The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
May 15, 2014
We Went There: A ‘Bachelor’ Casting Cattle Call in a Maryland Casino
As Grantland’s Official Bachelor Historian, it is my duty to submerge myself in the sea of sequins and chemical imbalance known as reality-TV dating. As much as I know about the franchise, the one gaping hole in my knowledge is the casting process.
Read more“STATEMENT ABOUT SPRING BREAKERS 2: This is not being done with Harmony Korine or my consent. The original was wholly Harmony’s creation and these producers are capitalizing on that innovative film to make money on a weak sequel. I want everyone to know that whoever is involved in the sequel is jumping on board a poison ship. […] Can you imagine someone making the sequel to ‘Taxi Driver’ without Scorcese and DeNiro’s consents? Insanity!” James Franco's Instagram
The Squirrel and the Fox: Jesse Eisenberg and the Cult of the Powerfully Nerdy Movie Star
Jesse Eisenberg, the 30-year-old Queens-born actor, is not classically handsome or elegantly mannered. But he might be the most successful, feted, and sought-after actor of his generation.
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The Week in Gossip: Every Dubious Rumor That Could Possibly Explain the Solange-Jay Z Elevator Fight
A deep dive into Solange vs. Jay.
Read moreStraight to Video: Will ‘Godzilla’ Live Up to the Hype?
Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly review the hype, the trailer, and the waistline of the summer’s biggest movie star, Godzilla.
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NBC’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Isn’t the Disaster You Probably Think It Is
While NBC’s reimagining of Ira Levin’s novel will likely go down as a failed experiment for the network, it’s actually quite a promising sign of progress for network TV movies.
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Kathryn Bigelow’s Next Movie Is ‘True American,’ a 9/11 Story Starring Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy will star as Mark Stroman, the self-styled “American terrorist” and “Arab slayer” who shot three gas station employees in Texas after 9/11.
Read moreMay 14, 2014
Lily Allen Was Offered a ‘Game of Thrones’ Role, But It Was Too Incest-y
Also in the Afternoon Links: NPH could’ve had Letterman’s job, TNT’s making a ‘Firestarter’ sequel, and the Lego ‘Simpsons’ episode is streaming.
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A Viewing Guide to the Greatest Fictional Basketball Scene Ever Filmed
With David Caruso “on ludes” and maybe the only game-winning gunshot in basketball history, nothing tops this 1982 episode of ‘Hill Street Blues.’
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Power Ranking: The Track List for Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ultraviolence’
I love Lana Del Rey. And I love every track title on her upcoming sophomore album, ‘Ultraviolence,’ which just got a release date of June 17.
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‘Star Trek 3’ Boldly Goes to Director Who’s Never Directed Before
It’s Roberto Orci, the J.J. Abrams protégé and super-producer/writer with nary a directorial credit to his name.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Neighbors’ and ‘Turn Down for What’ Questions
Alex and Wesley on Neighbors and the difficult question of what to do when DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What” comes on in the club.
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Michael Jackson’s ‘Xscape’ Doesn’t Belong to Him — It Belongs to Us
You are reading a website that covers sports and pop culture. You think you’re doing this because you care about sports and/or pop culture. But in reality you’re distracting yourself from a question on which some part of your brain (consciously or not) is always fixated. What’s going to happen when I die?
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R.I.P., H.R. Giger, Designer of the Original ‘Alien’ (and Many Other Iconic Nightmare Images)
Heaven just got a little more unsettlingly penis-shaped.
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A New Book by a Guy Claiming to Be the Zodiac Killer’s Son Rouses Amateur Detectives … Again
Earl Van Best Jr.’s “chilling psychological profile” and resemblance to the police sketch of the Zodiac Killer may be intriguing enough to move hardcovers, but that journal better be packed with solved ciphers if it’s going to stand out from the rest of the false Zodiac identifications.
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Channing Tatum Will Play Gambit, Who Is Not That Terrible of a Superhero
Just be glad they’re finally shifting the focus away from Wolverine for a minute, and plan on doing more stand-alone X-Men movies in general.
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Who’s That Gal? Sarah Baker, Louis C.K.’s Latest TV Paramour!
Baker emerged from the ether of semi-recognizability on Monday to steal FX’s hour-long ‘Louie’ block and become an actress we should definitely know about.
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