IN AN amazing interview with the Guardian on Sunday titled, appropriately, “Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus,” the movie star does the biggest public service message for HPV and sexually transmitted diseases that’s been done in a generation. The Internet exploded with shock at what was taken as a revelation. It’s like thinking [...]
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Tyler Perry’s “Temptation” One of the Worst Movies Ever (and it’s not Kim Kardashian’s fault)
THIS MOVIE seems obviously made for the segment of culturally frozen individuals who actually believe organized religion is the only thing standing between sexually adventurous women, including those who cheat on their husbands, and hell or the local HIV/AIDS hospice, which Tyler Perry equates as the same thing. However, Tyler Perry’s attempt to manipulate his [...]
Page Six: “GIRLS” Loses Charlie
Christopher Abbott — who plays Allison Williams’ boyfriend Charlie on Lena Dunham’s HBO series “Girls” — has abruptly left the show, we’ve exclusively learned. [...] But sources told Page Six that Abbott and Dunham began butting heads as the critical-darling series entered production again. [Page Six] THINGS WERE just getting interesting with Charlie at the [...]
Showtime’s Dick Cheney Doc Reveals What Obama and Hillary Clinton Did in Resurrecting America’s Foreign Policy Brand
“If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word. The President made the decision that he wanted to avoid major controversy. It was his call, so that’s what we did.” – Dick Cheney on George W. Bush’s decision to reverse himself on warrantless wiretaps when he finds out what Cheney [...]
Music Tonight: JT and Jimmy Fallon… Pink, with Nate Ruess
ENJOY your weekend. What an incredible week JT had on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
Maddow on Antonin Scalia: “He’s a Troll” [Video]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook “I think he knows how that sounds, and that’s the neat thing about being there in person, is you can see: Oh, actually, he’s a troll. He’s saying this for affect. He knows it’s offensive. He [...]
Women, the GOP, and the PBS Documentary “MAKERS: Women Who Make America” [Videos]
In a closed-door conference meeting on Wednesday, Cantor told one GOP member that if they blocked the Senate-passed Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) from coming to the floor, they’d cause “civil war” in the ranks. [National Review] THE TIMING of the PBS documentary “MAKERS: Women Who Make America” is perfect, which is also accompanied by [...]
Jon Stewart Rewrites John McCain’s “Country First” [Video]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook THIS IS the most deserved evisceration of a politician in a long time, with no one asking for it more than Senator John McCain.
SOTU: Obamas Choose Survivors of Gun Massacres, Republicans Choose Chicken Hawk Ted Nugent Who Threatened Obama’s Life
“Obama is feeling his oats,” said Donald A. Baer, a former aide to President Bill Clinton and now the chief executive of the communications firm Burson-Marsteller. “I think he probably believes he was cautious and hemmed in by one thing or another in the first term, and he’s decided he’s going to do more of [...]
Chris Christie on David Letterman, and Limbaugh Approves [Video]
IT WAS the average guy performance, with Gov. Chris Christie passing the likability test by a mile. Christie is very smart to keep building his national name recognition, especially in places like late night talk shows where the bar is very low and politics has nothing to do with being successful. Gov. Chris Christie continues [...]
Food52 Hotline: Deep Frying Without Fear
Deep Frying Without Fear (via Food 52) Inspired by conversations on the FOOD52 Hotline, we’re sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today: we’re showing you how to deep fry anything, fearlessly. The satisfaction of biting into a piece of perfectly crispy fried chicken is matched only by…
Tonight’s Music… Gin Wigmore.
A FRIEND just introduced me to Gin Wigmore after seeing her, ensconced in the second row and then meeting her after the concert. Jimmy Kimmel gave her the spotlight earlier this week. Wigmore’s music would fit perfectly with “GIRLS.”
“The Americans” on FX, A Cold War Ride
IT’S THE new series on FX and the only spy show on TV actually created by a former spy. It’s creator is former CIA agent and “Falling Skies” writer Joe Weisberg. The opening sequence is worth the whole debut episode, for my money, which takes you on a ride back to the bad old days [...]
New York Icon, The Mayor of the City I Knew, Ed Koch Passes
“I’m the sort of person who will never get ulcers,” the mayor — eyebrows devilishly up, grinning wickedly at his own wit — enlightened the reporters at his $475 rent-controlled apartment in Greenwich Village on Inauguration Day in 1978. “Why? Because I say exactly what I think. I’m the sort of person who might give [...]
HBO’s “GIRLS” has Conservatives Tied in Knots, But That’s Not All [Video]
Ep. 14: Preview THIS IS too precious for words. I just couldn’t stop smiling. And rolling my eyes. Then just gave up and started laughing. When Brietbart.com has a blaring headline like… IGNORE LENA DUNHAM’S ‘GIRLS’ AT YOUR OWN PERIL, CONSERVATIVES You know something big, fat an hilariously overwrought is going to follow. Because when [...]
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