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Nov 14, 2018
Two moments prominently featured in the Instant Family trailer attempt to wring laughs from the image of an anxious foster kid getting violently smacked in the face with a ball. They speak to the worst impulses of writer-director Sean Anders, whose tendency to go for broad slapstick and cheap gags has carried…
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Nov 14, 2018
When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes. When Walmart has the LEGO Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Set on sale for $290, you buy it. (Purchasing at Amazon is also acceptable.) It's one of the largest LEGO sets ever produced, with 4,634 pieces (including 12 minifigures). It's also clearly got a little…
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Nov 14, 2018
The upcoming holidays are peak board game and puzzle season, and you can grab some new ones from today's Gold Box deal on Amazon.
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Nov 14, 2018
Having never met Jason Mantzoukas before, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert quickly learned the dangers and delights of having the noted improviser, podcast star, Big Mouth, The League, and The Good Place ("Derek!") scene-stealer, and star of the new film The Long Dumb Road in your house. (And don't get us started on …
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Nov 14, 2018
I've always wanted to tie girls up, but I can never convince a woman to let me. Lately, I've been exploring "bondage singles" sites online, but I'm totally new to this. How do I know which ones I can trust? There are hundreds of profiles, but it's hard for me to believe I can really just answer an ad, meet a girl in a…
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Nov 14, 2018
Here's what's happening in the world of television for Wednesday, November 14. All times are Eastern.
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Nov 13, 2018
Jeopardy! is running its annual Teen Tournament right now, a.k.a. the yearly chance for America's glut of trivia-obsessed teens to fight it out for the chance to be named King or Queen of the Nerds. Besides serving as a vital drafting tool for America's top bullies as they look for new talent to "scout," the Teen…
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Nov 13, 2018
Apparently bound and determined to be the one interesting thing about an otherwise bland-seeming Harry Potter spin-off movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald star Ezra Miller deployed another amazing red carpet look at one of the film's premieres today. But we have to point out that there's one key…
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Nov 13, 2018
If I had to pick an episode of This Is Us to live inside of, it would be this one. Like many of the best episodes of This Is US, "Sometimes" doesn't play into the stereotypical image of the show as a corny, tear-jerking family drama full of big speeches and histrionic moments. Instead, this is an…
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Nov 13, 2018
Now that we're well into the fifth season of The Flash, it's getting much harder for the creative team to keep the one-off meta-of-the-week stories fresh. The Flash has always had one of the deeper benches in superhero comics as far as colorful villains are concerned, but we're down to the C-listers now, and most of…
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Nov 13, 2018
After years of battling with late-night rival Jimmy Fallon for the fabled "demo"—i.e., adult TV viewers beneath the age of 50, whose life-giving attention is succor and solace for advertisers everywhere—Stephen Colbert finally rode that ol' Blue Wave to victory this week. Vulture reports that, for the first time in…
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Nov 13, 2018
In the ancient, forgotten year of 2016, we reported that occasional book-writer George R.R. Martin had declared that the Wild Cards book series he edits with Melinda M. Snodgrass would be coming to TV at some point in the distant future. Well, that distant future has nearly arrived, because The Hollywood Reporter says…
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Nov 13, 2018
The Robyn comeback push continues this week: The Swedish techno-popper announced today that she's embarking on a new North American tour in support of her new album, Honey, which arrived last month. Honey has earned strong reviews (including our own, which dubbed it a "more spacious, sensual, and human expression of…
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Nov 13, 2018
It still seems unusual for Netflix to cancel its original shows, since it picks up hundreds of new shows for every Luke Cage or American Vandal that it cancels, but it's even more unusual for a show to get canceled almost immediately after the premiere of its first season. Unfortunately for fans of Tony Danza and Josh…
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Nov 13, 2018
Despite the best efforts of the internet, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences isn't giving up on its absurd quest to introduce an Oscar for "outstanding achievement in popular film"—or, as it's more commonly known, the "best popular film" Oscar. As Variety reports, Academy president John Bailey returned…
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Nov 13, 2018
Previous trailers for Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel—the Desperado mastermind's first full directorial outing since 2014's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For—have emphasized the human side of its titular anime robot girl's troubles, showing her fighting with father figure Christoph Waltz and angsting about her…
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Nov 13, 2018
On Friday, we had the pleasure of reporting on the sad saga of Threatin, a Los Angeles-based rock band that nobody had ever heard of despite the fact that it had tens of thousands of fans on Facebook. Threatin has been on a big UK tour, but even though it supposedly has this big online following, most of the venues it…
