Lady Gaga? Katy Perry? Madonna? You think those red carpet divas own the market on outrageous fashion? Amateurs, the lot of them. During the 1940s, Carmen Miranda owned fashion. I mean, OWNED it. Those Technicolor […]
It’s become part of the American conversation to joke about the dysfunction and awkwardness that holidays and family gatherings foster. From SNL’s Drunk Uncle to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, these familiar and familial archetypes are well […]
This year marks the twenty-fifth (!!) anniversary of The Simpsons’ annual Halloween tradition, the Treehouse of Horror. And today, FXX (now home to Every.Simpsons.Ever.) will air every.Treehouse.ever back-to-back in an epic marathon. (But don’t worry […]
[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]f you could pick two of your favorite characters from one of your favorite movies, and give them a spin-off, who would you pick? It’s a downright delicious thought, eh? Oftentimes, the best thing about […]
As a highly-skilled, professional procrastinator, I am always on the look out for new ways to waste valuable time. And, like a good friend, I would like to take this opportunity to share the love so […]
Oh, the great Hollywood biopic. You beautiful, hot mess of a movie genre, you. You’re kind of like Longfellow’s proverbial little girl with the little curl: when you are good, you are very good indeed […]
The Retro Set would like to wish all of its readers a very happy Thanksgiving! In honor of National Food Coma day, (which, incidentally, is celebrating its 150th Anniversary as a national holiday this year) two […]
Seven months later and I’m still reeling from one of the most disastrous musicals I’ve ever seen on screen. Maybe I’m making too big a deal of it, but it stuns me that Tom Hooper’s […]
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