HBO’s True Detective smashed time into a flat circle by its blockbuster first season, but did you know that creator Nic Pizzolatto originally intended the story as his next novel? Or that Matthew McConaughey’s Rustin Cohle only drinks eight beers over the course of the series? These are just some of the case files pulled from the twelfth episode of ‘You Think You Know TV?,’ which investigates the occult drama of of HBO’s True Detective!
Surprised though we were to see True Detective Season 2 step into the light by its first teaser, the lack of dialogue made it difficult to get a grip on the new characters. Now, HBO’s dark and dreary drama goes full-stab ahead with an intense new trailer, and vibrant set of images to match.
It’s that time of the year, when pop culture websites and critics publish their annual Best Of lists and we heap praise on the best and most beloved movies and TV shows of the year. But what about the average moviegoer and TV-viewer? That’s where Facebook comes in. The social media site has released their top 10 movies and top 10 TV shows of the year, based on the most discussed titled of 2014. While some are fairly obvious, the lists might surprise you and inspire you to contemplate the overlap between what’s popular and what’s actually good.
Things have been relatively quiet on the True Detective front after a summer of rumors regarding the season 2 cast, but finally one of the stars has been revealed. On Sunday, Colin Farrell spoke to Ireland's Sunday World, and confirmed that he'd be starring in the HBO drama...
Corey Kluber is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians who sports a 2.41 ERA through the better part of the 2014 season. He also is known for not showing a ton of emotion on the mound. Somehow, this prompted Kluber, with a little help from the MLB Fan Cave, to create his own hilarious parody of True Detective...
The True Detective season 2 rumor mill is now just essentially one of those giant spinning Bingo things, spitting out a random assortment of established Hollywood names. Like, to the point where we wouldn't be surprised if creator Nic Pizzolato was actually leaking the names as a way to get the show's rabid clue-hunters warmed up for the next run of episodes...
Remember when Vince Vaughn was on that "serious role" kick, which culminated with him masturbating as Norman Bates? Well, if the ceaseless True Detective name generator is to be believed, we could see Vaughn on the HBO series' second season getting all actor-y again...
Colin Farrell is the latest star to have his name attached to True Detective season 2, but the newest round of rumors has nothing to do with casting. Instead, through a connect-the-dots game of blog sources, major plot details seem to have emerged about the California storyline...
Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly got up bright and early on the West Coast to announce the nominees for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, and unsurprisingly the 2014 nominations field is led by Game of Thrones. HBO's medieval fantasy epic scored 19 nods (including the technical categories), edging out FX's newcomer Fargo by one...