So, “selfie” is the Oxford Word of the Year for 2013. Thanks, Australia.

Yes, that happened — and according to Oxford, the decision was “with little if any argument.” Oxford had it as a ‘word on the radar’ back in June 2012 (the Oxford Dictionaries blog is surprisingly pretty interesting), but as they themselves… Continue Reading

R. Kelly is probably deserving of a long-form New Yorker profile

The above clip is from last night’s Saturday Night Live; Lady Gaga was the host and musical guest, and she performed this jam “Do What U Want” from her new album (Artpop); the actual song features R. Kelly, who himself has… Continue Reading

Chris Pratt has come a long way from selling coupons, being on Everwood

Pratt killed it in Moneyball, is an anchor of Parks and Recreation, went serious (and got yoked) for Zero Dark Thirty, just wrapped Guardians of the Galaxy, has a baby, and might be starring in June 2015’s Jurassic World. As you logically guessed, that’s the next film in the Jurassic franchise;… Continue Reading

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Honestly, “Trophy Wife” isn’t a bad show, and maybe we have David Mamet to thank

Last night’s episode, “Lice and Beary White,” which featured a high school production of Hair and lessons about King Solomon, even scored a B at the A.V. Club. One of the commenters even went so far as to say, “I think I’m the… Continue Reading

An Arcade Fire primer from someone who knows next to nothing about Arcade Fire

Before sitting down to write this post, I knew basically nothing about Arcade Fire. I had a vague sense that they were possibly from Montreal, I remember one year where they seemed to PWN everyone else at the Grammys, there… Continue Reading

A brief oral history of the Anchorman movies

Two new trailers dropped today for Anchorman 2. You can watch both at this link, although I’ll embed one below as well. Oddly, Harrison Ford — arguably one of the five biggest movie stars of the last 40 years in the… Continue Reading