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BBC documentary dives into the life of the late Holly Woodlawn
By Mike Vanderbilt December 9, 2015 | 10:30pm
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Carly Rae Jepsen recorded a song for Sims 4 in the game’s gibberish language
By Sam Barsanti December 9, 2015 | 9:45pm
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Hulu’s The Way is now The Path, and is coming your way in March
By Danette Chavez December 9, 2015 | 9:30pm
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Everything you need to know about Deadpool before the movie comes out
By Chris Dart December 9, 2015 | 9:17pm
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Margaret Atwood is writing a graphic novel for Dark Horse Comics
By Dennis DiClaudio December 9, 2015 | 9:15pm
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A Nikola Tesla biopic is in the works, unless Thomas Edison tries to stop it
By Sam Barsanti December 9, 2015 | 9:00pm
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President Obama’s favorite song of 2015 is “How Much A Dollar Cost”
By Danette Chavez December 9, 2015 | 8:30pm
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Read This: Fargo’s second season is a crash course in existentialism
By Joe Blevins December 9, 2015 | 8:27pm
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Syfy to air first episode of The Magicians after the end of Childhood’s End
By Dennis DiClaudio December 9, 2015 | 8:00pm
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A new app will block Donald Trump from entering your field of vision
By Joe Blevins December 9, 2015 | 7:46pm
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The SAG awards nominees include Mad Men and a blacklisted man
By Danette Chavez December 9, 2015 | 7:37pm
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Adele, Nirvana, and Randy Savage collide in the weirdest mashup ever
By Chris Dart December 9, 2015 | 6:59pm
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Amazon will release all of the Mad Dogs in January
By Victor Beigelman December 9, 2015 | 6:10pm
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Stephen Colbert’s Tolkien nerdery put in service of justice
By Marah Eakin December 9, 2015 | 5:45pm
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Kingsman actress could soon get wrapped up in The Mummy reboot
By Danette Chavez December 9, 2015 | 5:20pm
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Asshole of the year buys ridiculously expensive Wu-Tang album
By Danette Chavez December 9, 2015 | 4:32pm
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Hard work
By Dan Savage December 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Our favorite books of the year
By Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Ryan Vlastelica, Randon Billings Noble, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Bill Jones, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Blake Maddux, Alex McLevy December 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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A Christmas Story stayed on the kid side of a coming-of-age book
By Ryan Vlastelica December 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Pepsi announces Crystal Pepsi sweepstakes, delighting dozens
By William Hughes December 9, 2015 | 4:51am
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Mad scientists create digital celebrity faces that will probably replace real humans
By Sam Barsanti December 9, 2015 | 3:34am
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Sam Raimi and Kevin Sorbo re-team for “miracles” drama at NBC
By William Hughes December 9, 2015 | 3:26am
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Netflix is planning to double its original content next year
By William Hughes December 9, 2015 | 1:07am
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Some members of Sigur Rós produced a “horrible” talking-dog movie
By Sam Barsanti December 9, 2015 | 1:00am
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Joel Hodgson plots live telethon to close out #BringBackMST3K
By William Hughes December 8, 2015 | 11:25pm
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Chicago, meet your new favorite “Fun Time Gals” this Thursday for free
By Katie Rife December 8, 2015 | 11:20pm
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Hamilton is coming to Chicago, will soon be even more inescapable
By Sam Barsanti December 8, 2015 | 11:00pm
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After a slow year, Warner Bros. threatens filmgoers with more superhero movies
By Katie Rife December 8, 2015 | 10:48pm
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Get all your Christmas viewing done at once with help from the Eclectic Method
By Joe Blevins December 8, 2015 | 10:43pm
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Kyle Mooney pulls a Stefan Urquelle in this new cut-for-time SNL sketch
By Marah Eakin December 8, 2015 | 10:30pm
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Benedict Cumberbatch to play The War Magician in World War II drama
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 8, 2015 | 10:06pm
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Things quickly got weird for John Lennon on The Mike Douglas Show
By Joe Blevins December 8, 2015 | 10:04pm
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Billy On The Street’s latest obstacle course pits Rachel Dratch against Scientology
By Marah Eakin December 8, 2015 | 9:46pm
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The Disaster Artist adds Zac Efron, the Franco brothers release a set photo
By Sam Barsanti December 8, 2015 | 9:43pm
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Abigail Breslin to have the time of her life in Dirty Dancing TV musical
By Danette Chavez December 8, 2015 | 9:15pm
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MetaFilter founder swaps GOP candidates’ guns for dildos with hilarious results
By Chris Dart December 8, 2015 | 9:13pm
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Scott Weiland’s family issues statement asking fans not to glamorize his addiction
By Sam Barsanti December 8, 2015 | 8:58pm
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Rick Springfield has an impressive collection of Star Wars action figures
By Mike Vanderbilt December 8, 2015 | 8:32pm
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Spike TV orders its first scripted series in 9 years, Red Mars, to series
By Matt Wayt December 8, 2015 | 8:18pm
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Did Google rip off the Last Week Tonight theme for a new commercial?
