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Just in case you aren’t caught up on new episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, here’s something to inspire you. The Disney XD series recently aired multiple same-sex kisses in the episode “Just Friends,” Mashable reported Tuesday. The episode is a historic move for the network, marking the first same-sex kiss in a Disney…
Last week, the American left rejoiced when the career of alt-right Shitgibbon-In-Chief Milo Yiannopoulos collapsed in on itself like a dying star. It provided a flood of feel-good headlines at a time when we really needed them. The Blaze USA Today USA Today The Washington Post And unlike NaziPunchGate, this story is one we can…
Game publishers, tournament organizers and teams are searching for the best way to maximize value, exposure. Photo by: RIOT GAMES Esports might appear confusing and tumultuous to newcomers, but investors’ rationale is straightforward: No one is yet making as much money as they could be on professional video gaming, considering the size and commercial appeal…
Voices I’m an Arab actor who’s been asked to audition for the role of terrorist more than 30 times. If La La Land cleans up at the Oscars, I’m done My first film job at the age of 14 – Steven Spielberg’s Munich – featured me as an Islamic terrorist’s son. When I complained about…
1. On Feb. 22, Milo Ventimiglia graced The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon with his presence. The actor showed up with his arm in a sling and talked about playing Jack Pearson on This Is Us. ID: 10586455 2. Of course, Jess Mariano — Ventimiglia’s character on the iconic Gilmore Girls series — also came…
The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Outlander: Some of the best genre fare on TV is based on books. Yet, until relatively recently, most authors had little to do with the development of shows based on their work. Often, studios would option a book, and then try to keep the original author at arm’s length during the production process, says Ty…
Nominally liberal comedian Bill Maher finally followed through on his irresistible urge to discuss the beauty of laughter with far-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos on his HBO show “Real Time” this Friday. It went just as poorly as people familiar with the work of Maher and Yiannopoulos expected it to. On Wednesday, journalist Jeremy Scahill of…
The show’s done spy-fi. It’s done ‘80s P.I. shows. And now, the latest target of Sterling Archer and friends is the seedy world of noir. It looks incredible. We’d gotten a hint of the show’s new premise in a few short promos recently, but now Entertainment Weekly has released the first full trailer for the…
YouTube star PewDiePie’s fall from grace riled up his 53 million subscribers, but unless you’re a Gen-Z video gamer, you may find the name splashed across many a headline this week unfamiliar. Lucky you. After the Wall Street Journal reported on his pattern of using anti-Semitic jokes in his videos, Disney’s Maker Studios cut ties with the internet celeb and YouTube…
Last night, Piers Morgan’s smug little face was a panelist on Real Time With Bill Maher, and another panelist told him to fuck off. There’s more to this story, obviously, but the moment was so satisfying it stands on its own. Behold below, and bless you, Australian comic Jim Jefferies. Bless you. It’s SO BEAUTIFUL….