Ellen Page And Kate Mara Made A Convincing Case For Starring In ‘True...
FUNNY OR DIE We know Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will play two of the three main roles on True Detective next season, but who’s going to be the female lead? Here’s an idea: instead of one actress,...
View ArticleThe True Story Behind The Saddest Scene In ‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’ History
NBC Think back to any “emotional” scene on Full House. They were all pretty the same: the dialogue would get cheesy (well, cheesier) and the music, sappy (sappier). It was a formula that clearly...
View ArticleHelen Mirren’s Body Double Is Nearly 40 Years Younger Than She Is
Getty Image Cool grandma Helen Mirren is 69 years old, which she finds just as funny as you do. She’s in such great shape, not only for her age but ANY age, that her body double, Fleur van Eeden, is...
View ArticleAn Evangelical Mom Rewrote ‘Harry Potter’ Without Any Of That Pesky Wizardry
Warner Bros. Pictures Everyone knows the worst thing about the Harry Potter series is all the magic. Hey, J.K. Rowling, why don’t you stop just kidding and start writing something REAL? Grace Ann’s...
View ArticleMorrissey Is Selling A Shirt That Reads ‘Be Kind To Animals Or I’ll Kill You’
Getty Image The Pope of Mope himself, Morrissey, launched an online store today, in case you were wondering what to get your pale teenage nephew for his birthday. There are cheeky tote bags...
View ArticleThe Website For ‘Freaks And Geeks’— Which Premiered 15 Years Ago Today — Is...
NBC One of the greatest TV shows in recent memory, Freaks and Geeks, premiered 15 years ago today. I can still vividly recall watching the pilot as a 12-year-old, and thinking to myself, “The hell is...
View ArticleWhat’s On Tonight: A Lot Of Shonda Rhimes, A Little Jerry Seinfeld On...
ABC Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8 p.m.) — Season premiere. Hour one of Shonda Rhimes. Thursday Night Football (CBS, 8:25 p.m.) — Hopefully Giants vs. Redskins is SLIGHTLY more interesting than last week’s...
View ArticleThe Reaction To Ariana Grande’s ‘SNL’ Promo With Chris Pratt Was Not Kind
In case seven minutes worth of SNL promos with Chris Pratt wasn’t enough, here’s 60 seconds more. This time, instead of watching Kate McKinnon impressively grab multiple jars of pickles, the Parks and...
View ArticleYour Helpful Guide To Telling All The New Fall 2014 Shows Apart
NBC Fall premiere season is upon us. CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT? Probably not, because unless you’re a big The Mysteries of Laura fan (trick question: there is no such thing as a big The Mysteries of...
View ArticleAC/DC Founding Member Malcolm Young Is Suffering From Dementia
Getty Image Malcolm Young, founding member and rhythm guitarist for legendary hard rock band AC/DC, is currently in a nursing home facility in Sydney, Australia, where he’s receiving treatment for...
View ArticleListen To The First New Song From The Who In Eight Years, ‘Be Lucky’
Getty Image To celebrate five decades of swinging microphones, guitar windmills, and bad owl jokes, the Who, well, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are releasing the career-spanning compilation The Who...
View ArticleThe Anti-Gillys: 20 ‘SNL’ Characters We Never Got Tired Of Seeing
NBC Last season of SNL was one of those “in transition” years. That meant a lot of new cast members trying to carve out an identity, with varying results depending if your name ends with Wheelan or...
View ArticleThom Yorke Just Released His New Solo Album Through BitTorrent
Getty Image After a week of teases, the king of limbs (and sad bastards), Thom Yorke, just released a new solo album, his first since 2006’s The Eraser. It’s called Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, and you can...
View ArticleNick Offerman Directed Michael Shannon In A Music Video For Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy is one of only two founding members of Wilco to still be with the band, but after nearly two decades, and another handful of years with Uncle Tupelo, he’s released his first solo album....
View ArticleSeason 40 Of ‘SNL’ Began With Chris Pratt’s Musical Monologue
Chris Pratt – Monologue – SNL 40th by IdolxMuzic SNL has been on for 40 seasons. That’s 767 episodes, at least 632nd of which have featured a musical monologue. Tonight’s premiere was no exception, as...
View Article‘SNL’ Has A Good Idea Of What Marvel’s ‘Star Wars’ Might Look Like
NBC The last Marvel movie to not earn at least $400 million at the worldwide box office was 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger (not including the X-Men and Spider-Man films). They’re an absurdly...
View Article‘SNL’ Season 40 Premiere Discussion: Chris Pratt And Ariana Grande
NBC If Community can have a gas leak season, why can’t SNL? Lorne Michaels would probably use the phrase “in transition” to describe last season, but a “constant sense of boring unease” would work,...
View ArticleEnjoy Kristen Wiig And Bill Hader Mocking A Local News Reporter Who Clearly...
Professional funny people Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader must regret leaving SNL, now that they’re in the middle of doing publicity rounds for their new movie, The Skeleton Twins. That means they have to...
View ArticleJust How Craptacular Was The ‘Family Guy’ And ‘Simpsons’ Crossover?
FOX Family Guy premiered on Fox on January 31, 1999, the same night The Simpsons aired “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday.” Both episodes received stellar ratings, boosted by cushy post-Super Bowl timeslots, and...
View Article‘Boardwalk Empire’ Final Season Discussion: ‘Cuanto’
HBO “Is this a fight? I can’t tell.” “We’ve had all the fights we’re going to have.” “Cuanto” is Spanish for “how much?” As in, “How much money are you going to foolishly offer the authorities before...
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