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How the US Went Fascist: Mass Media […] Donald Trump is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer for The Situation Room. (Photo by Regine Mahaux/Getty Images) This post originally appeared at Juan Cole’s blog, Informed Comment. The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is an indictment of, and…
The first thing you notice at Donald Trump’s rallies is the confidence. Amateur psychologists have wishfully diagnosed him from afar as insecure, but in person the notion seems absurd. Donald Trump, insecure? We should all have such problems. Illustration by Robert Grossman At the Verizon Giganto-Center in Manchester the night before the New Hampshire primary,…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link Kanye West Called Taylor Swift “A Fake Ass” And Compared Himself To Paul The Apostle In Leaked Rant http://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/kanye-w… “That and Taylor Swift, fake ass.” Source: Kanye West Called Taylor Swift “A Fake Ass” And Compared Himself To Paul The Apostle In Leaked Rant
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link Gordon Ramsay Tried Girl Scout Cookies For The First Time And Was Not Impressed http://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleregna/how-dare-he Rude. Source: Gordon Ramsay Tried Girl Scout Cookies For The First Time And Was Not Impressed
The statistics are unequivocal: Women and minorities are vastly underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. Here, 27 industry players reveal the stories behind the numbers — their personal experiences of not feeling seen, heard or accepted, and how they pushed forward. In Hollywood, exclusion goes far beyond #OscarsSoWhite. (Interviews have been edited and…
Based on a new study by the financial analytics firm SmartAsset, D.C.’s Metro ranks No. 1 in the best transit system in the nation, but riders are still skeptical. (Ashleigh Joplin/The Washington Post) Here’s what’s so great about Washington’s Metro system: you can have a trendline of declining ridership; you can have a safety record…
The bitch is back. Sarah Michelle Gellar has officially signed on to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil in NBC’s Cruel Intentions sequel, meaning that pilot just got a whole lot cooler. Gellar will star in the project, which comes from writers Jordan Ross and Lindsey Rosin and the original film’s writer/director Roger Kumble, serves as a follow-up to the 1999 movie. The series will follow Kathryn’s…
Facebook unleashed its new Reactions on the world yesterday. Instead of just “liking” a post, you can also now tell your friends, coworkers, and family how you really feel (assuming your feels are limited to “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad,” and “angry”). But they’re not the only ones. You can now also share your deepest (six)…
We use the word “troll” liberally these days. Take a spin through Google News using the word as a search term. You’ll see Maxim calling Kanye West a troll for tweeting that Mark Zuckerberg should give him a billion dollars. Then you’ll see Sports Illustrated saying the Grammys “trolled” Kanye. A 12-year-old with Down’s Syndrome…
So it turns out the timeframe for Laura Palmer’s reunion with FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is a little more elastic than Twin Peaks creators David Lynch and Mark Frost might’ve hoped for. But there’s always one date that can be counted on by fans of the strangest, eeriest, campiest, damn-good-coffee-(and hot!)-est series in…