The Academy Has Been Shamed Into Allowing All 5 Original Song Nominees to Perform at the Oscars

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Things we’d like to announce today:1. @IAMJHUDwill perform the nominated song “I’ll Fight” on the#Oscars!2. This has been our favorite tweet of the day. PerVariety, the songs will be performed in shorter, 90-second formats. Previously, producers told talent reps that there wouldnt be time for all nominees to perform ina slimmed-down show. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will perform Shallow....

January 31, 2019 · 1 min · 78 words · Kylie Williamson

The BrinkShows How to Make a Steve Bannon Movie Without Giving Him a Platform

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. My shit at Auschwitz rocked!Steve Bannonproudly proclaims early on in Alison Klaymans documentaryThe Brink. Speaking of the camps, Bannon is curiously uninterested in the evils they represent. He marvels at the precision German engineering of Birkenau, and imagines the meetings at which it was designed. (The rest of the media, we could say, has already done that....

January 31, 2019 · 1 min · 194 words · Cassidy Johnson

The Latest YA Twitter Pile On Forces a Rising Star to Self-Cancel

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Blood Heir, the first in a planned three-book series, began as the ultimate social mediameetspublishing success story. (Blood Heirwas not slated to publish until June; some reviewers had advance copies.) Nevertheless, the latter allegations caught the attention of social-justice-minded readers, and the controversy began to balloon. A smattering of one-star reviews cropped up on ZhaosGoodreads page....

January 31, 2019 · 1 min · 192 words · Rhonda Perez

The Ted Bundy TapesExamines an Infamous Serial Killer, But Finds Only a Horrifying Void

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. His spree made international headlines. If youre interested in true crime, and serial killers in particular, you might already know all this. I guess were all historians. I mean, talk about fiction thats what history is. There were at least 30 other stories that Berlinger couldve told: those of Bundys victims. This is particularly disappointing in light of Berlingers track record....

January 31, 2019 · 1 min · 93 words · Tonya Erickson

This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Meet theMaisel Goys

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The comedy podcast universe is ever-expanding, not unlike the universe universe. Were here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick their favorites. We hope to have your ears permanently plugged with the best in aural comedy....

January 31, 2019 · 2 min · 224 words · Debra Hobbs

Al Jean’s Five Favorite Episodes ofThe Critic

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We cant quit Jay Sherman. Voiced by (and created for) Jon Lovitz, Sherman, on paper, looked like a winner. But his was hardly the glamorous life. Divorced, he was the quintessential sad sack. On paper, too,The Criticlooked like a sure thing. Its creators,Al Jean and Mike Reiss, were showrunners onThe Simpsonsduring its classic third and fourth seasons....

January 30, 2019 · 3 min · 636 words · Briana Mason

Alia Shawkat’s Quiet Rebellion

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Alia Shawkats career could be described as a study of womens intimate relationships with each other. What number Sundance is this for you?My fifth! Youre an old pro now.Oh, yeah. Ive got it down pat. You have a tendency to star in projects that deal with an intimate relationship between two women. Is that something you look for consciously?...

January 30, 2019 · 8 min · 1515 words · Leah Steele

Anne Hath a Way for You to Better Insult Her (It’s Puns)

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I thought movie stars had to have a certain body. I was just smoking, just smoking my nerves away and wasnt nourishing myself. Hathaway has since learned how to deal with haters (have youseen her Instagram? Everybodys entitled to their opinion, she said. What I appreciate is when the negativity has some intelligence behind it....

January 30, 2019 · 1 min · 107 words · Michael Perez

Céline Dion Has Blessed the BiopicThe Power of LoveWith Rights to Her Music

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The idea of a Celine Dion biopic is thrilling and nerve-racking. Of course its what she deserves, but who who?? could possibly capture such an essence onscreen but the icon herself? And can Lemercier maybe find a way to include Thats the Way It Is? Were asking for a friend. Sources Related Tags:

January 30, 2019 · 1 min · 68 words · Stephen Graham

I Tried to Be Virginia Woolf. A Brilliant New Memoir Comes Closer.

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The room has its own energy the air moves more freely and breathing comes easier. The bed is pressed up against a sea-green bookshelf; her head rested among words. Three years ago, I spent four days living as close to that room as a civilian possibly can. Except it wasnt my life I was living, but a cozy simulacrum of Woolfs....

January 30, 2019 · 3 min · 440 words · Christopher Garrett

RiverdaleRecap: Who Shot H.L.?

Riverdale Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Im going to give it to you straight, friends: There is too much going on this episode. Like, five different games are afoot. Ill see you on the other side. Veronica comes to see Jughead, P.I. in full 1940s noir drag. She wants him to find her fathers(attempted) murderer, and shell pay cash. The prodigal Lodge daughter even has a primary suspect for Jug to look into: her mother....

January 30, 2019 · 3 min · 465 words · Pamela Wright DDS

Schitt’s CreekRecap: Off the Rack

Schitts Creek Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Schitts Creekis consistently overflowing with jokes. Honestly, Moiras even bringing up the idea of the Roses getting back to their old lives was jarring. I mean, look at David. His heart is big! Hes a good friend! to remedy her disappointment. Stevie seems happy (two episodes with Stevie smiling? Alexis meets Shannon, a vet school friend of Teds who is helping out at the clinic....

January 30, 2019 · 2 min · 271 words · Austin Hamilton

SweetheartIs a Diamond-Sharp, No-Nonsense Survival Thriller

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. She finds one of her companions, but hes mortally wounded and dies within minutes. The need to leave this place soon becomes more urgent. (Also found: a book of scary campfire stories, offering a charming bit of foreshadowing.) Loud noises in the middle of the night wake her up. She buries her friend, but his body goes missing in the morning....

January 30, 2019 · 1 min · 149 words · Chelsea Brown