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film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: August 5 - 7
By AV Club Staff August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv TV is mostly empty, but take heart—football is finally coming back
By Les Chappell August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux What creatures are lurking out there in the night? Wikipedia knows!
By Mike Vago August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux If the glove doesn’t fit, the Television Critics Association loved it
By Erik Adams August 7, 2016 | 3:00am
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aux Food blogger accuses Burger King of stealing the blame for inventing Mac N’ Cheetos
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 9:10pm
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tv Hugh Laurie gets back to cranky doctorin’ in the trailer for Hulu’s Chance
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Mopey Jared Leto says you probably won’t see his best Joker scenes until after he dies
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 7:20pm
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aux Olympic Opening Ceremony addresses slavery, global warming, hot, oily dudes
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 6:27pm
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music A memory-triggering candle, isolated vocals, and a perfect pencil
By Becca James, Erik Adams, Nick Wanserski August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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film The Mind’s Eye director Joe Begos on the absolute best way to blow up a head
By Katie Rife August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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film Brady Corbet on Lars Von Trier, TV gigs, and being the American guy in European films
By Benjamin Mercer August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv The cycle of violence and trauma continues on Outcast
By Kyle Fowle August 6, 2016 | 3:01am
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aux Hulu announces documentaries about The Dana Carvey Show, Batman creator Bill Finger, and more
By Erik Adams August 6, 2016 | 12:02am
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aux Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to play brother-sister parent spouses on Life in Pieces
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 11:10pm
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aux Antoine Fuqua wants to make “The Shield of medical dramas” for Showtime
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 10:31pm
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aux The feds are coming for celebrity Instagram shills
By Sean O'Neal August 5, 2016 | 9:55pm
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aux Twinkie man still buying sex house, despite reports to the contrary
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 9:18pm
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film The trailer for occult throwback The Love Witch casts an intriguing spell
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 9:16pm
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aux Phantasm is now an art film, thanks to Art House Theater Day
By Mike Vanderbilt August 5, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Paper has never looked more delicious than in these short films
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Ken Marino is the new captain on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for as long as he lasts anyway
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 8:45pm
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aux A surprisingly thoughtful defense of the humble fart joke
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 8:30pm
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aux Some guy named David Bowie among the nominees for this year’s Mercury Prize
By Dennis DiClaudio August 5, 2016 | 8:05pm
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tv It’s a New Year’s Eve recurring guest star party on BoJack Horseman
By Les Chappell August 5, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Natalie Portman to play a college student with a secret for HBO
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 7:34pm
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aux Patsy Cline crushes “Walkin’ After Midnight” in this rare 1957 footage
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 7:30pm
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aux Black-ish’s Kenya Barris is tired of answering questions about “diversity”
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 7:06pm
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aux John Boyega documents the agony of a chatty Uber driver
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Skrillex, Rick Ross, Jared Leto, exhaustion team up for Suicide Squad video
By Sean O'Neal August 5, 2016 | 6:48pm
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film Natasha Lyonne’s pregnancy is freaking her out in the Antibirth trailer
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:46pm
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film Is there anything to like about Suicide Squad?
