Dan Clarendon

Queerty • January 29, 2023

24 highly relatable tweets on the agony and ecstasy of the gay gym crush

You strike up a conversation with an attractive man at the gym. Your heart soars! Then a woman joins him, and the two hug. Your heart drops. He tells you she’s his bestie. Your heart soars! Then you notice his cargo shorts. Your heart drops. But when you follow each other on Instagram, you see the jockstrap selfie he just snapped in the locker room. Your heart soars! Scrolling down, you also see the photos of him and his boyfriend. Your heart drops. Then he tells you they’re looking for a third…

Queerty • January 21, 2023

‘Gay’ or ‘queer’? On Twitter, the word debate rages on

As we’ve covered before, some gays aren’t fans of the word “queer”… and some queer folk aren’t so hot about the word “gay.” The two words aren’t as synonymous as homophobes would have you believe, but that hasn’t stopped those bullies from slinging both words as slurs.

TV Insider • January 21, 2023

20 TV Stars You Maybe Didn’t Know Were Nepo Babies

In a viral post nearly a year ago now, a Twitter user tweeted her surprise that Euphoria actor Maude Apatow’s parents are Leslie Mann and “a movie director” (read: Judd Apatow). And ever since, social media users have been combing through Hollywood family trees in search of other “nepo babies” (aka “nepotism babies”), or celebrities who arguably owe some of their success to their famous family members.

Queerty • January 14, 2023

27 thought-provoking tweets highlighting some of the worst LGBTQ microaggressions

Modern society has a macro issue with microaggressions, which psychologist Derald W. Sue described as “the everyday slights, indignities, put-downs, and insults that people of color, women, LGBT populations or those who are marginalized experiences in their day-to-day interactions with people.”

TV Insider • January 14, 2023

See the Cast of 'The Last of Us' & Their Video Game Counterparts

Some of the biggest names in television are behind The Last of Us, HBO’s new post-apocalyptic drama series. Even with such talent, however, the TV show will have a hard act to follow when it premieres on January 15. It’s based on the 2013 video game of the same name, which sold more than three million copies in three weeks and earned a WGA Award, an Annie Award, and multiple SXSW Gaming Awards.

Distractify • January 13, 2023

TikTok Videos Call Out Almond Moms Everywhere (and Their Diet Culture Rhetoric)

If you don’t know what an almond mom is, TikTok has your education! And while many #almondmom videos are funny, the diet culture and restrictive eating habits they call out are anything but. Dr. Gail Saltz, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine, told Parade that almond mom behavior includes encouraging children to eat less to look thin, expressing a preference for thinness, and cloaking disordered eating as “healthy” eating.

TV Insider • December 25, 2022

Ranking 'Grey's Anatomy' Seasons, From Worst to Best

We’ll always tune in to ABC on Thursday nights for more Grey Sloan Memorial drama, but also wax nostalgic for the show’s Seattle Grace Hospital era. With this current 19th season potentially being Grey’s Anatomy’s final season, here’s how we’d rank the other 18, from worst to best.

TV Insider • December 24, 2022

6 Taylor Sheridan Shows Ranked

Taylor Sheridan’s turn from television actor to one of the most successful writers, directors, and producers in Hollywood started with an insulting response to a request for a raise. At the time, Sheridan was playing Deputy Chief David Hale on Sons of Anarchy, but studio brass didn’t think he deserved more money for his work. So the Texas native got to writing…

TV Insider • December 20, 2022

'Firefly' Ended 20 Years Ago: Some Facts You Might Not Know

December 20 marks a dark anniversary for sci-fi fans. On that day in 2002, Fox aired its last episode of Firefly — which, due to scheduling shenanigans on the network’s part, was the pilot episode of the series. And though the show met its end on Fox after 11 episodes — with three installments left unaired — the Browncoat fandom lives on. In honor of Firefly’s “fancible” legacy, here are anecdotes from the show’s production history.

TV Insider • December 13, 2022

Find Out Where 'Wednesday' Falls in Our Ranking of 'Addams Family' Films & Series

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re coming back to tee-vee — the Addams family! With genre-TV faves Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) as creators and Tim Burton (Beetlejuice) in the director’s chair, the new show Wednesday tells a different kind of Addams Family story. So where does the series rank among other adaptations of Charles Addams’ cartoons? Here’s how we’d rank all the film and TV efforts, from the delightfully kooky to the altogether ooky.

