Stars of popular shows lay down the rules about spoilers, including statute of limitations, how to know if something is a spoiler, and, my favorite, the revenge spoiler. Although, I have to know: how did they not get Alex “River Song” Kingston to appear? “Spoilers” is her goddamn catchphrase.
Alan Sepinwall Analyzes This Year's SAG Awards Nominations
This morning, the nominations for the SAG Awards were announced. I learned this because my Twitter feed, composed mainly of critics who believe that awards shows prove very little, was going crazy with complaints about some of the nominations. This article by HitFix’s Alan Sepinwall sums up the outrage well: Award shows are often have silly nominations, but a few of the noms here are just so crazy that they deserve mention.
The two big ones involve the cast of Dexter being nominated for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and an actor from Suits being nominated for Best Actor in a Drama. Having never seen Suits (the premise looks dumb and most of USA’s shows do not interest me at all) I can’t speak on the man’s talent, but I was surprised that none of the actors Sepinwall mentions didn’t get nominated (especially Aaron Paul). But for Dexter to receive a nomination based on its cast is mind-boggling; I haven’t truly liked it since its second season, and even then, the only two truly worthwhile actors were Michael C. Hall and Erik King (whose character died in Season 2, thus leaving the show).
Sepinwall goes into greater detail about the poor manner in which the SAG Awards treat television.
Life Imitates Breaking Bad
Look everyone, I enjoy watching the misadventures of Walt, Jesse, Gus, and Saul as much as the next person, but I’m pretty sure the message of the show is that what the characters are doing is wrong. But here is a story of a real educator and her young partner (son) getting into the meth business.
I guess it’s not as bad as the guy who wanted to be Dexter Morgan, but still…
Pop Culture Ice Cream and More
Ok, so here is the website for Jon Defreest, the guy who makes all the fake Ben and Jerry’s flavors. He also has other great works, most of which lampoon pop culture. I especially like the Occupy Sesame Street photos.
Not Familiar With the Word "Fiction"
I’m starting to think that I made the Arrested Development ice cream far too real. I guess it is just the joke of an artist, who likes to make fake Ben and Jerry’s flavors based on TV shows. I’d definitely eat the Just Blue Myself and Miami Slice, though.
