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American Horror Story, Ep. 5.01-02, “Checking In” and “Chutes and Ladders”

Toward the end of Hotel’s second episode, Iris (Kathy Bates) fills in John (Wes Bentley) about the history of the hotel’s creator, James Patrick March (Evan Peters), who built the Hotel Cortez as a “monument to excess and opulence, where he could satisfy his own peculiar appetites”. This is presumably and fittingly a comparison to series creator Ryan Murphy, and co-creator Brad Falchuk.

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‘Birdman’ wins 2015 Oscars; Full recap and winners

  87 years into the ceremony, the Oscars are still unabashedly about the movies. Host Neil Patrick Harris along with Anna Kendrick performed a whizzbang ode to “moving pictures” in perfect Broadway musical style. And despite the fresh songwriting that seemed to give a nod to last year’s winners for Frozen and “Let it Go”, …

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Find Your Jesus, Find Your Kubrick: Lady Gaga as Auteur

For a while, Lady Gaga was one of the most fascinating music stars that had come in a while, primarily because of her unapologetic bombast. Too often, though, she may have been written off as “weird”, from her odd fashion decisions, her performance art appearances on TV, and, of course, her music videos. Gaga, née Stefani …

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Glee, 5.04, “A Katy or a Gaga” appropriately crazy, fun, and over the top

  Glee, Season 5, Episode 4, “A Katy or a Gaga” Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner Directed by Ian Brennan Airs Thursdays 9pm ET on Fox After a month-long World Series induced hiatus, Glee is back pitting the Katys versus the Gagas in an episode which is crazy, fun, and a little bit …

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Lady Gaga & Beyonce in Telephone

Thursday night at 11:30 p.m. EST, the highly anticipated  and Beyonce video “Telephone” made its world premiere. The nearly 10-minute extravaganza directed by Jonas Åkerlund (director of the infamously bad  Spun) was inspired by the work of Quentin Tarantino — Kill Bill in particular. (The actual pussy wagon even makes an appearance.) They story picks up …

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