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Chris Morgan

Chris Morgan is a Detroit-based culture writer who has somehow managed to justify getting his BA in Film Studies. He has written about sports and entertainment across various internet platforms for years and is also the author of three books about '90s television.

EXPERTISE:

Movies, TV, Sitcoms, Indie Music, 90's Culture, Classic Films, NFL, NBA, NHL, Soccer

Fuzzworthy: Celebs with the most famous facial hair

Some celebrities are remembered for a role or for a huge career moment. Others actually are remembered for their facial hair. Which is better? Who can say?

Baseball and Hollywood: A retrospective

Baseball is America’s pastime, and as such, has had its role in the world of film for over a century. Technically the first film about baseball was a short called “The Ball Game” that came out in 1898 and featured a baseball game between the Newark Bears and the Reading Phillies.

Football and Hollywood: A retrospective

Movies have been released to the public in one way or another for over a century, and many of them have been about football. Here is a brief timeline of the history of football and film.

Which actors have the most Razzie nominations?

Who are the Streeps and the Nicholsons of the Razzies, the Golden Raspberry Awards, which are dedicated to the worst in film?

Every film declared 'Worst Picture' by the Razzies

Here’s every film to win Worst Picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards. Sorry if you like any of these films.

Actors we wish were still making movies

People across all professions retire. That goes for actors as well, who sometimes stop getting the casting calls.

Which famous celebrities root for 49ers or Chiefs?

You know who’s really happy right now? Fans of the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. After all, they are both in the Super Bowl. One of those fan bases may be disappointed in time, but right now everybody is just celebrating.

Performances in comic book movies that should have gotten awards love

We feel like more actors in comic book movies have deserved award love, and we don’t mean the Razzies. There will be no Halle Berry here.

Every athlete who has hosted 'Saturday Night Live'

Though they are famous for their physical acumen and sports skills, sometimes they try their hands at acting and comedy. On occasion, it works. Other times, well, hopefully they had fun.

The 25 best sports video games of all time

Most of us will never know what it’s like to be a professional athlete. Heck, some of us barely know what it’s like to be an amateur athlete. However, in the world of sports video games, we have a taste of the elite athleticism at our fingertips.

20 people who will be stars in the 2020s

Let’s get to prognosticating on some glimmering lights who are primed to make entertainment headlines in the upcoming years.

What was going on the last time the Chiefs played in the Super Bowl?

For decades the Chiefs couldn’t get over the hump and return to the big game. That finally changed this season, with Kansas City heading to Super Bowl LIV! 

Which films earned the most Oscar nominations?

Over the years, 52 movies have received at least 10 nominations for Academy Awards. They’ve all taken home multiple Oscars at the end of the night as well.

Actors and actresses with famous daughters

Many people get into the family line of work. Show business is no different. Many performers have seen their kid, or kids, follow them into the world of acting. Others take a slightly different route but still find fame.

The 25 best second seasons in NBA history

Everybody remembers a great rookie season in the NBA, which often result in a trophy being held aloft. However, what about the players who have fantastic second seasons?

The biggest entertainment comebacks of 2019

Here are the entertainers, and some other entrants, who pulled off comebacks in 2019, just in time for the new decade. Will their success continue in 2020? You’ll have to tune in to find out.

Every actor who has won multiple acting Oscars

Some actors have more than one of the little gold men to their names — 42, in fact, who have won multiple Oscars for acting. This doesn’t include directing, producing or writing Academy Awards.

The 25 best celebrity cameos on The Simpsons

Here are our favorite celebrity cameos on “The Simpsons,” but only where the celebrities were on the show as themselves...

25 legendary filmmakers who never won the Best Director Oscar

Some of these filmmakers still have hopes of taking home Best Director. Some of them, unfortunately, will never have the opportunity.

The 25 best minor recurring characters from The Simpsons

You probably have a favorite character from “The Simpsons.” If you are devoted to the iconic cartoon, though, you surely have your favorite minor character as well.

The nine people who have hosted the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes are a strange beast. They play second fiddle in film to the Oscars and in television to the Emmys, but they cover both. However, a lot of people wish they didn’t have as big of a role as they do as the pseudo silver medal of entertainment award shows.

The 25 greatest Simpsons episodes, ranked

Coming up with the 25 best episodes of a show this great, and this prolific, was hard, even if all the best episodes come from the first 10 seasons.

The best episode of every season of 'The Simpsons'

We’re going to highlight the best episode of the first 30 seasons of the show. You may not like the later seasons, but there is still good stuff there.

Ranking of the 25 best animated shows of all time

Animation has been a big part of television for decades. Some shows have been bad. Others, though, have been quite good, occasionally even transcendent.

The movies, shows, albums and tours we’re looking forward to in 2020

When 2019 comes to a close, we shut the book on a whole decade. However, let’s not get too ahead of ourselves in looking at the 2020s; let’s just get a little ahead of ourselves.