The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 10, 2014
The ‘True Detective’ Season 1 Awards: Mythical Creatures, Ruined Parties, and Dueling Banjos
Well, it’s over. Did it live up to the darkness you imagined? Was your personal tinfoil-hat theory vindicated? Did Pizzolatto and Fukunaga stick the landing? In honor of eight thrilling episodes of existential-horror-cop-procedural, here are your ‘True Detective’ Season 1 awards.
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Justin Bieber Just Nuked the Internet With a Four-Part Video Suite/Master Class in Being a Young A-hole
Recording artist Justin Bieber was deposed for a lawsuit involving his bodyguard assaulting a photographer. It went on for almost five hours. Four incredible clips emerged. Watch now, and hear the Biebs explain how he was extremely detrimental to his career.
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Personal Voyages and Space-time Odysseys: Rethinking ‘Cosmos’ for 2014
If there’s one thing Carl Sagan’s original ‘Cosmos’ taught viewers, it’s that science is always an unfinished project: a daisy chain of curiosity that spans the ages. Maybe we should think of ‘Cosmos’ not as a TV show, but as a version of that process, one that each generation gets a pass at.
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‘True Detective’ Finale: All We Have to Do Is Let Go
Thoughts on the surprisingly tidy end of Season 1.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Recap: Pigs’ Feet, Homemade Halberds, and Star-Crossed Lovers in ‘Alone’
After yet another episode built on an essentially inessential plot, it’s clear ‘The Walking Dead’ is going to take its damn time getting to “Terminus” — whatever that might be.
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‘SNL’: Lena Dunham Brings a Voice of a Generation to Studio 8H
Dunham played herself for most of Saturday night’s broadcast, but as was not the case with last week’s host, Jim Parsons, it worked in her favor.
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The Juliet Show Podcast: Food Week!
It’s Food Week! Andy Greenwald talks about the climate of food TV, Peter Meehan talks about his magazine ‘Lucky Peach,’ and we read Yelp reviews of Kevin Durant’s restaurant.
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Box Office Top Five: ‘300’ Is Cool Again
‘Rise of an Empire’ is at the top, along with Liam Neeson and ‘The Lego Movie’–dethroning ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman.’
Read moreMarch 8, 2014
Best of Grantland Pop Culture Podcast: ‘True Detective,’ the Oscars, James Turrell, the Hold Steady, and Sam Jaeger
Chris and Andy talk True Detective, Prince Movies cover the Oscars, and Hoodies visit the James Turrell exhibition. Plus, interviews with the Hold Steady and Sam Jaeger.
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