2012 Golden Globes Live Blog

Join us tonight as Paste's editor-in-chief Josh Jackson, publisher Nick Purdy, film editor Michael Dunaway and assistant editor Bonnie Stiernberg live-blog the 69th Annual Golden Globes.  read more

David Cross: Increasingly Great Decisions

There are plenty of reasons to admire The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, the IFC sitcom co-created and co-written by David Cross, who also stars as its titular character...  read more

After Hours: Answering Life's Least Important Questions

What’s the best superpower for everyday living? Which apocalypse would be the most fun? Why is Star Wars terrifying for women? And why does everyone want to have sex with vampires?  read more

On the Set of The Walking Dead: There's No Place Like Home

Lee Howard talks to cast and crew on the set of The Walking Dead in Sharpsburg, Ga., as they prepare for the the show's return to AMC on Oct. 16.  read more

Tig Notaro: Straight-Faced Renaissance Lady

Tig Notaro delivers her jokes in a quintessential deadpan. She can discuss anything—from vomiting in her mouth to the inexplicable ubiquity of Taylor Dayne to the comically misunderstood threat of hotel molestation—without faltering from it, a feat that’s both impressive and almost unnerving in its consistency.  read more

MST3K Vs. Gamera: We All Win

Forty-six years ago, a giant fire-breathing turtle crawled out of the icy depths of the Arctic Circle and stomped Tokyo flat. The Gamera movies—five in all, spanning two decades—aren’t simply bad. They are sublimely absurd, which makes them ideal for _Mystery Science Theater 3000_, the beloved television series that made it okay to talk during movies, as long as you had something witty and hilarious to say.  read more

Where Are They Now: '90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia Explosion Edition

In honor of the Nickelodeon's launch of "The '90s Are All That" block this week (Kenan & Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, Doug and All That), Paste caught up with some old childhood friends.  read more

Commercial Kings: Rhett & Link Go Local

Speaking from L.A., where the duo is working on post-production, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal discuss their journey from YouTube video-makers to stars on the hit new IFC show.   read more

Paste mPlayer Issue #3

This week's issue features one of our favorite bands, My Morning Jacket. Paste editor-at-large Jay Sweet has stalked their progress so closely these last seven years that we’re thankful Jim James hasn’t tried to get a restraining order. In a 4,500-word story that spans 13 encounters in five cities, Sweet was the fly on the MMJ wall as the band worked its way up through the ranks.  read more

Catching up with Liz Garbus, director of Bobby Fischer Against the World

Liz Garbus is one of the most pre-eminent documentary filmmakers of the day. Her best-known film may be the prison documentary The Farm: Angola, USA, which won the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award. But more recently she collaborated with Rory Kennedy on Street Fight, which was also Oscar-nominated, and she produced the Emmy-winning Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. Her new picture is a fascinating work about a fascinating man. Bobby Fischer Against the World just kicked off HBO’s Documentary Films Summer Series, which will feature a second Garbus offering in July. She joined us to talk...  read more

It Takes a Community... To Embarrass a Writer

Paste writer Adam Galanter took a trip to the set of our current favorite sitcom Community, which ends its second season tonight. He spoke with the show's stars and ended up in his own little comedy.  read more

Ears We Trust: Cameron Monaghan's Top 10 Songs

Cameron Monaghan plays the nerdy, music-loving Corey in the teen flick Prom that comes out this weekend. The film’s soundtrack includes songs from The Weepies, Oh Darling, Shout Out Louds and Passion Pit....  read more

Best of What's Next: Cameron Monaghan of Shameless

Coming off the first season of Showtime’s Shameless, Cameron Monaghan talks with Paste about working with William Macy and about playing a gay teen in the acclaimed TV series that truly lives up to its name. He also discusses his love of music (see side bar on his 10 favorite songs) and his nerdy role in the new teen film Prom....  read more

Catching Up With… John Oliver

John Oliver plays an uppity know-it-all on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart; in his five years on the job, he’s become a reliable fixture for full-fledged British smarminess. But there are only traces in his stand-up, where the seasoned comic is free to mock trashy American culture and politics with a much more ingratiating presence.  read more

Our Favorite Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson

We’re not exactly sure where felines fall on Ron Swanson’s Pyramid of Greatness. After all, cats can’t resist fish, while Ron hunts it “for sport only. Fish meat is practically a vegetable.”...  read more

Our Favorite #WatsonsNextChallenge Tweets So Far

IBM artificial-intelligence program Watson successfully accomplished its objective this week by defeating Jeopardy! legends Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Watson, who possesses a baffling 15-trillion byte memory filled with category upon category of Jeopardy! knowledge, clearly have plenty of space in his databank take on some more challenges. Maybe Watson could prevent all future accidents on the set of Spiderman: Turn of the Dark or partner with AWESOM-O 3000 to write scripts for the next 10 Adam Sandler movies? Plenty of folks on Twitter have suggested challenges for the robot, and you can see some of our favorites in the...  read more

2010 Person of the Year in TV: David Simon

For creating the wonder of Treme and assembling the stellar talents of Melissa Leo, Kim Dickens, John Goodman, Wendell Pierece, and so many other greats to bring it to life, David Simon is Paste’s 2010 Person of the Year for TV.  read more

Catching Up With… ESPN Films’ Connor Schell

One of the most audacious documentary projects of 2010 was ESPN’s 30 For 30 series, in which the series found 30 of the best documentarians working today and commissioned a film from each of them on a sports-related event from the last 30 years. Volume 1 of the DVD set came out last month, and Connor Schell, executive producer of both ESPN Films and the 30 for 30 series, spoke with Paste about the series. You can hear the complete interview in the January 6 edition of the Indie Minded Film Podcast on Paste Culture Club....  read more

Luke Perry Poses with Fans at DragonCon

We’re not really sure where to start with this one. For some reason, Luke Perry (of Beverly Hills 90210 fame) was at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, and photos of him posing with eager fans have surfaced....  read more

Catching Up With... Tim and Eric

The comedic pair talks koala bears, HBO Latino and, of course, Chrimbus...  read more