The president may not believe in climate change, but that isn’t stopping Democrats from pressing forward with efforts to pass meaningful legislation to fight the existential threat of our time. On Thursday Axios reported Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) are preparing to unveil a bill for …
Read More »Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway Are Sunk in 'Serenity'
How can you miss with a film noir starring Matthew McConaughey as a fisherman tempted by femme fatale Anne Hathaway to feed her sadistic husband to the sharks for $10 million? And, hell, the script is by Steven Knight, who did himself proud with Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises …
Read More »'The Dropout': New Podcast Dives into Elizabeth Holmes' Alleged Theranos Fraud
Only a few short years ago, Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford University dropout turned technology startup CEO, was the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world and heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” by Silicon Valley’s elite. Theranos, the biotech company she founded in 2003, at age 19, raked in nearly …
Read More »What's It Like to Be Hispanic and Republican in McAllen, Texas?
In the hours leading up to Trump’s scheduled visit to McAllen, Texas on Thursday, Joacim Hernandez, the 32-year-old president of the Hidalgo County Young Republicans, says that the official Facebook page for the group was flooded with messages. “It was Wednesday and we were like, ‘Oh, man, we don’t really …
Read More »Halestorm's Lzzy Hale Talks Grammy Nod, Greta Van Fleet Fandom
When Halestorm won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013 for “Love Bites (So Do I),” they figured it’d be one and done. The Recording Academy did away with the category the following year, splitting it into two, and Lzzy Hale, the singer-guitarist of the Nashville-based band, feared …
Read More »New Doc Tells Different Side of 1993 Lorena Bobbitt Scandal
A new documentary that reexamines the story of Lorena Bobbitt – the woman who infamously cut off her abusive husband’s penis – will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month before arriving on Amazon February 15th. Filmmaker Joshua Rofé directed the four-part series, while Jordan Peele served as executive …
Read More »Will Trump Really Declare a National Emergency to Build the Wall?
While fielding questions from reporters in the Rose Garden last week, President Trump floated the idea of circumventing Congress and using the military to build his long-promise border wall. “We can call a national emergency because of the security,” he said. “I haven’t done it. I may do it. But …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Reveals She Called Academy to Help Re-Hire Kevin Hart as Oscars Host
Ellen DeGeneres personally called the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and urged them to re-hire Kevin Hart as Oscars host, she revealed on Friday’s Ellen. Hart stepped down from the 2019 gigin December after several of his years-old, homophobic tweets resurfaced online. “I called the Academy today because …
Read More »Maybe Next Time Turn the Cameras Off
President Trump invited Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the Oval Office on Tuesday to talk about the long-proposed border wall. It didn’t go well. As a wan, mute Mike Pence looked on, Trump, Schumer and Pelosi argued about everything from the …
Read More »Aretha Franklin Concert Film 'Amazing Grace' Sets Theatrical Release for Early 2019
Thelong-shelved Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing Grace will receive a nationwide release in early 2019. Following the Queen of Soul’s death in August, the 1972 film was finally unveiled at the DOC NYC festival ahead its Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles and New York. Franklin’s estate and film distributor Neon …
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