MTV Movie Awards 2014 Winners List
Because awards season never ends, it's time for the 2014 MTV Movie Awards are here. Conan O'Brien hosted the annual celebration of blockbusters and tween favorites (holler, Bella Thorne and Tyler...
View ArticleWe Almost Didn't Recognize Nicki Minaj At The 2014 MTV Movie Awards (PHOTOS)
Is that really you, Nicki Minaj? Let's be honest -- Minaj is not exactly known for her glam on the red carpet. In fact, the singer is more likely to be spotted with a rainbow of colors in her hair or a...
View ArticleHere's The First 'Fault In Our Stars' Clip
The first clip from "The Fault in Our Stars" debuted during Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards pre-show, providing fans of John Green's best-selling novel with a glimpse at the chemistry between stars...
View ArticleGrumpy Cat Gets Our Vote For Best-Dressed Feline At The 2014 MTV Movie Awards...
Move over Pharrell, there's a new hat wearer in town, and her name is Grumpy Cat. The frowning feline knocked it out of the park when she arrived on the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Awards in what we can...
View ArticleLupita Nyong'o Gets Colorful In Chanel At The 2014 MTV Movie Awards And It's...
Well, if it isn't the one and only Lupita Nyong'o who wows at the end of the 2014 MTV Movie Awards red carpet. But of course, do you think we would expect any less? Shining bright in a brilliant...
View ArticleThe Etiquette of Author Radio Interviews
Congratulations! You've done your first radio interview (or you've completed your first flurry of radio interviews), and you're hoping to leverage that accomplishment and build long-term, mutually...
View ArticleHousing Works Is Helping to Heal the Human Race
I once saw an interview with Diamanda Galas in which she showed on her fingers the tattooed words, "I am HIV positive." She had done this, she said, because she felt that the worldwide AIDS and HIV...
View ArticleRuPaul's Drag Race and the Danger of Overpolicing Language
"Tranny," "sissy," "sex change," and "she-male" are self-identifying slang words used by gender-nonconforming people -- mostly performers, artists, sex workers, and others considered to be living on...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Miley Cyrus
Last week, I saw Miley Cyrus in concert at the Verizon Center in D.C. and what a crash course in modern culture it was. Wake up, Marion Winik, it is 2014 and we are going all in! Having begun my own...
View ArticleDrake Pulls Classiest Move Ever And Visits Texas Girl With Cancer Just To...
Well, Drake may have just officially won himself the title of sweetest rapper ever. When 15-year-old Kennedy Brown was unable to finish the school year at Houston’s Carnegie Vanguard High School due to...
View ArticleEmma Stone Rocks See-Through Top At 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Premiere In Rome
Emma Stone wowed (once again) on the red carpet while promoting "The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro" in Rome, Italy on Monday, April 14. The redheaded beauty rocked a glittery Valentino skirt...
View ArticleFrances Bean Cobain Hits Up Coachella With Fiance Isaiah Silva
Frances Bean Cobain was noticeably absent from Nirvana's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 10. The 21-year-old old couldn't make the event because she was ill, according...
View ArticleHere's A Version Of 'Let It Go' That Explains How You Really Feel About Final...
If you needed an anthem for that feeling you get when you are so over studying for final exams, this parody of "Let It Go" from the movie "Frozen" might be your answer. Rewritten as "F**k It All," this...
View ArticleYe Olde Breaking Bad: Confessions of a Binge Watcher
Breaking Bad is ancient, TV history by now, and at the same time I need to say, "spoiler alert." Weird... I'm toward the end of a Breaking Bad binge, so to me there are two kinds of people in the...
View Article'The Walking Dead' Creator Says Jon Hamm Would Be Perfect For Negan
Will Jon be going H.A.M. on walkers? Robert Kirkman, creator of "The Walking Dead," said in an interview with MTV that he is 99 percent sure that "TWD" comic book villain Negan is coming to the show...
View ArticleThis Is What The Tribeca Film Festival Looked Like In 2004
The 2014 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the world premiere of "Time is Illmatic," a documentary about Nas' iconic "Illmatic" album. Over the next two weeks, stars such...
View ArticleMad Men Premiere, as Tweeted
Sunday night was the season premiere of Mad Men -- the final season, I should say. With so much hype, you'd think we were gearing up for the Super Bowl. But honestly other than the big game, this is...
View ArticleASL Goes Viral
Last week, Jimmy Kimmel hosted a "sign language rap battle" where hip-hop interpreters Holly Maniatty, Amber Galloway, and deaf entertainer Jo Rose Benfield each delivered their live interpretation of...
View Article'Gone Girl' Trailer: The Meaning Of Ben Affleck's Life Is She
"I did not kill my wife," Ben Affleck's Nick Dunne says with a calm demeanor at the very end of the new "Gone Girl" trailer. "I am not a murderer." David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's...
View ArticleMy Experiences and Goals as a Science Advisor for Breaking Bad
When I first began helping with science on Breaking Bad, I knew that there were few chemists assisting TV shows in this way. Yet I thought it was critical to build a bridge between scientists and the...
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