On July 21st, 2016 – at a time when nearly every political pundit and member of the mainstream media thought that Donald Trump didn’t have even a chance of beating Hillary Clinton – Michael Moore went public with his belief that the Republican candidate was going to win. “You are …
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While President Trump is in Asia this week,Stephen Colbert noted the apparent camaraderie between him and Chinese president Xi Jinping. “I can understand how they bonded, because they’re both leaders of superpowers, which can be isolating – and sometimes I feel that way even as a late-night host,” he said. …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel: 'Probably Will' Mention Weinstein Scandal at Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel opened up about his talk show’s noted political bent in a new interview with New York.In the past few weeks, the host hasspoken out about the Affordable CareActand gun controlin the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. And when he hosts next year’s Academy Awards, he says he …
Read More »Weinstein's Ex Assistant Breaks NDA, Details Harassment, Cover-Ups
Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein‘s former assistant in Miramax’s London office, purposely broke her NDA in a new interview with the Financial Times, in which she detailed the producer’s alleged sexual misconduct over the years and the ways in which he and his team worked to cover up his behavior. Perkins, …
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Todd Haynes creates movies that feel like part of his DNA. Whether they’re originals (Safe, Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) or adapted from other works (Carol, the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce), they seem to course from his bloodstream into ours. Wonderstruck, gorgeous as it is, feels like …
Read More »Amazon Studios Head Resigns After Sexual Harassment Allegations
Amazon Studios programming chief Roy Price has resigned after a producer, Isa Hackett, accused him of sexual harassment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to tendering his resignation Tuesday, Price was placed on a leave of absence October 12th. Price’s departure from Amazon Studios comes as Hollywood reckons with the …
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Holt McCallany would like to tell a story about Ed Kemper. The cops that the friendly-seeming homicidal maniac talked shop with at his local watering hole usually called him “Big Ed”; after he was convicted of murdering six young women in Santa Cruz, California, he earned the name “The Co-ed …
Read More »Watch Jimmy Kimmel Fire Back at GOP Leaders For Obamacare Repeal
Jimmy Kimmel continued to rail against theRepublican’s latest Obamacare repeal bill and one of its authors, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday. In May, Cassidy appeared on Kimmel and promised that any new health care legislation would have to pass what he dubbed “The Jimmy Kimmel Test” …
Read More »10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in September
Man, Netflix – you are all over the place this September. A horror parody, an old and a new raunch-friendly animated series, a remorselessly bleak film from Angelina Jolie and, somehow, even more Narcos episodes? (Viewers may remember that last season jettisoned a pretty key character.) Streaming-wise, you’ll also get …
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