The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
July 25, 2012
James Cameron Bought a $16 Million, Pandora-y Chunk of New Zealand
Jimmy’s moving to New Zealand!
Read moreYouTube HOF: Olympic Endorsements
The London Games kick off this week, and we here at the Hollywood Prospectus blog thought we’d take a break from not talking about sports to fully indulging in OLYMPIC FEVER!, particularly the part where corporations make money off of OLYMPIC FEVER! Here are a few of the often strange, frequently cynical, and occasionally amazing […]
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The Modern Family That Sues Together, Stays Together
The cast of the ABC hit is suing the network to void their contracts.
Read moreJuly 24, 2012
The Killers Rock From Deep Within the Uncanny Valley at Webster Hall
The most celebrated rock band of 2012, at least critically, is Japandroids, a Canadian duo that, in the words of Chuck Klosterman during a recent B.S. Report, “synthesize[s] the best parts of classic rock and makes it the whole song.” It’s a sped-up style perfectly suited to our short attention span times, an era in […]
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Introducing Britney Spears, X Factor Judge
When Britney Spears was originally tapped to join The X Factor’s new, improved, Abdul/Scherzinger-free judging panel earlier this year, the first question wasn’t, as was the case for newly minted American Idol judge Mariah Carey, how it would affect her career, or even whether she had the industry acumen necessary for the job. It was […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Dark Knight Rises, Breaking Bad, and Britpop
In Grantland City, a hero is unlikely to rise anytime soon. But a podcast? That we can do. Chris Ryan and I dug deep — like, secret-hellish-prison deep — into the summer’s smartest (and best?) blockbuster (1:30). Everything was on the table: Anne Hathaway’s old-Hollywood performance, the movie’s complicated politics, and the constantly changing nature […]
Read moreFreak Show & Tell: Unbearable Virgins, Enormous Scrotums, and Breast Milk Collectives
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Virgin Diaries (TLC) Who Is This Now? Skippy. Why Are […]
Read moreThe Top 10 Songs … IN UKRAINE!
1. S. Loboda, “Oblaka” Svitlana Serhiyivna Loboda is a Ukrainian singer, composer, pianist, and former member of the early 2000s Eastern European girl group Nu Virgos. She also designs a clothing line called Fuck the Macho, after her third album Ne Macho (Not Macho). Loboda repetitively smoking in white sunglasses, lounging on some asphalt, and […]
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Stephen Merchant Steps Out of Ricky Gervais’s Shadow
Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais do everything together: Co-create comedy classic The Office, cowrite and costar in not-so-shabby-either Extras and The Ricky Gervais Show, co-direct drama feature Cemetery Junction (OK, that one no one saw), and, you can go ahead and assume, co-spend at least some of those endlessly flowing Office international rights residual checks […]
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