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Nov 13, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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Nov 13, 2018
Say what you like about 2018: The planet's on fire, and the politics are garbage, but at least science is finding ever new ways for Jimmy Fallon to insert his voice into our homes. Per Mashable, the human beige paint sample/Tonight Show host is teaming up with Amazon's digital assistant Alexa this week, providing some…
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Nov 13, 2018
For the first time since he turned to filmmaking with 1996's Basquiat, celebrated painter Julian Schnabel (whose other movies include Before Night Falls and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly) has paid tribute to a fellow artist. Unlike Jean-Michel Basquiat, however, Schnabel's latest subject isn't exactly someone…
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Nov 13, 2018
According to Deadline, MGM is looking to tap into the big market for musicals and the big market for Chance The Rapper simultaneously, with the studio enlisting Chance to develop a musical called Hope. The film is about a group of teenagers in Chicago who "band together to turn art into action within their community,"…
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Nov 13, 2018
When we last left the horrifying world of algorithm-tinged children's YouTube videos, computer-animated Spider-Men were burying alive Elsa from Frozen. YouTube has since made some efforts to keep your children from seeing Peppa Pig eat her own father, but so long as there is YouTube and its inscrutable algorithm there…
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Nov 13, 2018
Capital One's Venture card has always been a bit of a hybrid between cash back and travel rewards cards. While you could earn a lot of points through Hotels.com, and erase travel purchases from your credit card statement by redeeming them, you couldn't transfer them to any airline programs like you could points from …
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Nov 13, 2018
LG's OLED TVs have achieved something of a cult status thanks to their ridiculously dark black levels and vibrant colors. If you were waiting for Black Friday to snag yours, the discounted price on the 55" C8 model is already live.
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Nov 13, 2018
With Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, trying to decide if you want to get in on the latest Pokémon game is a relatively straightforward affair. You're either someone who will get a kick out of a reboot of the original Pokémon games featuring all the new visuals, updated mechanics, and multiplayer features that…
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Apr 24, 2018
As befits a movie featuring 60 or more characters—including several of whom have their own franchises—Avengers: Infinity War has the longest runtime of any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date, clocking in at 156 minutes. That sounds like just enough time to find the last Infinity Stone, show us how the Asgardian…
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Apr 24, 2018
Anyone wondering when the warm spring weather will arrive might end up reconsidering after seeing Netflix's May blossoms (read: shows). The second season of Justin Simien's superb Dear White People series arrives May 4, while the first half of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season four hits the streamer at the end of the…
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Apr 24, 2018
Deadspin Golf Club Apologizes After Calling Police On Group Of Black Women Members | Jezebel Did Allison Mack Try to Recruit Emma Watson Into Her Alleged Sex Cult in 2016? | The Root Stop Calling the Police on Black People Just Because You're Annoyed; You're Gonna Get Someone Killed | Splinter
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Apr 24, 2018
You might not immediately recognize Amber Nash's name or face, but the second you hear her raucous laughter in Archer, you know things are about to get really freaky. The improv and live-theater vet is probably best known for playing "sturdy bisexual" Pam Poovey, who frequently manages to be the most debauched…
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Apr 24, 2018
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Apr 24, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end, one of two films (the second coming in May 2019) which mark the conclusion of "Phase Three" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a universe that began a decade ago with the first Iron Man. Marvel has been very clear that these movies will mark a decisive endpoint to…
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Apr 24, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War is only a few days away, marking the beginning of the end of "Phase Three" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you're in need of a refresher, but don't have time to watch the last six films by Friday, you're in luck: The A.V. Club prepared this handy 5-minute recap to get you prepared.
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Apr 24, 2018
At the end of this UnREAL season, we have to wonder what the point of all this was. Was it to portray husband-hunter Serena as the ultimate feminist at the end? To show how close Quinn was to losing everything? Or to highlight the near-supernatural Jedi mind tricks of one Rachel Goldberg, able to manipulate anyone…
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Apr 24, 2018
With Avengers: Infinity War poised to, Thanos-like, slay fully half of the world's box office starting Friday, the Marvel movie juggernaut (no, not that one, thankfully) dispatched two teams of heroes into the late-night fray on Monday. Makes sense, since all the trailers suggest the rapidly multiplying superhero team…
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Apr 24, 2018
Here's what's happening in the world of television for Tuesday, April 24. All times are Eastern.
