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Content Header “This is the face of Dunkin’ Donuts right here.” /content-header Content Byline /content-byline Content Text Casey Affleck might be resistant to playing local stereotypes, but it certainly didn’t show last night as the host of Saturday Night Live. In what must be one of the most New England sketches in recent SNL history,…
New Celebrity PSA Implores Members of the Electoral College to Reject Trump Byline Unit /33173478/Mediaite_Adsense_468x60 end post-heading There’s a new celebrity PSA out tonight featuring some big-name actors asking members of the electoral college to do the right thing and step in to vote their conscience (a.k.a. not Donald Trump). Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Debra…
Today’s Mudline December 18, 2016 Joe Biden on 2016 presidential campaign: “So much for the shining city on the hill.”….Harry Reid on the U.S.: “Entering a new Gilded Age.”….Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump: “A pathological liar.”….Tina Fey on Trump: “Can’t muster the dignity of a seventh-grader.”….S.V. Date on Trump: “‘The Apprentice, Secretary of State Edition’…
This article includes no major spoilers for Rogue One.The idea that Rogue One is groundbreakingly feminist has always been pretty bizarre. Jyn Erso’s protagonist status is equal to Rey’s in The Force Awakens, and besides: Every other main character is a man. While Rogue One was being promoted (and protested) as a female-led sci-fi blockbuster, its trailers remained…
Cartoon Network’s ‘Steven Universe’—one of the most popular cartoons on American television —advances a positive, important argument for the future. It’s time to pay attention to its hero. Just like my annoying kid sister, Steven Universe, the television show, didn’t pop into this world fully formed and cool as hell. It took time for it to become…
A boy willing to love anyone he meets has become a compass guiding me toward the man I’ve always hoped to become. Steven Universe, an emotional inspiration. InToni Morrison’s Song of Solomon—my favorite novel—lived a woman named Pilate Dead. (Morrison makes much of names.) The aunt of protagonist Macon “Milkman” Dead, she is a unique woman: a…
Passengers (2016 film)The signs to be hopeful were all there: A pair of dependable movie stars, a bullish Oscar-season spot on the release calendar, a director hot off of an…Passengers (2016 film)Sci-fiPT116MPG-13The signs to be hopeful were all there: A pair of dependable movie stars, a bullish Oscar-season spot on the release calendar, a director…
The band at D.C.’s Howard University, which marched in Obama’s first inaugural parade, also did not apply to march in Trump’s parade startclickprintincludeThe Ballou High School marching band proudly represented D.C. in President Barack Obama’s second inaugural parade, Jan. 20, 2013. Here’s the band on the parade route. (Published Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016) endclickprintinclude startclickprintinclude…
Facebook, which has long relied on other people to provide it with content, is going to start paying for its own stuff, too. Facebook is starting to talk to TV studios and other video producers about licensing shows, with the hope of boosting the social network’s video efforts. The talks, which include discussions for scripted…
Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 14, 2016 Keywords for Search Engine Optimization of the week: Reach Up and Touch the Sky Because Mikey is Already Up There Dropping His Saltiest Shit Yet Opening titles: Set it Free…