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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has begun quietly expanding its investigation into gender discrimination in Hollywood. A year after the American Civil Liberties Union first urged government agencies to investigate a pattern of gender bias in the hiring of film and TV directors, and seven months after the EEOC began interviewing women directors, the…
TV news is corrupt and incentivized to accentuate conflict over clarity, with Washington’s media and politicians constituting “an incredibly corrupt and blinded, symbiotic terrarium,” according to Jon Stewart. The comic-satirist and longtime TV host left no doubt that he’s not softened toward the media, government or the political process since exiting “The Daily Show” during…
On Monday Claire L. Evans and Jona Bechtolt, the artistic and romantic partners who make up the electro band Yacht, claimed that a sex tape they had made had been stolen and leaked. Across several social media posts—mostly on Facebook—they announced that to take control of the situation, they were going to sell the video…
The Box Office: X-Men: Apocalypse opens overseas starting May 18th before its American debut on May 27th. Like two of the highest grossing previous X-Men pictures, it has a prime Memorial Day slot that should point towards a big opening but also a brief theatrical lifespan. The X-Men movies have never been terribly leggy, and this shouldn’t be an exception with competition like Teenage…
On Saturday night, Beyoncé performed at NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The concert was protested by a group of local police, who set up about a mile from NRG Stadium, Houston TV station KHOU reports. “Some of her performances we believe to be anti-police,” Pasadena, Texas Coalition for Police and Sheriffs president Tony…
.entry-header “When I Needed You” Carly Rae Jepsen released her third album, Emotion, in 2015. The closing track on the record is When I Needed You. In this episode, Carly tells the story of how the song was made. You’ll hear the first demo for the song, a version she co-wrote with her longtime collaborator…
Back Issues discusses a major comic of the past, reevaluating its strengths and weaknesses while exploring the cultural context of its creation and how it has impacted the future of the comic-book medium and industry. This week: Civil War, Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s explosive event series that pitted Captain America against Iron Man…
Perhaps it’s only appropriate that after nearly a 20 year hiatus, the first battle the rebooted Power Rangers are facing is with the internet. Yesterday, fans received their first official look at the fighters’ new suits, ditching the stretchy spandex for a “translucent extraterrestrial armor that crystallizes around their bodies,” according to Entertainment Weekly. The movie is set to…
When CNN boss Jeff Zucker took the stage at Great Big Story’s NewFronts presentation to talk about the content his digital network has lined up for the coming year, he said something he’s never had to at a TV upfront: “These are not built-if-sold concepts. These are real projects that will grow our brand.” Five…
Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt, left, and Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline Voorhees. (Eric Liebowitz/Netflix) The second season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” debuts on Netflix on Friday, which will no doubt send viewers on a binge-watching spree to either re-watch Season 1 or catch up on episodes they missed. Ellie Kemper stars as the titular character, who…