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What two pieces of unrelated pop culture are forever connected in your mind?

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Patrick Gomez,

and Tatiana Tenreyro

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Steven Seagal is a rotten potato person who runs like an incontinent toddler with noodles for arms

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R.I.P. Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter actor Helen McCrory

Shanicka Anderson

The Popcorn Champs

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Tom Breihan

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It certainly isn’t “unpossible” to uncover a new reference or new meaning in a classic episode of The Simpsons, even one as pored over as “22 Short Films About Springfield.” But as former Simpsons writers and executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh…

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For Our Consideration

How did we ever get so swept up in Game Of Thrones? Just look to the pilot

Michael Walsh

TV Reviews

Halfway through its first season, Walker finally answers one of its biggest questions

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Interview

Yvette Nicole Brown wants a TARDIS to take her to Hawaii and the grocery store

Saloni Gajjar

B+

TV Reviews

Confronting A Serial Killer is a disturbing must-watch for true-crime fans

Saloni Gajjar

What's On Tonight

A bonus Mythic Quest episode and a tribute to Chadwick Boseman

Saloni Gajjar

B-

TV Reviews

John Stamos boosts the formulaic Disney Plus sports dramedy Big Shot

Saloni Gajjar

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Newswire

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Apparently you shouldn't cry if you're competing on The Masked Singer

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Savage Love

Should you send your toxic ex a letter or write them off?

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Clips

Amber Ruffin sings through the pain of another truly terrible week in America

Amber’s back! After taking a little time off, Ruffin and trusty side-man Tarik Davis caught up on everything that’s been going on in the country since they took a bit of a break. And, sure, there were some restorative laughs to be had at the expense…

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Space exploration is fascinating, but it’s also absolutely goddamn terrifying. For proof of this, we turn to a recent Popular Science video that explains what happens to the human body when somebody dies in space.

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Newswire

Nothing will ever keep Chrissy Teigen away from Twitter

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Clips

What two pieces of unrelated pop culture are forever connected in your mind?

The Circle’s 2nd season doesn’t need big names to be fun

Steven Seagal is a rotten potato person who runs like an incontinent toddler with noodles for arms

R.I.P. Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter actor Helen McCrory

Avatar, a strange dream that became the biggest movie of all time

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COVID cinema: How The Courier's director dealt with his film's changing release dates

Everything's Gonna Be Okay's cast talks filming the new season through quarantine

For the 25th anniversary of "Steamed Hams," its creators answer the one question they've never been asked about the segment

How did we ever get so swept up in Game Of Thrones? Just look to the pilot

Halfway through its first season, Walker finally answers one of its biggest questions

Yvette Nicole Brown wants a TARDIS to take her to Hawaii and the grocery store

Confronting A Serial Killer is a disturbing must-watch for true-crime fans

A bonus Mythic Quest episode and a tribute to Chadwick Boseman

John Stamos boosts the formulaic Disney Plus sports dramedy Big Shot

The best movies on Netflix

The best movies on Amazon Prime Video

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Never leave the cave without it: 13 good performances in terrible movies

Posthumously on… : 16 TV characters who died after their performers did

Bold type: 13 opening-credits sequences better than the movies that follow

It’s neither Disney’s first Star Wars nor 2001 for beginners, but The Black Hole merits exploration

Disney invents useless "real lightsaber" that can't even cut your son's hand off

Ben Wheatley’s eco-thriller In The Earth has one terrific scene and a lot of boring hooey

Is Best Actress the closest Oscar race this year?

Barbara Crampton shows why she’s a horror legend in the pulpy, uneven Jakob’s Wife

Conway The Machine gets playful, Paul McCartney gets reimagined: 5 new releases we love

Trevor Noah has The Talk with viewers about police violence against Black people

Remaster or no, SaGa Frontier remains busted in all the weirdest ways

Nothing will ever keep Chrissy Teigen away from Twitter

Terrifying Lizard-Beast Of Krakow turns out to be croissant stuck in bush

All the Drag Race runway looks you didn't see on season 13

Apparently you shouldn't cry if you're competing on The Masked Singer

Should you send your toxic ex a letter or write them off?

Amber Ruffin sings through the pain of another truly terrible week in America

Prince Philip was apparently super fascinated by aliens and UFOs

To infinity and beyond horrifying: A look at what happens when someone dies in space

Guinness Record-holding giant rabbit kidnapped, perhaps marking new record for most kidnapped giant rabbit

Nothing will ever keep Chrissy Teigen away from Twitter

Trevor Noah has The Talk with viewers about police violence against Black people

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Terrifying Lizard-Beast Of Krakow turns out to be croissant stuck in bush

What are you reading in April?

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