Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Books, ‘As Close to Immortality as the Written Word Can Expect’ (Dreamstime image: Yulan) A Firing Line conversation with Philip Terzian Philip Terzian, the literary editor of The Weekly Standard since 2005, has become one of the deans of the book-reviewing trade. He is much admired for his ability to make taste and…
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1. Hello. I am here to talk about the amazing and also heart-wrenching storyline happening on Supergirl right now. You may have heard that there was a queer one a-brewing… View this image › ID: 10033838 4. But let me recap briefly for you in case you have made the huge mistake of not watching…
Editor’s Note: There is an update to this story provided by the network’s general manager at the bottom of this piece. — Admittedly, we in the Mediaite writer’s room laughed out loud in shocked disbelief when we read the first headline this morning from the International Business Times: Oops! CNN’s Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts…
In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean. As someone who considers Donald Trump grotesquely unqualified for the office he’ll soon hold (to the point where fear that he might win drove me to volunteer for Clinton, in spite of my deep-seated apathy and laziness), my…
Image via AP. Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has been living in Cape Town since May 2013, and his visitor’s permit expired by 2014, according to the AP. That year, a planned U.S. tour was cancelled when he was unable to re-enter the states. He was arrested in January of 2016 when he…
Posted April 19 2016 — 10:14 AM EDT Anyone who’s ever heard a Queen song recognizes the power of Freddie Mercury’s voice. Those majestic, bombastic, rough-hewn vocals have had an indelible impact on pop and glam genres. Now, a group of Austrian, Czech, and Swedish researchers have used science to prove Mercury was just as good a singer as…
Team Jess, Team Dean, Team Logan — whatever happened to Team Rory? (Netflix) Like any good bookish, nerdy Rory Gilmore-wannabe, I’m excited for the Netflix “Gilmore Girls” revival. But I’m fed up with the ever-present question: “So are you Team Jess? Team Logan? Or Team Dean?” For ye uninitiated, the hit TV show “Gilmore Girls” followed…
Cover art by David Nakayama. Oh god, a book featuring two of the brightest and happiest Inhuman characters teaming up with a guy who currently goes around making various parts of people’s bodies violently explode? This can only end brilliantly. As part of its ongoing announcements of new Inhumans-based books for Marvel’s Ressurxion roster, Comic…
Long before he became the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi was a diehard Doctor Who fan—so he knows his stuff when it comes to talking about why the show has worked so well for over 50 years. But this new nugget of Capaldian wisdom is maybe one of the best things we’ve ever heard said about…