“I have spent the better part of 30 years of my career referencing the movies,” says Kevin Smith. “And now I’ve lived long enough where the movies are starting to reference me back.” He’s talking about The Flash, which, among its numerous cameos, includes a truly wild one, directly inspired …
Read More »Joel Kim Booster Is Striking for the Future of Queer Films
Joel Kim Booster is here, queer, and ready for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to give the Writers Guild of America a fair deal. As a producer and writer, he’s one of the comedic voices behind some of the funniest shows on TV. He’s a credited writer …
Read More »Bill Barr: Trump Is 'Consummate Narcissist' Who Will Put 'His Own Ego Above Everything Else'
Donald Trump and his former attorney general, Bill Barr, have been trading public barbs as Barr turns on his ex-boss, calling Trump a “consummate narcissist” who will “put his own interests, his own ego above everything else.” Barr was on Face the Nation just a week after Trump called him …
Read More »XXXTentacion's Estate Releases New Song 'I'm Not Human' on Fifth Anniversary of Rapper's Death
The estate of XXXTentacion marked the five-year anniversary of the rapper’s death Sunday with the official release of “I’m Not Human,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. The acoustic ballad was previously teased on what would have been the rapper born Jahseh Onfroy’s 25th birthday on Jan. 23, but the release was …
Read More »Majority of American Voters Shrug at Trump Indictment. 53 Percent Want Him Pardoned If Convicted
When it comes to seeing twice-impeached, twice-indicted Donald Trump in a prison uniform if he is convicted in his classified documents case, a slim majority of American voters are squeamish about the idea. Fifty-three percent of respondents to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll said they would support a Trump pardon to …
Read More »Trump's Former Defense Secretary Believes He Is a Threat to National Security
Donald Trump‘s former secretary of defense, Mark Esper, thinks that the ex-president should not be in charge of the country’s most closely-held information, considering he was storing classified documents at his resort, as alleged in a federal indictment filed earlier this month. When State of the Union host Jake Tapper …
Read More »'Back to the Future Part II' Changed the Course of Hollywood History
If the rousing strains of a Danny Elfman theme didn’t make it clear, if the image of a jagged batlike aircraft in the sky didn’t do the trick, the sight of Michael Keaton back in black rubber should: The Flash, the long-delayed superhero extravaganza that raced into multiplexes this weekend, …
Read More »DeSantis Hands Out Beer After Trump Dine-N-Dash
Immediately after his arrest on Tuesday, Trump stopped by a Cuban restaurant in Miami. “Food for everyone!” Trump is said to have yelled after arriving at the restaurant for an impromptu campaign visit shortly after pleading not guilty to 37 criminal counts leveled against him by the Justice Department. He …
Read More »The Fast Times and High Crimes of a Hip-Hop Grifter
& #8220;Who’s Swagg Man?” the 36-year-old rapper currently wanted by the law poses the question to himself in a text to me. “I was born an artist … Swagg Man is a fictif [fictional] guy. Same like all artist[s].” I’ve been trying to talk to Swagg Man for weeks. He …
Read More »Ticket Companies Told Biden They'd Stop Hiding Fees. One Company's Already Skirting That Promise
SeatGeek made national news on Thursday when alongside Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the ticket reseller had announced with President Joe Biden at the White House that it would adopt an all-in pricing strategy to be more transparent with fans and stop hiding fees until the end of a purchase. Critics, …
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