The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
November 29, 2012
Michael Rapaport vs. Justin Bieber
Michael Rapaport and Bill Simmons discuss how Michael should have gotten violent on Justin Bieber during the celebrity game at NBA All-Star weekend.
Read moreHollywood Prospectus Podcast: Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning Director John Hyams
1992’s Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, was easily the 20th century’s greatest movie about American G.I.s who die in Vietnam and come back to life to fight each other as unstoppable super-commandos. Twenty years later, Van Damme and Lundgren are back in action in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, a surprisingly […]
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ScarJo’s Russian Rampage … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
Star Scarlett Johansson Is Depressed: “She was totally out of control in Moscow recently” at a champagne brand’s promo event. “She was drinking nonstop and barely slept. It was obvious that she was trying to numb her feelings.” She’s sad about her breakup with ad exec Nate Naylor. “She’s not used to going home alone […]
Read moreNovember 28, 2012
Overplayed Song of the Week: Ne-Yo, ‘Let Me Love You’
Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream-radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 16 Peak: No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, This Week Current Radio Play Frequency: No. […]
Read moreIt’s Flight, But on a School Bus, and You Must Watch It Right This Minute
We already told you up top: It’s Flight on a school bus. It doesn’t star the real Denzel Washington, but this amazing impostor is every bit as compelling as a burrito-fearing, kid-imperiling, cup-slapping Whip Whitaker. Watch out, Jay Pharaoh, this guy’s coming to kill you. Probably by doing that Denzel exploding finger thing right to […]
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YouTube HOF: Holiday Commercial-ism
With the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday all crushed and conquered in our wake, we are now deep into the holiday shopping season. It’s that special time of year, when we are constantly reminded that the perfect Christmas is just one Happy Meal/diamond ring/Lexus away. Time to take a moment and […]
Read moreToday in Musicians Making Money: Adele Goes Diamond, the Black Keys Go Legal, Nate Dogg Goes Posthumous
Happy doings in the music biz.
Read more‘New’ Jimi Hendrix Song Not Really That New, But Let’s Listen to Some of It Anyway
Had he lived, Jimi Hendrix would’ve turned 70 this week. But Hendrix, of course, did not live — he ’scused himself to kiss the sky 42 years ago this past September. This means that Hendrix’s posthumous career has now lasted 150 percent longer than his actual existence on this planet. It’s a mighty tall order […]
Read moreAngus T. Jones Apologizes For Hating Two and a Half Men; Rainn Wilson Washes Hands of The Office’s ‘Filth’
“I apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation …”
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