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We Went There: Kanye West Fills in for Frank Ocean and Conquers FYF Fest
The first thing you notice about Kanye West’s stage setup is the fog. Does there have to be so much of it? The artist in question is not shy, which raises the question of why he feels the need to...
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’: Juelia Gets Her Revenge, and Suggestions on How to...
In Mad Max’s Thunderdome, the rules are simple: two men enter, one man leaves. On the equally sadistic Bachelor in Paradise, the rules are made up on the fly and subject to constant revision. Do you...
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‘Mr. Robot’ Precap: Predictions for the Season Finale of This Year’s Craziest...
Mr. Robot, USA Network’s audacious foray into prestige TV, swiftly became the best show of the summer through a combination of twisty plots, stellar acting, and feature-film-level cinematography. It’s...
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Breaking Down the Matchups in ‘Captain America: Civil War’
Captain America: Civil War, the latest entry in the never-ending story that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently wrapped production with an eye on a May 6, 2016, release date. Taking its...
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‘Grantland Soccer Podcast’: Trouble in Chelsea and the Weekend Premier League...
Chris Ryan talks to Dave Schilling and Mike L. Goodman about the weekend Premier League action and the trouble at Chelsea....
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’: Samantha Turns on Joe and Ashley I. Books a Night in...
Last night, “Bachelor legend” Chris Bukowski retired from his illustrious career as a reality TV punch line. Chris Harrison unveiled a basketball jersey folded into a picture frame with Chris’s name on...
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Q&A: Michael Shannon Talks ‘99 Homes,’ Ambition, and ‘Batman v Superman’
Michael Shannon’s been having a lot of fun with the Internet lately. A seemingly innocuous comment in an interview with Vulture about having to wear flippers for his role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of...
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’: The Epic Season Finale That Will Change Everything...
Toward the end of last night’s final episode of Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, Chris Harrison declared “there is nothing worse than an empty promise.” Um, might I be so bold as to disagree? How...
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‘Grantland Pop Culture Podcast’: Toro y Moi on His New, Totally Free Record
Chillwave godfather Chaz Bundick calls in to talk to Dave Schilling about his new, totally free record, Samantha, featuring Kool A.D., Washed Out, and Rome Fortune....
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‘Grantland Pop Culture Podcast’: Paul Scheer on the Final Season of ‘The...
Paul Scheer drops by the studio to talk to Dave Schilling about the final season of the fantasy football comedy The League and his journey with Bachelor in Paradise....
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Stolen Summers and Box Office Bombs: Revisiting the Failed Movies of ‘Project...
In today’s ever-expanding content megaverse, intellectual property never really dies. It merely hibernates until weather conditions prove more hospitable to its environmental needs. Case in point, this...
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Terryology: Decoding Terrence Howard’s ‘Rolling Stone’ Interview/Advanced...
Yesterday’s Rolling Stone profile of Empire star Terrence Howard had the Internet confused, confounded, and scratching its collective head. Much of the piece described Howard’s unconventional worldview...
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‘Grantland Pop Culture Podcast’: Josh Gondelman of ‘Last Week Tonight’
Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Josh Gondelman joins Dave Schilling to talk about his new book, the Modern Seinfeld Twitter account, and the Celtics-Lakers rivalry....
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Songs of the Week: Skylar Spence, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio, and the...
Neon Indian, “Slumlord” I’ve had some rough things to say about Neon Indian and his role in the chillwave explosion of 2009. Specifically, I pointed out that his lyrics are mostly inane nonsense and...
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Marisa Tomei Dancing on the ‘Empire’ Season Premiere Broke My Mind
Last night’s season premiere of Empire was a master class in ludicrousness; a veritable Vegas Seafood Buffet of hashtaggable moments. The show began with the audacious, racially transgressive image of...
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Sam Smith’s New James Bond Theme: A Deadly Serious Review
Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall” — the theme to the next James Bond film, Spectre — finally hit the Internet today, and opinions are mixed. The Guardian referred to it as sounding like an X Factor...
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I Ain’t No Snitch: The Worst Thing You Can Do on ‘Empire’ Is Tell the Truth
I sometimes like to pretend that Empire is a logical, normal television program that doesn’t throw common sense into a dumpster filled with old cloth diapers. In simpler times, before we hit Peak TV,...
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Hakeem Lyon’s Search for True Love Continues on ‘Empire’
Dear reader, please allow me the indulgence of preempting today’s usual Empire excavation in order to dabble in some real-life celebrity gossip. Grace Gealey, the actress who plays Anika, and Trai...
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‘SNL’ Alum Michaela Watkins Gets Serious With Her New Hulu Sitcom, ‘Casual’
On her new Hulu series Casual, Michaela Watkins plays a recently divorced single mother in Los Angeles named Valerie so mired in soul-crushing ennui and so irrevocably stuck in neutral that she chooses...
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Neon Indian Goes to ‘Night School’ With His Sleazy, Fun New Album
There was a moment during Neon Indian’s Sunday performance at this year’s FYF festival in Los Angeles when I could finally say I understood the work of Alan Palomo. As he flailed around in an oversize...
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