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MSNBC has canceled its weekend morning editorial program Melissa Harris-Perry. The cancellation deals a significant blow to diversity on cable news, as Harris-Perry consistently hosted the most diverse guests of any of the Sunday morning news shows. But the lack of diversity on Sunday morning shows is just part of a much broader media diversity problem. People of color are…
When a new story fallsthrough the cracks, Lewis Black hatches it in asegment we call “Back in Black.” (applause and cheering) Osama bin Laden! We all knowhe was the scum of the earth and deserves to rot in hell. But did you also know how muchhe loved the written word? The CIA releases new documents…
A screen grab of the transport that takes Detective Josephus Miller from dwarf planet Ceres to astroid Eros in SyFy’s Expanse. Courtesy of SyFy hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of SyFy A screen grab of the transport that takes Detective Josephus Miller from dwarf planet Ceres to astroid Eros in SyFy’s Expanse. …
This week, Donald Trump won primaries in Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii, and then proceeded to give perhaps the strangest victory speech in the history of American presidential races. Trump had assembled a pile of meat, wines, a pyramid of bottled water, and one magazine to make a point that he is a successful businessman. You…
If you’re not a hardcore Batman fan, you might not notice—but believe it or not, there are a few subtle differences between DC’s Batman comics and the proto-Bat universe of Fox’s hit show Gotham. Yes, seriously! In fact, the show’s heroes and villains can be surprisingly different from their counterparts, to varying degrees. Here are…
16. Game of Thrones premieres April 24 on HBO. It will be simulcast on Sky Atlantic at 2 a.m. on April 25, at the same time it airs in the US, and repeated at 9 p.m. the same day. ID: 8160225 Source: The Trailer For “Game Of Thrones” Season 6 Is Finally Here And Oh…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-six-plus hours of televised debates in the 2016 presidential campaign have brought us Marco Rubio’s robotic moment, Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping sexual innuendo, Bernie Sanders’ dismissal of Hillary Clinton’s “damn emails” and Clinton’s denunciation of Sanders for an “artful smear.” Oh, and we’ve heard about issues, too. Is it all too much? Trump,…
With the premiere of Netflix’s Fuller House comes a classic conundrum: How do you mercilessly criticize a product while encouraging the instinct that led to its creation? Because despite the plaintive catchphrase of one Uncle Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos), which reappears along with every other vaguely recognizable zinger from the original series, Fuller House doesn’t…
AddThis Button Begin By Julie DiCaro– (CBS) If you want proof that women remain second-class citizens in the world of sports media, look no further than the revelations emerging from the Erin Andrews trial. In July 2009, a video of a naked and unsuspecting Andrews walking around her hotel room was posted online and quickly…
Chris Rock opened the 88th Academy Awards on ABC tonight with a bang, addressing diversity amongst the nominees pointedly and at times, brilliantly. Rock was called on to quit his hosting gig for the ceremony from some observers after the all-white list of nominees was announced by the Academy. The resulting #OscarsSoWhite conversation pushed Will…