The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 15, 2012
SXSW Day Two: Danny Brown Wants You to Put Lobster in Your Ear, Killer Mike Wants You to Cuss at Your Mom
A survey of SXSW stage banter.
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Weird Horse Oddly Silent on Luck Cancellation
We’re not sure what we expected Weird Horse, Twitter’s leading demented philosopher-steed, to say about the unexpected cancellation of Luck precipitated by the unfortunate deaths of three of his equine brethren, but we were vaguely hoping for some kind of spiritual guidance during this difficult time.
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HBO Puts Down Luck
When a horse is catastrophically injured, the protocol is simple: The horse needs to be put down. But with a TV show, things are rarely so straightforward. Or so it seemed. Late yesterday afternoon, hours after suspending production on the second episode of the second season of its racetrack saga Luck because of yet another […]
Read moreSurvivor: One World, Episode 5 — Competing With ‘A Bunch of Idiots’
After the sensory treat that was last week’s Survivor: One World, it was no surprise that last night’s episode was sort of a letdown, more like one of those parties where the beer never gets quite cold enough in the fridge for the mountains to turn blue than an all-night extravaganza at Mick Jagger’s mansion. […]
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The Miley Cyrus-Jennifer Lawrence Smackdown … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
In Touch Miley Cyrus vs. Jennifer Lawrence In … The Hemsworth Games: “While cuddling up to her boyfriend of nearly three years, Hunger Games hunk Liam Hemsworth, the former teen queen couldn’t help but notice that her man’s hands were clutching his phone. Miley saw that he was texting his co-star, Jennifer Lawrence. She was […]
Read moreMarch 14, 2012
SXSW: Tuesday’s Winners and Losers
In Austin, they refer to me as Methuselah. It’s a very fitting name, considering the length of time I’ve been here (six days), and the amount of time I have left (five days). While many a friend, old and new, has arrived, spent a few days here working and partying, and headed back home to […]
Read moreYouTube HOF: College
Fifteen Chuck Klosterman: When I was in college and lived in a dormitory, this is what we watched every day (immediately after dinner and just before Beavis & Butt-Head). It’s a show called Fifteen, which was a non-comedic Canadian version of Saved by the Bell, halfway crossed with Beverly Hills: 90210 (they even had their […]
Read moreWe Found It on Netflix Instant — Atlas Shrugged: Part 1
What It’s About: A couple of humorless dicks face many boring obstacles in the course of building a slightly faster and safer light-rail system. Who It’s For: Assholes and metallurgy buffs. Hold up. This is what Atlas Shrugged is about? So many people tried to sell me on this book in college, and I avoided […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Q&A: Michael K. Williams Talks to Us About Omar’s Smacketology Victory
With a vocal fan base extending from Facebook to the First Family, Omar Little was always the favorite to win our highly subjective Smacketology tournament. The incomparably gracious Michael K. Williams — the man behind the shotgun — took some time away from filming the third season of Boardwalk Empire to bask in his victory, […]
Read moreAn Unexpected Musical Good-bye to Idol’s Suddenly Ejected Jermaine Jones
In an unexpected Tuesday-night American Idol elimination round hosted by rabid karaoke watchdog TMZ, creepily soulful man-mountain Jermaine Jones was placed in the Bottom One and summarily voted off the competition by proxy judge Harvey Levin, his journey reportedly cut tragically short because of a concealed criminal past. According to TMZ, Idol producers discovered Tuesday […]
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Protection: Justified Season 3, Episode 9
Quarles’s operation gets a little smaller, while the Crowders’ gets a little bigger, in this week’s episode of Justified. The Shot The episode starts with Art telling Raylan that, in the absence of any evidence that Quarles is in violation of federal law, Raylan needs to back off … which obviously means that the episode […]
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