The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
January 4, 2013
Here’s One Thing George Lucas Is Doing With His Time Now That He’s Done With Star Wars …
Getting married! THR reports that Lucas is engaged to his girlfriend, Mellody Hobson, who’s he’s been dating since 2006. Hobson, 43, is the DreamWorks Animation chairman, runs investment management firm Ariel Investments LLC, has contributed to Good Morning America, and once hosted an ABC show called Unbroke: What You Need to Know About Money. Lucas, […]
Read moreJanuary 3, 2013
Afternoon Links: Hate-Smashing, The Hobbit on Mushrooms, and a Micturating Shirtless Werewolf
Hate-watching, 2012 buzzword and a more fun activity than working in a soup kitchen, has eluded Steven Spielberg, who until recently lived in a cocoon of blissful innocence without the knowledge that people hate-viewed Smash. “I have a choice — I can either watch all the dailies or I can follow the social media. I […]
Read moreRembert Explains the ’80s: ‘City of Crime’ Music Video From Dragnet
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the ’80s. Every so often, we’ll e-mail 25-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn’t seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he’s watching the video, then we’ll post those thoughts here. This week’s installment was picked by Rembert (as spotted by this tweet […]
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Let’s Read Daniel Day-Lewis’s Thoughts As He Visits the Lincoln Bedroom
Nov. 15, 2012 “We had just watched the movie ‘Lincoln’ in the White House theatre with the director, screenwriter and many of the actors attending. Later, the President invited Daniel Day-Lewis upstairs to see the Lincoln Bedroom in the private residence. Here is Day-Lewis, who had just come to life as Abraham Lincoln, viewing the […]
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Django, the N-Word, and How We Talk About Race in 2013
2013 is going to be incredible, if for no other reason than because this will undoubtedly be the year the cultural discourse shifts from simple discussions of “race” or “racism” to the majestic land of “how we talk about and react to race in mixed settings.” While ideas of a “post-racial” society are but a […]
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The ‘Rocknroll’ Nuptials, Kimye Manicures, YOLO Fights … and Other Absurdities From This Week’s Tabloids
US Weekly Kate Winslet & Ned Rocknroll: Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll, a.k.a. Richard Branson’s nephew with the incredibly dumb (self-chosen) name. “Call her Mrs. Rocknroll!” I will but I won’t like it! The couple of a year wed before “a small group of friends and family.” Perennial bachelor Leonardo DiCaprio “walked the bride down […]
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American Horror Story Season 2, Episode 10: ‘The Name Game’
Just when you think American Horror Story: Asylum can’t possibly get more Baroque, it shimmies up a gilded spire and tosses a zillion putti at your head until you beg for mercy. We’ve been raped by the devil a lot this season. Our hair is very tousled and we’re all round and gravid with aliens. […]
Read moreL.A. Station KDOC’s All-Time Terrible Party Will Make You Feel Much Better About Your New Year’s Eve
The local station attempted their first live broadcast. Things did not go well.
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