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Apr 24, 2018
The first teaser for Tom Hardy's Venom, which may or may not have anything to do with the Spider-Man movies, refused to give any real indication that it was about the beloved Marvel villain/antihero until the title reveal, stopping just short of actually showing Venom's face. Fans were so disappointed by the tease…
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Apr 24, 2018
A lot happens in "Chivalry Is Dead," but iZombie saves the biggest surprise for the very end: Liv tries to turn a sick girl into a zombie, and it doesn't work. This seems to imply that some people might be immune to the zombie virus, which is a potentially a huge development. What this means for Liv and her smuggling…
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Apr 23, 2018
Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump impression isn't particularly funny and hasn't been for a while, but part of the reason Saturday Night Live dumps Baldwin in orange paint every week is because it drives the real Trump crazy—which, to be fair, is a little funny. Apparently, though, Trump's predecessors in the White House…
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Apr 23, 2018
By all accounts, actor Matthew Rhys is a busy guy: He's wrapping up his final season on the acclaimed FX series The Americans, played a pivotal role in Steven Spielberg's award-season favorite The Post, and the native Welshman and his Americans co-star Keri Russell also have a toddler, named Sam, at home in New York.…
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Apr 23, 2018
Denial: It's not just a river in Egypt, it's also a plot device that allows Supergirl to stretch 10 minutes of story into an entire 45-minute episode. Sam's in denial about the fact that she's Reign. Kara's in denial about how much anger she feels towards Mon-El. M'yrnn and J'onn are in denial about how quickly his…
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Apr 23, 2018
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Prince's estate are set to release a full album of unreleased music in September, with caretaker Troy Carter implying that it will be some kind of cohesive work like a concert or—as Variety theorizes—"thematically linked songs." Carter doesn't say much, but he notes that it's…
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Apr 23, 2018
"Think of the Carnivale. It will sort us all out. I have no doubt." Truer words, eh, Dr. Stanley? Whether due to lead poisoning, cabin fever, a Shining-esque supernatural siren song, or some combination of the three, the Franklin Expedition's chief surgeon soon turns this chipper prescription for positive thinking,…
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Apr 23, 2018
Picking up where we left off, based on this episode, Pierce didn't lose his mark because he was finally selfless: It literally was as simple as getting Chloe to fall in love with him. Which brings us into some questionable terrain for Lucifer, specifically in terms for Chloe as a character.
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Apr 23, 2018
As eager as Hollywood is to forgive him, Mel Gibson has a pretty ugly history in the movie industry—including all of the explicitly racist things he's been accused of saying or doing and the time he got so angry during negotiations for Braveheart that he threw an astray through a wall. Now, in a not-so-fun twist of…
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Apr 23, 2018
Welcome to Trailer Happy Hour, the semi-regular feature where we grab some of the hot trailers and promos from the day, toss ‘em into a blender with some other stuff we found in the fridge, and then dare our friends to drink whatever comes out. Today, we've got another look at Constance Wu's Crazy Rich Asians, Nicolas…
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Apr 23, 2018
Garnet's future vision has long been one of my favorite science fiction elements of Steven Universe, and that's not just because it's cool that Garnet can see the future. Rather than merely using her ability as a way of solving plot problems, Steven Universe has spent time exploring what it means for Garnet to be able…
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Apr 23, 2018
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige doesn't want to talk about the future of the MCU, but that hasn't stopped a few websites from throwing deep-cut Marvel references at him in hopes of getting their favorite obscure or semi-obscure characters into a movie. First up is The Wrap, which got Feige to say that one of the comic…
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Apr 23, 2018
Some Marvel movies, particularly early on, feel like they were constructed by Marvel Studios going down a list of important bullet points from the comics rather than being a personal work directed by an actual human, but the company does seem good at recognizing the benefit of allowing a filmmaker to put their stamp…
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Apr 23, 2018
Deadspin Treat Yourself To Bartolo Colon's "Batters Faced" Page On Baseball Reference | Very Smart Brothas Kanye's Politics Are What Happens When You Don't Read Books | Splinter Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leads White House Freakout Over Potential Pompeo Humiliation | The Muse
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Apr 23, 2018
Today's WTF moment: A woman is being fined $500 for carrying her in-flight snack from Delta—an apple—with her off of her flight. BBC News and other outlets are reporting this morning that Crystal Tadlock, flying from Paris to New York, wanted to save the in-flight snack for her connecting flight to Denver. She even…
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Feb 27, 2018
Yesterday, Red Sparrow star Jennifer Lawrence's interview with Marc Maron on Maron's WTF podcast caused waves on Twitter thanks to this revelation: She turned off Phantom Thread after three minutes."I got through about three minutes of it," she said. "I put in a good, solid three. Oh my god, I couldn't." Maron went…
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Feb 27, 2018
Those anxious for a partial Pitchfork Music Festival lineup readily watched paint dry this morning, but the organizers also shared that info via more conventional methods, i.e., a press release. As we previously reported, Tame Impala is headlining, with Raphael Saadiq and Japandroids also set to perform during the…
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Feb 27, 2018
[Spoilers for this past Sunday's midseason premiere of The Walking Dead below, so if you haven't already surmised what happens to Coral, consider checking out our new feature about the intersection of the internet and pop culture.]
