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SNL: Coronavirus and the Democratic candidates

03/01/2020 Ms. G 1 Comment

Watch SNL’s take on the Coronavirus and the Democratic candidates.

Joe Coulombe founder of Trader Joe’s dies at 89

02/29/2020 Ms. G 21 Comments

Joe Coulombe, founder of the popular Trader Joe’s grocery chain that brought affordable wine and unusual food to millions of Americans, has died. He was 89. In a statement, the company said Coulombe passed away MORE

Jimmy Kimmel Asks Republicans To Name A Country On A Map And It Doesn’t Go Well

02/27/2020 Rachel Kennedy 143 Comments

Jimmy Kimmel trolled Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and exposed some Republican voters’ lack of geographical knowledge at the same time on Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Cruz last week retweeted footage of what he MORE

Giuliani Asked Governor Pataki to Cancel Mayoral Election Post-9/11

02/27/2020 PMSwithESP 46 Comments

In an upcoming book by former New York Governor George Pataki, former America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani reportedly asked then-governor Pataki to cancel the New York City’s 2001 mayoral election so that he could stay in MORE

Seth Meyers: A Closer Look at Trump as Chief Law Enforcer and the Democratic debate

02/26/2020 Ms. G 19 Comments

Seth takes a closer at Democrats screaming over each other in a chaotic debate as Trump tightens his authoritarian grip on power.

Harvey Weinstein was rerouted to a New York City hospital with chest pains

02/24/2020 Surley 80 Comments

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was rerouted to a New York City hospital Monday night while authorities were transporting him to the jail on Rikers Island. A spokesman for Weinstein confirmed to NBC News that the MORE

Dan Pfeiffer: Un-Trumping America

02/19/2020 PMSwithESP 21 Comments

The GOP Doesn’t Need Trump—It’s Already Rigged the System The Daily Beast featured an excerpt from a new book by Dan Pfeiffer, detailing how the GOP has put their thumb on the scales of democracy. MORE

Valentine’s Day: Music Thread

02/10/2020 Clancy 52 Comments

“Give me some music; music, moody foodOf us that trade in love.”(William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra) One of my favorite music sites is NPR, so I’m borrowing a music theme they posted last year for MORE

Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company documentary wins Oscar

02/09/2020 Surley 51 Comments

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “American Factory” has won of the documentary film Academy Award. It is the first feature backed by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, but the former president and first MORE

The NH Democratic Debate SNL style

02/09/2020 Ms. G 10 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential candidates Tom Steyer (Pete Davidson), Amy Klobuchar (Rachel Dratch), Elizabeth Warren (Kate McKinnon), Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis), Bernie Sanders (Larry David), Pete Buttigieg (Colin Jost) and Andrew Yang (Bowen Yang) face off MORE

Netflix has removed nine titles, including Night of the Living Dead, to comply with government requests

02/08/2020 Rachel Kennedy 59 Comments

Since Netflix was founded almost 25 years ago, the company has removed nine titles from its service around the world in compliance with government demands, including Night of the Living Dead in Germany and Full Metal Jacket in Vietnam. MORE

Actor Kirk Douglas Dies at 103

02/05/2020 Ms. G 27 Comments

“It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” son Michael Douglas wrote on his Instagram account. “To the world, he was a legend, an MORE

TV Ratings: State of the Union Falls 21% From Last Year

02/05/2020 Surley 45 Comments

Across the four major broadcast networks, Trumps speech on Tuesday drew 15.9 million viewers according to early estimates, a 21% fall from last year. CBS scored the largest audience for the SOTU with 4.6 million MORE

Comic Relief: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Sniffs Out Lindsey Graham

02/04/2020 PMSwithESP 18 Comments

Triumph the Insult Comic dog visited Capitol Hill on Monday during “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” He went undercover to try to gain access to the halls of shame to hound Senators Lindsey Graham, MORE

Rush Limbaugh announces he has advanced lung cancer

02/03/2020 Ms. G 100 Comments

On his far right and deplorable radio show, Rush Limbaugh announced he has advanced lung cancer. “This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory for me. I’ve known this moment MORE

Ridley Scott: The Super Bowl, Sci Fi and Why Some Say He’s the Best

02/02/2020 Rachel Kennedy 76 Comments

As an innovative director and producer, Ridley Scott remains one of the most influential creative minds in sci-fi filmmaking. He has launched enormously successful franchises, like Alien in the late 70s, which are still lauded and carry weight to MORE

SNL: ‘The Trial You Wished Had Happened’

02/02/2020 Ms. G 7 Comments

Judge Mathis (Kenan Thompson) presides over the Trump impeachment trial everyone wish had happened but didn’t.

Curb Your Enthusiasm S10 Ep1:

01/25/2020 Community 17 Comments

After 9 seasons released periodically over nearly two decades, the long wait for SE10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm was impressive, to say the least. Larry David ‘et al’s ‘ ability to indulge in social faux MORE

Review of A Very Stable Genius

01/19/2020 Community 20 Comments

It sheds new light on how the 45th president tests the boundaries of the office while trying the patience and dignity of those who work for or with him. It is not just another Trump MORE

The Netflix series the Goop Lab is so much worse than expected

01/17/2020 Community 19 Comments

Disclaimer: This review contains detailed information about the Netflix series the goop lab with Gwyneth Paltrow. If you plan to watch the show (please, don’t) and do not wish to know details in advance, this is not MORE

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