The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
January 20, 2015
‘The Bachelor’: A Totally Amazing Night of Cob-Rolling, Bed-Testing, and Personal Tragedy
Let’s examine the strategic importance of rolling a cob, wrestling a pig, and making a hot tub drowning look like an accident.
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Bragging Rights: The ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’ Pilot Episode
Bragging Rights is a new Grantland series with a single goal: to determine which member of a cast, a team, a band, a presidential cabinet — is killing it the most, years later. In this first installment, Rembert Browne looks at the pilot episode of ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.’
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Stan: Joey Bada$$ and the Anxiety of Influence
Bada$$ was born in 1995, when most of the music that influences him was being made. But an attempt to simply live up to Biggie and Tupac’s heights is bound to fail.
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The Quality of Mercy in Harlan County: ‘Justified’ Hits the Homestretch
The sixth and final season of ‘Justified’ premieres tonight on FX. Here’s what you need to know to prepare.
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A Lovely Chat With the ‘God of F--k’: Why Marilyn Manson Is Still Here (and Why We Haven’t Asked Him to Leave)
Looking at a rock star, surprisingly still relevant 20 years later.
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January 19, 2015
‘The Moment’ Podcast: Brian Koppelman and Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer, groundbreaking comedian, on what she loves and hates about her life right now.
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Whitnado: This Should Have Been the Plot of Lifetime’s Whitney Houston Movie
Chain saws are involved.
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Q&A: Larry Wilmore on the Launch of ‘The Nightly Show,’ Panic Dreams, and When to Tell Someone to Go F--k Themselves
Larry Wilmore is ready for his close-up. Check that: Larry Wilmore might be ready for his close-up, but it doesn’t really matter, because either way it’s happening. Tonight.
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Oscar Second Opinion: What ‘Whiplash’ Gets Wrong About Music School, and Right About Greatness
‘Whiplash’ is no more a movie about music than ‘The Karate Kid’ is a movie about martial arts. ‘Whiplash’ is a movie about blinding, idealistic determination and wanting to be great at something.
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Weekend Box Office Winners & Losers: How ‘American Sniper’ Dropped All Its Competitors in Their Tracks
Nothing stood a chance against ‘American Sniper’ this weekend.
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What the Totally Insane Box Office for ‘American Sniper’ Means for the Oscar Race
The counterintuitive answer: Things are about to get really rough for Clint Eastwood’s new movie.
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