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The other night, I was flipping through the channels and came across the most recent Mission: Impossible movie (Fallo…
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The promotional cycle for Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers (in theaters this Friday!) is the only thing keeping me alive!
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Perhaps the most disturbing story to unfold this past weekend was somehow not President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit
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If you are anything like me, an otherwise casual consumer of popular media, then you are also likely perplexed and…
Marvel Knower, very long blog writer, and friend to all Nick Martin is leaving Splinter (and G/O Media). We’re…
Have you noticed how the new season of HBO’s Big Little Lies has been...weird? Well! According to a new report in IndieWire, after director Andrea Arnold shot the entire season in her style, a buncha dudes came in changed everything! Talk about a director’s cut! Read more
The Monterey Five are officially starting to lose it, folks! Meltdowns, monologues, and capital-M mothering abound…
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To say Taylor Swift is only just now being “political” is about as silly as saying she’s “only” been writing pop…
In a true *chef’s kiss* moment, Amy “Tiger Mom” Chua’s daughter will apparently be clerking for Supreme Court…
Here’s something disturbing I was reminded of today that I will now curse you with: That Chainsmokers song, with Halsey (that one), was the no. 1 song in the country on Election Day, 2016. TGIF! Read more
There’s a party, it’s tonight, and you want to go. But as with love, timing is everything—arriving at the wrong…
Say it with me now: (Alleged!) Drama! At! The! View!
Susie Banikarim, editorial director of the company formerly known as Gizmodo Media Group (RIP), is off to find her…
The L.A. Times reveals milquetoast Mayor Pete’s “eclectic taste in pop music”—skkkkrrtttt, sike!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unless you consider loving Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Rage Against the Machine, and Spoon “eclectic”! Although he prefers Cardi over Nicki (correct), we CANNOT trust him for saying Hail to the Thief is his… Read more
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This looks...hm. We’ll find out soon enough how good this miniseries (based on the Gabriel Sherman book) about Fox News demon king Roger Ailes is, but I am going to wager a bet that the other Fox News-Ailes adaptation will probably be better! I mean, look at that cast.
Incredible: Splinter’s managing editor, Katherine Krueger, will be on The Majority Report With Sam Seder’s SOTU livestream tonight. She will be joining former Splintie Alex Pareene in “dunking” on the president. Seems cool! Arrange your browser tabs accordingly and put our live blog in one and Katherine in the other. Read more
A selection of unpublished headlines left to rot in Splinter’s drafts folder.
Well well well, looks like Molly Osberg’s harrowing feature for Splinter, “How to Not Die in America,” was named one of Longform.org’s best pieces of 2018 (in their Health category). As Halsey said in A Star Is Born, “How great.” Read more
Congrats to supermodel Karlie Kloss and the other Kushner (Josh), who got married Thursday night. Does love conquer all, including marrying into a family stocked with either white supremacists or their enablers? Can’t wait to find out. Read more
Kirsten Gillibrand, perennially listed near the bottom of potential 2020 contenders, continues saying—generally and generically—all the right things in a new interview with New York magazine. But! Notice how she won’t say a bad word about Joe Manchin and Phil Bredesen and how they voted (and would vote) on Kavanaugh. Read more