Anthony Hemingway On Directing “Red Tails” for George Lucas
Though Anthony Hemingway has had a substantial career in TV, when it comes to features, he’s one of the luckiest guys in the business. What other filmmaker – and fan – gets to make their feature debut...
View ArticleMake Good Art: Neil Gaiman’s Advice To Graduates
It’s that time of year, many people of all ages participating in the pomp and circumstance that is graduation. Congratulations to all who have managed to complete another one of life’s milestones and...
View ArticleWorking “2nd Watch” With Wil Wheaton
When the first season of Falling Skies ended in a pretty shocking cliffhanger, we immediately wanted to talk about it with someone. Sure, we finally caught up to actress Jessy Schram this week to talk...
View ArticleNeil Armstrong, 1930-2012
It was possibly the ultimate “where were you when you heard about it” moment, maybe because it was a rare universally-shared experience that didn’t involve a tragedy like an assassination or accident...
View ArticleChristopher Walken. Sam Rockwell. In a Room with Nerdist
Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell make everything better. They just do. Not that Martin McDonagh necessarily needed the help – the playwright-turned filmmaker already had a wickedly funny script in...
View ArticleExclusive Look at the 2013 Women of Geekdom Calendar
Did you ever have difficult appreciating the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar, knowing that the models involved would never likely talk to you in real life, and even if they did that you’d have...
View ArticleLYT Review: “The Sessions” is an Unlikely But Rewarding Date Movie
Every once in a while – okay, make that every awards season – a movie comes along that’s both really good and almost impossible to persuade anyone to see without your pitching it to them in a similar...
View ArticleDisney Buys Lucasfilm and the Star Wars Sequels Begin
Those of us who grew up with Star Wars the first time around remember how disheartened we were after Return of the Jedi when George Lucas said there wouldn’t be more movies in the series until that...
View ArticleInterview: StarTalker Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is like the science teacher you wish you’d had back in high school: the guy who not only knows the curriculum inside and out but knows how to make it relevant to you, and...
View ArticleHeads Up, Novelist Wannabes: It’s NaNoWriMo Time
Well, it’s time to write the novel you’ve been putting off for all this time. And by that I mean it’s really time, like, now, because it’s November, once again time for National Novel Writing Month,...
View ArticleKABUKI: THE ALCHEMY: A Roadmap to (My) Creative Enlightenment
“The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s...
View ArticleBatkid Saves Gotham… Er, San Francisco in an Awesome Make-A-Wish
He’s the hero we deserve, and the one we need right now. This year has had its fair share of grim news, but today, Batkid swooped in to steal our hearts and show us something extraordinary, thousands...
View ArticleThe Very Best of Gallifreyan Gastronomy
All this time travel sure does work up a healthy appetite. Why not feed your need for the greatest in Gallifreyan gastronomic delights with this tasty torrent of Doctor Who Week videos with a tasty...
View ArticleShatter World Records and Get Free Gifts with reddit’s Secret Santa Exchange!
They say that it is better to give than to receive, but sometimes it’s best to give and receive. That’s why, this year, we’re participating in redditgift’s Secret Santa – because we want to get...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: Comic Book Edition
It’s Comic Book Day and chances are you’re already neck deep in preparation for tomorrow’s Turkey Day feast. But, you’d be foolish to head into Black Friday and Cyber Monday without a game plan, so...
View ArticleROOKIE of the Year, Again: An Interview with Tavi Gevinson
When most of us were in high school, we were worrying about getting to the cafeteria before anyone else to get the cookies that weren’t quite cooked in the middle, figuring out what the hell Dostoevsky...
View ArticleThe Force Behind The Amazing Riot LA Comedy Festival: Abbey Londer
If you live or know even a fraction about what happens in Los Angeles, you’d probably know that it’s one of the centers of comedy in the world. Every single night, there’s world class comedy on display...
View ArticleHow an Internet Dog Meme Sent the Jamaican Bobsled Team to the Winter Olympics
Such bobsled. What cryptocurrency. Much Jamaica. Many fast. That’s right, everyone, once again Jamaica has a bobsled team that has qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. One problem —...
View ArticleMore with CBS’ BAD TEACHER Star Ryan Hansen
When one sits down for a conversation with Ryan Hansen, best known for roles in Party Down and Veronica Mars and now starring in the CBS adaptation of the hit movie Bad Teacher, it’s a safe bet that...
View ArticleNerdist Interviews NEIGHBORS Star Ike Barinholtz
If you haven’t seen Neighbors, the Nicholas Stoller directed comedy starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron, I suggest you stop what you’re doing and go watch it. Now. The comedy is fresh,...
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