Pop Culture of My Life: Roxane Gay onVanderpump Rulesand Edith Wharton

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. My favorite book as a child TheLittle House on the Prairiebooks, all of them. Ive seen most of the shows episodes at least… 20 times each. Credit: Jay Grabiec I suppose I should be embarrassed about this but I am not. I love a good procedural drama and the range of Mariska Hargitays haircuts. I dont really pretend to have read books....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Raven Ross DDS

Pop Culture of My Life:Da Vinci Codeauthor Dan Brown was haunted byJaws

My favorite book as a child A Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine LEngle. I loved the science in it and the geeky kid heroes. An illicit book I read in secret as a kid That would beJaws. Credit: Doubleday A book that really cemented me as a writer The Doomsday Conspiracyby Sidney Sheldon. I thought, Oh my God. I didnt know that there was adult thriller fiction. I was like, Im pretty sure I could do something like that....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Barbara Anderson

Pop Star Goddessesauthor Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on better living through diva worship

We need someone to give us the strength to persevere, to remind us of humanitys profound greatness. So we need distractions. ), and, of course, an essential playlist of their most divine tracks. Credit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images; Harper Collins and musical styles beyond pure pop, like Queen Latifah, Laura Jane Grace, and Miranda Lambert. Above all, I had to be able to say she represents something, Armstrong says. In short: She had to be a goddess....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Alex Peters

PopWatch Confessional: Have you ever lied about loving a movie or TV show to avoid shunning?

In fact, I kind of hated it. But, back in 1999, you couldnt get me to sit through it again. (GuessI wasnt entirely alonein my thinking at the time, actually!) Credit: Merrick Morton Of course, I would have never admitted that back in the day. You see,Fight Clubwasthemovie at my high school, and I was a lowly high school freshman. Used to lie about it all the time in grade school....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Jeanette Rubio

PopWatch Duel: 10 Items or Less' John Lehr vs. Kim Coles

Its on, after the jump. addCredit(Robert Trachtenberg) The 10 items that define Kim Coles sense of humor: 1. I grew up loving Bugs and thinking I was so smart. Now that I am an adult, I REALLY get it! I love the fight sequences with that crazy music and those sets with the giant fake rocks. Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres7. Katt Williams, Katt Williams and Katt Williams, honey8....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Anna King

PopWatch Duel: Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons vs. Simon Helberg

I am not entirely sure what constitutes pop culture, either. Or maybe I am. Without further excuses, I allow my very personal list to speak for itself. Credit: Robert Voets (2) I submit as geeky item number one my AM/FM portable radio. I jog a lot and I just walk around a lot and its always with me. Typically a political bent to the talk, but sometimes straight up news....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Hayden Cooper

PopWatch Duel: Jonas Brothers vs. Pete Wentz

And speaking of voting, lets get back to the duel. We asked the Jonas Brothers and Wentz to each name their five favorite music videos. Chris Browns Forever: Chris is an amazing dancer. Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images When critics were labeling him the new Michael Jackson, we took notice. Pete Wentz: 1. 3.Michael Jacksons Thriller: The epic video of all videos. You canttop it… its groundbreaking. No one thought you could make a musicvideo like that, and it was pretty freaky....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Heidi Mcdonald

PopWatch Duel: Leverage's Christian Kane vs. Gina Bellman

Its on, after the jump. Christian Kane would steal: 1. [Devlin, who cowrote and produced the filmIndependence Day,exec producesLeverage.] Credit: Michael Muller Paul Newmans starBecause hes my hero and enough said. Gina Bellman would steal: 1. All the Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominationsId nominate all my friends and colleagues. Id get talked up in all of the speeches and it would be one hell of a party. When I first visited LA, I was struck by how cool that image was....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Donna Byrd

PopWatch Duel: Seth Green vs. his 'Robot Chicken' cocreator Matthew Senreich

Its on after the jump. Seth Green 1.The Muppet Showon DVD. I was on location in Canada, up late with insomnia saw the ad & bought the entire series. Lincoln Hawk action figure (pictured, in a photo Green took himself). From the movieOver The Topthe best father-son, borderline homoerotic, arm-wrestling redemption movie. Fred Rerun Berry signed photo. Made out to sweet j, an inside joke and an amazing item. Yes, I have the thermos....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Jessica Williams

PopWatch is 2!

Our second year of existence has yielded too many memorable moments to name. Seems that way to me. Behold, Scotts vision ofThe Sopranosconclusion, in its entirety: FADE INEXT. Pan up to name of store: DYNAMITE STORECLERK: Hey, you there! Yeah, you, the Italian stereotype! See how he just snuck that glimpse of the future in there parenthetically, like it was no biggie? Thats how you’ve got the option to tell a true professional soothsayer, folks....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Christine Hamilton

PopWatch is a witness to history in the 'Late Show' audience

PopWatchers, you wouldnt have believed my excitement. I was there, way in the last row of the balcony, and I applauded mightily. Its not that I align with Senator McCains politics, or find him a particularly appealing candidate. By the start of the show, we were panting for more. The hour-long taping zoomed by, and I clapped the whole time. I watched the show later that night on TV, and the feeling wasdifferent....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · John Pearson

PopWatch Planner: 'Mad Men,' 'Orphan Black' are back, and more

Secret identities and a whole lot of scandal that about sums up televisions big premieres and finales this week. But there are lots of reasons to get off the couch, too. Here are our picks over the next seven days: SUNDAY, 4/13 Mad Menpremiere, 10 p.m. Credit: Jordin Althaus/AMC ET, AMC Its 19somethingorother and Don Draper and Co. have entered a new era of polyester fashion. ET, BBC America). TUESDAY, 4/15...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Kathy Lewis

PopWatch Planner: 'True Blood' season ends, but the political season kicks off. Plus: Alanis, 'Lawless', and more!

Have a great week! Will we find out what the deal is finally with Lafayette and all those spirits? Will the Vampire wars come to a head? Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO MONDAY Republican National Convention, coverage starts at 8 p.m., CNN and PBS Politicians, start your engines! If you thought the political coverage and scathing ads were a lot over the summer, just wait. Next week, the Dems follow in Charlotte, N....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Brandy Morales DDS