HowClippedDramatized the Facts to Expose the Truth

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And Im a white showrunner telling a story about race. I had hours and hours and hours of recordings to work from, but there were some gaps. In the last act or two of the finale, there are several significant conversations that take place. I want to start with the conversation between Doc and LeVar Burton....

July 5, 2024 · 3 min · 632 words · Patrick Gibson

The Radioactive 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:

July 5, 2024 · 1 min · 26 words · Madeline Randall

13 TV Conversation Starters for Your Fourth of July Barbecue

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Fourth of July weekend has begun, and you know what that means: barbecues! And you cant spell BBQs without Qs, as in questions. (There are probably others, but ugh, too many logins.) 1.What TV character would win in a hot-dog-eating contest? Sample conversation:Oh, hes supposed to be British. Yeah, but the actorisfrom New Zealand. Actually, so is the guy who plays Homelander....

July 4, 2024 · 2 min · 228 words · Martin Ross

Cinematrix Clarifications & Corrections, Vol. 1

A chronicle of pedantry, delusion, and bliss from the games first 100 grids. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its a milestone moment: we justpublished the 100th Cinematrix. And to be clear, we love this. The enthusiasm and competitiveness and overall level of politeness in the feedback you share with us has been heartening. Its been a fun road to the century mark....

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · 613 words · Kent Rojas

EvilRecap: Demon Detected

Evil Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You dont make that kind of threat lightly! Apparently, if they dont take it theyll age 20 years in 20 days. It sounds gross, but also I would like to see that. Both Sheryl and Leland stab each other. Like, really, really stab each other. Both Sheryl and Leland survive their wounds, butwow, is it so on....

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · 629 words · Daniel Ray

Kendrick Lamar Takes a Victory Lap With ‘Not Like Us’ Music Video

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its all eyes on Kendrick Lamar once again in the music video for Not Like Us. Months after droppinghis No. The video, which he co-directed with Dave Free, opens with a short freestyle. Now lets just hope Drake doesnt respond with a Heart Part 6 video. None of us need that. Related Tags:

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · 68 words · Victoria Frank

Kesha Releases Her First Independent Single

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its a joyous demand. Oh, you say you love me? / Thats funny / Well, so do I. The chorus is just as bold. No need for kids when shes already earned the status by virtue of being herself. I am Mother, she declares. You dont have to tell us twice. Related Tags:

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · 68 words · Michelle Haney

Kids’ Movies Are Saving the Summer Box Office

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Family movies have become the savior of box office this summer, saysPaul Dergarabedian, senior analyst for Comscore. But just not that fast.) Whats the next thing we can go see? Whats the next thing I can take my kids to? They feed each other in a lot of ways. But expectDespicable Me 4andInside Out 2to claim the box offices No....

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · 83 words · Ethan Peters

LetHouse of the Dragon’s Women Be Evil

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Want to watchHouse of the Dragonwith us? This affords the writers and performers ofHouse of the Dragongreat leeway when it comes to characterization. Alicent is presented as a sexually manipulative schemer, Rhaenyra a vengeful harpy. On a thematic level, this was undoubtedly the correct move. But on a plotting level, its responsible forHouse of the Dragons biggest groaners....

July 4, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Diana Lawson

Let’s Talk About the Boldly Fatalistic Ending ofA Quiet Place: Day One

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In one respect,A Quiet Place: Day Oneplays it safe. We get more scenes of characters creeping across a ravaged post-invasion America, eyes wide and mouths tightly shut. Of course, safe is a relative distinction in the risk-averse arena of blockbuster moviemaking. Theyre also pretty downbeat as far as multiplex thrill rides go. That would be our heroine, Sam, a terminally ill poet played by Lupita Nyongo....

July 4, 2024 · 2 min · 293 words · Charles Brown

The BoysRecap: Alt-right Cocktail Party

The Boys Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its no secret thatThe Boyss political commentary and satire have become increasingly obvious over the years. With fear for our democracy, I dissent.) Setting aside our own declining nation, Dirty Business is another pretty entertaining episode ofThe Boys. (I hated even typing that.) Its when Hughie loses signal down in the hidden Tek Cave that everything slowly goes to shit....

July 4, 2024 · 2 min · 281 words · Rachel Spencer

A Hip-Hop ‘What If …’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. James BlakeandLil Yachtyare a match made in buddy-comedy heaven. He wrote briskly over instrumentals by Blake, who tinkered further afterward. The best songs benefit from these differences in process, seeming catchy and loose yet carefully structured. Theres no interest in hiding his hand this time. Instead, Boat seems interested in legitimacy. Missing Man came out in ten minutes, Blake told Zane Lowe in a cheeky Apple Music interview....

July 3, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · Mary Armstrong

Bewitched, Bored, and Bewildered

The bad lessons Hollywood is learning from the success ofBeverly Hills Cop II. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Notes on a summer-season mega-hit: Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer have ruined my breakfast again. The most important lesson: Bring movies under tight producer and studio control. Most producers and studio executives are interested only in hits. Making hits, not good movies, is the way up the status ladder in Hollywood....

July 3, 2024 · 3 min · 430 words · Samantha Dodson