Alan covers a mix of movies, music, TV, and general nostalgia. He grew up near Boston and now lives in Los Angeles. He tweets @AlanSiegelLA.
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The Oral History of “I’m the Juggernaut, Bitch!”
As ‘X-Men ’97’ hits Disney+, it’s time to look back on a different time of the internet, when two friends from Chicago made a dub of the original ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ and created something deeply funny, crass, and unforgettable
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Remembering Richard Lewis, Comedy’s Proud Prince of Pain
The stand-up icon, who passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday, was perhaps better than anyone else at mining personal torment for laughs
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How ‘True Detective’ Became an Alaskan Horror Story
Taking over HBO’s ‘True Detective’ series for ‘Night Country,’ showrunner Issa López relied on the classics, from John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ to David Fincher’s ‘Se7en’
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Hang On … I Have to Have Peacock to Watch Chiefs-Dolphins?!
As Kansas City and Miami’s wild-card playoff game on Saturday approaches, fans of both teams are finding out that they’re casualties to the NFL’s expanding footprint in streaming TV
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How ‘Ferrari’ Was Forged
Michael Mann delves deep into his newest film, a biopic that has been decades in the making
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Hope and Heartbreak: Stories From the Hollywood Strikes
In a year of extended work stoppages by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, plenty was gained—and plenty was sacrificed
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Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’
The Talking Heads’ 1984 concert movie—which A24 recently rereleased in theaters—is as propulsive today as it was the day it came out: an ingenious, joyous celebration of music and the iconic band captured in it
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How Nirvana Became Its Own Vintage T-shirt Industry
Since the release of ‘In Utero’ 30 years ago, fans and nonfans alike have been forever in debt to the band’s priceless artifacts
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The Jerk Aficionados
Playing a sleazy, blustering buffoon the audience loves takes skill—just ask Adam Scott, Ben Stiller, or Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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‘Righteous Gemstones’ Has Its Own Succession Story to Tell
Ahead of the Season 3 premiere of the acclaimed HBO series, Danny McBride, Edi Patterson, and Adam Devine talk about the series, NASCAR, and the challenges of working around so many funny people