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Watch Usher, Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow & Others Tell Politicians ‘Don’t Use Our Song’ 7/25/2016 by Gil Kaufman Gil Kaufman The list of artists demanding that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stop using their songs during the Republican National Convention grew longer and longer as last week’s gathering in Cleveland went on. From the Rolling Stones…
New York, NY – July 21, 2016 – 21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman of Fox Television Stations, has resigned from his role effective immediately. Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel…
Megyn Kelly during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.Fox News Lots of inappropriate things happened on the third night of the Republican National Convention. Crowds booed Ted Cruz and berated his wife Heidi, who had to be escorted from her seat by security. Conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham…
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Monday’s live show brought his “Hungry for Power Games” segment to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. “The red carpet, of course, is here to hide the rivers of blood that will eventually pour down from the cornucopia, when Donald Trump, flanked by his two eunuchs, takes the stage,”…
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…
©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…
This is the first in a series of videos exploring what Steven Universe has to say about men, boys and masculinity. This episode covers representations of emotional expression, and highlights the ways in which crying, affection and fear are framed on the show. Support this video series on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/popdetective ABOUT THE PROJECT The Pop…
All the convention’s a stage, and speakers are merely players. At this week’s Republican National Convention, one former entertainer and political farceur has already pushed to the center in a winking game that alternates between seriousness and an old television persona: Stephen Colbert. The Atlantic‘s coverage of the Republican and Democratic nominations for the U.S….
Ailes and Murdoch. Photo-Illustration: Daily Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Roger Ailes’s tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end. Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing the 76-year-old executive, say…
The CIA has a long history of “spooking the news,” dating back to its earliest days when the legendary spymaster Allen Dulles and his top staff drank and dined regularly with the press elite of New York and Washington, and the agency boasted hundreds of U.S. and foreign journalists as paid and unpaid assets. In…