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Let’s Get Bored To Death Back: Sign The Petition
On December 20th, 2011 HBO did the unthinkable and cancelled the beloved Brooklyn-based series Bored to Death. For fans like myself, it was literally a kick to the gut and frankly one of the dumbest moves HBO has made in a long time. More »
Julianne Moore Nails Sarah Palin In The Game Change Trailer
Does Julianne Moore embody Sarah Palin‘s hair, smile, and accent in the Game Change trailer? You betcha! More »
HBO Cancels Hung, Bored To Death And How To Make It In America
Rejoice! HBO has canceled my least favorite show of all time, which is Hung! Unfortunately, the network also dropped the axe on the charming Bored to Death and the hard-to-have-an-opinion-about How to Make It in America, effectively giving a big middle finger to New York. More »
What’s With All The Incest On Television This Season?
Four shows on premium television are currently exploring plot lines involving incest. Is it mere coincidence, or is there something else going on here? (WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.) More »
Check Out The First Trailer For Lena Dunham’s Girls
Girls is an upcoming HBO series created by and starring rising superstar Lena Dunham. Hot on the heels of her breakout feature Tiny Furniture, this series is executive produced by one Judd Apatow. Can’t really complain about that. More »
5 Facts About New Game of Thrones Cast Member Rose Leslie
We don’t know about you guys, but we got really excited over the summer when casting for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones just kept rolling out, and rolling out, and rolling out. You know what was curious, though? Among those casting notices, the character of the supercool Wildling, Ygritte, was nowhere to be seen. Why? But finally—finally!—the wait is over: Ygritte has been cast! She’ll be played by Downton Abbey actressRose Leslie. But who exactly IS Rose Leslie? Here are five need-to-know facts about the actress: More »
Discussion: Is Hung The Worst Show Ever?
The third season of HBO’s Hung premieres on Sunday, and I, for one, am completely shocked to hear that this show’s still on the air. That’s because I think Hung is the worst television series of all time! But B5′s editorial director Meghan Keene does not think Hung is the worst series of all time, and in fact actually kind of likes the Thomas Jane-lead male prostitution comedy. Meghan and I debated the merits of the series and then we fist-fought. More »
Gallery: Following The Emmys, Celebs Hit The After Parties
The duties of a TV celebrity don’t simply end after the three-hour awards ceremony. Oh no, these celebs must then hop in their horse-drawn limousines and put in an appearance at the after party. How tedious! Check out photos of Emmy winners and losers at parties hosted by AMC, HBO and The Governor. More »
True Blood Sex Recap: Sex with Someone You Hate
In a lot of ways, True Blood Season 4 was like sex with someone you hate: misguided, unbearably awkward, and inevitably not worth the effort. Yeah, there was a moment of pleasure toward the end, but as soon as it was over, you felt dirty for enjoying it even a little.
Speaking of sex, Sunday night’s season finale was pretty eventful, huh? Let’s break it down relationship by relationship. Just because True Blood lacks structure doesn’t mean this article has to. More »
Meet the Second Season Cast of Game of Thrones!
Back in July, we presented to you, Gentle Readers, our dream cast for the second season of HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones, based off George R. R. Martin’s book series A Song of Ice and Fire. Nearly two months later, casting is starting to wrap up, so we thought we’d take a moment to introduce you to the actors who will actually be donning their armor and stepping into Westeros. More »
Video Gallery: Jeremy Piven’s Most Emmy-Worthy Moments on Entourage
We’ve been with Ari Gold since he met fledgling star Vinny Chase, through drug scandals, movie flops, and the crumbling of his marriage. He’s an egotistical, confrontational, work-obsessed asshole… and we love him. Hug it out, Ari. More »
Boardwalk Empire Rolls Out Cool Vintage Subway Cars in New York City
This is advertising we can get behind — especially since it’s in our city! To promote the second season of Boardwalk Empire, HBO went above and beyond just posters in the subway station: They’ve got a vintage 1920s subway train that will run along the 2/3 stop throughout New York City on weekends in September. More »
Allison Williams Isn’t Carrie Bradshaw, But She Does a Mean Kate Middleton Impression
The following is a guest post from our friends at Luckymag.com.
