Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Last week, two members of BuzzFeed’s video team were fired for reportedly violating non-compete clauses in their employment agreements. According to Politico, Jenny Lorenzo and Brittany Ashley were let go because they appeared in a non-BuzzFeed web series, “Gente-Fied,” produced by America Ferrera and focusing on Latinx experiences. As the news trickled out, people formerly…
Since the departure of Jon Stewart from The Daily Show last August, the oft-repeated question has been who would step into his shoes and assume the role of America’s late-night conscience. The incredible evolution of Stewart from journeyman stand-up comedian to his generation’s Walter Cronkite was one Stewart himself mocked because he hosted, as he…
For years, it was enough for the Sunday political talk shows to own the conversation for a single day on television. But if they want to reach young people who are getting their news on Facebook, they have to own social media around the clock, too. NBC’s “Meet the Press” realized this two years ago when it…
“Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, tsunamis—oh, that’s the one.” Oscar Isaac, the most coveted actor in Hollywood who’s not yet a household name, is sitting beneath the towering skeleton of a 150 million-year-old Barosaurus in the entry hall of the American Museum of Natural History, reading up on the exhibit “Nature’s Fury: The Science of Natural…
ON A COLD LATE-JANUARY morning in Budapest, a shaft of sunlight streams through a window in the stately dining room of the art nouveau Gresham Palace Hotel, illuminating Charlize Theron. Her face contorts into a grimace as she stretches her oatmeal-encrusted forearm across the table, offering a spoon to an indifferent infant, while simultaneously turning…
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In the 2011 book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, Tom Freston recalls the origin of the first modern reality TV show. “People asked me, ‘How did you come up with The Real World? That is genius.’ It was just because we didn’t have any money.” Related Story The Fierceness of ‘Femme,…
The Argument for Cars Cars has all your Pixar basics: anthropomorphic characters with differing ideologies and clashing personalities that ultimately rally together for the “greater good,” well-placed comedic beats, self-referential jokes, excellent music, and a whole lot of heart. These traits, admittedly, don’t necessarily make a great film. But the common gripes with Cars should…
cache hit 224:single/related:95de6f0b396bd445f3bf6e3dc5d22cd4 empty Sunspring, a short science fiction movie written entirely by AI, debuts exclusively on Ars today. Ars is excited to be hosting this online debut of Sunspring, a short science fiction film that’s not entirely what it seems. It’s about three people living in a weird future, possibly on a space station, probably in a love…
Uncanny Silicon Valley The absolutely definitive, supremely authoritative, person-to-person mapping of “Silicon Valley” characters to real tech world personalities. When we say that a television show is “realistic,” what do we mean? Must the drug corners on The Wire resemble the streets of Baltimore? Do the mimetic set pieces on Mad Men engender more cinéma…