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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The first official image of Daniel Day Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln — a biopic which will focus on the last four months of the President’s life — has arrived online, and we think the resemblance is pretty uncanny. The film hits theaters in November, which hopefully means that we’ll be seeing… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Famed writer Gore Vidal — whose prolific output included some 25 novels, two memoirs, and several books of essays, as well as plays and TV screenplays — has died at the age of 86. “Mr. Vidal was, at the end of his life, an Augustan figure who believed himself to be the last of… Read More

Television

Peek Inside 10 of TV’s Most Famous Writers’ Rooms

By Jennifer Lewis on

If you’re anything like us, you sometimes have trouble coming to terms with the fact that your favorite TV shows’ characters and plot lines were nothing until a group of writerly folks sat around a big table and wrote them into existence. It’s like — Ron Swanson is a real person, you know? That being said, writers’ rooms are where the magic happens, so we’re always eager to sneak peeks inside such sacred creative quarters. Inspired (and ever so excited) by Ron Howard’s recently tweeted photo of the new Arrested Development writers’ room, we’ve gathered photos and videos of other popular TV shows’ writing hubs after the jump. … Read More

Pop Culture

The Juiciest Tidbits from This Year’s Comic Con

By Emily Temple on

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (or are absolutely in no way a geek of any kind), you know that Comic Con, the annual enormous pop-and-geek culture festival is going on this weekend in San Diego. Sadly, we can’t be there, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t glued to our computers checking out news from the front — and news there is. For everyone else that couldn’t make the festival, we’ve collected some of the most exciting news and tidbits from this year’s Con —  besides the fact that Neil Gaiman is writing a Sandman prequel, of course. You already knew that. Click through to see what we’re most excited about, and if we spaced on your favorite revelatory piece of info, let us know in the comments! … Read More

Film

Will the Real Batman Please Stand Up?

By Emily Temple on

You might think you know Batman, but are you really sure? It seems like quite a lot of people have claimed to be the caped crusader over the years — whether in jest, in all sincerity, or somewhere in between — and you shouldn’t feel badly if the lines are starting to blur. For a little refresher on all the faux-Batmans scurrying around out there, we recommend watching this charming supercut of various Batmans and Batman-wanna-bes declaring their shared title. The only question now is: who says it best? … Read More

Television

Watch Dan Harmon Talk About Getting Fired from ‘Community’

By Judy Berman on

In a new interview on G4′s Attack of the Show, Marc Maron (of WTF fame) introduces Community creator Dan Harmon as “one of the most notable unemployed man in the country.” So begins a candid network television postmortem in which Harmon is open about the fact that NBC execs hated him, despite being “in the Emmy business” and respectful of critically acclaimed shows that couldn’t compete with American Idol for viewers. “I feel like I’m a good person and a professional, a very able leader of men,” Harmon told Maron. “But I also feel like I’m 25. So I guess that slowly changed without me realizing it. Maybe I am just a jerk. To people who work above me, I am a liability that isn’t worth the benefit… a low-rated show that isn’t generating much revenue.” Watch the full interview after the jump. … Read More

Television

7 Great TV Shows You Can Save — By Catching Up on Them This Summer

By Judy Berman on

Do you know why TV shows get canceled every year? Well, yes, sometimes it’s because they’re bad and often it’s because the network that airs them isn’t doing an adequate job promoting them — but it’s also because of us, the viewers who are zoning out in front of, say, Jersey Shore when there’s so much excellent television we could be watching. The good news is that network execs renewed quite a few great but low-rated shows, and you’ve got the entire fallow summer season to catch up through Netflix, Hulu, etc. in time to drive up their viewership numbers when they return and help secure them yet another season after this one. After the jump, learn how you can be a hero just by watching TV. … Read More

Television

Entire ‘Community’ Cast Officially Returning to TV

By Alison Nastasi on

Although Community creator Dan Harmon won’t be returning to the comedy series, the sitcom’s much-loved cast will be. Deadline reported that Sony Pictures TV has picked up the options on all the actors — including Chevy Chase, who seemed like a no-go after the actor’s long-running feud with Harmon and comments made during… Read More

Television

’90s TV Characters and Their Contemporary Equivalents

By Jennifer Lewis on

Ah, ’90s TV characters. They don’t make them quite like they used to, eh? Have you ever wondered what Daria might be like ca. 2012? Or Wilson from Home Improvement? After noticing a familiar Sex and the City-type plot line in a recent episode of Girls — or, more specifically, that Hannah is as addicted to Adam as Carrie was to Mr. Big — we were inspired to seek out other current counterparts to popular ’90s TV characters. Needless to say, it was a little tough and a lot of fun. After the jump, check out our modern matches for Rachel Green, Jerry Seinfeld, Jessie Spano, and more. … Read More

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Watch a Supercut of Every One of Annie’s Gasps in ‘Community’

By Emily Temple on

We don’t know about you, but we’ve been seriously missing Community these past few weeks — not to mention worrying about its future and mucking around with this. So when we saw this supercut of almost every instance of Alison Brie’s Annie Edison gasping, whether at drama, revelations, perceived slights or actual slights, a little bit of joy came back into our lives. We pretty much want to watch it on repeat until Community comes back. Is that weird? We don’t think so. Check out the video after the jump. … Read More