director, Steven Spielberg may instead be focusing on racking up a perhaps-less-prestigious fourth Outstanding Miniseries Emmy (after Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and, um, Taken). To do so, he’s once again partnering with the late Stanley Kubrick, whose 1961 script for a film about Napoleon will […]
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