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©Getty Roger Ailes with his wife Elizabeth Tilson outside the News Corp building in New York on Tuesday God seems to be toying with American conservatives. On the same day Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination, Roger Ailes, legendary creator of Fox News, was being ushered out of his role. Mr Trump’s rise may have…
Queen Martha. Photo: Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com/BFA Martha Stewart — reigning queen of all things DIY and party-planning — uses every moment of her life as a teachable moment in the realm of entertaining. Case in point: At the Bad Moms premiere, a film in which she has a small role, she…
I was ten years old when Ghostbusters came out in 1984, and it hit me hard. I loved that movie, which melded two of my geeky kid interests – horror movies and trying to stay up late to watch Saturday Night Live. Ghostbusters II was one of my earlier experiences with movie disappointment (it built on my foundational experiences, Howard…
HA HA HA Look At These POWER RANGERS Costumes Oh, my god, POWER RANGERS, what the hell are you even doing right now? By Scott Wampler Jul. 19, 2016 Via USA Today: As revealed in a pre-SDCC 2016 post over at USA Today, these are apparently the costumes you will see in 2017’s Power…
This is the first in a series of videos exploring what Steven Universe has to say about men, boys and masculinity. This episode covers representations of emotional expression, and highlights the ways in which crying, affection and fear are framed on the show. Support this video series on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/popdetective ABOUT THE PROJECT The Pop…
The posture of the filmmakers was that this was normalized in the future and it was nothing, really. It was a big revelation yet handled in a way that communicated it wasn’t anything the crew didn’t already know about him. You mentioned that Mr. Takei was one of few Asian actors you saw growing up….
All the convention’s a stage, and speakers are merely players. At this week’s Republican National Convention, one former entertainer and political farceur has already pushed to the center in a winking game that alternates between seriousness and an old television persona: Stephen Colbert. The Atlantic‘s coverage of the Republican and Democratic nominations for the U.S….
Let July 17, 2016, forever be known as the day Kim Kardashian proved her worth to those who would say she’s famous for doing nothing, because on that day, she proved that she could do at least one thing: Ruin Taylor Swift’s reputation as a pristine angel in an industry otherwise populated by schemers, liars,…
Ailes and Murdoch. Photo-Illustration: Daily Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Roger Ailes’s tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end. Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing the 76-year-old executive, say…
The CIA has a long history of “spooking the news,” dating back to its earliest days when the legendary spymaster Allen Dulles and his top staff drank and dined regularly with the press elite of New York and Washington, and the agency boasted hundreds of U.S. and foreign journalists as paid and unpaid assets. In…