munchman: Does Everything Have to Suck?

File this one under why we think Gizmodo.Com doesn’t suck:

Sometimes we think this painting sucks. Sometimes we don’t.

It’s OK to Be a Hater Because Everything Is Bad – by Sam Biddle

Almost everything is bad. Usually, really bad, and not even bad in an interesting way. Tech is no exception—if anything, tech might be the worst of the bad. The Internet? Gross. The people who use it? Ugh. And it’s fine to hate it all. read article

The 1st Full-Length Feature Shot on a Cell Phone Stars Gena Rowlands

…Which is as it should be, considering all she’s done not only in, but for indie film.

Of course, it also stars Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, but that’s true to the tradition of how indies are made. There are certain things that, you know, you have to do:

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TEEN WOLF Showrunner Gives Us a Practical Lesson in Production

Why you can’t always do what you want when you’re running a TV series (and, no, you can’t even always do what you need):

TA Message About Race and Racism in Teen Wolf –  Jeff Davis’s Tumblr post (which has since been taken down) read article

Meryl Streep is Amazingly Candid for a Star

…And therefore is the object of our latest crush:

Andy Cohen failed to ask her about writers, which means we know several good ones who have released their drawn breaths with very loud, “Whew…”s. read article

THE CLOSER Creator Spills About MAJOR CRIMES

Out with the old. In with the…almost, kinda, sorta not-so-old:

Hmm, how long before Capt. Raydor stops wearing her glasses? Who’s up for a TVWriter™ pool?

TNT Says Goodbye to The Closer, Hello to Major Crimes – by Adam Bryant

The Closer‘s series finale finds Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) trying to put away slippery defense attorney — and suspected serial rapist —Phillip Stroh (Billy Burke) once and for all. And although the climax of the Stroh storyline heavily impacts Brenda’s future, it’s the introduction of another character — an orphaned teenage hustler named Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) — that may ultimately prove to be most important. So much so that he’ll also be a focal point of Major Crimes. read article