It’s Not Mark Wahlberg’s Fault Michelle Williams Didn’t Make Sure She Got Paid
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams starred in a feature film together this year, “All the Money in the World,” which is based on the true story of a 1973 kidnapping and directed by Ridley Scott. The...
View ArticleAnsari Isn’t The First Victim Of #MeToo Revenge Porn, But He Should Be The Last
The intimate details of a sexual encounter comedian Aziz Ansari had with an unnamed young woman have been the topic of national conversation this week, after a website reported an account from “Grace.”...
View ArticleJames Comey Starts His Interview With Special Counsel Robert Mueller: A...
Mueller: “Hello, Jim.” Comey: “Robert. It is my privilege and my sacred duty to meet you in this space — the space between parties, between branches, between factions, where balance can be struck by...
View ArticleJoe Kennedy’s SOTU Response Was A Nixon Debate Moment
Democrats chose young Rep. Joe Kennedy III to give their official response to President Trump’s first official State of the Union address Tuesday. Speaking from a vocational school in Fall River,...
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Football 101: The ‘Downton Abbey’ Guide To The Super Bowl
Super Bowl weekend is upon us. There will be much talk of football as we engage in this annual national ritual of carb-loading, commercialism, camaraderie, and possible concussion. I like football. I...
View ArticleThere’s An Obvious Parallel Between The Nunes Memo And Reporting On The...
The Trump administration approved the release of a much-ballyhooed memo Friday from the House Intelligence Committee, which outlines allegations that federal agencies misused their power to spy on the...
View ArticleVictory Over PC Art Censorship In England Proves We Can Have Nice Things If...
An art gallery in Manchester, England removed a famous painting by pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse from an exhibit in January. By February, after public outcry, it was back. The painting...
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Celebrate What Matters Most With These Zombie Apocalypse Valentines
Valentine’s Day is a holiday of high emotions, mostly stress. The occasion has the unique ability to make both those who do participate in it and those who don’t feel vaguely unfulfilled. For the...
View ArticleJennifer Lawrence’s Response To Dumb Dress Outrage Might Actually Fix Democracy
Actress Jennifer Lawrence announced this week she’s giving up acting for a year to “fix our democracy.” For this the 27-year-old “Hunger Games” star was roundly mocked on social media. But Wednesday...
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If Your Ex Only Comes Back For You When You’re a Finalist on ‘The Bachelor,’...
This is a public service announcement. I was unable to commit to “The Bachelor” this season, but because I have so very many friends who did, I nonetheless know exactly what is happening with Arie...
View ArticleStorm Names Like ‘Sting Jet’ And ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Are Actually Meteorological...
This week, on the Eastern seaboard, there was wind. There was a lot of wind. Not enough to qualify as a hurricane, but the gusts were pretty gusty, lots of trees down and power lines snaking around...
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Sam Nunberg And ‘The Bachelor’ Entertained All Of Us This Week, But At What...
It was quite a week in television. On one hand, there was a grown man making a spectacle of himself oversharing on national TV with a host of eager and telegenic figures happy to help walk him through...
View ArticleOne Question In A Poll Of College Students Crystallizes The Debate Over Free...
Free speech just isn’t as cool as it used to be, according to a Gallup and the Knight Foundation study of college students’ views on the subject. The news isn’t great for this bedrock principle in...
View ArticleHow ‘My Cousin Vinny’s’ Mona Lisa Vito Almost Never Made It To The Screen
Ask anyone the best part of the classic comedy, “My Cousin Vinny,” and they’ll likely say Mona Lisa Vito. Ask anyone the best line of the classic comedy, “My Cousin Vinny,” and they’ll likely say, in...
View ArticlePeople Who Worry Activists Want To Take Guns Away Aren’t Paranoid; They’re...
We hear it ad nauseum every gun-control debate: “No one is talking about taking away your guns. Stop being so paranoid!” But one of the more admirable traits of this post-Parkland round of gun-control...
View Article5 Reasons To Watch ‘The Prince Of Egypt’ With Your Family This Week
It’s Easter weekend. Like any good Southern mom, I have approximately 17 pairs of shoes for my daughters and me, three coordinating but not matchy-matchy Sunday dresses, and some very matchy-matchy...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day Hype Ignores The Facts And Women’s Feelings About The Workplace
For a movement meant to smash the patriarchy, Equal Pay Day shares one of its worst habits—the apparent inability to listen to actual women. Equal Pay Day is a PR holiday established in 1996 by the...
View ArticleIf Even Emo James Comey Can Chill On Impeachment, So Can The Rest of Trump’s...
He writes like an aspiring young adult novelist. His Instagram is full of jumping pics and inspirational quotes. He drinks a mediocre in-flight merlot to soothe his worries about the future of the...
View ArticleBarbara’s 1990 Wellesley Address Is A Lesson In The Lost American Art Of...
In 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush was invited to Wellesley College to give the commencement address. She was not the student body’s first choice. That honor had gone to Alice Walker, the author of “The...
View ArticleThree Reasons Proud Americans And Happy People Should Indulge In The Royal...
Kensington Palace announced this morning that Kate Middleton “was safely delivered of a son,” the third child for Prince William and his wife of seven years. Today was reportedly her due date, which...
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