Morning Coffee (3/10/16)

Ted Cruz's secret life as the Zodiac Killer, explained

Study: Bernie Sanders's tax hikes are bigger than Donald Trump's tax cuts (I love this quote from an economist: "If you wanted to test the economic effects of a very large tax increase, this plan would be a good experiment. That is not an endorsement.")

Mississippi flag’s Confederate imagery incites ‘acts of racial violence,’ lawsuit alleges

UGH: Trump backers hate “political correctness.” That's why gaffes don't hurt him.

How one letter changed the story in Pope v. Trump

On the one hand, no duh. On the other, I'm glad people are doing research to show this isn't all in our heads: Online harassment of women at risk of becoming 'established norm', study finds

Team Gloria Steinem, obviously.

Update: That 'Yelp for Humans' App Is Still Awful

FASCINATING: The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens

This book sounds interesting and I think it's important to fight the idea that "everyone" was religious until very recently: Atheism has ancient roots and is not ‘modern invention’, claims new text

Morning Coffee (5/15/12)

I know it's May, but 6am is VERY early for ads featuring "Back Home Again in Indiana," ESPN.

Look at this awesome Diamond Jubilee cake!

Tumblr of the day: Is This Feminist?

If you're someone who complains about HBO's business model, you should read this.

Leonard Chang (one of the writers) has an amazing post about Awake's cancellation.

Morning Coffee (3/6/12)

Good morning. I am unhappy with my cereal. I thought you'd want to know. Also, a lot of shows are off this week, so I've been catching up on Cougar Town, and boy, is it amazing. Ignore the title! It's really good! Give it a try!

A bunch of celebrities (including Matt Bomer) did a reading of the play 8 (about Proposition 8 and marriage equality) over the weekend. Head to Alyssa Rosenberg's blog to see what she has to say about it and watch it for yourself. (I haven't had a chance to watch yet, but am planning to do so ASAP.)

Freema Agyeman was cast in the CW's Sex and the City prequel, and I cannot settle on an opinion about this. More Freema on my TV! Yay! But will this show be awful? Probably. Will I watch it anyway? Yes. Does this mean bad things for either Law & Order: UK as a whole or her role on it? Unknown. Do I support the CW hiring real adults who can actually act? Absolutely. Will I watch the whole thing while screeching "Martha/Alesha, what are you doing?" Possibly. See? It's a complex issue.

In other Doctor Who-adjacent casting news that will interest many of you, John Barrowman has been cast in one of the starring roles on Gilded Lilys, an ABC pilot about a family running a luxury hotel in New York City in 1895. This pilot also stars Matt Lauria and may in fact be God's way of convincing me that He does actually exist.

Justified has been renewed for a fourth season, and the A.V. Club says it best:

Considering that Raylan Givens has only shot more and more people with each passing year, expect the next season to just be Olyphant making laconic wisecracks from atop a heap of pill-strewn corpses. Note to FX: We would still watch that.

So say we all.

Take a gander at the cover of Beautiful Redemption, the upcoming fourth book in the YA Southern Gothic series you should be reading.

And finally, two new (or at least new-to-me) Tumblrs for your amusement: The West Men, "the most Emmy-winning TV mashup blog of all time," and the inevitable Hey Girl, Matt Bomer edition.