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Culture Archive

Archives for May 2015

Movies
This woman hates Entourage so much, people are raising $10,000 to make her see itThis woman hates Entourage so much, people are raising $10,000 to make her see it
Movies

Hear her out. This might be the only good thing to come out of the Entourage movie.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Sports
Jon Stewart has some questions about the FIFA investigation — like what took so !#&%@ longJon Stewart has some questions about the FIFA investigation — like what took so !#&%@ long
Sports

Watch Jon Stewart’s one-man show about the very slow FIFA investigation. There are wigs.

By Amanda Taub
Why fewer computer graphics make for better movies
Video

Prosthetics and puppets and pyrotechnics, oh my!

By Emily St. James and Estelle Caswell
Culture
Just what the heck is Game of Thrones’ Littlefinger up to anyway?Just what the heck is Game of Thrones’ Littlefinger up to anyway?
Culture

The show’s master manipulator seems like he’s in over his head. Or is that what he wants everyone to think?

By Emily St. James
Sports
The surprising reason the US is prosecuting the FIFA caseThe surprising reason the US is prosecuting the FIFA case
Sports

The US barely even likes soccer — so what’s the FIFA case doing in a Brooklyn court?

By Amanda Taub
Technology
An Evening With ‘Empire’: How to Make a Hit Show in a Digital World (Video)An Evening With ‘Empire’: How to Make a Hit Show in a Digital World (Video)
Technology

Twitter helps -- but so does a great story.

By Peter Kafka
Life
Let’s count all the ways FIFA is corruptLet’s count all the ways FIFA is corrupt
Life

These nine examples explain why Wednesday’s indictments are such a big deal.

By Libby Nelson
Culture
The new reality show The Briefcase pits the debt-ridden against each other. No. Really.The new reality show The Briefcase pits the debt-ridden against each other. No. Really.
Culture

It has them compete to see who has had the hardest time of it. It’s awful.

By Emily St. James
Sports
Here is how to pronounce FIFA correctlyHere is how to pronounce FIFA correctly
Sports

In case you’re not a soccer fan like the rest of the world, here’s how to pronounce “FIFA.”

By Margarita Noriega
Culture
The FIFA indictment could be just the beginningThe FIFA indictment could be just the beginning
Culture

Why a case about soccer is being tried in a Brooklyn courthouse — and why FIFA president Sepp Blatter shouldn’t relax just yet.

By Amanda Taub
Culture
These charts prove Maggie Gyllenhaal is right about Hollywood’s ageism problemThese charts prove Maggie Gyllenhaal is right about Hollywood’s ageism problem
Culture

Mr. DeMille was never going to be ready, because the close-up was a charade.

By Margarita Noriega, Jonathan Allen and 1 more
Sports
The World Cup’s biggest issue: modern slavery and dead workersThe World Cup’s biggest issue: modern slavery and dead workers
Sports

The FIFA corruption scandal is bad, but Qatar’s World Cup is being built by a construction sector notorious for literally killing people.

By Zack Beauchamp
Everybody says network TV is dying. Nobody told network TV.
Culture

At the broadcast networks’ annual party, megahit Empire looms large, and the future remains uncertain.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Game of Thrones has turned Ramsay Bolton into an irritating, unstoppable supervillainGame of Thrones has turned Ramsay Bolton into an irritating, unstoppable supervillain
Culture

It’s hard to get invested in a storyline in which he will always prevail until he doesn’t.

By Zack Beauchamp
Technology
CBS Boss: ‘House of Cards’ Is Great, but Netflix’s Hits Are Few and Far BetweenCBS Boss: ‘House of Cards’ Is Great, but Netflix’s Hits Are Few and Far Between
Technology

“You hit a grand slam home run in your first time at bat,” CBS CEO Les Moonves says he told Netflix.

By Jason Del Rey