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CNN tonight reevaluated “hands up, don’t shoot” in the wake of the DOJ report that it never happened, and brought on a panel that nearly came to blows arguing over the report’s findings and the “hands up” symbol. Brian Stelter filed a report on the media coverage of Ferguson and the gesture, even acknowledging the…
Glee — remember Glee? — the once enjoyable, then completely baffling, musical comedy about high-school glee club members ends its six-season run Friday, March 20, on Fox at 8 pm Eastern. The show ends with 121 episodes, seemingly every one a little more incoherent than the last. I reviewed the first three seasons of the…
Entry Text Last week Trinidad James found himself in the midst of the controversy surrounding a viral clip showing a University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house mother repeating the N-word several times as his 2012 single “All Gold Everything” played in the background.Immediately following the backlash, the former Def Jam Records signee said…
BBC bosses told Clarkson off for supping a gin and tonic while behind the wheel of a pick-up truck November 2008: Lorry drivers With reference to Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, Clarkson joked on the show about how lorry drivers “murder prostitutes” February 2009: Gordon Brown The then prime minister was dismissed as a “one-eyed…
No. Really. In a decision that can’t possibly have any negative repercussions for the city’s helpless residents, Springfield, Illinois mayor J. Michael Houston has given the key to the city to noted terrorist leader and snake enthusiast Cobra Commander. Ostensibly this was done as a promotion for the upcoming JoeCon, the G.I. Joe collector’s convention…
On Wednesday night, Jon Stewart took on the story of the expulsion of two University of Oklahoma students over a racist chant that gained national attention and caused the OU chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity to be shut down. In particular, Stewart said, it is troubling that the incident coincided with last weekend’s 50th anniversary celebration…
There was a time when the idea of Netflix releasing a program on a weekly basis seemed strange, with its rollout of “Better Call Saul” in the U.K. But after a bleary eyed, snowy, week with “House of Cards” that’s changed. Hearing that Netflix will release episodes of “Between,” a new Canadian drama starring Jeanette McCurdy, concurrently with its broadcast dates…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code view gallery Don Draper was born on a piece of paper that Matthew Weiner held in his hand sometime in the 1990s, long before we ever met him on Mad Men for the first time in 2007. Pieces of scrap paper and loose leaf with Weiner’s…
From the time the first commercials aired during the American pro football championship game last month, CSI: Cyber has been one of the more talked-about and least-anticipated shows in recent memory. At least in tech circles. For normal viewers, it’s one of those shows that you wake up in the middle of at 10:27 after…
Akira is wonderful. The Simpsons is wonderful. Put them together and you get something pretty special. This is Bartkira. As Kotaku first mentioned when the crowd-sourced project first launched, Bartkira is inspired by artist Ryan Humphrey‘s art (see below) and spearheaded by cartoonist James Harvey. With over 500 hundred artists worldwide, each contributor works in…