August 2016 Default Articles
- Staff Picks: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ Gas’ ‘Nah und Fern,’ Margaret Qualley’s Fantastical Freakout in That Spike Jonze Commercial
- Bill Nye Gets a Netflix Series That’ll “Save the World” — Or at Least Debunk Some Anti-Scientific Theories That Threaten It
- Alts, Ranked
- Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch Team for ‘Waco’ Limited Series
- ‘Stranger Things’ Renewed for a Second Season; Teaser Shares What Seem to Be Episode Titles
- The 10 Best Showbiz References in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2, Episode 9
- Forget Ryan Lochte — The Funniest Thing About ‘Dancing With the Stars’ is the Presence of Rick Perry
- Riz Ahmed Discusses ‘The Night Of,’ Says ‘Rogue One’s’ Intense Energy Came From a Lack of Bathroom Breaks
- The One Note of Satisfaction in ‘The Night Of’ Finale? The Fate of That Cat
- ‘Let the Right One In’ — Previously a Novel, Two Movies, and a Play — Gets Ordered as a TV Pilot
- The VMAs By the Numbers: A Panoply of Hosts, a Medley of ‘Lemonade,’ A Bevy of Selfies
- ‘Empire’ Season 3 Trailer Confirms Mariah Carey Guest Role
- ‘You’re the Worst’: A Romantic Comedy That Has No Time for Romance
- Watch: New, Visually Striking ‘Westworld’ Trailer Explains ‘Westworld’
- John Oliver Introduces Nebbishy Child Superhero “Johnny Strong”
- Rupaul, Leslie Jones and the Alt-Right, Teenage Björk: This Week’s Recommended Reading
- This Week’s Top 5 TV Picks
- Blanket Bans on Trigger Warnings Curtail Freedom of Expression, Too
- How ‘Madonna: Truth or Dare’ Peeked into the Future of Celebrity Culture
- Marina Abramovic Issues Second Statement on Racist Diary Entry, Keeps Digging
- Delta Airlines Aired ‘Carol’ Without Gay Kissing — But Now They’re Censoring Homophobic Words, Too
- Aaron Paul Calls ‘Stranger Things’ “One of the Best Things [He’s] Ever Seen,” Obsesses Some More
- Trendspotting: Everything is Terrible and Everyone Will Die
- The Zoë Quinn/Chuck Tingle Video Game Is Really Happening, and It Looks Awesome
- Horrible Hackers Target Leslie Jones, Reveal Personal Info
- Staff Picks: Frank Ocean’s “Nikes,” ‘United States of Tara,’ Long Reads About Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
- Watch Mary Elizabeth Winstead Explain Her “Fantasy-Slash-Nightmare” Sex Scene with Michael Moore on ‘BrainDead’
- The 10 Best Showbiz References in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2, Episode 8
- Cosby Inspires California to Revisit Statute of Limitations on Rape Cases
- Ian McKellen Said “I. Shall. PASS.” On Officiating Sean Parker’s Wedding as Gandalf
- Why ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ is a Good Period Piece — But Not a ‘Mad Men’ Level One
- Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Fred Savage to Star in New Netflix Comedy ‘Friends from College’
- From Nate Parker to Juanita Broaddrick, Our Rape Culture Discussion Remains a Sad Mess
- John Oliver Delivers Message Directly to Trump: “Drop Out” and Tell America the Campaign Was a Satire
- ‘I Love Dick’ and the Narrative Power of a Neurotic Woman
- Late-Night TV Shows You Might Have Missed
- The Moxi Girls: How We Roll
- Watch the First Teaser for NBC’s ‘Hairspray Live!’
- ‘Dry,’ ‘Endless,’ Hide and Seek: This Week’s Recommended Reading
- This Week’s Top 5 TV Picks
- Last “Nightly Show” Episode Gets Visit from Jon Stewart (Plus Booze from Oliver, Bee and Colbert)
- Amy Schumer Speaks Out on Kurt Metzger’s Offensive Screed
- ‘War Dogs,’ ‘Suicide Squad,’ and the Lost Art of the Movie Soundtrack
- On His Podcast, Kurt Metzger Defends Himself Against “Rape Apologist” Allegations (And Apologizes, Kind of)
- Why Do ‘The Mindy Project’ and ‘UnREAL’ Insist on Making Their Leading Ladies Miserable?
- ‘Imperium’ and the Deceptive Simplicity of Modern Hate Movements
- Pivot, Channel that Airs ‘Please Like Me’ and Apparently Other Things, Is Shuttering
- Rollin’ with the Homies: Honor Roll Skate Crew Gives us the 411
- It Seems That Amy Schumer is Finally Sick of Kurt Metzger’s Attitude Towards Women
- Staff Picks: Riz Ahmed, ‘The Golden Age,’ and ‘You Must Remember This’
- Olympics Fans (and Athletes) Shut Down Media’s Sexism Over and Over Again
- How ‘Seinfeld’ Heralded Today’s Obsessive, Neurotic, and Inescapable TV Culture
- Can Challenging Family Fare Like ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Save the Summer?
