A Movie and Television Grab Bag

Looking at the 1999 movie ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and its original viral marketing campaign, plus a crash course for the reality TV show ‘Vanderpump Rules’

By Chris Ryan, Alyssa Bereznak, Juliet Litman, and Alison Herman Mar 29, 2019, 9:49am EDT

The 1999 movie The Blair Witch Project had the original viral marketing campaign (2:20). A crash course for the reality TV show Vanderpump Rules (19:23). Plus: What We Do in the Shadows, Barry, Jane the Virgin, and The Twilight Zone (38:11).

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