Celebrity Lookout: C. Thomas Howell is Heading Our Way!
TV Guide reports that actor C. Thomas Howell (best and most favorably known for drinking deer blood in the original Red Dawn) may be dropping by Portland to guest star on Grimm. From TV Guide:The...
View ArticleDon't Miss this Fantastic Jason Jones Piece from The Daily Show!
The Daily Show's Jason Jones has been NAILING it with his coverage of the Olympics, but last night's report where he interviews lots of Russians about gay rights—WHO ARE FREAKING INSANE, BTW—is both...
View ArticleToday in Corporations That Control Your Life
As Denis mentioned in Good Morning News (and as your Twitter feed is probably still freaking the fuck out about), Comcast is trying to acquire Time Warner, at which point will they not only will...
View ArticleHouse of Cards Ruins Valentine's with a Frank Underwood Supercut!
If you're like me, you didn't get up extra early this morning to binge watch any of the 13 episode debut of season two of House of Cards (on Netflix). And if you're also like me, you probably won't...
View ArticleNBC's Olympic "Cry Porn" Scheme Backfires
One thing I really, really, REALLY can't stand about NBC's coverage of the Olympics are the excessively over-produced athlete bio segments. Here's what I said about 'em in this week's I Love...
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Matthew McConaughey Doesn't Know How to Smoke Cigarettes
If you have the means and the wherewithal, you are surely watching True Detective because holy shit it's amazing. (That final one-take scene at the end of last week's episode? OMG! How many times did...
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Get Yer Tickets for Veronica Mars... NOW.
As you know, the SQUEE-worthy Kickstarter sensation Veronica Mars will not be getting a wide screening here in Portland—BUT! There are three (somewhat) nearby places to catch it when it opens on March...
View ArticleApparently, Jimmy Fallon's Friends Don't Think He's That Great
Last night was the debut of Jimmy Fallon's reign on The Tonight Show, and while I've had my doubts that Jimmy can successfully host the late night gab fest... it's not because he isn't talented. It's...
View ArticleWatch the Season Premiere of Killer Karaoke
As I've stated on numerous occasions, I loooooove Japanese game shows. They are hilarious, they are insane, and they are cruel. That's why I'm also a fan of the little seen American reality...
View ArticleMatthew Motherfreaking McConaughey on Kimmel!
People! I am so INTO Matthew Motherfreaking McConaughey right now, that I devoted my entire TV column to him this week. Read that there, and then pop back over here to watch his interview on last...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Pranks Entirety of Media... with Olympic WOLF!
Jimmy Kimmel—the gold medalist of late night TV pranking—has done it again, this time with the help of US Olympic luge team member Kate Hansen who presumably shot some video of a wolf wandering around...
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I Love Television™: All Hail McConaughey!
Okay, listen up, dick bones! Today we rightfully bow down to one of the truly great actors of our time, Matthew Motherfreaking McConaughey! Now, you might be wondering: (1) Why I'm asking you to bow...
View ArticleVeronica Mars Movie: Opening in Theaters and on Your Internet
For those scrambling to get tickets for the opening day of Veronica Mars on March 14th—it's in AMC theaters nationwide, but only three places locally—TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX. In a very unusual...
View ArticleWatch this Extended Trailer for HBO's Silicon Valley
First of all it's got the hilarious T.J. Miller (read our interview with him in the upcoming ish of the Merc). Secondly it was created by the wildly talented Mike Judge (Office Space, King of the Hill,...
View ArticleGet the Sickest Home Refi Rates from Sage Kotsenburg—LIKE A BOSS!
You know Sage Kotsenburg as the man who won the Winter Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle. But now? You will know him as the wickity-wicki-WACKEST gnarl-master who will SCORE you the...
View ArticleHannibal Presents... The Best TV Fight Scene of the Day!
While we're currently wallowing in a sea of serial killer TV shows—more on that in this coming week's I Love Television™—one of the better ones is NBC's Hannibal, which returns for its second season...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Don Draper... in Two Minutes!
Yes, yes! I know you're a busy person! That's why those of you who have not been watching Mad Men very closely over the last six seasons will appreciate this video overview of Don Draper—in which...
View ArticleOn TV Tonight: The Americans
Woo-hoo, one of my favorite series from last year returns TONIGHT for a slam-bang second season. It's The Americans (FX, Wednesdays, 10 pm), which revolves around a not-so-happily married pair of...
View ArticleScandal + Español = Escándalo!
Last night, Jimmy Kimmel welcomed the gorgeous Kerry Washington to talk about Thursday's return of the hilariously insane political soap Scandal—which if you haven't watched it, is a Bizarro World...
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Join Me for the Academy Awards Live-Blog!
The fun starts at 4pm, and goes until we all get too bored or angry or drunk (or all of the above.) See you Sunday![ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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