What To Get the F*** Out of Bed To See:

  • In Bruges, a 2011 dark comedy starring peak Colin Farrell, will be playing @ Gregory College House @ 8pm on Thursday, February 19

  • 12 Years a Slave, last year’s Best Picture Winner at the Oscars, will be playing in the Harnwell Rooftop Lounge @ 8pm on Friday, February 20

  • A League of Extraordinary Gentleman, the starstudded genre–mashing blockbuster from 2005, will be airing @ Gregory College House @ 8pm on Saturday, February 21

  • The 87th Annual Academy Awards will be airing on ABC @ 7pm on Sunday, February 22, live from the Kodak Theater.

What To Read About

  • SNL's 40th Anniversary Show: Betty White and Bradley Cooper locked lips, Emma Stone channeled Gilda Radner, and Sean Connery came back for Jeopardy.

  • 34th Street Oscars Live Blog, coming @ you the same time as the actual Oscars, find us here.

What To Catch on TV

  • The much–talked about Season 3 premiere of Vikings on the History Channel on February 19. Lauded by the New York Times as a PG–13 and Viking–centric version of Game of Thrones, it should offer a good placeholder until GoT returns in April.

  • Empiresix episodes in and the show is making the biggest splash on network TV since American Idol premiered.  If you haven’t seen Taraji P. Henson absolutely wreck as Philadelphia–born Cookie Lyon, then you can’t sit with us.  Plus, her oldest son’s character is a heartless Wharton grad. Sign us up, please.  Episodes are available on Hulu and fox.com.