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View Article‘B.S. Report’ SXSW Special: Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Kimmel, and Rachel Nichols
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View ArticleNecessarily the News
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Jimmy Kimmel and Cousin Sal join Bill to discuss Mayweather-Pacquiao and what it was like to walk in with Manny. Plus, Bryan Curtis gives his perspective on the big fight. Listen to the podcast here....
View ArticleBehind the Photo: The ‘Vanity Fair’ Men of Better-Than-Ever Late Night at...
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View ArticleGary Oldman on His ‘Playboy’ Interview: ‘I’m 56 and I Should Know Better’
Gary Oldman had a while to get ready for this apology tour. He knew, as he was partaking in a long, bizarre conversation with Playboy — one in which he first defended Mel Gibson and then kinda hopped...
View ArticleDon’t Waste Another Second Not Watching Channing Tatum in This ‘Foxcatcher’...
You’re gonna need to see this several times. It’s flawless, and it’ll pump you up almost as much as Channing Tatum himself. (Spoiler alert: He smashes his … ah, screw it. You need to watch it.) The...
View ArticleBatman and Superman Are Afraid of Captain America
Much has been made about Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice having a brutal title going head-to-head with one of Marvel’s first PHASE THREE MOVIEVERSE movies, Captain America 3. Especially after The...
View ArticleCousin Sal’s Week 13 Prop Bets!
I had the opportunity to pass on my Week 13 NFL gambling blog post. The short week created a mad scramble by Grantland staffers to leave town. They deserve the break — especially from my nonsense — but...
View Article‘The Bachelor’: A Totally Amazing Night of Cob-Rolling, Bed-Testing, and...
Congratulations! You’ve survived into the third week of The Bachelor. This is a special time. The opening-night buzz, sustained by an intoxicating mix of unlimited alcohol, the distilled desperation of...
View Article‘B.S. Report’ SXSW Special: Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Kimmel, and Rachel Nichols
Listen to the audio version of all three interviews here. Stephen A. Smith Stephen A. Smith joins Bill Simmons in Austin to talk about the upcoming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, working with Skip...
View ArticleNecessarily the News
In February, a news alert popped up on my phone from the New York Times. Such alerts often bring word of natural disasters and notable deaths. This one announced that Jon Stewart was stepping down from...
View ArticleMayweather-Pacquiao: A Sad Morning in Manila
Metro Manila never stops moving. I guess, objectively, that can’t be true: The roughly 20 million souls who inhabit the Philippine capital have seen their lives halted by typhoons and floods; they have...
View Article‘B.S. Report’: Jimmy Kimmel, Cousin Sal, and Bryan Curtis on Mayweather-Pacquiao
Jimmy Kimmel and Cousin Sal join Bill to discuss Mayweather-Pacquiao and what it was like to walk in with Manny. Plus, Bryan Curtis gives his perspective on the big fight. Listen to the podcast here....
View ArticleBehind the Photo: The ‘Vanity Fair’ Men of Better-Than-Ever Late Night at...
The October 2015 issue of Vanity Fair has a story titled “Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever.” The piece highlights 10 humans, who — as the title suggests — are responsible for late-night...
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