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 5, 2016 | 6:46pm
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film Kevin Spacey coughs up the kiddie-flick hairball Nine Lives
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 5, 2016 | 6:41pm
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aux The Dillinger Escape Plan will break up after its next record
By David Anthony August 5, 2016 | 6:40pm
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aux Relive the San Diego Comic-Con with these heroic acts of cosplay
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:30pm
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aux Today in Suicide Squad: China denies release as EP joins Trump’s economic board
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 6:25pm
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aux Get Involved, Internet: Buy a stuffed version of the “this is fine” dog
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 6:07pm
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games What throwbacks like I Am Setsuna miss about classic JRPGs
By Matt Gerardi August 5, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux The charming webseries Jacketman offers a break from superhero angst
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux Stranger Things get immortalized in pizza
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 5:30pm
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aux ABC renews its primetime game shows, including Pyramid and Match Game
By John Teti August 5, 2016 | 5:23pm
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aux Watch Seth Rogen eat sausage and drink on My Drunk Kitchen
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 5:00pm
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aux Read this: Familiarize yourself with gymnast Simone Biles’ moves
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 4:45pm
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aux HBO once again bets on the Duplass brothers with Room 104
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 4:34pm
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aux Mark Ruffalo’s Instagram offers a behind-the-scenes look at Thor: Ragnarok
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 4:30pm
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aux China’s Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman attack in this New Super-Man #2 exclusive
By Oliver Sava August 5, 2016 | 4:27pm
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aux Nope, Frank Ocean hasn’t dropped his new album yet
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 4:09pm
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aux Aziz Ansari’s raunchy jokes enliven a staid BBC nature documentary
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 4:00pm
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music Russian Circles transcends the fray with Guidance
By J.J. Anselmi August 5, 2016 | 4:00pm
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aux Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a $100 million movie
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 5, 2016 | 3:30pm
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tv Christopher Walken and a cute fox: Here’s what’s on sale on Amazon today
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2016 | 3:02pm
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aux Between the parachute and the penis, Katy Perry’s had quite a week
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 3:02pm
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aux Should the Olympics legalize doping?
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 3:00pm
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music Wild Beasts commit to sinister way-out electro on Boy King
By Kevin Warwick August 5, 2016 | 3:00pm
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aux Stephen Colbert taunts Trump with his “USA Freedom Grown-Ups”
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 2:27pm
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aux Izzy True gets all dressed up in the video for “Mr. Romance”
By David Anthony August 5, 2016 | 2:00pm
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music On its 4th post-reunion offering, Dinosaur Jr. digs deep to unearth its best self
By Ian Thomas August 5, 2016 | 2:00pm
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aux Pick a side: Jonathan and Steve from Stranger Things are both in bands
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:30pm
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games Blizzard is Reportedly Releasing an HD-Remaster of StarCraft Soon
By Reed Strength August 5, 2016 | 1:13pm
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aux Rick And Morty reenact the craziest court transcript ever
By Rob Dean August 5, 2016 | 1:00pm
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film The golden age of superhero movies has yet to face its greatest threats
By Alexander Huls August 5, 2016 | 1:00pm
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aux Here’s a preview of the many easter eggs in Suicide Squad
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 12:28pm
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aux DuMont, the forgotten TV network, finally gave up 60 years ago
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 12:00pm
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games Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV Prepares Us for the End
By Richard Clark August 5, 2016 | 12:00pm
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games Prey Gameplay Revealed
By Kyle McKenney August 5, 2016 | 11:38am
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games ELeague Managed Visibility, But Its Long-term Goals Remain Murky
By Cameron Kunzelman August 5, 2016 | 10:00am
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games Niantic Responds to Pokémon GO Backlash Over Mapping Sites and Glitch Making it Harder to Catch Pokémon
By Kyle McKenney August 5, 2016 | 9:43am
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aux Jules Feiffer sharpens his craft by showing restraint in Cousin Joseph
By Oliver Sava August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown discuss Stranger Things’ nostalgic appeal
By Gwen Ihnat August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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games Diablo III works best when you don’t think about it
By Zack Handlen August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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film A movie without men finds a clever way to stay true to its premise
By Mike D'Angelo August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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film Margot Robbie deserves better than Suicide Squad’s sexism
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv The Rio Olympics kick off with pageantry, crossed fingers
By Dennis Perkins August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Eric Andre on The Simpsons and why Bill O’Reilly is “a fucking piece of shit liar”
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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music 60 minutes of Dinosaur Jr.’s stormy guitar epics
By Noel Murray August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv What song is inextricably linked to a film or TV show for you?
