Culture Archive
Archives for July 2015
What makes one show a comedy and another a drama? What determines whether someone is a supporting actor or a guest? Those questions and more, answered.
The year’s biggest TV awards announce their slate of nominees.
America loves To Kill a Mockingbird. But does Go Set a Watchman undermine its legacy?
How did this guy get a movie?
While the superhero blockbusters understandably dominated the weekend buzz, there was a lot of great television on tap, too.
The president was asked whether he’d rescind the medal in light of the sexual assault allegations against the comedian and his admission about giving women drugs.
Sixty-three million paid subscribers worldwide.
Poitras says she was detained and questioned every time she traveled overseas from July 2006 to April 2012.
The All-Star Game had nothing on this incredibly talented pop star.
“We tried to let you govern yourselves and you failed.”
Call her Lyrics Del Rey: “Honeymoon” is a lo-fi lyric video to end all lo-fi lyric videos.
Themes from 20 years of industry change include a move away from the TV and toward other devices, and away from traditional providers of paid TV services.
Free, for now. Bring your own controller.
FanDuel made $57 million in funding last year, but still isn’t profitable.
Maybe the worst True Detective is the best True Detective.