I think the couch jumping is remembered because it was the most visual, memorable moment in a whole string of questionable behavior at that time. His relationship with Katie Holmes was moving very fast, amid rumors that it was fake, and the couch jumping struck a lot of people as protesting too much. This was also…

He may or may not be a bad person. I don’t know. But the fact that he willingly aligns himself with David Miscavige and other equally evil people, and acts on their behalf, makes me say fuck him. And as good as this sounds, I won’t see it. 

Tom Cruise is one of the few actors whose real, public life has made it very difficult for me to separate the character from the person playing the character.

Scientology is a predatory cult and big spenders like Tom Cruise are complicit in its system of exploitation, but it seems to me that he’s a true believer who at this point needs Scientology as much as Scientology needs him. I also suspect that he’s always been insulated from its dirty business and, being a true…

I wonder if Scientology will hunt me down now

The cognitive dissonance isn’t due to people identifying with David. It’s due to this situation not being quite exactly like the real-world counterpart it’s supposed to represent. I don’t think the completely fictional action of removing a toxic memory is the same as the real-world action of drugging someone and…

Devastating news. I can’t even think to begin to explain the respect I had for this dude. He got why food and culture were so important to humanity. And he did his damndest to share his respect for food and cultures with his viewers. Others have explained his impact better than I ever could. I think the food community…

So 5 Hour Energy drinks only work for four hours? Don’t you realize you’re sitting on a massive false advertising lawsuit?

Back when Facebook introduced Trending in 2014, we Russian trolls immediately perceived its dangerous potential for corrupting public discourse, so we acted in a manner calculated to call attention to its evils, perchance to bring about its destruction. We were successful. We remain single-minded in our quest to…

I’m being forced to use kinja that’s a problem.

“anybody having kinja problems?”

32 comments on a South Park review...not that we needed proof that Kinja killed the AV Club but it’s still jarring.

That was back when AVClub still ran the Redmeat comic strip...

Hi, welcome to Savage Love, are you new around these parts?

John Oliver’s show is undoubtedly the best. However I hope Colbert takes the prize. Just because I love him and his monologues have been ON FIRE all season. I’m literally only watching the Emmys for his monologue. I like Kimmel. He’s entertaining and is funny. Corden is mediocre. He is like Jimmy Fallon, where he…

Correct. It aired too late in the year.

Seriously. Legion blew me away.

Criminally overlooked: Legion...it’s a damn crime it wasn’t nominated for something!

I would trade a Colin Trevorrow movie for a J.J. Abrams one ANY DAY.

Awww, you think Medicare will still be around in 2019, how adorable.