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Not content to wait idly by until Deadpool 2 starts shooting next year, the merc with a mouth infiltrated this Japanese trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. It was partly in preparation for the Japanese release of his own film (where it opened earlier this month; this is a few weeks old) but mainly to continue biting…
Every week throughout season six, a handful of Vox’s writers will discuss the latest episode of Game of Thrones. Before you dig in, check out our recap of Sunday’s episode, as well the archive of our entire discussion to date. Next up this week is energy writer David Roberts. David Roberts: The “Battle of the…
06/23/16 01:54 PM EDT Updated 06/23/16 04:29 PM EDT Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. It’s a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately. The hiring comes just three days after Trump fired Lewandowski, ending…
Lending a new dimension to the phrase “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” recently fired Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has joined CNN as a political commentator. Presumably now if he wants to grab a reporter so hard that she’s left with bruises on her arm, his case will be handled by CNN’s…
Looks like Sterling Archer will live to drink—and maybe fight, and definitely drink some more—another day, as FX brings the surprising news that it has renewed Archer for three more seasons. The “surprising” part comes in the wake of Archer’s season seven finale, in which some things happen and we’ll just leave it at that….
All your favorite major label musicians—Taylor, Gaga, Katy, Jennifer Hudson, Yoko Ono, Amy Grant and Kacey Musgraves, among many more—have joined the music industry’s titans in asking for reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In a petition (see it here) running until Thursday in DC-based outlets such as Politico, The Hill and Roll…
Before, it was very narrow with what Asian-Americans should do, the careers they should get into. It was limited to being a doctor, lawyer or business person. We were really comfortable with that and we found our place with the model minority. We’re all model citizens and have a 4.0 GPA, 1600 on SATs. Everything…
Warning! Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6 follow. ‘The Battle of the Bastards’ was many things. It was Game of Thrones‘ most expensive episode, costing around $10 million, and it took 25 days to shoot — another record for the show. And judging by how much of it my wife spent with her eyes squeezed nearly…
In case you haven’t heard, Captain America is a Nazi now and fanboys everywhere are losing their shit. Last week, issue 1 of Nick Spencer and Jesus Sais’ new comic series Captain America: Steve Rogers hit the shelves of comic stores everywhere and shocked fans across the nation when, in the final panel, Captain…
Photo Julia Louis-Dreyfus, left, and Anna Chlumsky in “Veep.” Credit Prashant Gupta/HBO ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 9: ‘Kissing Your Sister’ A year ago, “Veep” shook up its formula with “Testimony,” an episode which wrapped up Season 4’s big lobbying/hacking story line by having nearly all the major characters explain themselves in front of Congress, one…