Imagine if, a few episodes into the first season of the Steve Carell version of The Office, NBC opted to pair it on a lineup with Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s follow-up to the UK original Office. That would have seemed strange, right? Even for the millions of viewers …
Read More »Wyatt Russell: Meet 2018's Hot Nazi-Fighting Beach Bum Hero
Take one look at Wyatt Russell — the shaggy blond hair, the Southern California drawl, those blues eyes, that beard that sometimes fluctuates between handsomely masculine to Father-John-Misty bushy — and you can see why folks might want to cast him as a stoner heartthrob. To be fair, he does …
Read More »Could New Drug Approved by FDA Make the Opioid Epidemic Worse?
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a controversial new form of the powerful synthetic opiate sufentanil for managing acute pain in adults, just weeks after the chairman of the advisory committee warned that doing so would lead to “diversion, abuse and death.” Sufentanil has been used intravenously since the …
Read More »Donald Trump Makes Up Poll Touting African-American Support
When the truth is inconvenient, make up your own facts. That seems to be President Donald Trump‘s motto. The president posted a tweet Sunday morning referring to a poll that does not exist, as noticed by many journalists on Twitter. Of course, Trump is a president who is well-known for …
Read More »Are Dana Rohrabacher's Days Numbered?
There are three things to know about Dana Rohrabacher. 1) He thinks home-sellers should be able to discriminate against gay people. 2) He once blamed climate change on dinosaur flatulence. 3) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught in 2016 saying: “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and …
Read More »See Prophets of Rage's 'The Ballot or the Bullet' Video Featuring New Songs
Prophets of Rage have unveiled a new video that teases three new songs. Dubbed “The Ballot or the Bullet,” it’s titled after words from Malcolm X’s 1964 speech on black voting rights and features new material mashed up with their recently unveiled single, “Heart Afire.” The powerful clip features a …
Read More »Will QAnon Go Down as the Dumbest Story of the Year?
Were it a government plot — a dazzling scheme to keep the public stupid — QAnon would be a great achievement in the otherwise relatively undistinguished history of the CIA. Alas, it is not. Like most things these days, if it seems like 4D chess, it’s probably just stupid. So …
Read More »Carlene Carter Champions Women at Memorable Bluebird Cafe Concert
Carlene Carter concluded her first “Wonderful World of Women Who Write” series of in-the-round performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Café Tuesday night, with the casual atmosphere, off-kilter humor, surprise guests and memorable performances making for an enchanting pre-Halloween treat. Featuring Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg, with additional unannounced performances by Terri …
Read More »See Hasan Minhaj Implore America to Reassess Its Relationship With Saudi Arabia
Hasan Minhaj implored America to reassess its relationship with Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Suddenly, America’s marriage of convenience with Saudi Arabia is starting to feel outdated,” the former Daily Show correspondent said Sunday on his new Netflix series Patriot Act. Minhaj provided …
Read More »Watch Alessia Cara Perform Soulful 'Here' With Detroit Music Students
Alessia Cara joined students from the Detroit Institute of Music Education (DIME) for a moving performance of her breakout hit of “Here.” Last month, the Grammy-award winning singer visited four music schools including DIME for “The Pains of Growing: A Discussion With Grammy Award-winning Best New Artist Alessia Cara.” DIME …
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