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(Shutterstock) I was invited to speak on a panel last week in New York. It was unwieldy, seven people, each of us with more than enough to say. Nonetheless, the event went smoothly and played out as expected: introductions, moderated discussion, self-deprecating jokes, a few thought-provoking facts, a couple heart-warming anecdotes and, of course, the…
Cruz at lunch in the Bronx, likely explaining the menu. (Getty) GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz took some time off from dodging allegations that he murdered seven people in California in the 1960s to learn all about our New York Values firsthand, now that it turns out he needs us to vote for him….
Why do state legislators insist on proposing and passing anti-transgender legislation? On Wednesday, The Daily Show aired a segment on the anti-trans panic that has swept many state legislatures as visibility of trans issues has increased. And Jessica Williams tried to get to the bottom of just what was going on. Williams talked to several…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers a speech at the 42nd Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention on April 6 in Philadelphia. (Ricky Carioti/ The Washington Post) NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton said Thursday she doesn’t know why Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders would say she is not qualified to be president as the two campaigns continued…
Lili Simmons (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP) Lili Simmons (Banshee, True Detective) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming and highly anticipated TV remake of Westworld, which is really good news for people who want to see Westworld. The J.J. Abrams-produced show has resumed production after a hiatus late last year, meaning it’s on its…
The Flash crew will meet their first Arrow character on Earth-2 in the show’s penultimate episode. Katie Cassidy, who plays Laurel Lance/Black Canary, will guest star as her Earth-2 doppleganger who goes by the moniker Black Siren; whether she’s a hero or a villain is yet to be determined. core-decorated Source: io9
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Despite the abundance of Batman v Superman’s negative reviews and the film’s swift, severe drop in box office sales since its debut a week and a half ago (even with an utter lack of competition!), Warner Bros. executives seem adamant in learning absolutely nothing from the movie’s problems. The Hollywood Repoter reports (from Hollywood) that…
Claim: A photograph shows a group of Texas college students protesting the rising cost of education by writing their debts on their graduation caps. FALSE Example: [Collected via Reddit, April 2016] Texan students protest skyrocketing college debt. Origin:A photograph purportedly showing a group of students with the amount of their debt taped onto their graduation…
WCAXIn a private meeting with New York legislators on Monday, Hillary Clinton reportedly claimed that Vermont—home of Sen. Bernie Sanders, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination—is an important source of guns used by criminals in the Empire State. “She said that it’s going to be coming out in the very near future that many…