Pete Buttigieg’s Favorite Book IsUlysses, and That’s Great

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A supernaturally charming husband. Even his name, which might seem like a liability, has become a weird advantage, an icebreaker. Nobody gets out of white male privilege with clean hands. The most obvious (and saddest) explanation for the choice is that its another blue-chip asset. Its hard to get into, like Harvard. Yet if Buttigieg merely wanted to send us a signal, he chose uncharacteristically poorly....

April 5, 2019 · 2 min · 384 words · Kristy Taylor

Sammi Skolmoski Isn’t Crazy About Spaghetti

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Her first book, a translation of several screenplays by the Dardenne brothers, comes out this year. This week, Skolmoski and I talked fiber art, Luc Dardenne, and her top-ten pastas. Since I dont perform, Twitter is the perfect receptacle for the lil self-contained bits I cant sell. So youre a regular ol writer, but you also write comedy....

April 5, 2019 · 2 min · 230 words · Destiny Bryant

The Big Bang TheoryRecap: Let’s Get Physicist, Physicist

The Big Bang Theory Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But also, more surprisingly, its might not be Sheldons fault. In a guest star-packed episode, Ellen DeGeneres appears in afauxinstallment of her daytime talk show. This is, of course, particularly irksome to the couple. They know Pemberton and Campbells connection to super asymmetry is accidental. So do Pemberton and Campbell. Well, for Amy to take....

April 5, 2019 · 1 min · 185 words · Mr. James Duffy DDS

The True Love Story ofCrazy Ex-Girlfriend

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The low-key and sober finale ofCrazy Ex-Girlfriendsuited a show that was always knowingly at war with itself. This was a nifty example of a show eating its cake and having it too. It felt optimistic yet psychologically credible. But at the same time, the finale gave the audience a taste of fantasy wish-fulfillment. Thats what that dream sequence with Dr....

April 5, 2019 · 1 min · 170 words · Zachary Thomas

WarriorBlends Martial Arts and Hard-boiled Melodrama With an Arresting American Tale

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The marketing campaign for Cinemaxs period action epicWarriorcould be summed up as, Watch it. Its what Bruce Lee would have wanted. Alas, they never do. The Irish occupy a tenuous middle ground. Theyve completely overtaken the police department and appear to be mostly corrupt. They proclaim themselves more truly American than the subhuman (i.e. nonwhite) races they fear are going to replace the Irish and whites in general....

April 5, 2019 · 1 min · 92 words · Veronica Larson

Why AMC Networks Is Betting So Heavily onKilling Eve

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Vulture recently spent an hour talking with Barnett aboutEves stunning rise and her plans to expand the shows audience. Lets talk aboutKilling Eve. The shows rating surge in season one was amazing. First and foremost, the show was so bloody good. And then, people love to recommend it. The [sales] numbers for the show on [iTunes and Amazon] have been extraordinary....

April 5, 2019 · 7 min · 1458 words · Stephanie Osborne

15 Stephen King Books That Should Be Adapted Next

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on April 4, 2019. Weve updated the list to include more great Stephen King works worthy of adaptation. Literary horror masterStephen King is no stranger to the screen. With the massive success ofIt, the critical acclaim for shows like the King-inspiredCastle RockandMr. Mercedes, and more adaptations currently in the works, King has arguably never been hotter....

April 4, 2019 · 3 min · 525 words · Sara Richardson

Andre Holland to Live La Vie en Rose in New Damien Chazelle Series

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Andre Hollandis about to take a very jazzy trip across the pond. The show will have eight episodes, with dialogue in English, French, and Arabic. When his 15-year-old daughter shows up, emotionally stunted Elliot must face the music. Six-time Grammy Award winner Glenn Ballard (Alanis MorissettesJagged Little Pill,Michael JacksonsBad) will write songs. The show will be shot in France, so the Eiffel Tower is bound to make multiple moody appearances....

April 4, 2019 · 1 min · 87 words · Rebecca Gates

Are We Approaching Peak Animal Actor?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Donning a charming plaid tie, Tonic joined his owners at the Brooklyn Horror Fest. Salem fromThe Chilling Adventures of Sabrinawas a little more daring at his premiere and opted to go nude. Twitter is going nuts for these little stars. Ilovethat dog, and she came to me so easily. But why the press push for these pets?...

April 4, 2019 · 1 min · 80 words · Anthony Smith

How DoesCrazy Ex-Girlfriend’s New Greg Stack Up to Original Greg?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Best known for his role as Anna KendricksPitch Perfectlove interest, the slim, dark-haired Astin superficially resembles Fontana. More importantly for a musical comedy, he, like Fontana, is a triple threat. But instead of providing added late-stage excitement, the pleasure of Gregs reappearance has felt strangely muted. Its especially surprising because the show handledGregs reintroductionwell. The couples attempts at a second chance yo-yo further from there....

April 4, 2019 · 1 min · 142 words · Robert Jackson

Is Any Part of theSonic the HedgehogMovie Going to Look Like the Video Game?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. According to theSonic Bible, Dr. Robotnik is literally and genetically part hardboiled egg. Will anything in the new Sonic movie look like the video game? What kind of nonsense is in store for us come November?! Will Sonic even have to go fast? Yes, of course. Ben Schwartz has assured us that Sonic indeed has gotta go fast....

April 4, 2019 · 1 min · 83 words · Allison Stein

IsGame of Thronesthe Last Show We’ll Watch Together?

It marks the end of the era of television as an epic, communal journey. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Game of Throneswas another TV show untilEddard Ned Stark lost his head. The lords eyes closed. The birds took flight. It was an Everest moment in what would later be called Peak TV. Neds execution was foretold in the source material, George R....

April 4, 2019 · 2 min · 368 words · James Munoz

John Cho Will LeadCowboy Bebopfor Netflix, So Let’s Giddyup!

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Yee-haw seasonis upon us, and theyee-haw agendais strong. Next up: Netflixs ten-episode live-action adaption of the space-Western animeCowboy Bebop, whichThe Hollywood Reportersayswill star John Cho. Spiegel works on the spaceship Bebop, hunting down dangerous space criminals alongside other bounty hunters. Rounding out the cast are Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell. Giddyup while the gettings good!...

April 4, 2019 · 1 min · 75 words · Benjamin Sanders