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Music
,
Music Review
Mar 26, 2020
Recommended
Drama’s new
Dance Without Me
is for sad-but-sexy folks everywhere
By Jessi Roti
Tags:
Music Review
,
Drama
,
Dance Without Me
,
electro
,
R&B
,
Gallows
,
Na'el Shehade
,
Via Rosa
,
7:04 AM
,
Lifetime
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Book Review
Nov 20, 2019
Riane Konc wants to help you
Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance
The choose-your-own-adventure-style parody features all the best tropes and treats of made-for-TV holiday specials.
By Matthew Sigur
Tags:
Book Review
,
Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance
,
Ulysses Press
,
Riane Konc
,
Christmas romance movies
,
It's Christmas, Carol!
,
The Christmas Detour
,
The Christmas Card
,
made-for-TV movies
,
Lifetime
,
Hallmark Channel
,
Choose Your Own Adventure
,
parody
,
satire
,
Snowmance
,
Fir Crazy
,
Hallmark movies
Music
,
Music Feature
Aug 29, 2016
Video
Touche Amore set the standard for modern melodic hardcore
Their new
Stage Four
combines furious energy with earnestness, curiosity, and introspection.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Music Feature
,
Touche Amore
,
Riot Fest
,
Stage Four
,
Jeremy Bolm
,
To the Beat of a Dead Horse
,
Deathwish Inc.
,
hardcore
,
melodic hardcore
,
Eight Seconds
,
Palm Dreams
,
Gorilla Biscuits
,
Lifetime
,
Modern Life Is War
,
Jacob Bannon
,
Converge
,
Black Breath
,
Coalesce
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 14, 2016
UnReal
on Lifetime takes a real look at reality TV
The scripted series exposes the dark side of
The Bachelor
-like shows.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Small Screen
,
Television
,
UnReal
,
Lifetime
,
The Bachelor
,
reality television
,
Shiri Appleby
,
Constance Zimmer
,
Everlasting
,
Sarah Shapiro
,
Gina Fattore
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 13, 2015
Day two of Riot Fest: Bootsy Collins, alien jizz, and senior citizens kicking everyone's asses
Riot Fest was still muddy and gross on Saturday, but the music—Drive Like Jehu, System of a Down, Rancid, the Damned—made all the slogging around worth it.
By
Reader
staff
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,
Riot Fest
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Riot Fest
,
Echo and the Bunnymen
,
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,
Iggy Pop
,
Drive Like Jehu
,
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,
Merle Haggard
,
Lifetime
,
Meat Wave
,
Joyce Manor
,
Babes in Toyland
,
the Damned
,
System of a Down
,
Gwar
,
American Nightmare
,
Civ
,
Dead Milkmen
,
Desaparecidos
,
Thurston Moore
,
Billy Idol
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 25, 2015
The Unauthorized
Full House
Story
and
Documentary Now!
look for laughs in the details
Or the lack thereof
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
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,
Small Screen
,
Television
,
the unauthorized full house story
,
documentary now!
,
IFC
,
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,
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,
Bill Hader
,
Seth Meyers
,
Jodie Sweetin
,
Beverly Hills 90210
,
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,
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,
biopic
,
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Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 18, 2015
Video
Jodie Sweetin didn't die on a roller coaster at Six Flags
The former child star talks about
Fuller House
, urban legends, and appearing at her very first comic con in Chicago this weekend.
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Small Screen
,
Jodie Sweetin
,
Fuller House
,
the unauthorized full house story
,
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,
wizard world comic con
,
candace cameron
,
stephanie tanner
,
DJ tanner
,
kimmy gibbler
,
andrea barber
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 23, 2015
With
A Deadly Adoption
Lifetime becomes dangerously self-aware
Deep thoughts about shallow movies
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Film
,
Small Screen
,
a deadly adoption
,
lifetime
,
will ferrell
,
kristen wiig
,
andrew steele
,
double daddy
,
perfect high
,
i killed my bff
,
william r moses
,
barbara niven
,
gail o'grady
,
jessica lowndes
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 2, 2014
The
Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
feels so authorized
Where's the dirt, dudes?
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Small Screen
,
the unauthorized saved by the bell story
,
saved by the bell
,
dustin diamond
,
behind the bell
,
recap
,
lifetime
,
jessie sapano
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 22, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sun 12/22: Bitter Betty Bazaar,
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
, and Redmoon's Winter Pageant
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Sunday, December 22
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Bitter Betty Bazaar Holiday Pop-Up Shop
,
holiday shopping
,
Innertown Pub
,
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
,
Preston Sturges
,
Lifetime
,
Dave Kehr
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Winter Pageant
,
Redmoon Theater
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 11, 2013
Introducing scary eyes herself, Jewel Carter Cash
Lifetime's biopic
Ring of Fire
doesn't quite do June Carter Cash justice
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Music
,
Small Screen
,
lifetime
,
ring of fire
,
jewel
,
june carter cash
,
johnny cash
,
walk the line
,
reese witherspoon
,
matt ross
,
joaquin phoenix
,
biopic
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 5, 2013
A newish YouTube channel for women is less trashy, less fun
WIGS: It's no Lifetime
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
Arts
,
Television
,
Small Screen
,
wigs
,
youtube
,
women's television
,
lifetime
,
networks
,
julia stiles
,
blue
,
TV
,
seinfeld
Reader
,
Matches blog
Feb 9, 2010
Get Into The Groove!
Held onto the relationship long enough to gain a lifetime of dancing and singing.
By Heartbroker
Tags:
Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories
,
Madonna
,
herpes
,
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,
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,
Napoleon Dynamite
,
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,
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,
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,
arms
,
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,
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,
crabs
,
Chlamydia
,
Dion
,
Enya
,
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,
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,
life
,
long
,
lifetime
,
troll
,
E!
,
facebook
,
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,
up
,
break-up
,
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,
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,
records
,
hooks
,
catch
,
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