The 10 Best Comedy Books of 2019

Featuring Garry Shandling, Ali Wong, Jenny Slate, and a thorough history ofFriends. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Okay, probably not podcasts). The genre of comedy books is a loose, widely encompassing definition. Its more of a comment on critic culture, thatanythingcan and will be examined and too much at that. (Daphne is a column-writing grammar scold, while Laurel turns old War Department correspondence into poetry....

December 6, 2019 · 1 min · 139 words · Kristin Brown

The Best Overlooked Books of 2019

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Meanwhile, more than a handful of moving, wise, and important novels have slipped through the cracks. Fourteen-year-old Cindy lives in a beat-up trailer in rural Pennsylvania with her two older brothers and an occasional mother. Can a love-starved teenage girl be held accountable for such a nefarious con? Is itreallya con if there is no apparent victim?...

December 6, 2019 · 2 min · 360 words · Heather Pennington

The Dark, Deadpan Fairy Tales of Jessica Hausner

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. One of the first things you learn about plants is that they can only thrive in certain climates. As an interview subject, the Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner is the same way. A sortie into a greenhouse reveals its much too hot and humid to think straight in. (The garden is free on Fridays, a boon for journalists and schoolteachers alike....

December 6, 2019 · 4 min · 755 words · Robert Lewis

The L WordReturns As the More Inclusive, Less RadicalGeneration Q

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But in its original outing, the soapy over-the-topness was its own form of radicalism. While that representation was far from enoughwhen the show first premiered in 2004, it was still something. Finley (Jacqueline Toboni), another new character, moves in to one of Shanes spare bedrooms. The world is designed to be fluid and cohesive. you’ve got the option to feel the ridges between one generation and the next, though....

December 6, 2019 · 1 min · 130 words · Elizabeth Carter

The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselRecap: Modern Family

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselsure is lucky that its sustained by its character-driven narratives. Thats because her journey toward self-discovery has been infectious, especially where Rose and Abe are concerned. Rose is from aGerman-Jewishfamily that made their fortune in the oil fields of Oklahoma. Rose may not like the woman shes become, but weve known shes had it in her all along....

December 6, 2019 · 2 min · 321 words · Cindy Allen

The Morning ShowRecap: This Is How It Happens

The Morning Show Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It is most definitely not what I needed in this critical post-Thanksgiving/pre-holiday time. It is as awful as you imagine. Oh, little do they know. … its pretty grim. The misogyny is palpable, even if it is papered over with smiles and polite laughter. Yes, people love ol Mitch. They laugh when he makes jokes about Alex needing to wear sexier clothes or wanting to see Allison naked....

December 6, 2019 · 2 min · 379 words · Susan Austin

This Week in True-Crime Podcasts:RedBall,NightTime, and More

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Thetrue-crime-podcast universeis ever expanding. Were here to make it a bit smaller and a bit more manageable. Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists will pick their favorites. Forty-one years later, the case remains unsolved. But how do you even begin to look at a decades-old case from a new angle? The flight hearkened back to the golden era of air travel....

December 6, 2019 · 2 min · 237 words · James Gordon

Watch the Trailer forHomeland’s Final Season, Which You Definitely Knew Was Happening

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its veryHomeland, and its almost back for the last time. Related Tags:

December 6, 2019 · 1 min · 27 words · Gina Franklin

Weinstein Uses Cane in Courthouse, Has Trouble Using Ankle Monitor

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When he left the courthouse, he was supported by two handlers. The tracking gear has also been a condition of his release. Sometimes, the unit couldnt be found because it was out of cell service. Illuzzi also said that Weinstein sold five properties over the last several years, amounting to $60 million. These violations are really nothing more than technical glitches, Rotunno said....

December 6, 2019 · 1 min · 191 words · Stephen Wright

Weird Way to Use One of Your Wishes, But Congrats,Aladdin’s Prince Anders Is Getting a Spinoff

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The good gigs always go to the extremely dumb and fabulous anyway, dont they? Sources Related Tags:

December 6, 2019 · 1 min · 32 words · Caroline Reynolds

Billie Eilish Goes Fully Monterey Mom in Self-Directed ‘xanny’ Video

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Billie Eilishisnt old enough to buy cigarettes yet, but Mr. Convenience Store Cashier, can you hey make an exception for a music video? What if shes dressed like a 40-something mom? Related Tags:

December 5, 2019 · 1 min · 48 words · Daniel Ferguson

Joe Pera and Stephen Colbert Discuss the Soothing Joys of Grocery Shopping

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its a very nice place to go. Whats his foolproof approach to grocery shopping? Whenever I come to an item, I hold it up and Ill say Should I eat this? Will I eat this? Can I afford this food? And if it gets three yesses, I put it in the cart. What are his top three grocery-store items?...

December 5, 2019 · 1 min · 186 words · Timothy Smith

Lena Dunham to Produce a Show CalledGenerationCreated by an 18-Year-Old

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Lena Dunhamfamously opened her seriesGirlsby havingher character, Hannah Horvath, proclaim herselfavoice ofageneration. Dunham, however, is not the creator of thisGeneration. (He also wrote the Jennifer Aniston movieCake.) HBO, committed to giving youteen realness. The teen takeover of HBO continues apace. Related Tags:

December 5, 2019 · 1 min · 57 words · Mark Henderson