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FILM TELEVISION 

TV Holiday Films Are My Lifeline Right Now

March 27, 2020 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Christina Milian, Christmas, Jodie Sweetin, Merry and Bright, TV holiday films

Joy to the Christmas-based economy

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Featured Stories Netflix TELEVISION 

Bloodride Sucks, Let Me Off

March 27, 2020March 28, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Bloodride, Krampus, Lars Von Trier, Let The Right One In, Midsommar

And what to watch instead

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Featured Stories TELEVISION 

‘Better Call Saul’ is Getting Dark at the Wrong Time

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando, Rhea Seehorn, Vince Gilligan

Does it have to turn into ‘Breaking Bad’ NOW?

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NON-FICTION Sports 

Field of Broken Dreams

March 26, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments baseball, Houston Astros, Jackie Robinson, Jim Bouton, Jim Brosnan, Jose Canseco, R.A. Dickey

Six baseball books that don’t steal signs

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CREATORS FICTION Writers 

Novel Virus Idea: Let’s Not Write a Coronavirus Novel

March 25, 2020March 28, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Coronavirus, Jessica Lustig, novel, Sloane Crosley

No one wants to read your deep thoughts

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TELEVISION 

The Plot Against Binge-Watching

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Anthony Boyle, Asymmetry, David Simon, Ed Burns, John Turturro, Lisa Halliday, Morgan Spector, Philip Roth, The Great British Baking Show, The Plot Against America, The Wire, Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan

‘The Plot Against America’ is excellent. But is this what you want to be watching right now?

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AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Featured Stories Memoir NON-FICTION Politics Writers 

The Woman Who Published Woody Allen’s New Memoir

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Neal Pollack 6 Comments Apropos Of Nothing, Arcade Publishing, Jeanette Seaver, Woody Allen

An interview with Jeanette Seaver of Arcade Publishing

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TELEVISION 

Isolating With Outlander

March 24, 2020 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments Caitriona Balfe, Diana Gabaldon, Outlander, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies

Sing me a song of a virus that’s gone

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Gaming 

Betting in the Age of Coronavirus

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments American Airlines, Clorox, Delta, Jeopardy!, Jetblue, NASCAR, NASCAR iRacing, Netflix, Poker, Pornhub, Tiger King, United, Westworld

Without sports, what’s a degenerate gambler to do?

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TELEVISION 

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Burns the Purell

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Abbi Jacobson, Curb Your Enthusiasm, J.B. Smooze, Kaitlin Olson, Larry David, Nick Kroll

Accidentally making fun of the epidemic

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Memoir NON-FICTION 

Celebrity Memoir Books to Read Instead of Woody Allen’s

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Alicia Keys, Anthony Bourdain, Caroline Calloway, Colin Jost, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Jessica Simpson, Lili Reinhart, Madeline Albright, Neil Strauss, Steve Madden, The Jonas Brothers, Tori Amos, Val Kilmer

Life for the rich and famous before Coronavirus

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MUSIC 

A Musician’s Take on the Sudden Live-Streaming Boom

March 20, 2020March 23, 2020 Jenny Parrott 0 Comments Jewel, Kurt Vile, live stream, Live streaming, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Will my ex be at my live-stream show?

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FICTION Young Adult 

Young-Adult Authors Plug Way In

March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Christina Soontornvat, Ellen Oh, Jarrett Krosoczka, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lemony Snicket, Matt de la Peña, Mo Willems

Online readings and virtual book tours galore

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TELEVISION 

Slow Burn

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Jake Harris 1 Comment Celeste Ng, Joshua Jackson, Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere, Reese Witherspoon

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Over-Remembers the 90s

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FILM Netflix 

Spenser’s Grift

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 2 Comments Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Robert Urich, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Robert B. Parker wouldn’t recognize the Boston in Spenser Confidential

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