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Three Memorable Moments from Lady Gaga’s Holiday Spectacular with the Muppets
ABC’s holiday special featuring Lady Gaga and the Muppets brought the singer together for several memorable performances — although the show’s low ratings would say otherwise. It was an evening of...
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‘True Detective’ Season 2 Pairings Inspired by Pop Culture Detectives
True Detective has only been around for one season, but tonight’s impending finale is already inspiring Breaking Bad-levels of separation anxiety. Fear not, we’re here to support you during these dark...
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‘Game of Thrones’ Characters and Their Muppet Counterparts
Everyone’s favorite puppets are at it again. This week, Muppets Most Wanted hit theaters, taking audiences on a world tour while the Muppets become embroiled in another crazy caper — this time...
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Fictional Languages You Can Actually Learn Right Now
Language is the fabric of the world. In pop culture, invented languages bring fictional worlds to life, teaching us about their culture. Spoofing the ‘90s language program Muzzy, we spotted a Game of...
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Want You to Make a Movie: ‘Project Greenlight’...
Guys, remember Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight, the reality show that helped some aspiring film directors end up making classics like the Shia LaBeouf-starrer, The Battle of Shaker...
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The Best and Worst of Last Night’s ‘SNL’ with Charlize Theron
Welcome back to SNL, Charlize Theron. It’s only been almost 14 years since we last saw you at Studio 8H. The Monster star is known for her dramatic parts, but her comedic role as a stunted writer in...
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35 Incredible ‘Twin Peaks’ Tattoos
This week saw the release of the complete Twin Peaks series on Blu-ray (including over 90 minutes of deleted scenes) — just in time for the show’s 25th anniversary in April 2015. Lynch mania has been...
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The Grateful Dead Are History’s Most Misunderstood Punk Band
Aaron Lefkove’s Grateful Dead/Misfits/Black Flag/Descendents tattoo. Courtesy of the author. If I have one claim to fame, it’s what I did on the night of July 9, 1995. The only recognition I’d ask for...
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The 50 Best Album Closing Tracks in History
A few weeks back, we surveyed the art of the album opening track, putting together a pretty exhaustive list of our 50 favorites and generally opining on what makes for an effective introductory song....
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Pop Culture’s Most Fashionable Vampires
Jim Jarmusch’s sublime meditation on the vampire myth arrives on Blu-ray August 19. Only Lovers Left Alive unites Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as centuries-old lovers, Adam and Eve, who feast on...
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The Greatest Ray Bradbury Adaptations
This week marked the birthday of visionary science fiction icon Ray Bradbury. He was dubbed the “Poet of the Pulps” in 1953 for his lyrical style, which lent creditability to a genre that often...
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“How to Be an Angry Black Woman”: The Craziest Quotes From Alessandra...
We could add commentary to New York Times Television Critic Alessandra Stanley’s overview of Shonda Rhimes’ many television shows and the complicated black female characters at the center, but do you...
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Staff Picks: Flavorwire’s Favorite Cultural Things This Week
Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or...
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Andy Warhol’s Lost Films Find a Voice in Bradford Cox, Dean Wareham, and More
Bradford Cox soundtracking “Mario Montez and Boy,” 1965 (photo by Rebecca Greenfield/BAM) Watching a drag queen and a James Dean-looking fella make out over a hamburger while Bradford Cox...
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‘Game of Thrones’ Coming to IMAX
Game of Thrones fans get ready: HBO’s hit series is going to make an IMAX appearance this January. 150 IMAX theaters across the U.S. will play the last two episodes of the show’s fourth season from...
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Eddie Huang Examines ABC’s Treatment of His Memoir ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
ABC is ready to release their new situation comedy series Fresh Off the Boat, but Eddie Huang — author of the memoir on which its based — had some serious problems with network’s treatment of his work....
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ to Air Gamergate-Inspired Episode
Law & Order has always been infamous for taking inspiration for its episodes from real life, and the Gamergate scandal is no exception. According to The Mary Sue, Law & Order: SVU will air “The...
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David Duchovny Hopes to Revisit his ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘X-Files’ Characters
With the long-awaited third season of Twin Peaks scheduled for a 2016 return on Showtime, David Duchovny has expressed his desire to reappear on the series as DEA agent Denise Bryson, as well as in the...
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The CW Fills Up on Horror with New Pilot Pickups
The CW has fully embraced horror in its new series of pilot pickups. They’ve just announced having ordered an hourlong pilot for a reboot of George A. Romero’s 1980s anthology horror series, Tales from...
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‘SNL’ 40th Anniversary Special Surpasses Ratings Expectations
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special earned unexpectedly high ratings this Sunday — scoring NBC the most views (outside of Super Bowl post-show coverage) since the Will & Grace finale...
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