Mary talks about the work of Jason Fischer, author of Swimming with JFish, Terra Flats, and background artist for Seconds. Mary specifically talks about why Swimming with Jfish warmed her heart!
Read more7 Of Hannibal’s Sexiest Lines
It’s an accepted fact that Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal ended too soon. But during its three-season run, the tense, homoerotic love between titular serial killer Hannibal Lecter and FBI profiler Will Graham managed to burrow into our weird, murdery little hearts and wreck us for normal relationships.
Here are seven moments where Hannibal made me want to rip out my own heart and… well. Feed it to someone else.
(Spoilerish things after the cut.)
Read moreAre You The One S7|E6: Forget Taco Night, It's Fight Night!
Take a moment to center yourself. Because it’s about to go down in this recap.
Hello. And welcome to this very late recap of last week’s Are You The One episode. My bad, y’all. I have a life. JK I was taking a lot of naps and spending quality time with my cats, but you know, that sounds like a pretty poppin’ week to me, so back off.
Look, do you want this recap or not? Let’s go.
Read moreHarry Potter and the Cursed Child: No Secrets Kept
Last weekend, Emily and Kelli had the ABSOLUTE PLEASURE of attending the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts I and II. Now, as promised, we offer you their spoiler-filled discussion of the play — just don’t tell JK Rowling, please. #KeepTheSecrets #UnlessYouHaveABlog
(SPOILERS TO FOLLOW. SERIOUSLY. DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.)
Read moreSusan's #PodSquad: The Habitat
The Habitat follows a crew of six people living for a year on an artificial planet Mars (actually in Hawaii) to test how humans will fare when we send them to Mars *for real.* But they’re not just isolated from their normal lives for a year; they’re as close to isolated from planet Earth as they can possibly be. They have to act as if they are actually on Mars, meaning, for one thing, that they can’t even open the door to their habitat without donning a spacesuit first. Interested yet?
Read moreAre You the One S7|E5: Get Thee to Rehab
This was a bizarro episode of Are You the One? that is unlike any normal episode of the show. They’re throwing the whole formula out the window, so this recap is also going to be all over the place. I just don’t know what to say. You all know I was concerned about the exes not coming back with the loss of challenges, but Mtv of course found a way to work exes into this season anyway. Through the unmatched couples attending “Relationship Rehab.”
Here’s the thing I never get about set-ups like this. How is this any different from just staying in the house? All the same people are there. But it’s like a camp ground now instead of a house with a pool. There’s also a lot of glow-in-the-dark paint in rehab. Don’t get me wrong. The glamping set-up looked fun, but… like, why is this rehab?
Read moreSo You Think You Can Dance: The Top 4 Get Vulnerable
Vulnerability. It's a quality that is intangible and yet become so important in these final weeks of competition on So You Think You Can Dance. At this point, several (if not all) of the top four are on equal footing when it comes to dance ability, so whether the audience is able to view the dancers as "vulnerable" or not can win or lose the season for these contestants. Often, a far superior dancer will go home because of this perceived lack of vulnerability, which is what I guess happened here and why we have landed ourselves with this top 4. They certainly aren't the best dancers of the season, but they are perhaps the most vulnerable? Who knows? Who can argue with that?
In this episode, Vanessa Hudgens says, "being vulnerable is the connective tissue of your soul." Do you know what that means? Because I don't. This is probably why I don't have what it takes to be a contestant on this show. That's probably the only reason. Right?
Anyhow. On to the performances.
Read moreAre You The One S7|E4: Just A Bunch of Random People on Some Horses
That's right. Time to get the bottles poppin' because here is your weekly Are You the One? recap that I know you've been desperately waiting for. A lot of drama went down this week. Tea was spilled, COFFEE was splashed all over the counter, couples were formed, other couples were tested, people got into drunk fights and called each other by the wrong names, horses were ridden across the foggy moors. All in one hour of television. Let's go.
Read moreYA Book Club in Paradise: The Final Chapter
September 1st is here, which means it’s nearly the end of summer. Which means… It’s the final installment of YA Book Club in Paradise. But fear not, fans of Mary and Emily’s YA Book Club series. We’re not taking a break this time. Immediately following this, we’re jumping into a little YA Book Club mini-session we’ve dubbed YA Book Club: Back 2 School. We’re hitting up two books for this installment of the book club. They are:
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (end of September)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (end of October)
Read along with us, and come back at the end of the month to read our review of My Plain Jane. But for now? Let’s get into our last pick for the summer: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler. Spoilers to follow…
Read moreSo You Think You Can Dance: Who's Going to the Finale?
It’s already time for the finale next week, guys. My head is spinning. How did this happen so quickly? Who even are these people? Why does it feel like the auditions were twice as long as the live show? Can FOX stop the madness? Even Nigel pleaded with FOX this week to bring back the Top 20, so what do we have to do to make that happen? Like, if we’re gonna do this show. Let’s do it RIGHT, right?
Anyhow, here’s how everything went down.
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