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The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
GQ | May 2012
How come Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and arguably the most inventive pop storyteller of his generation, never became as famous as so much of the derivative trash he inspired? Better question: Now that his summer blockbuster, The Avengers, is about to arrive, isn't this the part of the story where the overlooked hero rises to meet his big moment?
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Radiohead’s Runaway Guitarist
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
New York Times Magazine | March 2012
Jonny Greenwood made a name for himself with Radiohead as the rock-guitar virtuoso of his generation. So naturally he decided his next instrument should be an entire orchestra.
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Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
New York Times Magazine | November 2011
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What the Joker Was Doing Naked
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
Grantland | October 2011
Attempting to explain the DC Comics reboot.
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The Curious Case of Ryan Gosling
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
New York Times Magazine | October 2011
He’s everywhere, playing every kind of role: political wonk, brooding loner, cocksure ladies’ man. Is that enough to make him a movie star?
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The Frustrating Unlikeability of Treme
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
Grantland | June 2011
The music should be good. The storytelling should be great. Why is David Simon's show so damned hard to like?
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We Are All Teenage Werewolves
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
New York Times Magazine | May 2011
Every culture has told some version of the wolfman story. But can a souped-up, sexed-up MTV werewolf win over a generation that takes its monsters very, very seriously?
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Hollywood’s Leading Geek
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
New York Times Magazine | March 2011
Online fan-boys are the modern equivalent of the Colosseum crowd: the difference between life and death. So is the director Zack Snyder their emperor or their slave?
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Winona Forever
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
GQ | January 2011
Is it possible we will always be obsessed with Winona Ryder? If she keeps doing films such as Black Swan, the answer is yes. Alex Pappademas talks with our eternal crush
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All The Dirt That’s Fit To Print
by Alex Pappademas + Follow
GQ | May 2010
We're used to National Enquirer stories on "shocking" plastic surgery, but in 2010 the rag almost won a Pulitzer. Alex Pappademas chronicles its evolution from tabloid to breaking-news contender.