By Nathan Rabin, Gus Spelman, Caroline Siede, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Joe Blevins, Zack Handlen, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Dennis Perkins August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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music Wye Oak’s Tween is an enthralling glimpse into roads not taken
By Annie Zaleski August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Sideways director Alexander Payne is developing a family pot comedy for A&E
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:55am
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film Trailer for Netflix’s EDM movie XOXO is all sick beats and bright colors
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 1:27am
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aux Ah, Canada: Concerned citizen calls cops on Terminator cutout
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:11am
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aux R.I.P. David Huddleston of The Big Lebowski and Blazing Saddles
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 12:41am
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aux Actually, maybe ABC didn’t threaten The Real O’Neals over that Noah Galvin interview
By Erik Adams August 5, 2016 | 12:12am
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aux Heroic Daisy Ridley attempts to revive dying dystopian YA movie trend
By William Hughes August 4, 2016 | 11:51pm
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tv The 100th episode of Steven Universe means “Bismuth”
By Eric Thurm August 4, 2016 | 11:30pm
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aux Hangover buddies Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper are making a miniseries about ISIS
By William Hughes August 4, 2016 | 11:13pm
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film The teaser for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk has grim war imagery, but no Harry Styles
By Sam Barsanti August 4, 2016 | 10:51pm
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aux Pizza ATMs are here to make sure you never look anyone in the eyes again
By Katie Rife August 4, 2016 | 10:45pm
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aux Read This: President Barack Obama explains why he’s a feminist
By Caroline Siede August 4, 2016 | 10:30pm
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aux Joy-killing Jared Leto refuses to be your meme
By William Hughes August 4, 2016 | 10:21pm
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aux The first season of Stranger Things may be hiding a clue about its future
By Sam Barsanti August 4, 2016 | 10:17pm
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aux Developers, let Gwyneth Paltrow get Goop all over your app
By Sean O'Neal August 4, 2016 | 9:56pm
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aux The Great Wall director responds to Matt Damon “whitewashing” claims
By William Hughes August 4, 2016 | 9:39pm
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aux ABC president says diversifying The Bachelor will be a long, awkward process
By Joshua Alston August 4, 2016 | 9:19pm
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film Things get bumpy in the trailer for Netflix’s bull-riding documentary Fearless
By Dennis DiClaudio August 4, 2016 | 9:16pm
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aux Rebel Wilson to star in gender-swapped Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake
By Sam Barsanti August 4, 2016 | 8:57pm
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aux Joe Biden gives Barack Obama a virtual friendship bracelet for his birthday
By Esther Zuckerman August 4, 2016 | 8:30pm
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tv The trailer for Lifetime’s Girl In The Box will make you appreciate your miserable life
By Dennis DiClaudio August 4, 2016 | 8:04pm
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aux “Prop Wars: Prop Harder” is a treasure trove of iconic movie props
By Caroline Siede August 4, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock fell asleep at the wheel and caused a 5-car pileup
By Sam Barsanti August 4, 2016 | 7:38pm
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aux Make instant art films out of ordinary videos, no talent required
By Joe Blevins August 4, 2016 | 7:30pm
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aux David Cross knows what America’s problem is in an exclusive clip from his new special
By Katie Rife August 4, 2016 | 7:20pm
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aux Antonio Sabato Jr. says Hollywood has blacklisted him for supporting Trump
By Sean O'Neal August 4, 2016 | 7:14pm
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aux Harry Potter gets a Hamilton-style song for his recent 36th birthday
By Joe Blevins August 4, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Of course ABC wouldn’t object to a Star Wars show
By Erik Adams August 4, 2016 | 6:35pm
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aux A giant Pikachu shows off some surprising snowboarding skills
By Joe Blevins August 4, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux Ruby Rose to play an “edgy genius” in a movie about hunting a prehistoric shark
By Danette Chavez August 4, 2016 | 5:54pm
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aux Very important study shows which states preferred which Bachelorette finalist
By Alex McLevy August 4, 2016 | 5:30pm
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film M&M’s and The Underground Railroad: Here’s what’s on sale on Amazon today
By Marah Eakin August 4, 2016 | 5:00pm
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aux This baby neither needs nor wants help playing a mobile game
By Joe Blevins August 4, 2016 | 5:00pm
