The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
May 16, 2012
Jay-Z, Denzel, Peyton, and the Gay-Marriage Issue
“I’ve always thought of it as something that’s still holding the country back. You know, what people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That’s their business. It’s no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple.” “I think it’s the right thing […]
Read moreThe Definitive Steve Jobs Movie to Be Written by Aaron Sorkin, of Course
Sorkin is adapting the Walter Isaacson biography of Jobs.
Read moreMay 15, 2012
At Least Lady Gaga Is Still Controversial in Indonesia
“She’s a vulgar singer who wears only panties and a bra when she sings and she stated she is the envoy of the devil’s child and that she will spread satanic teaching.”
Read moreHollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Upfronts, Battleship, Sunday-Night Shows, and More
It’s upfronts season in New York City, when all the networks are spinning their new fall shows as fast as they can. To celebrate, Chris Ryan and I took a first pass at a bunch of them (1:10), separating the maybe-winners (Fox’s The Mindy Project, NBC’s Revolution) from the kinda-losers (NBC’s Next Caller, Fox’s on-the-nose-like-bifocals-titled […]
Read moreR. Kelly’s ‘Feeling Single’: Pornographic Nostalgia, But the Good Kind
He’s growing old like the rest of us, sure, and maybe prone to weepy fits of nostalgia for a bygone era where music was earnest and not controlled by social media, shock value, and fucking stupid neon hats, but there’s still something noble about R. Kelly’s quest to dig up the classics of R&B and […]
Read moreFreak Show & Tell: Lips on Ears, Sister Wives, and Naked Joggers
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. Bizarre ER (Discovery Fit & Health) Who Is This Now? […]
Read moreMarvel Precariouly Dangles Four Fire-Engulfed Minutes of The Amazing Spider-Man Over the Ticket-Buying Populace
A four-minute super trailer for The Irrepressible Dr. Spider-Man MD premiered last night during America’s Neediest Dance Crew, or something! It appeared to contain about 23 percent previously unseen footage, but did feature 100 percent more C. Thomas Howell, who shows up in the 90-second burning-minivan-rescue scene at the start of the trailer in the […]
Read moreThe Top 10 Songs in … REGGAETON!
1. Arcangel, “Me Prefieres a Mi” Daytime reggaeton from Arcangel, who sounds slightly like smooth soft-voiced R&B artist Lloyd. From the sensitive vibes and Auto-Tuned falsetto, I am also getting notes of Drake. Diggin’ all the P.E. sports bras in the video’s high school setting. Arcangel is Austin Santos, a New Yorker who moved to […]
Read moreChanning Tatum Will John McClane the White House
He’s in talks for a new Die Hard-esque shoot-em-up.
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