Eurovision 2015: Ireland and Israel Reviews
For this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Ireland and Israel’s videos are diverse in musical style and presentation, but alike in one thing: They make us feel way to old.
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Eurovision 2015: Czech Republic Review
“Hope Never Dies,” but maybe it should.
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Eurovision 2015: The OTI Eurovision Awards
Celebrating the things that make Eurovision the best singing competition no American has ever heard of.
An Anatomy of Envy (with apologies to B.J. Novak)
An exhaustive analysis of one writer’s creative anxiety, and how he realized it was stupid.
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Overthinking Eurovision 2015
Overthinking Eurovision is back for 2015! Follow the drama with us as 40 European countries go sequin-to-sequin in a pop music competition for the ages! Or at least for the next year.
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Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
We mourn and pay tribute to the most beloved of performers of aliens, the sensualist who inspired slash fiction and the psychosexual saint of the nerds.
“Movies” vs. “Films”: Oscar Speeches Versus the World
Adding statistical and linguistic fuel to the “Oscars are out of touch” fire.
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The Feasibility of the Wedding Ringer’s Business Plan
Is it even REMOTELY feasible for a wedding ringer to make a living as a fake best man–and get away with it?
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Hearth and Home: When a Videogame becomes a Third Space
How and why Hearthstone, the World of Warcraft online Collectible Card Game, is a lot like the bar from Cheers (sociologically speaking).
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Are You Bad Enough
What’s the difference between Bad Movies that are fun to watch and Bad Movies that are just … bad?