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Feb 27, 2018
Every year, the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards inspires passionate debate among film fans. Which movie is overrated? Which movie do the critics seem to love? Which one did you actually see and therefore deserves to win? But, as a new video from Vanity Fair explains, before any of these films can even get…
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Feb 27, 2018
Cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu is developing quite the reputation as a graphic biographer. After telling the story of Mama Cass in last year's rich, graceful California Dreamin', she returns to nonfiction with an expansive collection of biographical shorts: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World (First Second). Bagieu…
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Feb 27, 2018
Why is it so hard to make a good movie about Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.? The intertwined story of the two '90s rappers—who became iconic, mural-sized martyrs after being gunned down, just six months apart, in 1996/1997—has all the makings of a compelling drama, from their nigh-mythological upbringings, to a…
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Feb 27, 2018
Into the Breach is out today, and if you own a Windows PC, you should rush to download it. If you buy it from the Humble Store for $15, you'll also get a free copy of the studio's last (also excellent) game, FTL.
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Feb 27, 2018
Big news, comedy fans: Our comedy festival returns May 30-June 3 at various venues in Chicago under a new name, The Onion Comedy & Arts Festival. Why change the name from the amusing-but-difficult-to-remember-and-Google 26th Annual Comedy Festival? Well one, see above. And two, it's The Onion's 30th anniversary in…
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Feb 27, 2018
Note: This post contains plot details of Annihilation, including the ending of the film.
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Feb 27, 2018
The first season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit made clear the emotional toll that investigating these "heinous crimes" takes on the dedicated detectives of the squad. And in the 18 years since, we've watched almost a dozen cops come and go, most of them walking away from the job, but on occasion falling in the…
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Feb 27, 2018
While a decade may seem like a long wait for a sequel, it's not like the basic concept of a group of killers arbitrarily terrorizing people is ever going to lose its appeal. Jason Voorhees may murder for revenge, but the masked villains in The Strangers: Prey At Night just kill you because you're there—they could even…
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Feb 27, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards will air this Sunday, March 4, and Film Club is counting down the days leading up to the ceremony with an examination of this year's major categories. Each day, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky will break down a category and give us their picks for who …
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Feb 27, 2018
We're a culture of anxiety. The myriad intricacies of every relationship, every interaction, and every "friend" on social media is enough to collapse even the most ironclad of constitutions. As such, it's only natural for us, as modern, internet-dwelling humans, to crave simplicity. It's why we latch onto fidget…
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Feb 27, 2018
44-year-old Portland, Oregon resident Michael James Schneider is single, a little lonely, and—like us—enjoys a good pour of premium box wine into a coffee mug every afternoon now and again.
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Feb 27, 2018
On last week's episode of HBO's Crashing, a lame comedian had an audience of college students in stitches with a bit about Bubble Tape. Literally all he was doing was describing Bubble Tape, but his physicality, mannerisms, and vocal climaxes made banal sentences sound like they were jokes, thus prompting a rapturous…
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Feb 27, 2018
Two years ago, the #OscarsSoWhite campaign sent ripples of change throughout Hollywood and forced the film industry's ruling class to come to grips with its own lack of diversity. In response, then Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs launched an initiative to invite over 400 new, younger, and more diverse members…
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Feb 27, 2018
If you are a celebrity, part of the deal is having the same conversation over and over again. On a red carpet, you say how much you liked your coworkers repeatedly. In late-night interviews, you tell the same anecdotes about on-set pranks and are asked about the same scandal night after night. This is part of the gig.
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Feb 27, 2018
Looks like Antoine Fuqua might get to add Scarface to his list of remakes after all—Deadline reports the Magnificent Seven director is back in talks with Universal Pictures to helm a reimagining of the rags-to-mounds-of-cocaine story.
