Dan Clarendon

storyteller, freelance journalist, graphic designer, pilot penner, editor, IB diploma recipient, City Year alumnus, Hampshire frog, cat lover, TV buff, tabletop gamer, colossus, klutz, southpaw, culinary wanna-be, cookie monster, cathedral-builder, punster, unabashed hedonist, frequent couch potato, queer husband

I’ve done freelance work for Teen Vogue, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, INTO, New York Daily News, WerkLife, Us Weekly, Marie Claire, Life & Style, Closer Weekly, In Touch Weekly, A Plus, Daily Mail, Distractify, Market Realist, The List, Remind Magazine, Swooon, and TV Insider.

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What’s the Best Streaming Service for Sci-Fi Fans? Here’s What We Found

Streaming: the final frontier. These are the services of Hollywood enterprises. Their continuing mission: to showcase strange new worlds, to spotlight new life and new civilizations, to boldly show what no linear TV network has shown before. Yes, science-fiction stories live long and prosper on streaming services, and when it comes time for fans to pay those subscription fees, well… resistance is futile.
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Clapbacks for $200: See How Ken Jennings Has Responded to Online Critics

As Jeopardy! viewers can attest, Ken Jennings’ wit almost faster than his buzzer finger. And as his social media followers can attest, he doesn’t just save his zingers for the game show. The quiz show host responded to transphobia accusations with an au contraire statement recently, but not before firing off a sarcastic reply. Read about that moment and his other clapbacks toward internet critics.
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Messiest Daytime TV Divorces Ever — What Went Wrong on Popular Game & Talk Shows

A dispute over a Wheel of Fortune fortune. Contentious “hanky-panky” on The Price Is Right. Bad news for The View. Cohost tension playing out Live. A moment The Talk got hostile. Jeopardy! in jeopardy. And a bad time for Good Morning America’s third hour. All times daytime television went from inoffensive midday entertainment to the kind of drama you’d expect to be scripted for primetime. Read about it all here as we reveal our picks for the messiest daytime TV divorces ever.
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Disney CEO Sends Firm Message About FCC Threats: ‘Our Position on This Is Clear’

Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro isn’t about to back down from his company’s battle against the Federal Communications Commission amid the FCC’s threats to ABC shows like The View and Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Our position on this is clear,” D’Amaro said in a CNBC interview during Disney’s D23 Expo on Friday, per The Daily Beast. “We’re very principled on this. We’re going to stand up to what we believe is journalistic integrity. And we’re not going to be told how to run that side of our business.”
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QVC Host Toni Brattin Speaks Out After Viral, NSFW Slip of the Tongue: ‘Get the Camera Off of Me’

Toni Brattin knows she blew it during a recent QVC broadcast, but the wig entrepreneur is taking her not-safe-for-work gaffe in stride. In case you missed it, Brattin was presenting wigs on QVC this week when she accidentally said “blowj**” instead of “blowout.” Brattin then froze with her back to the camera, before slumping to the studio floor in embarrassment. QVC co-host Teri Conn gamely tried to keep the sales patter going, but neither she nor a model on set could contain their laughter.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Breaks Box Office Record Already, Despite Leaking on X

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is setting brand new highs for box-office success, having earned a record $72 million in previews. That staggering amount includes screenings from Thursday and early access screenings from Wednesday, according to Variety, which reported the news. The previous record-holder, 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, made $60 million in Thursday previews before landing the biggest opening weekend of all time, with $357 million domestically and $1.2 billion globally, the magazine added.
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‘The Playboy Club’ & Other TV Shows the Parents Television Council Went Berserk Over

Fifteen years ago, NBC ended up canceling The Playboy Club after three episodes, a decision the PTC celebrated but likely didn’t inspire. (The period drama debuted to 5 million viewers and kept dropping in the ratings.) But the PTC — which declared bankruptcy last year — couldn’t do anything but lodge complaints, often homophobic and sex-negative ones, about these hit shows.
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What’s the Best Streaming Service for Horror Fans? Here’s What We Found

As streaming services race to acquire the biggest and best horror films and TV series, the streaming wars have become the screaming wars. But which service has the best content for horror buffs? It depends on what kind of fan you are. Do you fancy yourself a slasher-film final girl? Do you bow to a xenomorph queen? Are you ready to move into Hill House or Bly Manor? Or are you looking for cheap thrills? Here are six streaming services ready to scare the subscription dollars out of you
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Check out the rest of my work at Closer Weekly, Distractify, In Touch Weekly, INTO, Life & Style, The List, Marie Claire, Market Realist, New York Daily News, Queerty, Remind Magazine, Swooon, Teen Vogue, TV Insider, and Us Weekly.