The A.V. Club caught up with Beach Slang frontman James Alex and his tour manager, Charlie Lowe, to talk about the band’s favorite songs to cover live, a list that includes entries from The Plimsouls, The Modern Lovers, and The Replacements.
In the midst of a couple reunion shows, Rachel Haden, Tony Maxwell, and Anna Waronker, better known as That Dog, talked to us about their favorite guilty pleasure TV shows, from The Bachelor to Law & Order: SVU.
In the midst of touring the country, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno took time off to talk to us about their favorite 5 pieces of pop culture set in L.A., from The Hills to Adventures in Hollywood.
Filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour is Saudi Arabia’s first female director. Her feature film debut, 2012’s Wadjda, received critical acclaim and became the country’s first official Oscar submission (for Best Foreign Language Film) although it wasn’t nominated. Now al-Mansour’s following up her debut with Mary Shelley, the…
USA’s dystopian sci-fi series Colony is officially in its third season, and the Bowmans and their allies are in a world of trouble beyond the walls of the Los Angeles bloc. In honor of the new season, we spoke with Tory Kittles and Alex Neustaedter to find out their favorite alien stories from pop culture. The list…
USA’s dystopian sci-fi series Colony returns tonight for its third season with the Bowmans and their allies fending off the mysterious Hosts, the (alien?) forces that control humanity. In honor of the new season, we spoke with stars Sarah Wayne Callies and Josh Holloway to find out their favorite aliens from pop…
Hank Azaria is one of the most versatile voice actors working today, having lent his voice to Eddie Brock from the ’90s Spider-Man cartoon, Zoidberg’s uncle from Futurama, and, of course, dozens of characters (most controversially, Apu) from The Simpsons. In honor of his show, Brockmire, which he stars in and…
Steven Pinker is a psychologist, linguist, and author whose new book, Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress, attempts to ease your general feelings of despair by using science to prove that things in the world are generally getting better. We had Pinker recommend five books about…
With over 20 years of marriage and a dozen films together, it’s clear that William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman work as well on screen as they do off it. For their new project, Macy directs and co-stars with Huffman in the coming-of-age film Krystal. In the video above, we had Macy and Huffman talk about their…
CBS’ Mom, which recently celebrated its 100th episode, is reliably chugging along thanks in no small part to the combined strengths of its leads, Allison Janney and Anna Faris. We asked the pair, as well as their Mom castmates, to rank history’s greatest TV moms.
Shaggy’s new collaboration with Sting, 44/876, is out later this month, marking his return to music after almost a decade away. We asked Shaggy to give us his all-time favorite reggae tracks, which include songs from Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs, and Bob Marley.
Katie Couric’s new documentary series, America Inside Out With Katie Couric, is hoping to bridge the growing political divide in the United States by traveling across the country, interviewing people about divisive issues, and trying to find common ground. In honor of the new documentary, we asked Couric to list her…
Loosely based on writer-director Nijla Mu’min’s upbringing in Oakland, the new film Jinn follows Summer, a carefree 17-year-old black girl (Zoe Renee), whose world changes when her mother (Luke Cage’s Simone Missick) suddenly converts to Islam. At the SXSW premiere of the film, we asked Mu’min and the Jinn cast to…
On each episode of his podcast, Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People, comedian Chris Gethard takes one call from a stranger, and has an hour-long conversation with them during which he is not allowed to hang up. This usually results in guests who are uninhibited, willing to share their secrets, and Gethard is able…
In the midst of their world tour, Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragan and George Rebelo took time off to talk to us about the five punk records that most influenced their band, from Fugazi’s 13 Songs to Leatherface’s Mush.
Fresh off the release of The Menzingers’ fifth studio album, After The Party, and in the midst of their world tour, Menzingers singer and guitarist Greg Barnett talked to us about the five records that most influenced him and his band.
Jon Gabrus co-hosts a new, nostalgia-laden podcast with Lauren Lapkus, Raised By TV, during which they explore the pop culture of their youths. For another scoop of nostalgia, we had Gabrus tell us his five favorite things about the place he grew up, Long Island, New York.
Fresh off reunion stints at Riot Fest and FYF Fest, and performing a stellar version of Sonic Youth’s “100%” for A.V. Undercover, Chicago natives Cap’n Jazz sat down with us to rank their five favorite Chicago bars. Unfortunately, they could only come up with three.
After releasing Liars’ eighth studio album, TFCF, and wrapping up their world tour, Aussie frontman Angus Andrews took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down and make up this list of his favorite reasons to lie.
After a writing stint on ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat, a starring role on American Housewife, and her popular Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, the last few years have been great for comedian Ali Wong. We caught up with Wong to find out her five favorite comedic influences.
