In Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper goes rogue and launches an unprovoked nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. He is asked by RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — a voice of reason in the madness —to recall the B-52 bombers that will …
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Back in 2014, Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘s Veep character Selina Meyer became the first female U.S. president by way of the sitting president not seeking reelection. A decade later, we’re living in a similar timeline in the real world as Vice President Kamala Harris continues her campaign for the presidency. Ahead of …
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T here is perhaps no brow in show business better at furrowing than Tony Hale’s. It creates a look of consternation any fan of Arrested Development or Veep would instantly recognize, a mixture of discomfort, dread, and confusion. It’s the look on Hale’s face as he clambers out of a …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. President Joe Biden recently announced that he’s dropping out of the 2024 race, and urged Democrats to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee to face …
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“We’re so lucky,” Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tells her husband, Don (Tobias Menzies). He’s a therapist with a private practice in Manhattan; she teaches creative writing at The New School. Their son, Elliott (Owen Teague), is happy, healthy, and works at a weed dispensary, though Mom isn’t so jazzed about that …
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T he idiom “national treasure” tends to get thrown around quite a bit in the entertainment-journalism sphere, but no one is more worthy of it than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. After all, she’s appeared in two of the greatest television comedies ever in Seinfeld and Veep, cut her teeth on Saturday Night …
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In All the President’s Men, the iconic 1976 film about how reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate scandal and brought down the entire Richard Nixon presidency, Woodward’s inside source, nicknamed Deep Throat, famously says, “Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, …
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The casts of Veep and The West Wing, two of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time, reunited virtually for a livestream crossover event Sunday to raise funds for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. “The ultimate team-up!” Veep showrunner David Mandel tweeted Sunday to announce the event. “It’s …
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