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Interview: The Cast of ‘Ted’ Returns For More Laughs in Season 2
The second season of Ted is the next step forward for the Bennett family. John (Max Burkholder), Susan (Alanna Ubach), Blaire (Giorgia Whigham) and Matty (Scott Grimes) are back to have new adventures centered around Seth MacFarlane’s titular bear. The Bennetts are set to take on new challenges in the second installment of Peacock’s popular […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Horror is About to Have an All-Time Showing at Next Week’s Academy Awards
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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‘DTF St. Louis’ Cast & Creator Are Down to Talk About the Genre-Defying Dark Comedy
The HBO limited series DTF St. Louis has quickly generated a lot of buzz as a unique, dark comedy exploring middle-age malaise, hookup apps, infidelity, all tangled together by a murder mystery set in suburban St. Louis. (Read all about it in my review). Part of that buzz is how the series is genre-defying. While […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Ballots Are In for Academy Members and a Wild Precursor Season Has Come to An End
Ladies and gentlemen, voting for the 98th Academy Awards has come to an end. Oscar voters turned in their ballots yesterday, marking one of the final points in the precursor season. Frankly, aside from the Writers Guild of America Awards, which are this weekend, there’s nothing of real note left before the Oscars. So, while […] More
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Interview: ‘9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman on the ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Crossover and Eddie’s Driving Force
Ever since he joined the cast in season two, Ryan Guzman’s Eddie Diaz has become a beloved fan favorite on ABC’s 9-1-1. The procedural drama draws from the real lives of first responders, giving audiences a front-row seat to the high-pressure experiences that firefighters, police officers, and dispatchers face on a daily basis. Tonight’s new […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #280: Joey and Myles Discuss a Wild Precursor Weekend as Oscar Ballots Are Due
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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in Op-ed
A No-Stress Watch Party Guide: How to Make Awards Night Fun on Campus
Awards night on campus can be the perfect low-stakes event: you get the hype of a live show, the social energy of a group hang, and the joy of reacting in real time without needing anyone to be an expert. The trick is designing it so it feels welcoming, not like a pop quiz on […] More
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An Updated Ranking of the Pixar Efforts So Far As ‘Hoppers’ is Unleashed into Theaters
Without a doubt, Pixar is a name that means something in the world of animated cinema. It’s a stamp of quality unlike anything else the medium has seen. Throughout its history, there have been multiple runs where Pixar was clearly on a level far different than any other animation house. So, when you look at […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of March 2nd – Oscar Nominees ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Zootopia 2’ Duke it Out with ‘The Running Man’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have some Oscar nominated films hitting shelves in Hamnet and Zootopia 2. There’s also a fun would be blockbuster in The Running Man, which deserved a better fate. This week does not include a Criterion release, but there’s plenty other titles coming out, so fear not, including…gulp…Ella […] More
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TV Review: ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ is a Comedic Touchdown
It takes a lot to make me laugh, but if the humor hits just the right note, I crack up. The choir of comedic voices in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the new NBC mockumentary-style sitcom, nailed that note over and over again. It’s no wonder the rapid-fire comedy hits so well. It […] More















