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Entry Text UPDATE: 8:38 p.m. ET — RCMP say four people were killed in a shooting in northern Saskatchewan, not five as the prime minister said earlier. LA LOCHE, Sask. — A student who was just returning from lunch when shots were fired at a northern Saskatchewan school Friday said his friends ran past him…
WBKO / Via wbko.com One wonders what was going through the mind of Edmonson County High School Principal Tommy Hodges when he ordered a teenage girl to get on her knees so he could measure her dress length. The Kentucky school has a dress code requiring skirts to end no more than six inches…
The Radio Times is reporting that Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat will be leaving the massively successful British sci-fi series at the end of its upcoming tenth season. Moffat—who took over showrunning duties from Russell T. Davies in 2010, just in time for the fifth season of the long-running time-travel show’s current iteration—will be replaced…
The failure of the Academy Awards to recognize black performers and filmmakers creates a dangerously circular system that robs the next generation of daring and diverse cinema. Credit Photograph by Toby Canham / Getty Barrier Status: ‘none’ The Oscars almost never get it right. Alfred Hitchcock never won one; Elaine May has never won one….
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally endorsing U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for President at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich Sarah Palin’s endorsement has been a bomb with the very people that she was supposed to sway as Donald Trump supporters came away from listening…
Heckuva job, Jebbie Fact: Every single thing about Jeb Bush is the most pathetic fucking thing we have ever seen. We already feel pretend-guilty enough as it is for continuing to report to you each new Most Pathetic Fucking Thing he does, but it’s not our fault. He keeps doing it! And doing it again. And…
Gee thanks, Mom We’re going to need a bigger file drawer for this latest entry under Sad Jeb Bush Is Sad, So Sad, Gahhh, We Need A Drink, That’s How Sad He Is. His own mother, who has made it quite clear she doesn’t care for him much and thinks he’s kind of a loser (and she’s not wrong!),…
The great and powerful Mitch has spoken, and on Saturday New York City will be blanketed in 8-12″ or perhaps 24″ or even 36 inches of fluffy, white snow. Or not! Regardless the outcome, if plans for hunkering down on Saturday include relying on the services of your local restaurants, it’s important to keep in…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesis pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020 and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes Friday, following a weeklong storm of criticism and calls for an…
She’s not pussyfootin’ around VIDEO Patrice Waite, Peter Cooper and Janet Upadhye Topics: Sarah Palin, original video More Related Stories The Oscars’ race problem isn’t going away The media has a Bernie Sanders problem: What the elites miss about politics the rest of us understand Bill Gates should be ashamed: His back-room,…