By Marah Eakin December 8, 2015 | 8:10pm
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Fuller House to offer winkingly ironic explanation for missing Tanner kid
By Danette Chavez December 8, 2015 | 8:00pm
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Rock Against Drugs PSAs were strangely trippy in the 1980s
By Joe Blevins December 8, 2015 | 7:52pm
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Prince posts his cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” without a trace of irony
By Mike Vanderbilt December 8, 2015 | 7:25pm
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Lionsgate to keep making Hunger Games movies in perpetuity
By Dennis DiClaudio December 8, 2015 | 7:14pm
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This Harmontown listener’s web comic is a love letter to podcasts
By Benjamin Cannon December 8, 2015 | 7:05pm
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The Mountain Goats will kick off a “low-key” tour in February
By Danette Chavez December 8, 2015 | 6:15pm
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Wait, is Amazon Prime offering a la carte cable service?
By Dennis DiClaudio December 8, 2015 | 6:05pm
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John Goodman to voice a CGI alien in Luc Besson’s Valerian
By Victor Beigelman December 8, 2015 | 5:45pm
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Texas theater to test Star Wars fan devotion with a marathon screening
By B.G. Henne December 8, 2015 | 5:04pm
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Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur is a worthwhile new comic Marvel should work to sustain
By Shea Hennum, Oliver Sava, merged-5876237249237173262-z3or5dc, Tegan O'Neil December 8, 2015 | 5:00pm
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The Blacklist makes NBC’s early-renewal list
By Danette Chavez December 8, 2015 | 4:00pm
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Jon Stewart visits The Daily Show to call out Congress (again)
By Danette Chavez December 8, 2015 | 3:02pm
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It’s the 2015 A.V. Club Reader Poll
By Cameron Scheetz December 8, 2015 | 3:00pm
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You may know Phil Hartman from such classic albums as Aja, Seven, and America’s Greatest Hits
By Mike Vanderbilt December 8, 2015 | 2:02pm
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Hannibal Buress and Kate Upton will also be in The Disaster Artist
By Sam Barsanti December 8, 2015 | 12:44am
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Sundance announces premieres from Kelly Reichardt, Todd Solondz, some guy named Werner Herzog
By Katie Rife December 7, 2015 | 11:57pm
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Netflix’s Iron Fist series hires former Dexter showrunner Scott Buck
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 11:51pm
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Rush’s Neil Peart is retiring, but Geddy Lee might be up for a solo album
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 10:38pm
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Read This: A chat with Anthony Daniels, the man in the shiny C-3PO suit
By Joe Blevins December 7, 2015 | 10:14pm
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Star Trek Beyond trailer to debut before The Force Awakens
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 9:49pm
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The Star Wars cantina song like you’ve never heard it before
By Chris Dart December 7, 2015 | 9:27pm
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Katey Sagal to play another admirable TV mom on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
By Danette Chavez December 7, 2015 | 9:15pm
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You’re The Worst creator developing a “dirty, female-driven” comedy for FX
By Victor Beigelman December 7, 2015 | 8:55pm
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Read This: Why Elmo has had an insidious effect on Sesame Street
By Joe Blevins December 7, 2015 | 8:46pm
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Crossovers between Marvel movies and TV shows are complicated as hell
By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 8:21pm
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John Travolta is utterly bewildered in a GIF-centric Reddit meme
By Joe Blevins December 7, 2015 | 7:59pm
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Kill Bill 3 rumors awaken suddenly, begin preparing death list
By Katie Rife December 7, 2015 | 7:53pm
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Sylvester Stallone won’t be out for Rambo: New Blood after all
By Danette Chavez December 7, 2015 | 7:30pm
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Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, and Alabama Shakes lead the 2016 Grammy noms
By Danette Chavez December 7, 2015 | 7:15pm
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Video counts down top 25 films of 2015
By Rob Dean December 7, 2015 | 7:14pm
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R.I.P. Holly Woodlawn, Warhol superstar and Lou Reed’s muse
By Katie Rife December 7, 2015 | 6:47pm
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Winnipeg weirdness abounds in a pair of great short films
By Rob Dean December 7, 2015 | 6:16pm
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Weekend Box Office: Chicago goes for Chi-Raq, X-Mas comes early for horror fans
By A.A. Dowd December 7, 2015 | 6:09pm
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Podmass’ 2015 superlatives, including awards for Obama and Charles Manson
