The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 4, 2014
Timbaland’s Doing the Music for Lee Daniels’s Hip-Hop Drama Pilot
Timbaland will act as songwriter and music producer for ‘Empire,’ Lee Daniels’s drama pilot about a family in the hip-hop industry.
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Women Tell All: How to Destroy Your Bachelor on National Television
Imagine that you are sitting in a candlelit television studio. You are surrounded by two dozen or so competitor-sisters who have also stumbled on the obstacle-strewn path to ForeverLove. The air is heavy with disappointment, acrid with bitterness. An almost inaudible murmur hums through the background, but if you concentrate deeply enough, you can hear it coalescing into words: Kill him.
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The Moment Podcast: Brian Koppelman With the Hold Steady
Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady talk to Brian Koppelman about the band’s mission, its new album, and the long tradition of singers and guitarists feuding.
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Freak Show & Tell: Jon Gosselin May Have Some Anger Issues
All the best parts from ‘Couples Therapy,’ ‘Hoarding: Buried Alive,’ and ‘Gigolos.’
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Rick Ross’s ‘Mastermind’: True Lies From the Superstar Machine
‘Mastermind’ is the realest album he could make, one that reflects what he truly is — a bankable rap superstar making the kind of hedge-betting, self-aware records that bankable rap superstars make in 2014.
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‘Chef Keith’ Terrorizes Unsuspecting Morning Shows With Terrible Food
It seems like it should be harder to bluff your way onto a morning news set, but apparently where there’s a will, there’s a booking agent to be duped. Chef Keith is neither a chef nor a Keith.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Oscars, ‘True Detective,’ ‘The Americans,’ and Rick Ross
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss the Oscars, ‘True Detective,’ ‘The Americans,’ and Rick Ross.
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Ranking the Most Awkward Moments From Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Sit-down With Jimmy Kimmel
Rob Ford is Toronto’s troubled ruler, the one who found himself the target of allegations of crack cocaine usage in early 2013, which he denied for months before copping to in November. And Jimmy Kimmel, of course, is the very last man you want to publicly converse with when you find yourself in such a precarious position. There was face-wiping, video-shaming, and confusion as to whether Americans are indeed Canadian taxpayers.
Read moreMarch 3, 2014
This ‘True Detective’ Finale Teaser Is a Guaranteed Recipe for a Great Week
Also in the Afternoon Links: New tUnE-yArDs, Bruce Springsteen covering Lorde, and Bill Murray’s Oscars tribute to Harold Ramis.
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‘Girls’: Tyler Perry Presents a Horvath Family Reunion
This week, Girls decided to spend more time on the “family” part of the Framily plan that is life, by giving Hannah Horvath a dying grandmother and some crazy aunts and cousin to tangle with for a half hour.
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B.S. Report: Wesley Morris on the Oscars
Wesley Morris comes on the B.S. Report to break down last night’s Oscars, including the biggest disappointments and Ellen’s hosting.
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And the Oscar Goes to … Kevin Spacey as Keyboard Cat!
Jimmy Kimmel makes meme-into-movie gold.
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A Belated Box Office Top Five: Neeson Is Bigger Than Jesus
Non-Stop made $30 million, while Son of God came in second place with $26.5 million. And Frozen, still very much chugging along, passed the $1 billion mark internationally.
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The Juliet Show Podcast: ‘Survivor’ Winner Cochran and Sam Jaeger
‘Survivor’ winner John Cochran talks about his life since the show and writing for ‘The Millers.’ Plus, Sam Jaeger stops by to talk about his role in NBC’s ‘Parenthood.’
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Oscars After-Party: Crowning Lupita, McConaughey’s Hero, and the World’s Greatest Selfie
… and everything else worth talking about from Hollywood’s Biggest Night.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Recap: Needing More Than Schnapps and Moonshine to Stomach ‘Still’
Sunday’s ‘The Walking Dead’ featured as many emotional monologues as the Oscars and as many symbolic fires as, well, countless other episodes of ‘The Walking Dead.’ Grab your moonshine for support, people.
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‘True Detective’: Taking Jumper Cables to the Plot in ‘After You’ve Gone’
The puzzle pieces are getting filled in, and it’s not necessarily as enjoyable as wondering what is going to happen. But if ‘True Detective’ didn’t answer these questions, we’d be even more frustrated.
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‘SNL’: Jim Parsons Can’t Quite Escape Sheldon Cooper in His Hosting Debut
The first-time host was confined to variations on uptight, Sheldon-like characters who would have been more interesting had they been given a little more variation and pizzazz (or, you know, pizzinga!).
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‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Gravity’ Lead Oscar Winners
Ellen DeGeneres prophesied it right up front, and so it was: ‘12 Years a Slave’ won the top honor at the 86th Academy Awards, marking the first Best Picture win for a black director’s work. But it was Alfonso Cuarón who took home Best Director for ‘Gravity,’ and his film dominated much of the night with its seven wins.
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