Katharine Trendacosta

This Is Your Snow Day Gif Party

It may not be a snow day where you are, but let’s treat it as if you were getting to stay home and do nothing but post gifs in the comments. Contact the author at [email protected].

Fox Didn’t Want to Pay Gillian Anderson the Same as Her Male Co-Star and That’s Bullshit

Gillian Anderson has been pretty public about her fight to get paid the same amount as David Duchovny for her work on The X-Files. She’s clearly a badass. To Fox, though, I have to say: Are you fucking kidding me? Earlier this month, Anderson told the Hollywood Reporter that “There’s no point in dealing with…

The Crazy Backstory Behind Tinder’s New STD Testing Locator

In addition to love and happiness, you can now find your way to STD testing centers on Tinder. Sounds like a weird feature, right? You don’t know the half of it. If you go to Tinder’s website, tap “support” on the top, and scroll all the way down to the bottom, click on the link…

Avatar 2 Won’t Hit Theaters by Christmas 2017 After All

The planned Christmas 2017 release date for Avatar 2 is now off the table for Twentieth Century Fox, according to the Wrap. This isn’t really a surprise, since James Cameron and Avatar have always had a long gestation period. Always. The studio didn’t comment on the delay to the Wrap, but “individuals with knowledge of…

A Man Falls in Love With a Balloon. Disaster Ensues.

“The Guillable Kiss of Mr. Patokos” is the story of a man who pulls a love interest out of his hat. And then makes the mistake of kissing it. It’s like Pygmalion, if that were a horror story. Alexandros Apostolakis’ animation style is all black ink lines and it’s just lovely. [via Directors Notes] Contact…

With NBC’s Latest Pilot, Time Travel Officially Takes Over TV

It’s called Time. Honestly, when it comes to time travel, simplicity in the name is probably best. While Fox is developing a time-travel comedy with Phil Lord and Chris Miller called In Time, NBC’s show is an action-adventure drama. It’s got a trio of heroes traveling through time battling a master criminal—there’s always a master…

The Live-Action Vixen Costume Is a Perfect Translation From the Cartoon

We’re still a month out from seeing Vixen on Arrow, but now we have the first peek at what she’ll look like. And it’s a very nice way to make the animated costume work on TV. Megalyn Echikunwoke is the voice of Vixen on the CW’s internet channel, CW Seed. She’s great as a voice…

19 Gadgets to Help You Survive the Snow

Winter comes every year. And somehow, every year some of us are caught unawares and unprepared. A few gadgets bought now will last you through at least two—maybe more!—sudden snowfalls. For getting rid of ice and snow Not all of us had the foresight to build a roboplow to take care of the snow for…

James Cameron Made the End to X-Men: Days of Future Past as Happy as Possible

I guess if you’re making a time travel movie, you may as well get some advice from James Cameron. And if you seek his advice, you should probably take it. Which is exactly what Bryan Singer did with the end to X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer told the story to Coming Soon, explaining that…

After Decades, Disney Resurrects Darkwing Duck – [Update: No, It’s Not]

Darkwing Duck, which aired its last new episode in 1992, will return to TV in 2018. Plenty of time to get dangerous. Update 10:30 am: It looks like we, and TV Overmind, were tricked by an old April Fool’s post dated April 2, 2015. Sorry about that. Thanks to Chris Guanche for letting us know.…

Man and His Robot Friend Take a Road Trip

Some days, man, the life of two hard-boiled private eyes—one of whom happens to be a robot—requires a drive out into the desert to rest. This is “Befriend a Robot” by Isaac Still. See more of his work on Instagram. Contact the author at [email protected].

The future is officially free from Skynet. Or, worse, a sequel to Genisys. Paramount announced today that the film called Terminator 2 on its schedule has been pulled from its schedule. Baywatch now has its May 19, 2017 release date. [Deadline]

Everything We Pieced Together From the Frenetic Suicide Squad Trailer

You’ve undoubtedly already seen last night’s jaw-dropping Suicide Squad trailer (if not, get to it), but there was so much awesomeness packed into it, that it was hard to catch every important detail. So we’ve gone through the clip frame by frame to discover every single secret contained within. They start with Boomerang (Jai Courtney)…

First Wonder Woman Footage Arrives in Man’s World

Last night, the CW aired a special titled DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, which gave us our very first look at Wonder Woman. And we saw Diana everywhere in a bunch of different situations. The footage in the special didn’t have any dialogue, but we saw what looks like Diana training on…

Updated: Time Warner Cable’s Scheduled Price Hike Comes At an Awkward Time

Less than two weeks ago, New York approved the merger between customer service nightmare Time Warner Cable and not-quite-so-famously-bad Charter Communications. Almost immediately, Time Warner is raising its prices in New York. Updated: The numbers previously used in this post were incorrect and have been changed. Back in December, Time Warner announced that prices would…

The Real Dystopia Is When Advertising Starts Invading Your Dreams

Studio Smack’s “Branded Dreams” taps into a nightmare I didn’t even know I had. This feels like it takes place in the same future as the product placement-fueled Minority Report. People selling ad space in their dreams. [Vimeo Staff Picks] Contact the author at [email protected].

Working for a Wizard Is Bad Enough When They Do Pay You

All we’re saying is that this looks like a bad situation to walk into. Even if you do need the college credit. This art is by Phil McAndrew and is from his book Crying in Front of Your Dog and Other Stories. See more of Phil’s art at his website. Contact the author at [email protected].

An Astronaut and a Caveman’s Worlds Collide In This Completely Surreal Short

“Voyage of the Galactic Space Dangler” by Evan Mann is completely, deliciously absurd. If you want to see the weirdest ways an advanced species could accidentally intrude on and ruin another group’s planet, this is for you. Over at Short of the Week, Paul Hunter described it as “2001: A Space Odyssey starring The Mighty…

Kids of The Magic School Bus, Ranked

If you were a kid in the ‘90s, you probably learned at least some of your science from The Magic School Bus, an animated show for the kids not quite ready for the rigors of Bill Nye the Science Guy. In the show, a teacher with powers not unlike a Time Lord’s takes her elementary…

The Girls of Tri Phi Are Real Monsters

For her fall thesis at MICU, Molly Stanard brought us Tri Phi, a “sorority for collegiate monster girls.” Everything in her series is happening at the same time on a single Friday, confirming that Phi Phi Phi is the best sorority around. See more of Molly’s work at her tumblr and website. You can buy…