Your Guide to This Oscar Season’s Best Actor Bloodbath

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Only five will hear their names called come nomination day. Which of them will make it in? Start placing your bets. (Note: This list assumes that Christian Bale and Tom Hanks will run in the supporting-actor category. Will they be able to stomach this noxious Joker, who lacks even the reptilian charisma of Ledgers version?...

October 18, 2019 · 2 min · 244 words · Joseph Rose

A Guide to Asian Restaurants, by Ali Wong

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This might be the most important lesson in this book. Being able to select a great Asian restaurant is a big source of pride for me. Its what our family does together on the weekends. General rule of thumb: 99 percent of the clientele should be Asian. If you see groups of old Asian women there, thats a very, very good sign....

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 114 words · Mr. Peter Jimenez

From Masked Avengers to Space Squids: A Short History of theWatchmenUniverse

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Sure, you could go intoHBOsWatchmencold. Hooded Justice TheWatchmenuniverse doesnt start to peel off from our own until 1938. Whether or not Hooded Justice took inspiration from Superman remains an open question. In fact, Moore and Gibbons leave much about Hooded Justice an open question. Little is known about why he began brawling with would-be robbers in the fall of 1938....

October 17, 2019 · 2 min · 351 words · Jason Cooper

How Do I Survive in Hollywood on an Assistant’s Salary?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In show business, they say that its all about who you know. Well, youre in luck because now you know Priyanka! Im a recent college graduate, and I want to be a comedy writer. But … how do I start? Not, like, what are the steps, but how much do assistants make? And how do they pay for things?...

October 17, 2019 · 2 min · 384 words · Tiffany Mcdonald

Jeopardy!’s Newest Head Writer on ‘Problematic’ Clues and Alex Trebek’s Morning Routine

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You love those Before and After categories? Or how Daily Doubles fall on the board? I was very happily a researcher for about two and a half years. I have to say that I couldnt have asked for a nicer, more supportive cohead writerthan Billy. We were having trouble with it in research. But our days are generally very fluid....

October 17, 2019 · 3 min · 436 words · Nicholas Good

Kurt Sutter Fired FromMayans M.C.for Being ‘an Abrasive Dick’ (His Words)

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Or at least thats how Disney has interpreted it. This morning I was fired by Dana Walden and John Landgraf for all the complaints levied against me. Not the way I wanted to end my 18 year relationship with FX. My intention was literally the opposite. Clearly I ruffled a few mouse ears, he wrote....

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 133 words · Robert Doyle

Nickelodeon and Disney to Release Dueling Underwater-Themed Live Musical Events

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. ItsAntzvs.A Bugs Lifeall over again. Meanwhile, Nickelodeon has their own undersea adventure in the works. It was announced today that Tony-nominatedSpongeBob SquarePantsmusical will debut on the channel in December. The original cast and director are reuniting, according toDeadline. Sources Related Tags:

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 56 words · Mary Holmes

Studio Ghibli Movies Will Finally Be Available to Stream

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In a way, Studio Ghibli movies have always streamed, havent they? Like ababbling book, like aflow state, like astreamofconsciousness, like (spoiler alert!) howHaku is a river. But theyve never actually, like,streamedstreamed. Not until next spring, anyway. Related Tags:

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 53 words · Linda Velazquez

Tekashi 6ix9ine Documentary Wars Commence As Showtime Announces Series to Compete With 50 Cent’s

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Get ready to see double again, with two docuseries about Tekashi 6ix9ine now in the works. Today, Showtime announced a series about theever-snitchingracketeer and sex offender, oncean emblematic star of SoundCloud rap. Its unclear when either will premiere. The court recently moved his sentencing up to December 14 from a previously set January 24 date....

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 72 words · Brandon Daniel

The Pete Davidson and Margaret Qualley Thing Is Reportedly Over

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Or were they just a creation ofUsall along? Who can really say?) A close source tells the publication the two remain friends, which is nice to hear. Youd hate for some lovely boat rides around Venice and time spent at airports together to end acrimoniously. He also started the yeardating Kate Beckinsale. So, these two are probably going to be just fine....

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 80 words · Debbie Harris

The Rise of Timothée Chalamet, Hollywood’s New King

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Here, the accumulated wisdom from countless interviews of (and about) the internets latest boyfriend. Where He Grew Up New York City, on 43rd Street in Hells Kitchen. Theres education within that, I guess. In one,he raps about statistics. What He Orders at McDonalds Im a chicken-nuggets man. He brought a bag to his first day of filming onCall Me by Your Name....

October 17, 2019 · 2 min · 255 words · Linda Yu

The Worst Snubs in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame History (So Far)

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Some even had it in the headline. Its an immediately recognizable shorthand for significance. And the typical response is often one of incredulity, if not outrage. How is this artist not already in?! This artist sucks and doesnt belong! Who cares about the Rock Hall? Today, the Hall announced its slate of nominees for induction in 2025....

October 17, 2019 · 3 min · 535 words · Derek Cohen

Theater Review:The Sound InsideJust Keeps Looking at Itself

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres nothing wrong withThe Sound Insides pedigree. And Lord knows its dangerous to have your characters talking about technique. Are we here to listen to the playwright give himselfcompliments? What an odd use of time. The characters and, indeed, the play itself make a fetish of books. The play is similarly obsessed with narration. He suddenly looks impossibly young, like an oversized 14-year-old....

October 17, 2019 · 1 min · 161 words · Krista Davenport