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Feb 27, 2018
There's something to the sub-45 minute album. In under an hour, a good artist can make a statement, establish and explore a theme, and get out without risking the attentive listener developing deep-vein thrombosis from sitting too long. It has long felt like the ideal pop record's length, drummed into us from vinyl…
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Feb 27, 2018
Infinite Scroll is a series about the increasingly blurry lines between the internet, pop culture, and the real world.
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Feb 27, 2018
Last night marked Jimmy Fallon's first full night back as host of The Tonight Show, and, while he'd been releasing quick 5-minute episodes to keep things moving throughout the Olympics, those weren't the appropriate place to address the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, nor the coordinated and…
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Feb 27, 2018
Today's best deals kick off with a crazy deal on an Apple TV 4K, Cuisinart stainless steel cookware, an Alexa device for your car, and more.
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Feb 27, 2018
Matthew Lillard has been a part of some great television, with appearances as the falsely-accused Bill Hastings on Twin Peaks: The Return; the slickly dressed Ken Diebold on Halt And Catch Fire; and Rowby on The Good Wife. At the Sundance premiere of his latest project, Halfway There, we asked Lillard to pick his five…
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Feb 27, 2018
Stacey Dash has gone from teen-comedy star to far-right pundit, which means it's only natural that she now move on to public office. According to The Hill, the Clueless actress and former Fox News cultural commentator has filed campaign documents to run for Congress in California's 44th District.
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Feb 27, 2018
Deadspin The Vikings Are Clearing The Deck Of Quarterbacks To Go After Kirk Cousins | The Root Watch Sarah ‘Suckabee' Sanders Explain What the President Really Meant When He Claimed He Would've Run Into Florida High School | Jezebel Jennifer Lawrence Says She Did Not Have an Affair With Chris Pratt, Alright? | Splinter…
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Jan 31, 2018
Welcome back to AVC Sessions, our series where we bring in an artist, band, musician, singer, rapper, etc. to perform three of their tracks. This round, we're joined in the studio by Lola Kirke. Best known for her appearances in Gone Girl and The Leftovers, as well as her starring role on Mozart In The Jungle, Kirke…
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Jan 31, 2018
For the fourth installment in his Purge series, James DeMonaco plans to explore just how the fictional New Founding Fathers got everyone in this country to agree to an annual 12-hour killing spree. The first teaser for The First Purge plays on nationalist pride with a slide show of smiling Americans, who will soon…
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Jan 31, 2018
Jezebel United Airlines Prevents Woman From Traveling With Emotional Support Peacock | Splinter Everyone Loved Trump's Horrifying Story About the Nice White Couple Taking a Homeless Addict's Baby | Deadspin The Hurricanes Are Finally Ready To Embrace Their Hartford Whaler Past | Earther
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Jan 31, 2018
Zachary Quinto is once more preparing to follow in the late Leonard Nimoy's footsteps. After succeeding the original Spock in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, Quinto has just signed on to another revival of In Search Of..., the iconic paranormal investigation series Nimoy hosted in the '70s.
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Jan 31, 2018
There's an The Force Awakens Novel For Just $2', 'B00WCXL1JW');" data-amazontag="kinjaavclub-20" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WCXL1JW/?kinja_price=2ascsubtag=98dfb7b4e48ef2213c3bfe09fedcbd3701b10dbc&rawdata=[t|link[p|1822584871[a|B00WCXL1JW[au|472972639[b|deals&tag=kinjaavclub-20&ascsubtag=ae801e6f7f7a1b406eb0b3252e6b024a41682fba&rawdata=[t|link[p|1822586044[a|B00WCXL1JW[au|5727177402741770316[b|avclub"official novelization of The Force Awakens, because it wouldn't be Star Wars unless every possible monetization avenue was thoroughly mined, but it's actually supposed to be quite good. If you enjoyed the movie, or Star Wars generally, it's worth downloading to your Kindle for just $2.
