Watch Kanye West Deliver a 7 Minute Meandering Rant on The Ellen Show
Kanye goes on another rant. We’ve read and heard that statement hundreds of times, but today that statement is greeted by a few surprising new words: Kanye goes on another rant on a fluffy, feel-good...
View ArticleIf ’30 Rock’ Is Hillary Clinton, Then ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Is Bernie Sanders
Outside her rabid fan base, Tina Fey is best known for her flawless impersonation of vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, don’tchaknow. But binge-watch enough Netflix and/or C-SPAN Benghazi hearings...
View ArticleThe Real ‘Full House’ Home Is Up For Sale! Take a Look Inside
Hey, can I borrow $4.15 million? I left my trust fund in a past lifetime. You see, I need the cash because the 1883 Victorian that served as the exterior for the Full House home is up for sale. It’s a...
View ArticleWinnie Cooper Explains How Math Helped Her Move Beyond Winnie Cooper
Escaping child stardom with your sanity, self-worth and sense of reality intact is — as Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Corey Feldman could tell you — nothing short of a triumph. It’s probably not a...
View Article‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 2’ Cast Revealed! Here’s Who Will Win and Who...
Last summer, a second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars was announced. I immediately put together a list of the queens that needed to be involved and then waited. And waited. Interviewed Season...
View ArticleJust Keep Swimming: Quotes, Songs and Other Pop Culture Bits That Help During...
On the morning of December 14, 2012, I was getting ready to head off to my job as a kindergarten art aide when I first heard the news of the Sandy Hook tragedy. I cried all the way to school, as I...
View ArticleThe History of Abortion on Network TV, and What It Means for Women Today
This morning, those of us who believe in a woman’s right to choose have something to celebrate: the Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions in Texas. But victory has become an unfamiliar...
View ArticleChad from ‘The Bachelorette’ Continues a Troubling Trend of Violence as...
After 20 seasons, The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise is a well-oiled machine. Each season comes with a few guarantees: no person of color will make it to the final four; the promos for future...
View ArticleGilmore Girls: Watch Lorelai and Rory Debate Amy Schumer, John Oliver and...
Every Thanksgiving, I watch “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving,” my fourth favorite Gilmore Girls episode of all time, and give thanks that such a clever, feel-good, autumn-tinted dream of a show...
View ArticleMiss Cleo Has Died; Long Live Miss Cleo
Miss Cleo, perhaps the most famous late-night TV infomercial psychic in our grand American tradition of late-night TV infomercial psychics, died yesterday, July 26, in Palm Beach, Florida. She was 53...
View ArticleYou’re An Idiot, Steve Harrington: ‘Stranger Things’ and a Field Guide To...
[Warning: Spoilers ahead!] I assume that like most streaming TV fiends, you’ve devoured the entire season of Stranger Things, Netflix’s addictive new Winona Ryder-starring thriller that craftily...
View Article‘Broad City’ Stars Imagine How Colonial Women Would React to Hillary...
This week, Hillary Clinton officially became the first woman to be nominated for the Presidency by a major party. This is a big deal to most Americans today. But what of the women back in 1776? What...
View ArticleGet Your First Look at Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange as Bette Davis and...
Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford, a.k.a. the Old-Hollywood feud that makes Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Lopez look like child’s play, is coming to a TV (or — let’s be real — a laptop screen) near you on...
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies
Our episode starts with a blinged-out, bored Victoria riding around town. Some people gather to watch her carriage pass: But, elsewhere, a much larger crowd gathers to protest: “One Man, One Vote,” the...
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: You’re So Vain
Our episode starts where the last left off. Albert rudely interrupts Victoria’s concerto, when he could have very easily cooled his jets and waited for her to finish doing her thing. Victoria’s cute...
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues
Our episode begins with Victoria and Albert being awkward virgins. Albert’s brother, Ernst, who’s had sex approximately one billion times with prostitutes all across Europe, can’t stand to watch....
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Make Love to You
Before we get to this week’s episode, I need to share a bit of actual history. This is a real letter Victoria wrote to Lord Melbourne about her wedding night: “It was a gratifying and bewildering...
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: C’mon Ride the Train
Our episode begins with Victoria and Albert pretending to care about a classical music concert. The Queen seductively rubs her pinky finger against the Prince’s pinky finger. This British mating call...
View ArticleRupaul’s Drag Race: Let’s Overanalyze the Season 9 Trailer
Still from RuPaul’s Drag Race trailer. Photo: VH1 / Logo It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not the holiday season, but the beginning of a new RuPaul’s Drag Race season! The trailer for the...
View Article‘Victoria’ Season 1 Finale Recap: Bye Bye Baby Blues
Our episode begins with Victoria saying, “Ugh, I’m so bored of this!” No, she’s not talking about every unnecessary servant storyline this season; she’s referencing how lame being pregnant is. All she...
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