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Non-actor George Lucas starred in 13 Japanese ads for Panasonic that range from "unsettling" to "oh God why?" Pop Heist runs through them all!

How many 'Drag Race' spinoffs can one calendar year contain? Here's everything we know, and it's ... a lot. Meet the new queens of ALL STARS 11!

🚨 ALERT 🚨 Meet the cast of #DRAGRACE ALL STARS 11 A drag queen's werk is never done - A'KERIA C. DAVENPORT - APRIL CARRIÓN - @auramayari.bsky.social Check out our guide to all things DRAG RACE: popheist.com/rupauls-drag...

New Maul: Shadow Lord recap for @popheist.com! Lawson is a bad dad while Maul remind us all what he wants above all: REVENGE! On his many, many, enemies. #StarWars #MaulShadowLord popheist.com/star-wars-ma...

Funnyman David Mitchell plays a puzzlemaster pretending to be his murder-solving brother in a quite clever crime comedy from the BBC.

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"Milk our ponies and bring us a glass." buff.ly/beaoLhu

👹 ALERT 👹 A new STAR WARS: MAUL - SHADOW LORD recap from @austingorton.bsky.social is live! ✨ "The Dark Revenge" is heavy on exposition, but in the process, it does a marvelous job of establishing the tone of the series. ⚔️ Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️ buff.ly/TrNsILU

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At Webster Hall, the veil between Prince and us came down and the Purple One reveled in the closeness of his audience.

Real Talk — I would like to have pieces like this on @popheist.com every day! But because we are not into paying writers $25 for an essay, we have fewer pieces on the site because, well, it costs. You know where this is going: We need monthly subscriptions! popheist.com/products

Banger of a piece from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social on THE PITT's Season 2 finale (or rather, the reaction to it). This is everything @popheist.com stands for, TBH, and I'm energized to have it on the site (maybe the double shot of espresso, too) popheist.com/the-pitt-sea...

The wild reaction and incessant fan demands surrounding THE PITT Season 2 got me riled up, so I decided to take to @popheist.com and use this particular fandom moment to make a very important point about fiction. The Story Owes You Nothing.

This is one of the best pieces of pop culture writing I've read in the past couple of years. These excerpts are great but you need to read how the build to that last one. Goddamn. Thank you @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social and @popheist.com

When we're too obsessed with plot and not obsessed enough with story, we risk losing whatever substance mass-produced media has left.

A new week, a new reminder to check out @popheist.com and support worker-owned pop culture shenanigans. popheist.com/products

Deep into my Twin Peaks rewatch/review series for @popheist.com, I continue to find the allegedly weak Season 2 material pretty strong — stronger than any other time I've watched it, actually, probably because as a paid critic I'm obligated to give it a fair shake. Fair & square, folks! (gift link!)

What the hell *is* a worm, anyway?

"Getting right with the earth is a component of getting right with one another." buff.ly/yBPcTAp

"Oh, my god — I think this is it. I think this is our hit. This is going to be our household name show." buff.ly/XI1qd7Q

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'Maul' settles in for a bit of character work, some telling and not showing that's still anchored by some astonishingly good animation.

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This week on HANNIBAL: Just when you think this show can't get any hornier, Katharine Isabelle proves you wrong! New from me at @popheist.com!

Everyone on this week's episode of my Twin Peaks rewatch/review series for @popheist.com is getting it on, like there's something in the water as well as the woods. (Gift link!)

'Taskmaster' is always an amusing diversion, something that feels good to have on telly while you're trying to unwind for the night.

With no one plotline in a place of primacy, 'Twin Peaks' is a choose your own adventure, in which you can choose characters to invest in.

Every Power & Magic Press anthology addresses a major issue impacting life — like disconnection from reality, one another, and the earth.

The world of drag kingery is just about parodying masculinity — and what better time in history to be parodying masculinity?

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Ethan Kaye relates his 20-year quest to get IMDb to return his one film credit that was stolen from him.

There are moments in 'Scarecrows' that will get under your skin, wriggling around in your veins like straws of hay.

The world of drag kingery is just about parodying masculinity — and what better time in history to be parodying masculinity? Revry co-founder and KING OF DRAG co-creator Damian Pelliccione is ready to bring queer joy to the world.

New at @popheist.com: Was the Series 21 premiere the best season-launcher in TASKMASTER history? I'm not sure, but it was damn wonderful, and I wrote about why.

For @popheist.com and my column Queerly Nerdy I interviewed @joamettegil.bsky.social about the return of Power & Magic Press & their upcoming non-fiction comics anthology How To Touch Grass. Check out & support the Kickstarter! popheist.com/queerly-nerd...

Look!! They're talking about the comic im in 💜 def recommend checking this out

Sometimes you *do* have to reinvent the wheel.

Awful slasher films transcend cultural barriers, so settle down with this flop that stumbles at every turn.

I’m who you think of when you think of Bob Newhart, and all of this is what I think of when I think of Bob Newhart.

How do you remake 'Faces of Death'? You don't.

It's time for Star Wars meets 'Little Caesar' (the classic gangster film, not the Garbage Pizza chain)!

Cirie’s Rizard of Oz

Every Power & Magic Press anthology addresses a major issue impacting life — like disconnection from reality, one another, and the earth. Read @wordsfromapenn.com's interview with HOW TO TOUCH GRASS's @joamettegil.bsky.social

New for @popheist.com, I'm recapping Maul: Shadow Lord! Along the way, I'll be also be dropping some fun Force Facts and tracking the likelihood that the series is going to feature a Maul/Vader showdown! #StarWars #MaulShadowLord

🪵 ALERT 🪵 @seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩 With no one plotline in a place of primacy, 'Twin Peaks' is now a choose your own adventure. 🔥 New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

'Taskmaster' is always an amusing diversion, something that feels good to have on telly while you're trying to unwind for the night.

How do you remake 'Faces of Death'? You don't.

Brilliant writing, cutting-edge animation, and indelible voice work made this series a blueprint for everything that followed