Watch: Trailers for ‘Minority Report,’ ‘Lucifer’ display potential for new FOX shows

FOX has had a rough week. The network has announced the cancellation of multiple series, including The Following, Weird Loners, Backstrom and The Mindy Project. Executives also officially announced that dead-on-arrival shows Mulaney, Utopia and Red Band Society have been canned. On top of that, FOX announced American Idol will be entering its 15th and final season. Facing another fourth-place finish among broadcast networks, FOX […]

Going out alone? It’s okay, you should do it and here’s why

Recently, an article in the Washington Post‘s Wonkblog discussed our hesitancy to do things alone — be it going to the movies, a museum, or even dinner. This hesitance was mostly based out of fear of others’ perceptions of us. Oh, she’s eating alone, she must be: But a study outlined in the Wonkblog post showed that […]

Marvel Comics reveals identity of new, female Thor

Since last October, the mantle of Thor (along with mighty hammer Mjolnir) has been held by a female in Marvel Comics. (Maybe that’s what the Norse God of Thunder, as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth, really flew off to contemplate during Avengers: Age of Ultron.) The change has been a popular one for Marvel, with comic […]

Kenan Thompson confirms he’s returning to ‘SNL’ for 13th season

Going into this 40th anniversary season of Saturday Night Live, rumors and reports circulated that Kenan Thompson would leave the show after 12 seasons with the cast. Soon thereafter, those rumblings were disputed, perhaps because Thompson hadn’t yet reached a decision. But it’s now official that Thompson is coming back to SNL next season, continuing […]

‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’: A primer (and guesses) on your new heroes

This article contains spoilers for Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, consider yourself warned.  Last week was a busy one in the television industry, filled with show renewals, cancellations and new series orders. One of those new series picked up was DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, a spinoff from the wildly successful Arrow and The Flash shows (set […]

Video: Check out new teaser trailer for ‘Orange is the New Black’

Netflix’s breakout prison drama/comedy Orange is the New Black is almost ready to begin its third season. Monday afternoon, the network released a teaser trailer featuring Piper, Crazy Eyes and all your other favourite Litchfeld prisoners. https://youtu.be/zLyUlTu4KbI While the teaser trailer mixes in both new footage and old content from the previously released season three […]

Dream on: Fox announces ‘American Idol’ will end its run next year

Those who have grown to love reality show American Idol received some disappointing news Monday. Fox announced that the long-running singing competition has been renewed for next year, but the show’s 15th season will also be its final one. This is surprising news only because American Idol has been on so long, but the concept and […]

‘SNL’ Recap: Reese Witherspoon is No Match For the Moms

Saturday Night Live seems to have a bit of “senioritis” as we near the end of season 40. Last week featured several sketches that seemed like ideas which weren’t fully formed, or just extremely rough ideas that somehow were given the green light, and this week was no different. Host Reese Witherspoon was actually very […]

CW’s Arrow-Flash spinoff series gets title: ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’

In late February, the CW network announced that it was developing another superhero series starring characters spun off from their successful Arrow and The Flash TV shows. The new series would feature the Ray Palmer/Atom character played by Brandon Routh, with Victor Garber (playing Martin Stein/Firestorm), Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart/Captain Cold) and Arrow’s Caity Lotz […]

Kurt Cobain Documentary ‘Montage of Heck’ is a Beautiful Mess

In the days following Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994, I don’t remember candlelight vigils, black armbands, or crying classmates at my high school. I remember my mom vacuuming. Specifically, vacuuming while I was trying to watch MTV for updates from Kurt Loder and Tabitha Soren in between airings of Nirvana’s appearance on Unplugged. I also […]

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