Новости за 17.06.2018

Trivia-based game shows tend to be entirely dependent on building up tension from hearing a question, hearing a contestant answer the question, and then waiting to find out if the answer is right. Without that drama, a show would just be people rattling off facts like commenters trying to prove they’re the smartest…

Fox’s animated shows have a proud tradition of gently ribbing their network, whether it was for those specials about the most extreme animal attacks from back in the day or for the tyrannical machinations of owner Rupert Murdoch, but it sounds like Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s frustrations are becoming too big…

Most people in the world have no idea what’s going to happen in Avengers 4, but Samuel L. Jackson has come up with a pretty good theory. Speaking with Vulture, he says he’s pretty sure the resolution to Thanos’ genocidal dreams—which have gone largely unchecked up until now—will involve Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel.…

We feel like we’ve said this a hundred times already, but a big-name content creator has just signed on to the Apple streaming service we still know nothing about. The new addition is Oprah Winfrey, who Variety says is now in a “multi-year content partnership” with Apple to create programs of some kind for this…

With more than 5.6 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or seeing if you can get an exact percentage of Nazis who are “very fine people.” We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 5,669,887-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

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After an opening segment outlining the fact that the American government is seizing thousands of children and putting them in fucking cages, John Oliver spent most of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight talking about China. You know, that faraway country with an ruler whose fragile ego, paranoia, authoritarian bent, and…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, June 17. All times are Eastern. 

Our weekly thought-starter asks you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or small, you can email them to us here.

Building on years of rumors, hints, and a joint tour that kicked off earlier this month, Beyoncé and JAY-Z have just announced the surprise release of a joint album together, titled Everything Is Love. The album—the first full collaboration between the married couple, whose respective solo albums Lemonade and 4:44 …