Distractify • December 13, 2022

His Heart Will Go On? James Cameron Is Married to One of His ‘Titanic’ Actors

If you’ve seen photos of director James Cameron on the blue carpet at the world premiere of his new film Avatar: The Way of Water — the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Avatar — you may have noticed a familiar blond woman on his arm. That woman is a Hollywood talent in her own right. In fact, she was one of the cast members of Titanic, another James Cameron film that raked in more than $2 billion at the global box office.

TV Insider • December 12, 2022

How Has the Golden Globes' HFPA Addressed Its Diversity Problems?

NBC opted not to televise the 79th Golden Globe Awards last year amid the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity and ethics scandals. But now that the HFPA has implemented some reforms, NBC is bringing the star-studded awards ceremony back to the airwaves on January 10, with Jerrod Carmichael emceeing the evening’s festivities.

Queerty • December 4, 2022

21 top tweets about ‘top privilege’

If the trove of “top privilege” tweets has a bottom, we haven’t found it! Twitter users have been sounding off on top privilege for years now—often in the context of foods that only tops can eat without concern. (Fast food, dairy, and coffee are not bottoms’ best friends, it would appear.)

TV Insider • December 3, 2022

10 Most Hallmark Titles From the History of the Channel's Countdown to Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for Hallmark Channel executives! We’re honoring Hallmark’s holiday programming and also roasting it like a chestnut on an open fire with this chronological list of the most Hallmark titles in Countdown to Christmas history. If our eyes happened to land on these titles in the pages of TV Guide Magazine, we’d know right away we were looking at a Hallmark Channel listing.

Distractify • November 28, 2022

Balenciaga Apologizes for “Grievous Errors” in Two Controversial Ad Campaigns

Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga has issued an apology taking responsibility for two recent ad campaigns. One ad campaign showed children posing with teddy bear bags that were dressed in what looked like BDSM outfits.

TV Insider • November 27, 2022

Her Honors! 10 Actors Who Could Play Judge Judy in a Biopic

If she had her druthers, Judge Judy and Judy Justice star Judy Sheindlin would choose Reese Witherspoon to portray her in a biopic. “We’re friends, and she gets me” Sheindlin told E! News recently. Well, at the risk of being held in contempt of TV court, we have to object. We just can’t see it! We can, however, see the these television stars picking up the gavel to play Sheindlin in a biopic

Distractify • November 25, 2022

What Is Great American Family Channel, Candace Cameron Bure’s New Employer?

Full House alum Candace Cameron Bure didn’t make much of a stir in April when she signed a deal to produce and star in movies and TV series for Great American Media, after years of starring in Hallmark content. But she did spark a firestorm of controversy earlier this month with her thoughts about her new employer.

TV Insider • November 21, 2022

Hulu's 'Welcome to Chippendales' Is Inspired by True, Terrifying Events

Somen “Steve” Banerjee was “an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire — and let nothing stand in his way in the process,” Hulu says. But if you’ve seen the trailer for Welcome to Chippendales, Hulu’s upcoming true crime saga, you know that Banerjee’s story is less the American dream and more of a murderous nightmare.

TV Insider • November 18, 2022

Remembering the Edgy 'Seinfeld' Episode 'The Contest,' 30 Years Later

Being the “master of one’s domain” took on a different meaning 30 years ago, when the Seinfeld episode “The Contest” first aired on NBC. In that immortal episode, which hit airwaves on November 18, 1992, George (Jason Alexander) reveals that his mother walked in on him in a compromised position, shall we say. And that embarrassing experience leads George, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and Kramer (Michael Richards) to ante up for a chastity contest.

TV Insider • November 13, 2022

A 'Christmas Story' Story: Did You Know the Movie Already Has Its Own Cinematic Universe?

The 1983 movie A Christmas Story is an essential entry in the Christmastime cinematic canon. It’s also a holiday tradition, especially because TNT and TBS have shown the movie in 24-hour marathons regularly on Christmas Eve for years. But you might be surprised to know that A Christmas Story wasn’t the first time that Ralphie was seen onscreen…