Samantha Bee slammed White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday for saying “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War.” Kelly’s comments surfaced in an interview broadcast earlier this week. “We knew when the indictment [of Paul Manafort] dropped, the Trump team would immediately …
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These days, a show isn’t really a true phenomenon unless there’s another show devoted to deconstructing, dissecting and discussing it to death. Modeled after the success of AMC’s The Talking Dead, the Netflix after-show Beyond Stranger Things seeks to enlighten viewers on the production of their hit I-Heart-the-’80s thriller with …
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Two brothers (Owen Wilson, Ed Helms) find out that the father they thought was dead may actually be alive, so they set out to find him in the upcoming comedy movie,Father Figures. But their quest leads to discovering more about their mother Helen Baxter (Glenn Close) than they ever wanted …
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Daniel Dae Kim found a semblance of redemption this week after Variety reported that he is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Hellboy reboot, taking Ed Skrein’s place as Major Ben Aimio. Skrein dropped out of the film project last month amid claims that the film was …
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For the past 15 years, ABC’s The Bachelor franchise has beguiled America with its blend of sponsored fantasy and structured reality, while also being glaringly white. At best, its relationship with race has been noncommital and, at worst, toxic. If people of color do make it past casting – some …
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