Netflix's 'Binge Scale' Reveals Which Shows You Binge-Watch the Most
Netflix has finally released some data about how much its members binge on certain programs.
Robin Wright Demanded (and Received) as Much Money as Kevin Spacey for House of Cards
In an interview Tuesday hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, Robin Wright revealed that she requested a pay increase so her wages would match co-star Kevin Spacey’s after a couple seasons of making their show House of Cards.
House Republicans Pretend Like They've Found Evidence That 'Baby Parts' Are Being Sold For Profit
At a hearing Wednesday morning, House Republicans busily “investigating” abortion clinics claimed to have a smoking gun—finally—at last, indisputable proof that fetal tissue is being sold for profit in these here United States. House Democrats, meanwhile, said that “evidence” was absolute bullshit, with one Democratic…
Republicans to Employ House of Cards-Style Tactics to Block Obama's SCOTUS Nominees
The Republican National Committee has doubled down on its commitment to being a real headache by employing the conservative group America Rising Squared as a kind of attack squad. POTUS is almost out but let’s keep the contention going, shall we?
Watch the House of Cards Season 4 Trailer, in Which Frank and Claire Are Fully At War
What does divorce look like in the White House? If it involves Frank and Claire Underwood of House of Cards, apparently, people are being smothered with drinking glasses and a faucet is dripping blood.
The Best Worst Stereotypically Southern TV Characters of 2015
Much of television is written by people who grew up, or at least who have lived the majority of their lives, in a big city—often New York or Los Angeles. For that reason, characters who are culturally not from one of those places are at risk of getting written in broad strokes, becoming caricatures of whatever culture…
Popular TV Shows We Stopped Watching in 2015, For Reasons Like 'They Sucked'
For several years now, we have been in the throes of an era critics like to refer to as a “TV renaissance.” This ostensibly means that since the success of The Sopranos and The Wire, writers, directors and producers have been challenging themselves to make better, more literary and long-lasting series, built upon…
Robin Wright's Stylist Explains How She Got That First Lady Look
Fans of House of Cards know that Claire Underwood wasn't a typical Vice President's wife, so many have been wondering how she's going to take to being a First Lady. While she'll never be "soft" per se, her stylist tells Women's Wear Daily that subtle changes have been made to Claire's look for season three to ensure…
Frank Underwolf Is Ruthless in Sesame Street's House of Bricks
"Some people say there's too much pork in this town. I could not agree more," drawls Frank Underwolf, the anti-hero of Sesame Street's House of Cards-style take on the The Three Little Pigs.
Watch House of Cards' Claire Underwood Demonstrate How to Fake a Smile
Here's another House of Cards teaser to make up for that time Netflix mistakenly leaked Season 3 for a nanosecond and then took it back. It's a scene wherein Frank and Claire are getting professional portrait shots taken.
Check This New Trailer for House of Cards Season 3
House of Cards returns in all its cynical, scheming, soapy glory on February 27. And yesterday, amid all the Golden Globes excitement, Netflix dropped this new trailer, which packs a lot into less than a minute. It's mostly grave stares into the middle distance, climaxing with this exchange: "We're murderers, Frank."…
That syrupy fake Southern accent nets the big bucks: according to TV Guide (and via Business Insider), Kevin Spacey clears $500,000 per episode for his work on House of Cards. That includes his cut as a producer, making him one of the highest-paid TV actors out there.
Watch Frank Underwood Pretend to Be Bill Clinton on a Call to Hillary
The layers of deception that take place in this ad – which is apparently a gift for former President Bill Clinton on his 68th birthday from his wife Hillary Clinton via the Clinton Foundation YouTube channel – run too deep to really be understood. Suffice it to say that just hearing Kevin Spacey do his Frank Underwood…
Jimmy Fallon Does a Perfect Kevin Spacey on 'House of Cue Cards'
It's about time someone did a send up of Kevin Spacey's utterly terrible yet still endearing Southern "accent" on House of Course. Of course it had to be noted skit-giggler Jimmy Fallon to take on the two-time Academy Award winner in such a devilishly perfect way.
Corey Stoll Remains a Proud Bald Man Despite His Terrible Strain Wig
Very handsome bald man and House of Cards actor Corey Stoll is now appearing on gross-out vampire story The Strain. However, it might've taken you a moment to recognize him, because the role requires an abysmal wig their costume director maybe stole from a passed-out Elvis impersonator. And yes, he knows how terrible…
Ex-Pussy Riot Members To Appear on House of Cards For Whatever Reason
Hollywood eventually consumes everything important. Next up are Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina–formerly of Pussy Riot but still the most visible faces of the Russian feminist punk collective—who, according to Baltimore City Paper, will appear on the third season of House of Cards.
Adorable Baby Recreates Game of Thrones, True Detective and More
Baby Olivia may not be old enough to know what the mystery behind the identity of the Yellow King was all about, but she's old enough to smile adorably while someone takes pictures of her in recreations from the show and that's good enough for me.
Claire Underwood Is Far Too Complicated for a 'Feminist or Not' Debate
House of Cards' Claire Underwood is a multi-faceted character. As Robin Wright portrays her, Claire can occasionally play nice — but mostly she's the cold and reserved, a counterpoint to the passionate and manipulative Frank Underwood. In the recently released season two, many, including this website, have used the…
House of Cards' Claire Underwood Is a Feminist Warrior Antihero
If House of Cards is like chess, then Claire Underwood is the queen—the most powerful piece in the game. And that becomes clear in the show's second season when all the scheming and plotting and compromises have given her a national platform for the causes that are the most personal to her: abortion and sexual assault.
