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Roger Ailes remains in charge at Fox News. But not for much longer. The owners of 21st Century Fox, the Murdochs, have decided that Ailes must leave amid allegations of sexual harassment. Exit talks are underway. Inside Fox News, A-list hosts and rank and file producers alike are in the dark and worried about what’s…
Third Eye Blind Played an RNC Concert Just So They Could Troll Republicans By Dustin Rowles | Politics | July 20, 2016 | Comments (View) The 90’s band Third Eye Blind — who have hits like “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Never Let You Go,” and “How’s It Going to Be” — played none of them during…
Tiffany Trump addresses the audience on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Speeches by a candidate’s spouse or children are generally meant to humanize them, and to reassure voters that they’re voting for a loving family…
Milo Yiannopoulos, aka Nero aka some real basic garbage in human form, got the boot from Twitter last night as a result of encouraging his racist and/or sexist and/or alt-right pals to go after actress Leslie Jones, who starred in the new Ghostbusters, aka the film sexist manboys wailed was ruining their childhood. Jones was…
Probably the most important fact when it comes to analyzing Unilever’s purchase of Dollar Shave Club is the $1 billion price: in the world of consumer packaged goods (CPG) it is shockingly low. After all, only eleven years ago Procter & Gamble (P&G) bought Gillette, the market leader in shaving, for a staggering $57 billion….
A quick search online for tweets and videos directed at the @MuslimGirl handle on Twitter throws up some ugly results. One is a video entitled: “The Government Needs to Deport Or Kill Muslims Now.” Of the two comments posted beneath it, one reads: “F***in outstanding sir the only good muslim is a dead one man woman or child [sic].” The video…
It’s become standard for the internet to closely follow the Republican and Democratic National Conventions and seize on any gaffe or catch-phrase from the high-profile speakers. Last night in Cleveland was no exception—Twitter lit up with charges that Melania Trump had cribbed parts of her speech from Michelle Obama’s 2008 remarks, spurring #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes joke-tweets. But…
©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…
Donald Trump exits the stage after his wife, Melania Trump, spoke on Monday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.Joe Raedle/Getty Images CLEVELAND—The first day of the Republican National Convention opened in chaos and ended in disaster. We’ve covered the chaos, but the disaster requires a little explanation. That night, the headline speech belonged…
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…