Brendan Morrow

Staff Writer

Brendan is a staff writer at The Week. A graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in journalism, he also writes about horror films for Bloody Disgusting and has previously contributed to The Cheat Sheet, Heavy, WhatCulture, and more. He lives in New York City surrounded by Star Wars posters.

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'old-school misogyny'

Sean Penn claims 'cowardly genes' lead men to wear skirts

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: January 28, 2022

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the ghost dimension

Avenatti cross-examines Stormy Daniels about paranormal claims

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hey all you cool cats and kittens

Tiger King's Joe Exotic gets slightly shorter prison sentence

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allegations

Chris Brown accused of drugging and raping woman

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meow

Bidens introduce their new White House cat

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we need to talk about the KKK

Actor Ezra Miller appears to threaten KKK in cryptic video

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: January 27, 2022

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Letitia Wright vibes

Marvel star Evangeline Lilly went to anti-vaccine mandate rally

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supreme decision

Biden confirms he'll nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court

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expect disappointment

Spider-Man Best Picture nod now looks much less likely

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new ruhles

MSNBC reveals Brian Williams' replacement

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out and about

Palin dines out in NYC again after testing positive for COVID-19

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what is deja vu?

Jeopardy! champions keep getting defeated by Chicago librarians

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jumping the gun?

Breyer reportedly wasn't happy his retirement news leaked

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: January 26, 2022

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'not for me to make those judgments'

West Side Story stars address Ansel Elgort allegations

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'much rougher than I anticipated'

Meghan McCain describes COVID-19 battle

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so long

Stephen Breyer reportedly to retire from the Supreme Court

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little green friend

Is Baby Yoda's return to Star Wars imminent?

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R.I.P.

Charlie Brown voice actor Peter Robbins dies

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'taking a different approach'

Disney promises it will 'avoid reinforcing stereotypes' in Snow White remake

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: January 25, 2022

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some good news

John Krasinski to reunite with The Office co-star Steve Carell

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'cowardly and unconscionable act'

Olivia Munn says AAPI event was targeted by racist Zoom bombing

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no thanks

Brian Williams reportedly rejected offer to anchor CBS Evening News

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pretty pretty pretty strange

Cheryl Hines responds to husband RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine remarks

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don't keep on streamin'

Neil Young demands Spotify pull music over Rogan's 'fake' vaccine information

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amazing amy

Amy Schneider now has 2nd-longest Jeopardy! winning streak

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bad blood

Taylor Swift slams Damon Albarn for claim she doesn't write her songs

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: January 24, 2022

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from Javier with love

Javier Bardem jumped out of a cake in drag on Daniel Craig's birthday

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'not really funny'

Whoopi Goldberg slams Bill Maher for 'flippant' COVID-19 comments

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new time

Palin tests positive for COVID-19, delaying start of trial

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it is happening again

Peloton again responds to TV character's exercise bike-related heart attack

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'not a man anymore'

Evan Rachel Wood alleges Marilyn Manson 'essentially raped' her on camera