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Culture Archive

Archives for September 2015

Technology
Dream Stream: A Six-Week Search for the Best Place to Watch TV Online in 2015Dream Stream: A Six-Week Search for the Best Place to Watch TV Online in 2015
Technology

I took a deep dive, binge-watching back-catalog shows and sampling originals in an effort to crown the king of streaming.

By Casey Newton
Culture
B.B. King’s legacy celebrated on what would have been his 90th birthdayB.B. King’s legacy celebrated on what would have been his 90th birthday
Culture

September 16 marks the legendary musician’s birthday.

By Margarita Noriega
Politics
Donald Trump’s brutal and accurate explanation for why cable news is so obsessed with himDonald Trump’s brutal and accurate explanation for why cable news is so obsessed with him
Politics

“It’s very simple business. Very simple.”

By Andrew Prokop
Culture
Watch: American Ninja Warrior crowns its first winner in 7 seasonsWatch: American Ninja Warrior crowns its first winner in 7 seasons
Culture

Isaac Caldiero is the first to snag the $1 million prize.

By Caroline Framke
Almanac
Why Schwarzenegger is perfect for Celebrity Apprentice — and may be better than TrumpWhy Schwarzenegger is perfect for Celebrity Apprentice — and may be better than Trump
Almanac

He showed real estate savvy that would impress any investor.

By Phil Edwards
Culture
TV’s diversity problems go far beyond Stephen Colbert — and any single late-night hostTV’s diversity problems go far beyond Stephen Colbert — and any single late-night host
Culture

Colbert has two women on a staff of 19 writers. That’s not unusual.

By Caroline Framke
Technology
Keep Up With the Kardashians on Your Phone -- Not TVKeep Up With the Kardashians on Your Phone -- Not TV
Technology

Each app, which costs $3 a month, will focus on some aspect of the women’s personality.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Almanac
The child prodigy who invented bucket drummingThe child prodigy who invented bucket drumming
Almanac

Bucket drumming is surprisingly easy to track to one person.

By Phil Edwards
Culture
Matt Damon inadvertently demonstrates why Hollywood isn’t more diverseMatt Damon inadvertently demonstrates why Hollywood isn’t more diverse
Culture

In the Project Greenlight season premiere, he tries to pass the buck when he’s the one who can make a difference.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Samantha Bee has the perfect response to Vanity Fair’s all-male late-night TV featureSamantha Bee has the perfect response to Vanity Fair’s all-male late-night TV feature
Culture

The magazine’s frustrating photo sums up late night’s biggest problem.

By Caroline Framke
There will be more than 400 scripted TV series this year. That bubble’s bound to burst.
Culture

The future of TV looks bright. But nobody quite knows how to get from here to there.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Fear the Walking Dead is Battlestar Galactica with zombiesFear the Walking Dead is Battlestar Galactica with zombies
Culture

The show’s visual aesthetic is surprisingly similar to the classic outer space saga.

By Emily St. James
Culture
In defense of completely predictable movie plot twistsIn defense of completely predictable movie plot twists
Culture

What do you do when a movie is its own spoiler alert? The new horror film Goodnight Mommy has a good idea.

By Emily St. James
Almanac
Chung CHUNG: Happy 25th birthday to the Law & Order soundChung CHUNG: Happy 25th birthday to the Law & Order sound
Almanac

This is how the sound of justice was made.

By Phil Edwards
Culture
Sleeping With Other People proves that today’s romantic comedies don’t need to play gamesSleeping With Other People proves that today’s romantic comedies don’t need to play games
Culture

Leslye Headland’s new film is aggressively honest, and hilarious.

By Caroline Framke