The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
November 3, 2011
Kim Kardashian’s Subdued Halloween, Bieber’s Paternity Suit, and Other Tales From This Week’s Gossip Magazines
Every week there are five new gossip magazines covering the same mostly imaginary stories. We scan them for you and select the choicest bits. Consider this your primer for the water cooler. This week’s Top 6 stories: 1. Kim’s Divorce, of course. “When a subdued Kim Kardashian, dressed in a skin-tight Poison Ivy costume …” […]
Read moreX Factor Recap: Stacy Francis Slays, Lakoda Rayne Butchers
Stereohogz I’m going to suspend my disbelief and accept that there are boot camps somewhere in Los Angeles where Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul, Simon and L.A. Reid tend to their new protégés in complete privacy and that when the acts take the stage that nobody but their mentor has seen them perform. If we put […]
Read moreRembert Tries to Explain the ’80s: Too Close for Comfort’s Very Special Episode
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series, “Rembert Tries to Explain the ’80s.” Every so often, we’ll e-mail 24-year-old Rembert Browne a YouTube clip relating to the 1980s that Rembert hasn’t seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he’s watching it, then we’ll post those thoughts here. The first clip was selected by our […]
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November 2, 2011
Amanda Seyfried, Lindsay Lohan, and Four Other Actresses Who Almost Played Linda Lovelace
Why do actresses always sign up to play Linda Lovelace when their careers are stalling?
Read moreYouTube Hall of Fame: Eddie Murphy’s Greatest Hits
This week, to celebrate his comeback role in Brett Ratner’s (allegedly good!) Tower Heist, we look back on Eddie Murphy’s finest career moments. “The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special” Bill Simmons: After 30 years of “Eddie Murphy saved Saturday Night Live from being canceled” stories, you’d think nobody else was on the cast … when […]
Read moreHOLY CRAP: Here’s the Grand Theft Auto V Trailer
Look at this thing! The trailer for Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V was posted moments ago at the company’s website. As predicted, the game will be set in Los Angeles (or some photorealistic simulacrum) and feature an all-new cast of playable malcontents and murderable civilians. Here’s hoping that Rockstar remembered to include Grantland HQ […]
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Justin Bieber’s Paternity Suit: Five Terrifying Implications
Christmas came early this year, and so did Justin Bieber. The Jonas Brothers are down for the count, Zac Efron is on permanent vacation (and dressing up as his Seventeen Again co-star Thomas Lennon’s Reno 911 character Lieutenant Dangle for Halloween!), and even the Twilight franchise has turned from first blush of vampire and virgin […]
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