By Benjamin Cannon, Dan Telfer, Rebecca Bulnes, Erin Vogel, Dan Fitchette, Dan Caffrey, Becca James, Nowah Jacobs, Brianna Wellen, Randall Colburn, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, Dennis DiClaudio December 7, 2015 | 5:49pm
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Exclusive DC preview: Robin School is in session in Grayson’s “Robin War” tie-in
By Oliver Sava December 7, 2015 | 5:48pm
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A documentary about Winnipeg’s weird love for Phantom Of The Paradise is in the works
By Mike Vanderbilt December 7, 2015 | 5:35pm
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A visit to what was once the real-life Simpsons house in Nevada
By Joe Blevins December 7, 2015 | 5:25pm
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Chicago, win tickets to see Cameron Esposito live at Thalia Hall this Thursday
By Cameron Scheetz December 7, 2015 | 5:20pm
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Watch part 2 of our exclusive web series premiere, The Benefits Of Gusbandry
By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 4:45pm
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Amber Heard to fight Australia on charges of dog smuggling
By Danette Chavez December 7, 2015 | 3:55pm
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Ah, the glory of sport: The Idiotarod is an annual downhill shopping-cart race
By Mike Vago December 7, 2015 | 3:00pm
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Ten Billion Tomorrows tackles how pop culture sci-fi has shaped reality
By Bill Jones December 7, 2015 | 6:00am
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Mattel to release an official Ava DuVernay Barbie
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 4:20am
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Shailene Woodley joins HBO’s Big Little Lies with Nicole Kidman
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 2:25am
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George Lucas “really liked” The Force Awakens, so now we have nothing to worry about
By Sam Barsanti December 7, 2015 | 12:05am
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In an unexpected move, Bill Murray joins Wes Anderson’s next film
By Sam Barsanti December 6, 2015 | 10:08pm
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Ethan Hawke to do space stuff in Luc Besson’s Valerian
By Sam Barsanti December 6, 2015 | 8:27pm
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HBO is developing a comedy about an underground college humor mag
By William Hughes December 5, 2015 | 10:27pm
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Today in Star Wars feminism: female directors and a “giant saliva testicle”
By William Hughes December 5, 2015 | 9:27pm
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Josh Hutcherson joins The Disaster Artist as the guy who played Denny in The Room
By William Hughes December 5, 2015 | 7:51pm
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Eagles Of Death Metal to play with U2, begin touring again in February
By William Hughes December 5, 2015 | 12:15am
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Creed director Ryan Coogler in talks to direct Black Panther
By William Hughes December 4, 2015 | 11:46pm
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R.I.P. Robert Loggia, veteran character actor
By Katie Rife December 4, 2015 | 11:08pm
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Shaq Fu 2 is real and there’s a trailer to prove it
By William Hughes December 4, 2015 | 11:01pm
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Parents would still rather explain death than sex to their kids at the movies
By Katie Rife December 4, 2015 | 10:15pm
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“F” rating designed to highlight female-led films debuts in the U.K.
By Danette Chavez December 4, 2015 | 9:45pm
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Under a full moon, The Wolf Man transforms into a studio tentpole in 2018
By Dennis DiClaudio December 4, 2015 | 9:23pm
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Stone Temple Pilots address Scott Weiland’s death
By Alex McLevy December 4, 2015 | 8:52pm
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Judd Apatow to produce Kumail Nanjiani’s first movie, Big Sick
By William Hughes December 4, 2015 | 8:39pm
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Fire destroys Lee “Scratch” Perry’s studio, again
By Mike Vago December 4, 2015 | 7:53pm
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Life After Death Star mashes together The Notorious B.I.G., Star Wars to stunning effect
By Chris Dart December 4, 2015 | 7:30pm
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Video essay examines how Inside Out portrays emotional theories
By Rob Dean December 4, 2015 | 6:42pm
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What? A War Of The Worlds sequel? Oh, the copyright’s expiring
By Alex McLevy December 4, 2015 | 6:31pm
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Smallville’s Tom Welling to return to TV as a secret agent
By Danette Chavez December 4, 2015 | 6:16pm
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Your favorite A.V. Undercover of 2015 was…
By David Anthony December 4, 2015 | 5:48pm
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announce 2016 “The River” tour
By Katie Rife December 4, 2015 | 5:36pm
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Animal Planet’s live reindeer cam isn’t creepy or intrusive in the least
By Joe Blevins December 4, 2015 | 4:54pm
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Two new releases spotlight Tom King’s sharp, sophisticated storytelling
By Oliver Sava December 4, 2015 | 4:00pm