All Blog posts Tagged: '_'
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The Andy Greenwald Podcast: Stephen Merchant
At 6-foot-7, Stephen Merchant is hard to miss. And yet for years he somehow managed to fold himself into the background as Ricky Gervais’s writing and producing partner. The two co-created the original, British version of The Office, but aside from one memorable second-season cameo, Merchant was content to make his contributions off camera. That’s […]
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Video on Demand Report: The Wolfpack Calls It a Day in The Hangover Part III
The Headliner The Hangover Part III Like the Ocean’s franchise before it, The Hangover started with a wild caper in Las Vegas; made its sequel more exotic by setting it overseas; and then humbly returned to Vegas for its threequel. Two years have passed since the gang (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and junior […]
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Bob Odenkirk Joins the Stacked Cast of FX’s Fargo
FX, you may recall, is turning Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 film about murder and Midwestern accents into a 10-episode TV product. Despite the arbitrary timing, it almost definitely will not suck. The Coens are executive producing, and it’s certainly not a rush job, having been announced more than a year ago. Giving us the […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 6 Prop Bets
-77,000 jermajesties last week +58,000 jermajesties this season Try not to look at that first number. It’s uglier than a spontaneous Lohan intervention. I took it on all three chins last week. 0-3 with my prop bet offerings. Not to mention the dog relieved himself on my beloved autographed Lane Kiffin bobblehead doll, so all […]
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NHL Grab Bag: A Celebration of Tomas Hertl
Welcome to a weekly grab bag of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Four Stars of Comedy Recognizing the NHL personalities from around the league who produced the most comedic fodder for fans. The third star: Jonathan Quick probably should have had that one Oh sure, […]
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An Offensive Line Between Love and Hate
The Sports Guy navigates the delicate balance between being a solid starting quarterback and a total washout. Plus, the Week 6 picks.
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Text Messages to Jason Kidd: Tell Me More About High School Basketball
Jason Kidd is a human with a cell phone so I sent him some text messages. Me: Hey, man. Kidd: Hello? Me: Yo. It’s Shea. How’s the team looking? Kidd: Whose team? Me: Yours, fool. Kidd: Huh? Me: Because you’re the coach. Kidd: oh yeah Me: dude, what do you mean “oh yeah”? Kidd: I […]
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We Went There: Feeling the Heat of a ‘Boogie Nights’ Live Read
“For the third anniversary of Film Independent at LACMA’s Live Read, we have a story about a boy and his pet.” Critic and LACMA curator Elvis Mitchell typically introduces the semi-regular Live Read with a wry bon mot describing the film he and filmmaker Jason Reitman have selected, and this is how Mitchell prepared a […]
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Baseball Scout School, Part 3: How to Write a Scouting Report
Ben Lindbergh, editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, is learning how to be a baseball scout. He is enrolled in MLB’s Scout Development Program, where he is getting an education in how to trust his eyes as much as he trusts the numbers. You can read his first dispatch here and his second here. After 10 days […]
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Right Reasons Podcast: Alaskan Women Looking for Love and the Government Shutdown
David Jacoby and Juliet Litman try to talk themselves into Alaskan Women Looking for Love and ponder how the government shutdown affects reality TV. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
