The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
November 16, 2012
NBC Comedy Recap: An Actually Funny Episode of The Office
Every week in this space, Grantland’s Andy Greenwald will run down the happenings and mishappenings in NBC’s Thursday comedy night done mostly right. (Note: The order reflects newsworthiness, not quality. Although occasionally the two just might overlap.) 1. The Office Something strange and unexpected happened last night: The Office made me laugh. More than once […]
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Grantland Reality Fantasy League: HGH Waffles and Sentient Robotic Breast Implants
This week featured the best elimination challenge in the history of the GRTFL, the worst run-in with the law in the history of the GRTFL, the greatest T.J. Lavin performance in the history of T.J. Lavin performances, and the creepiest psychological breakdown of a former child star in the history of … oh wait, creepy […]
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Should You See It? A Curious Consumer’s Decision-Making Guide to Lincoln
Some might say that we have been a little obsessed with Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s latest cinematic jaunt into American history, for months now. Before we had glimpsed even a millisecond of actual footage from the film, we were convinced that the very first promotional image had begun and ended the Oscar race with the terrifying […]
Read moreNews From the Kardashian Hellmouth: Kris and Bruce Jenner May Be Getting Divorced
Kim is the one with the ass that launched a thousand ships and a couple of Kanye songs. Khloe is the one with a human soul. Kourtney is the other one. Kylie and Kendall are the ones most likely to sit at the right hand of Randall Flagg in Vegas following a world-devastating pandemic. Rob […]
Read moreNovember 15, 2012
Rembert Explains the ’80s: The Lost Boys
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 selected by Grantland reader/Sports Guy Mailbagger Josh Sandin: […]
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Last Resort Check-in: Damn the Nielsen Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead
The temptation to compare television protagonists with their creators is usually one worth avoiding. After all, there’s little evidence that David Chase has ever whacked anyone or indulged in overlong dream sequences. Even Louis C.K., to the best of my knowledge, has never actually slept with Joan Rivers. Still, it’s hard to ignore the parallels […]
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Judging The X Factor: Tate Is King, Demi Is All Eyebrow, and CeCe Is Doomed
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. Come, stay a while. They aren’t going anywhere; there are still some off-key versions of Celine Dion songs they haven’t heard. It was “diva” week on […]
Read moreHalf-Baked Idea: Mother Nature’s Tattoos
Kevin Wildes pitches Bill Simmons a half-baked idea that involves people paying money to be scarred by wild animal attacks, but, you know, in a controlled environment.
Read moreAmerican Horror Story: Asylum Season 2, Episode 5: ‘I Am Anne Frank, Pt. 2’
Last night was Ladies’ Night at Briarcliff, and by “Ladies’ Night” I mean that ladies were on the torture menu exclusively. Nipple lampshade appetizers? Sure thing. Sliced abdomens over alien babies? You got it. Lobotomy frozen islands? Falling-down-a-trap-door parfait? Cold-corpse-of-your-ex-girlfriend flambé? NO THANK YOU, I’M FULL. But we’ve removed the teeth, sir. Well, then. OK!
Read moreBow Down Before Eddie: Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, and More Pay Homage for SpikeTV
See video from last night’s special.
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Kirstie Alley’s Man-eating Days … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
Star Kirstie Alley’s Juicy Memoir Is All About Men: She dated Tim ‘Otter’ Matheson in the early ’80s “until one fateful night when his secret fiancée’s unexpected visit forced Kirstie to escape out the window.” It was then that she learned, “don’t trust actors, no matter how many éclairs they offer you.” She and Patrick […]
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