Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Nicolas Cage and ‘Like a Prayer’
This week Alex and Wesley have a long discussion about the last 10 years of Nicolas Cage. They weren’t all bad. In fact, this stretch includes one of the best performance by him — or anyone, for that...
View ArticleBest of Grantland Pop Culture Podcast: ‘Mad Men,’‘Like a Prayer,’ Noah...
Chris and Andy discuss the return of Mad Men, and Prince Movies remembers Madonna’s Like a Prayer. Plus: interviews with actor Noah Emmerich and comedian David Steinberg. Listen to the podcast here:...
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#Unapologetic: Out With the Old Madonna, In With the Old Madonna
There’s no such thing as aging gracefully. Humans are yanked kicking and screaming from the womb and they lurch fitfully from one stage of life to the next. No sooner have you mastered being a child...
View Article‘Grantland Pop Culture Podcast’: Molly Lambert, Karina Longworth, and Amy...
Molly Lambert is joined by Karina Longworth and Amy Nicholson to discuss Madonna’s acting career, David Fincher’s prowess at directing dancers, and Fox’s Empire. Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe...
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Kanye Lets Beck Finish, and Other Tragedies: A Running Diary of the 2015 Grammys
Couldn’t bear to watch the Grammys last night? Grantland asked two writers to watch the telecast and write down their thoughts in real time as the show unfolded. Steven Hyden: (:02) Minor complaint...
View ArticleFor the Ages: Madonna, Carly Rae Jepsen, and the Different Ways to Sound Young
“I need to tell you something,” singer Carly Rae Jepsen raspily croons on her new song “I Really Like You,” before breaking out into the minimalist but deeply infectious chorus: “I really, really,...
View ArticleStand-Up Comedy Semi-Competently Performed by Celebrities: A Critical...
The Internet, in its ceaseless indignation, took to its fast-food-encrusted keyboards last week to discuss the most important issue of the day. No, not Iranian nuclear negotiations, nor the war in...
View Article‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Unfriended,’ Poptimism, and More
This week, Alex and Wesley take a few minutes to share some things. Wesley tells Alex he actually does like Madonna’s new album, the somewhat badly titled Rebel Heart. It’s been an unfortunate winter...
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My Letterman Years
One fateful night in the summer of 1988, I took acid. Steve Jobs apparently said he’d never hire a CEO who hadn’t done it — but this wasn’t a career move for me. Looking back, I really had no idea what...
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Side 1, Track 1: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and the Best First Songs Ever
This weekend, I paid to see Straight Outta Compton, F. Gary Gray’s authorized biopic about pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A. Two and a half hours later, I felt like I had been watching television —...
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