- ‘No Man’s Sky’ and ‘Starflight’: How 2016’s Endless Universe Compares to 1986’s
- Ryan Murphy’s ‘Feud’ Enlists Catherine Zeta-Jones to Play Olivia de Havilland
- Larry Wilmore Addresses Cancellation on First Episode of ‘The Nightly Show’ Since the Announcement
- The 10 Best Showbiz References in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2, Episode 7
- The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Ingrid Bergman,’ ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
- Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and ‘Silicon Valley’s’ Sonny Lee Are Making a Comedy Series About the Singularity
- In an Election that Pits Inspiration Against Evil, How Should We Treat Political Dissenters?
- ‘The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore’ Canceled at Comedy Central, Will Conclude This Thursday
- Watch John Oliver Tear Down the Shady Practice of Subprime Auto Loans
- ‘Black and White’ Stars Sherrod Small and Christian Finnegan On Using Comedy to Spotlight Race in America
- Judge Overturns Conviction for ‘Making a Murderer’s’ Brendan Dassey
- Method Acting Egotism, Rio Surveillance, and Rhea Butcher’s Least Favorite Song: This Week’s Recommended Reading
- This Week’s Top 5 TV Picks
- ‘Homeland’ Season 6 Will Feature a Hillary-Trump-Bernie Hybrid as President
- Syfy Enlists Comic Writer Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor to Adapt ‘Brave New World’ to Series
- Great Pop Culture Moments in Roller-Skating Style
- Watch Brooklynites Buy Pot, Talk Pot, Smoke Pot in ‘High Maintenance’ Trailer
- ‘Take My Wife’ is a Charmingly Lo-Fi Comedy About the Terror and Thrill of Commitment
- ‘Pete’s Dragon’ and the Case for Remaking Bad Movies
- Hugh Hefner Will Bare All…His Archives in a New Amazon Docu-series
- Staff Picks: ‘Superstore,’ Robert Hyers’ ‘Spinning the Record,’ the Elegant Eggs of ‘Arrival’
- What Do DC Fans and Trump Supporters Have in Common?
- Why ‘The Get Down’ Succeeds Where ‘Vinyl’ Failed
- No Big Surprises Here: Marilyn Manson Eats a Leech in ‘Salem’ Season 3 Teaser
- Bill Maher on Trans Rights Exemplifies the Flawed Defensiveness of the Mainstream Left
- BoJack Horseman Shows How an Abortion Plotline Can Create Tension and Conflict
- The 10 Best Showbiz References in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2, Episode 6
- ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Finale Recap: “Friendly Fire”
- Flavorwire’s Big-Ass Fall TV Preview
- Dreams Can Come True: Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg Will Host Dinner Parties in a New VH1 Series
- John Oliver Finds the Roots of the Dismal State of Journalism
- There’s a Title, Teaser, and Debut Date for Woody Allen’s “Regretted” Amazon Series
- ‘Transparent’ Season 3 Trailer: Warmth and Dysfunction Abound, of Course
- The Most Embarrassing David Duchovny Photo Shoots
- ‘American Crime Story’ and ‘Mr. Robot’ Top TCA Awards
- ‘The Underground Railroad,’ ‘Bad’ Food, Jamila Woods, and More: This Week’s Recommended Reading
- Trump’s Attacks on the Khan Family Are Nothing New: A Recent History of Right-Wing Smears
- Is It Any Wonder ‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris is Sick of Talking About Diversity?
- This Week’s Top 5 TV Picks
- Duplass Bros Creating HBO Series About Guests in One Random Hotel Room
- Couple/Collaborators Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys Discuss What Won’t Happen at the End of ‘The Americans’
- Netflix Allegedly Glitched and Turned Ducks, Wolves, Lions on ‘Planet Earth’ Into Aziz Ansari
- #WeAreAllThisShrubNextToBarb: An Ode to This Uber ’80s Shrub That Appears Next to Barb
- Trendspotting: Old-Age Romance on TV
- Daisy Ridley Leaves Instagram After Being Harassed for Anti-Gun Post
- Staff Picks: ‘Gleason,’ Liane Moriarty, and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
- ‘Stranger Things’ and the Benefits of “Nostalgia Casting”
- How ‘The Knick’ and ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ Bring the Soderbergh Style to Television
- Mild Disappointment! Jimmy Fallon to Host 2017 Golden Globes
- The 10 Best Showbiz References in ‘Difficult People’ Season 2, Episode 5
- Trump Sounds More Unhinged As He Tries to Shift News Cycle, Calls Clinton “Devil”
- August TV Preview: Don’t Miss These 10 Premieres
- Our Penance for O.J.: Twelve Hours of Competing JonBenet Documentary Shows!
- ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap: “Espionage”
- Is Season 6 of ‘AHS’ a 16th Century Horror Story Based on the Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony?
- Starz Is Developing 50 Cent’s Screenplay About a Chicago Superhero as a Series
- ‘Master of None’ Creators on the Show’s Ethos of Kindness
- John Oliver Lauds Khizr Khan for Wielding the Constitution Like a Middle Finger
- Watch Julianna Margulies Don a Sia Wig in the Season 5 Promo for ‘Billy on the Street’
- Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher’s Series ‘Take My Wife’ is the Answer to the Dreaded Question: “What’s it Like to be a Woman in Comedy?”
