The Secret to a Good Mystery Movie? It Isn’t the Surprise

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Audiences today are both eager and more capable of processing much more complex stories, Green says. So the onus falls off of surprise, he concludes. I dont believe there is the possibility of surprise. The mystery just gives them a reason to be there, Green says. Plenty of fans will disagree with me, but Christie doesnt concern herself with deep characterizations....

October 16, 2019 · 1 min · 207 words · Todd Long

Craig Ferguson to Host ABC’sThe Hustler, the Game Show With a Scam Built Right In

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. If one of your fellow contestants looks like J. Lo with glasses and a big fake mustache, youre right to be suspicious. The ladies fromHustlerswould make a mint playingABCs newest game showThe Hustler. So they obviously have a much easier time winning, right? Dont be fooled, the web link says inThe Hustlers press release Monday....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 133 words · April Hoffman

Elton John Describes a Bizarre Lunch With Michael Jackson in New Memoir

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I could hardly refuse, John writes. He was just the most adorable kid you could imagine. Yet over time, that changed. He was genuinely mentally ill, a disturbing person to be around. No, I insisted, it wouldnt be as strange as he might expect, John writes. In that respect at least, I was absolutely right....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 194 words · Alexandra Dunn

Elton John ‘Could Stay Hard for Days’ on Cocaine, Would Watch Men Have Sex, His Memoir Reveals

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But another passage of the book details cocaines effect onJohns sex life. Never a problem for me, Im afraid. If I took enough coke I could stay hard for days. John describes the fantasy of being on cocaine, which made him feel open to new things sexually. It takes all the inhibitions out of people....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 184 words · Amber Hill

EverySuccessionEpisode Is a Self-Contained Explosion

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Thefinale ofSuccessionwas a beautiful, bone-rattling thing. You could also call itOzarkSyndrome, orHouse of Cards/Man in the High Castle/DaredevilSyndrome. (Game of Thrones, heres looking at you!) Successions favorite episodic formula is not hard to identify. In nearly every episode of season two, Roys jet off to some new location. They travel en masseto the Argestes conference, and everything is pointed toward the potential Pierce sale....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 197 words · Derrick White

Here’s How to Watch the Fourth Democratic Primary Debate

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Tonight, the candidateswill stunt onstageat Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. (Sorry, MariStannes.) How will any of the candidates have time to give meaningful answers or get a word in edgewise? It helps that the debate is slated for three hours 8 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. CNN, CNN International, and CNN en Espanol will broadcast the debate on television at 8 p....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 91 words · Karen Weiss

Janet McTeer on Her WrenchingSorry for Your LossMonologue

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Earlier this month, I finally did, and ended up bingeing the entire thing in a few hours. (I dont recommend doing this unless you have an extremely hearty constitution.) The third episode entitled Whats Wrong With Your Chest? Its a nuanced, devastating performance. McTeer sinks her teeth in so hard that she hits bone. Im a little tired and I have a very small brain, she laughed....

October 15, 2019 · 4 min · 725 words · Christopher White

Judd Apatow and Friends Talk Depression, Social Media, and Terrible Therapists

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You know what I do in that moment? I go through that persons tweets, and I will go back years and years, he said. And there will be something pleasant on it, right? And Ill just retweet it. I am watching you. Im built like the Jewish Gaston, but inside … he said. But then that, at night, is what pays my bills....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 92 words · Zachary Christian

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Both Win This Year’s Booker Prize

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. According to the New YorkTimes,Margaret AtwoodsThe Testamentsand Bernardine EvaristosGirl, Woman, Othertied for this years award. Interestingly enough, this is not the first time two novels have been awarded the prize at one time. As a result of their double win, Evaristo and Atwood will split the 50,000 prize. Atwood has previously won for 2000sThe Blind Assassin....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 74 words · Tammy Allen

Neil Patrick Harris to Take the Red Pill — But Not Like That — and EnterThe Matrix

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The newMatrixmoviehas a fresh recruit. NewMatrixis expected to go into production in early 2020. Related Tags:

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 31 words · Carolyn Bowen

Netflix and Ava DuVernay Sued OverWhen They See UsScene

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A character in the scene says, The Reid Technique has been universally rejected. They claim that the Reid Technique is neither coercive nor universally rejected. The full suit can be readhere. Related Tags:

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 48 words · William Allen

Radiotopia’s ExcellentPassengerListIs About More Than a Missing Plane

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When the unthinkable happens, reality bends. You also get mass theorizing, a collective mania experienced by everybody else. Except they still can, because extremely low probabilities are still, nonetheless, possibilities. The universe remains chaotic, despite every attempt to make it knowable and controllable. Its an efficient format but a complicated one. The show manages to lean into that darker side of the ledger with deftness....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 204 words · Billy Ochoa

Shiv Definitely HatedConversations With Friends, Right?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Successions season-two finaledid not disappoint. In an episode chock-full of memorable moments, theres one detail that piqued my interest. As readers, were often drawn to books that can explain or guide our own experiences. Its both critically and publicly acclaimed, so why would Shiv feel otherwise? First, theres the money factor. Frances self-identifies as a Marxist, having little desire for money beyond the basic necessities....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 179 words · Connie Smith