One Direction to Taylor Swift: Hashtag Get Over It

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  Sherie Connelly

One Direction. When Taylor Swift accepted the award for Best Female Video for “I Knew You Were Trouble” at the VMAs on Sunday, she threw some major shade at her ex Harry Styles: “I also want to thank the person who inspired this song, who knows exactly who he is, because now I got one of these,” she said. We brought the not-so-subtle dis up to his One Direction bandmates at the New York premiere of their concert doc, One Direction: This Is Us, last night, and they responded in the most charmingly sarcastic way possible, starting with Liam Payne: “When she said those things about Niall, we were very, very pissed off,” he joked. [Read More]

One Week in Tears of the Kingdom

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1765 words  |  Sherie Connelly

The newest Legend of Zelda game, Tears of the Kingdom, has arrived, hitting our Slack channels, DMs, memes, and social calendars with all the gravitational force of a Hylian swordsman falling through the sky. The first Zelda game playable on the Nintendo Switch, 2017’s Breath of the Wild, became an instant classic, and more than six years later, its sequel is already a hit — delighting gamers around the world with a refreshed version of its map (including a full sky) and mechanics that emphasize the player’s freedom of choice. [Read More]

Only Murders in the Building Recap: Hanky Panky

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1660 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Only Murders in the Building Grab Your Hankies Season 3 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Only Murders in the Building Grab Your Hankies Season 3 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » If there’s one thing this show loves, apart from elevators and scarves, it’s a voice-over. [Read More]

Only Murders in the BuildingRecap: Romantic Fury

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1476 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Only Murders in the Building Double Time Season 1 Episode 9 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Only Murders in the Building Double Time Season 1 Episode 9 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » This week on Only Murders in the Building, Charles learns that Jan, the first person he has let into his life in years, is lying to him. [Read More]

Oppenheimer Could Dominate the Oscars. Barbie Could Win Best Picture.

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1283 words  |  Sherie Connelly

I am become Oscar, destroyer of nerds. This article was originally published on July 28. We are recirculating it now timed to Barbie’s streaming debut on Max. Be sure to also read Alison Willmore’s review of the film, Jen Chaney’s tribute to Allan, its unsung hero, and Allison P. Davis’ close-read analysis of what Greta Gerwig is trying to tell us. In July’s Barbenheimer explosion, the world witnessed something it had never seen before: A movie meme actually lived up to the hype. [Read More]

Our Spooky, Sexy Yellowjackets Theories

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1614 words  |  Zora Stowers

Spoilers follow for the Yellowjackets season-two episode “Qui,” which premiered on May 5.  Every week, Yellowjackets immerses us in dual eldritch torments: the horror of being a teenage girl alone in the wilderness, battling hunger, clique drama, and a possibly evil supernatural entity, and the awfulness of being an adult forced to reconnect with the past you thought you’d left behind. Both are equally frightening, and both inspire endless theorizing — citizen detectives, get your inquisitive minds ready! [Read More]

Over the Garden Wall Is the Perfect Fall TV Show

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  991 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Pumpkin people, presumed fans of fall. This story originally ran last fall. We’re republishing it because it is, once again, fall. There’s finally a chill in the air, a breeze in one’s step, and a nip in one’s nips. Fall is here, bringing with it the sense memories of walking home from a new grade of school, the crunch of leaves underfoot, the smell of distant bonfires, and staying inside to watch Nora Ephron movies. [Read More]

P-Valleys J. Alphonse Nicholson on Showing Lil Murdas Tender Side

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1765 words  |  Zora Stowers

Down in the fictional Mississippi Delta town of Chucalissa, in the rich world surrounding a strip club and the people connected to it, there’s always something brewing. In episode four of the Starz series P-Valley, “Demethrius,” the recurring theme of what it means to survive and the ways that takes shape reached new heights in a sex scene that’s equal parts tender and subversive, as J. Alphonse Nicholson’s Lil Murda, the southern-to-the-bone rapper you can’t help but root for, and his longtime friend turned tour security Big Teak (John Clarence Stewart) find respite with each other. [Read More]

Packed Crowd Turns Up for Smash Mouth Concert Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  Zora Stowers

Just as we were once told, the world continues to roll us, but according to the bands and attendees at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip, part of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in (you guessed it) Sturgis, South Dakota, it didn’t make sense not to live for fun, despite the still very real risk of coronavirus infection. Videos of the band Smash Mouth playing to a packed crowd, most of them singing along sans mask and approximately none of them practicing social distancing effectively, emerged on Sunday evening. [Read More]