Saturday Night LiveRecap: Has Nate Bargatze Cracked theSNLCode?

Saturday Night Live Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. At the time, the hosts lightly self-deprecating banter was probably accurate. (His only acting credit so far is from a 2014 episode ofMaron.) Talk about a shock. Now, Bargatze has quickly returned as a conquering hero. Seldom has a comedians affect seemed so directly in conflict with the thrust of their material....

October 6, 2024 · 2 min · 223 words · Ryan Walsh

The PenguinRecap: This Is Gotham

The Penguin Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You act like wanting more is a bad thing, but dont you want a better life than this? Does Oz Cobb really have what it takes to beat a shrewd psycho killer like Sofia? Turns out it was more Sofias shipment than Albertos. The shipment is from Arkham State Hospital, which means it was morehergame from the get-go....

October 6, 2024 · 4 min · 661 words · Ana Meza

The Walking Dead: Daryl DixonRecap: Bonne Chance

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. How many different translations ofzombiewill we know by the end of this franchise? And Hanna explains that she and Eun originally came here for a climate-research project tracking glacier melt. Never screw with somebodys mother, Hanna says, speaking Carols language. But its only a matter of time until these climate researchers show their true, creepy colors....

October 6, 2024 · 2 min · 342 words · Dustin Campbell

Tulsa KingRecap: The Boss Boomer

Tulsa King Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its an endearing scene for two reasons. One, it suggests rather emphatically the best state of mind in which to watchTulsa King. (I mean, Im guessing.) In Tulsa, the potential double agents in Dwights crew are dealing with the ramifications of their decision. Last week, underboss Goodie chose to stick with Dwight, stabbing Bevilacquas hitman in the back....

October 6, 2024 · 1 min · 189 words · Kevin Porter

A Second Helping ofThe PlatformIsn’t as Tasty as the First

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But at what point does a great premise start to feel a little picked over? But theres also no mistaking this plate of reheated morsels for the fuller meal the original served. But is wasting food in the name of equality a just system? How many revolutions of the people have found their old system replaced by a new fascism?...

October 5, 2024 · 1 min · 169 words · Beth Miller

Cinematrix Clarifications & Corrections Vol. 3: Trick or Treat

We like to think were the latter, but these rules do get tricky. A new Cinematrix drops every morning. you’re able to play pastCinematrixes hereand seeevery category definition here. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. With an autumnal chill in the air, were rounding into October at the Cinematrix. We wrestle with category definitions, genre distinctions, and what constitutes an acting performance....

October 4, 2024 · 3 min · 619 words · Tracy Kelley

Kim Kardashian Calls for the Menendez Brothers’ Release

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I doubt anyone would claim to be the same person they were at 18, she wrote. I know Im not! Then she called for their life sentences to be reconsidered. But perhaps the most loaded part of Kardashians op-ed comes when she invokes theO.J. Simpsontrial to contextualize theMenendeztrial: More than four months after the Menendez mistrials, O....

October 4, 2024 · 1 min · 103 words · Kelly Robertson

NYC’s Newest Music Festival Was a Gay Dream

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It was a less crunchy Lilith Fair for a flashier, draggier generation of femmes and themmes. It was, as the bandMunacalled it in giant letters onstage, LESBOPALOOZA. The main character of the weekend wasChappell Roan, and she wasnt even there. I just sobbed, she said. My mom looked at me like somebodydied. Everywhere you turned that Saturday, when she was meant to perform, you saw a Chappell Roan fan....

October 4, 2024 · 2 min · 342 words · Christopher Sharp PhD

Ryan Murphy Doesn’t Understand How True Crime Has Changed

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I dont know which one of those possibilities scares me more. He essentially platforms talking points against the brothers. The series itself takes that perspective. TheMonstersfranchise is no stranger to controversy. Empathetically depicting traumatized characters while attending to the harm they inflict requires nuanced storytelling. This is especially true as conversations around mental health have questioned the sensationalizing spectacle of thesociopath and psychopath....

October 4, 2024 · 2 min · 322 words · Toni Austin

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jon Stewart’s Compassion Won Late Night This Week

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This was a mildly underwhelming week, news wise. If nothing else, it gave hisdiscussion with Andrew Garfieldof theweird carousel horsefromWe Live in Timethat much more frisson. Heres what else got the brass ring this week in late night. Hats off to Jake Tapper for being a good sport with Triumph. That has to be a lot to contend with at 1 a....

October 4, 2024 · 1 min · 213 words · Christopher Scott

The Arkham Puzzle

New crosswords dropped daily. Find all our gameshere. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. More Crosswords Tags:

October 4, 2024 · 1 min · 26 words · Michael Alvarado

The Great British Baking ShowRecap: Puppet Strings Attached

The Great British Baking Show Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its so crazy when things happen on theGreat British Copyright Infringement. I cant believe I just typed that entire sentence (and its all accurate). This is the most regal storm-off Ive ever seen on reality TV. But this time, its just a nice old (and shockingly ripped!) man from the Bronx just fading off into the distance....

October 4, 2024 · 2 min · 372 words · Brenda Wheeler

What Is a Brooklyn Artist?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When I moved to New York in 1980, most artists lived in Manhattan. For some time now, the bulk of the artists in the city have lived and worked in Brooklyn. Everything at the Brooklyn Museum is done on a shoestring. To mark its 200th anniversary (who knew an American museum could be this old?...

October 4, 2024 · 2 min · 230 words · Mary Avila