All Blog posts Tagged: '_'
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Water and Power
Tom Hanks’s surprising, subversive new thriller, Captain Phillips.
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Panther Problems
The dilemma with the Carolina offense isn’t Cam Newton — it’s everyone but Cam Newton.
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Afternoon Links: Tobey Maguire Will Now Star in Something Utterly Unmissable
The Spoils of Babylon isn’t coming to IFC for another three months, so we’ve got a while to ponder this brazenly mysterious trailer. Is it There Will Be Blood meets The Royal Tenenbaums? Casino meets Walk Hard? The family saga about amorous siblings (Kristen Wiig and Tobey Maguire) comes from Will Ferrell and Casa de […]
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Week 6 Fantasy Football Preview: Cam Can, and Damn It, So Can You
Before we talk about the upcoming slate of games and their fantasy implications, a quick note of mourning: HOYER THE DESTROYER is dead. Long live HOYER THE DESTROYER. From a fantasy standpoint, Brian Hoyer’s torn ACL slightly decreases the value of Jordan Cameron and Josh Gordon, because Brandon Weeden is Pete Wheeler from Backyard Sports […]
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Grantland Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel Talks About His Beef-Ending Conversation With Kanye West
Last night Kanye West sat down with Jimmy Kimmel for a fence-mending interview, although “interview” is probably the wrong word. In an interview it’s customary for both parties to talk, whereas Wednesday’s show quickly became a Kan-o-logue; Kanye wore fringed moccasins, but figuratively speaking he had his black Timbs all on Kimmel’s couch from the […]
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New Developments in the Case of Kendrick Johnson
This morning, Kenneth Johnson walked to the empty bedroom in his home, knelt down, and kissed a picture of his son. If he were still alive, today would have been Kendrick Johnson’s 18th birthday. The Johnsons got a cake. They sang “Happy Birthday.” And they stood, again, on the steps at the Lowndes County Judicial […]
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You Can Dig It: Minecraft Pocket Edition, Terraria, and SteamWorld Dig
You’d think by now video games would have more verbs. We have blockbusters where a single button will make you, alternately, dodge a bullet, scale a cliff, garrote a guard, and generally perform all manner of badassery. Or multiple buttons might be strung together to form a quick-time event, a kind of Simon Says for […]
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19-Day NBA Warning: Do You Believe in the Magic?
Twelve months ago, I got a divorce from the New York Knicks. It had been 30 years. Too much James Dolan, not enough Charles Oakley. Single for the first time, I had a dalliance with an easy target, the rebuilding Denver Nuggets. Low stakes, high fun, JaVale for laughs, Gallinari for joy. It was easy, […]
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The Only Venn Diagram You Need to Understand the 2013 AMA Nominations
Award shows still happen. And they still give out awards at these award shows. And unfortunately, they continue to dictate how the populace interprets and categorizes music. One of those shows is the American Music Awards, and its list of nominees were announced this morning. Here’s what I learned about American music:
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Good Night, Sweet Munch: Richard Belzer Leaves Law & Order: SVU
The Cameo King is out the door.