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Jan 31, 2018
There's always that one person in your life that has nothing on their walls. Add some awesome infographics to gifting list with 25% off sitewide at Pop Chart Lab. Check out their newest prints, like the Permutations of Pasta and the Magnificent Multitudes of Beer. Enter the code GROUNDHOGDATA at checkout to see your…
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Jan 31, 2018
Black Lightning: B- | The Flash: B | The Alienist: B- | Lucifer: A- |
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Jan 31, 2018
The year in music was off to a promising start thanks to January's many great new albums. And with planned releases from the likes of U.S. Girls, Rhye, and The Soft Moon—not to mention the hotly anticipated Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther soundtrack—February looks to continue that trend. Here are the new records…
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Jan 31, 2018
I am a 38-year-old lesbian, very femme, very out. I have a co-worker I can't figure out. We've worked together for a year and gotten very close. I never want to put out the wrong signals to co-workers, and I err on the side of keeping a safe but friendly distance. This is different. We are each other's confidants at…
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Jan 31, 2018
Donald Trump issued his first State Of The Union address tonight, somehow managing to clear the extraordinarily low bar he's successfully convinced the nation to lower its expectations to accept, in so far as he didn't, like, burn Hillary Clinton in effigy from the center of the House, or call directly for Robert…
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Jan 31, 2018
Both the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show With Trevor Noah stayed up late on Tuesday to deliver live breakdowns of Donald Trump's long, rambling, predictably racist and awful (if obediently on-book) State Of The Union speech. Whether or not attempting to cobble together a show's worth of jokes on the…
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Jan 31, 2018
Here's what's up in the world of television for Wednesday, January 31. All times are Eastern.
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Jan 30, 2018
Here's one for all those The Room fanatics out there who still feel like they've never, truly, been close enough to Tommy Wiseau: the actor, auteur, and subject of last year's The Disaster Artist responded to a recent question about a potential remaster of his beloved cult film by going typically above-and-beyond,…
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Jan 30, 2018
Despite staying mostly quiet and out of sight over the last few months—as his name swiftly became synonymous with a culture of sexual harassment and assault that's slowly revealed itself to be rampant in the Hollywood ecosystem—Harvey Weinstein decided to open his mouth tonight, in an effort to refute the words of one…
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Jan 30, 2018
Right out of the gate, Black Lightning had an understanding that every superhero drama needs, well, both its superhero aspects and its drama aspects. The first two episodes of the series made it very clear that Jefferson Pierce—the father, the ex-husband, and the community leader—was, in many ways, more important than…
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Jan 30, 2018
Lately, the city of Chicago has been rocked by a feud involving an artist from Logan Square named Rae Bees and an animal shelter called Feline Friends, and at the center of the disagreement is a poor little kitty who happens to be named after comedian/musician Reggie Watts. Apparently, cat Reggie is fairly mischievous…
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Jan 30, 2018
Like various '50s spaceships that probably never actually existed—no matter what Tom DeLonge might tell you—the Roswell reboot has officially touched down. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the series—a recreation of a three-season '90s drama about alien teenagers and their attendant raging alien hormones—has scored a pilot…
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Jan 30, 2018
For the second week in a row, The Flash puts its season-long arc on the back burner in favor of a comedic one-off, making a strong (if unintended) argument in favor of scaling back the show's serialized ambitions. This fourth season was at its best early on, when the DeVoes were in the shadows and the bus metas took…
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Jan 30, 2018
On paper, John Krasinski starring in a TV show about Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character for Amazon doesn't sound like it would be particularly dated, as people will always have a taste for both Jim from The Office and dramatic CIA action, but this trailer for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan feels oddly like something from a…
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Jan 30, 2018
In a move that, we can't help pointing out, was pretty clearly cribbed from this summer's Justice League, star Jim Caviezel has confirmed that his Jesus Christ will be back for The Passion Of The Christ 2, even though he totally died in the first one. Caviezel—who's currently gearing up for a different Christian epic…
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Jan 30, 2018
Apple's iPhone X is an unbelievable marvel of technology with a seemingly endless list of exciting new features and capabilities. , which is the kind of detail that overshadows literally everything else about it. Want to get on your phone by scanning your face? Well, it costs $1,000. Want to use those animated emoji…
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Jan 30, 2018
Pong—the groundbreaking electronic table tennis game that's been known to remain absolutely riveting for upwards of seven minutes at a time—is about to get the TV game show treatment. Not just any Pong, though; Variety reports that the famously minimalist Atari title is being spruced up with the addition of big ol'…
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Jan 30, 2018
The Root Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person | Adequate Man Which Industry Has The Worst Jargon? | Jezebel Mark Salling Has Died By Apparent Suicide | Earther
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Jan 30, 2018
After handing the keys to directors David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, Halloween director John Carpenter has largely stepped back, allowing series star Jamie Lee Curtis, returning to the role that made her famous—babysitter/survivor Laurie Strode—to keep fans updated on the status of the upcoming 11th entry in the …
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Jan 30, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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