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The One Scene in ‘The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story’ That Wasn’t Terrible
On August 7, a terribly rude sentence was published on Grantland.com about the upcoming TV movie The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story. I hope Obama sends everyone involved to prison. Before posting...
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The 40 Most Atlanta Things About the Falcons in ‘Hard Knocks,’ Episode It’s Over
Before jumping into the bittersweet final episode of Hard Knocks — Real World: Atlanta, here’s every single thing Coach Bryan Cox said in the closing credits of Episode 4. • “Ohhh, you one of them...
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Minority Report: The Real Problem of the Atlanta Hawks Implosion
I don’t think Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson is a racist. And I don’t think his email was racist. And I don’t think he’s anything like Donald Sterling. Now that that’s out the way, I’d love to...
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Stevie Wonder Is Taking ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ on the Road and You Should...
Fifty-two years ago, Stevie Wonder recorded the song that would make him a star. A 13-year-old star. The song was “Fingertips,” from his 1963 album, The 12 Year Old Genius. The album is a 27-minute...
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Jay and Bey Go to Popeye’s: Decoding ‘Bang Bang’ Part 1
Jay Z and Beyoncé are weirdos. Just two sneakily odd people joined together in the sanctity of marriage. In case everything they’ve ever done hasn’t proven this point, here’s a video just released,...
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A Visit to the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention, Part 6
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 THINGS WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT FOR OURSELVES RB: Just when you think you’ve seen David Jacoby at his giddiest, he stumbles on a 21 Jump Street box and...
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Lecrae: Christian Rappers, Christian Rap, and the No. 1 Album in the Country
There is a scene in 2004’s Fade to Black in which Kanye West is presenting beats to Jay Z for his “last” album, The Black Album. Eventually, Kanye plays him the beat for the song that would soon become...
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We Went There: A Journey Into the Dark Heart of ‘Friends’ 20th-Anniversary...
On this date 20 years ago, Friends premiered on NBC. As things often go on the Internet, such an anniversary warrants intelligent, thought-provoking takes on how said thing holds up and, ultimately,...
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Dear Aretha Franklin Auto-Tune Truthers: Let Aretha Areth
People have opinions. On Monday morning, 58 years into her career, Aretha Franklin released a new song. It’s a cover of Adele’s onetime Earth-dominating “Rolling in the Deep,” from the soon-to-be...
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How We’d Fix It: ‘Left Behind’ (2014 Version)
Double spoiler alert: Many plot details from Left Behind are discussed below. Do not read if you are wary of learning what happens in this film or in the Bible. Films based on books are always...
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‘Independence Day 2’: If Jeff Goldblum’s in, Just Toss Will Smith and Let’s...
The world of sequels and threequels and squeakquels and prequels and biebquels that we’re currently living in is a terrible one. It’s a world that exists because we live in a lazy time, a time when...
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Songs of the Week: Dej Loaf, Throwback Missy Elliott, Tracee Ellis Ross...
These aren’t the best songs of the week. These aren’t even the newest songs of the week. These are just songs of the week. Dej Loaf, “Try Me” Not since “Shmoney Dance” have I heard a song blare from so...
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Be Real ‘Black-ish’ for Me: Do We Need a Sitcom About Race?
A family had been following me around New York for weeks. On television, alongside buses, in the subway, underground upon leaving the subway: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, and their brood...
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‘Dear White People’: Tired Meme, Good Movie
The only thing I was more nervous to see this fall than Black-ish was Dear White People. When Dear White People made its way into the consciousness in January, I was excited. A movie with a majority...
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The Drake Midnight Madness Air Ball Heat Check
You can’t un-see it. The 6 ain’t friendly but it’s where I lay up This shit a mothafuckin’ layup I been Steph Curry with the shot Been cookin’ with the sauce, chef, curry with the pot, boy 360 with the...
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‘Welcome to New York’: Let Taylor Swift Introduce You to Her Magical New City
In July 2009, at age 19, Taylor Swift left the nest and moved into a $1.9 million condo in Nashville. She sang about this in her song “Never Grow Up,” on 2010’s Speak Now. So here I am in my new...
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Who’s That Small Rapper in a Leather Bucket Hat? Dej Loaf
Tuesday night, one of the great musical rites of passage took place in Lower Manhattan: the first New York show. As a part of New York’s annual CMJ Music Marathon, Vice’s music channel, Noisey, brought...
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Spotify, Taylor Swift, and Why Spotify Doesn’t Need Taylor Swift to Sing...
On Monday, news leaked that Taylor Swift has declined to release her latest album, 1989, and simultaneously removed all of her other albums, from the streaming music service Spotify. The prevailing...
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What Ever Happened to Just Going Away? Clay Aiken and the Case Against Losers
Clay Aiken could have actually won something yesterday. But then he didn’t. In North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers retained her post for another two years,...
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We Went There: Stevie Wonder Is Perfect Performing ‘Songs in the Key of Life’...
“I forgot my words.” It was less than 10 minutes in, and he’d already messed up. Stevie Wonder had already admitted to the crowd that he forgot a lyric. As an audience, we heard it and seemed prepared...
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