The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
November 7, 2013
New Girl Asks Damon Wayans Jr. to Stick Around
After returning for what was planned as a four-episode arc, Damon Wayans Jr. is now going to ride out the rest of New Girl‘s third season. Wayans appeared in the pilot as Coach, then vanished to try keeping the ill-fated ship known as Happy Endings afloat. According to Deadline, this week’s New Girl ratings jumped […]
Read moreNovember 6, 2013
Afternoon Links: SNL’s Wes Anderson Parody Was Quite the Gambit
Don’t even tell me you didn’t catch SNL‘s immaculately detailed Wes Anderson tribute/homage, The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders. (It happened on Ed Norton’s episode a couple Saturdays ago, and it’s embedded again here for the uninitiated.) Despite an insane amount of work going into the short film, the final product barely made it to […]
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Apps of the Month: Smell-O-Vision for Your Phone, Fractals for Your Eyes, Fuel for Your Body
Welcome to the first edition of Grantland’s apps roundup. Starting right this minute, we’ll be showcasing some of our picks from the past month or so. (Because this is our first, I’ve cheated a bit and extended this month’s deadline into the future and back to the past, but that’s just because I’m really jonesing […]
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Q&A: Producer Jeff Bass on Discovering Young Eminem: ‘He Was Sitting on the Toilet, and He Came Up With the Alter Ego’
You may have never heard of the Bass Brothers. But you’ve heard the Bass Brothers.
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It Is the Most Logical Thing in the World That Lady Gaga Will Try to Sing in Space
You and I have both read about plans to jettison celebrities into space — not because an international tribal council voted them off the earth, but just ’cause. They’re rich, space is there, they probably hadn’t seen Gravity before signing up, and maybe Richard Branson threw them some money. Who knows? I’m not even sure if […]
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The Marvel Way: How the Comic-Book Studio Chooses Its Directors
Alan Taylor had three feature-film credits to his name before Asgard beckoned. Taylor, the director of Marvel Studios’ Thor: The Dark World, had made Palookaville (1995), The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001), and Kill the Poor (2003) — all were met with middling reviews and none earned a million dollars at the box office. But as […]
Read moreB.S. Report: Andy Greenwald and David Shoemaker
Bill Simmons and Andy Greenwald cover The Walking Dead and suggest ways to fix network TV. Later, the Masked Man joins the podcast to talk pro wrestling and his new book. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the B.S. Report on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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YouTube Hall of Fame: Hammers
Thor: The Dark World hits theaters this Friday, which means it’s a big week for hammers, and the perfect opportunity for us all to take a moment and celebrate the majesty of this noble toolbox stalwart.
Read moreTeaser Trailer: Jeremy Piven Reveals Precise Number of ‘Hug It Out, Bitches’ to Be Featured in Entourage Movie!
To review: The Entourage movie is a go. It has become hard to even recall a time when there was a possibility that the whole beautiful, gossamer thing — once seemingly about to be transformed into a feverish nightmare clockwork of egos, double-dealing, and unbrotherly mistrust by the dream-gobbling demon that is Hollywood — might […]
Read moreDo You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Homeland and Matthew McConaughey
Wesley is calling in from a landline, Alex is ready to break it off with Homeland, and Matthew McConaughey is curing AIDS with nothing but pure McConaugheyness. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Swedish Cinemas Are Using the Bechdel Test to Measure Gender Bias in Films
Happy Let’s Move to Scandinavia Week! (Although, as Grantland deputy editor Dan Fierman reminds me, “That’s every week.”) The Guardian is reporting that a handful of Swedish cinemas have begun employing a rating system to determine the gender bias of films, a label that will be slapped right alongside the regular content ratings to help […]
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Escape From Pop Purgatory: Scott Stapp’s Proof of Life
Welcome to Escape From Pop Purgatory, where we check out new music made by people who are more well-known than 98 percent of the oppressively “cool” artists over whom the media obsesses, and yet are commonly perceived to be years past the point of their cultural relevance. (Pop Purgatory is fame plus time.) Because we’re […]
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Don’t Label Me: Justin Bieber and Kanye West vs. the Music Industry
What do Kanye West and Justin Bieber have in common besides lack of filter, fondness for leather jogging pants, and close personal friendships with Jaden Smith? They both hate major labels! But for different reasons. In an interview with Amp Radio, Kanye lauded social media for giving consumers the edge over marketers when it comes […]
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The New Ms. Marvel Will Be a Muslim Teenager From Jersey
This February, Marvel Comics and writer G. Willow Wilson will introduce a new version of Ms. Marvel: In her non-costumed life, she’s Kamala Khan, a (presumably mild-mannered) Pakistani American teenager from Jersey City, New Jersey. The character’s launch will mark the first time either of the major comic book companies has published a book built […]
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Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Caine Will Star in Harry and the Butler
Stage director George C. Wolfe (Tom Hanks’s Lucky Guy, 1996’s Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk) is about to present us with a film with great potential for specialness. Titled Harry and the Butler and loosely based on a Danish movie from 50 years ago, it has little or nothing to do with […]
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