When Allison Williams stopped by Lucky’s office recently, we were immediately taken with her style. She had that kind of refined, good girl look—casually chic in her Marc by Marc Jacobs shirtdress and Tory Burch wedges—that seems to come naturally to graduates of elite East Coast collegiate institutions. (She went to Yale.) But don’t roll your eyes at her privileged pedigree, Williams is down-to-earth and just plain funny: Witness her impression of Kate Middleton in her self-written Funnyordie.com mini-series. More »
Feminism, Free Love, and Tang: What If Every Network Got Its Own ’60s Show?
It only took four wildly popular season of Mad Men (and a Mad Men-inspired cookbook) to get other networks to realize audiences are ready for some quality retro programming. Enter NBC’s The Playboy Club and ABC’s Pan Am, both set in the 1960s. But why should three networks have all the fun? If every station could roll out a ’60s-themed show this fall, here’s what they would be. More »
‘Game of Thrones’ and the Art of the Visual FX Reel
Even if you don’t know much about filmmaking, odds are, you’re aware of the mark of good special effects: If the effects are reeeeeeally good, you don’t actually notice them. This is one of the reasons why the Lord of the Rings trilogy is so good; it’s one of the reasons why Black Swan was so good; and it’s one of the reasons that HBO’s Game of Thrones is so good. This is also why it’s so much fun when special effects reels detailing how all of those so-spectacular-you-didn’t-even-notice-them things were accomplished pop up on the Internet. Hoorah for the Internet! More »
Is Michael Patrick King’s ’2 Broke Girls’ Just Another ‘Sex And The City’?
With fall just around the corner, television networks have been plugging away at promoting their newest fall comedy lineups. Many of the offerings are relying on star-power, like Zooey Deschanel’s latest vehicle The New Girl or the new and possibly improved Two and a Half Men (now with Ashton Kutcher). Then are there are shows banking on proven track-records, such as 2 Broke Girls, created by stand-up Whitney Cummings and Sex and the City show-runner, Michael Patrick King.
But King doesn’t appreciate the comparisons to SATC, as easy as they are to make. More »
Larry David Is Ready For A New Season Of ‘Curb.’ Does This Mean It’s The End?
Curb Your Enthusiasm is now in its eighth season, and despite all of the new and noteworthy competition (e.g. Louie, Parks And Recreation & Modern Family), the show is still awesome. Critics are gushing over it, and ratings are higher than expected–”seven-year highs for its first three weeks,” reports Deadline.com. Even Larry David is excited about next season. Which is making us worried. More »
Crushable’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2 Dream Cast
Casting for the second season of Game of Thrones is well underway– and a good thing, too, since a second season has been in the works since the airing of the show’s very first episode. This season will cover the second book of the series, A Clash of Kings, and has a whole bunch of new characters to get to know. Among them are Margaery Tyrell, the sister of Ser Loras “Knight of Flowers” Tyrell, who will be played by The Tudors actress Natalie Dormer, and Brienne of Tarth, an exceptionally tall warrior maid who will be played by the 6’3″ (you heard me: 6 foot three!) actress Gwendoline Christie. There are still plenty of roles left to fill, though; here’s who we’d like to see join the cast: More »
A Game of Memes: A Guide to ‘Game of Thrones’-Inspired Memes
As is the case with any good pop culture phenomenon, HBO’s series Game of Thrones has spawned not only a huge fan following, but perhaps more importantly, a ton of everyone’s favorite procrastination tool: Memes. We here at Crushable HQ have shared a few of our favorites over recent weeks, but you know what? There’s just so many glorious Game of Thrones memes out there that we’ve decided to round up the best of the best for your reading and procrastinating pleasure. In the Game of Memes, you win or… well, you really just win. Let’s begin with:
‘Game of Thrones’ Aftermath: Why Characters You Love Need to Die
Game of Thrones, HBO’s fantastic television adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, finished up its first season last Sunday, and boy, was it a doozy. The last couple of episodes were all doozies, come to think of it; if there’s one thing you don’t generally expect when it comes to television shows, it’s that so many main characters end up dying. Naturally, there were some pretty violent reactions to some of these deaths– one in particular– and yes, I see where you’re all coming from. Here’s the thing, though: Sometimes characters, even the ones you love, need to die. And here’s why.
[P.S: Here there be SPOILERS, in case you haven't already figured that out.] More »