The Democratic Party remains torn on whether to begin impeachment proceedings for President Trump — afraid that, given public opposition, such a divisive measure could backfire in the 2020 election. But John Oliver argued that, given the ample evidence for obstruction of justice, such dramatic action is necessary. “I can’t …
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Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22 is one of the greatest anti-war satires ever written. With their six-part Hulu miniseries adaptation, George Clooney and Grant Heslov have nailed the anti-war part. The satire? Well, that’s the catch. Clooney and Heslov executive-produced this new version, with each directing a pair of episodes …
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Everyone always focused on Charlie, the cult leader, the “Helter Skelter” Svengali, the failed musician who had to settle for becoming one of history’s most famous modern representations of human evil. People wrote about him, or they wrote about “the family” as a single unit — the spokes that emanated …
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Adam Sandler returned to Saturday Night Live with a monologue song that both revisited some of his classic SNL characters and poked fun at his firing from the show. Sandler’s return as host comes nearly 24 years after he was booted from SNL; he first spoke about the great times …
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Head over to Greenwich Village, go up Bleecker Street, just a few blocks past 6th Avenue, and then make a left. Keep walking until you get to 42 Carmine Street. That’s where you’ll find Rick Kelly. The Long Island native with the gray hair and the slightly oversized black t-shirt …
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A review of “The Hungry Caterpillar,” this week’s Killing Eve, coming up just as soon as I put on something really slutty… In some ways, “The Hungry Caterpillar” feels like the real start to Season Two. Villanelle is healed from the knife wound and back in action, albeit still under …
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John Oliver fired off punchlines about the Felicity Huffman/Lori Loughlin college admissions scandal — and wondered whether or not those jokes crossed the line — as part of a broader discussion about public shaming on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. Actors Huffman and Loughlin are among 33 wealthy parents accused of …
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Will Smith took to Facebook Watch for a new episode of Will Smith’s Bucket List, where the actor/comedian/rapper tackles several of the things he’s always dreamed of doing ranging from fear-inducing to fun. In the latest episode, he describes one of his most frightening challenges: performing stand-up for the first …
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After watching R. Kelly‘s jaw-dropping interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning this week, Stephen Colbert went all in on the alleged sexual predator on The Late Show. “This was a chance for Kelly to reassure the world that he is normal,” the host said. “But instead he went …
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With this guys-on-a-mission-blowout, Netflix proves it can grind out generic action as well as the next Hollywood formula hacks. Triple Frontier — which Netflix will release in theaters for five minutes (OK, for seven days) before streaming to its nearly 140 million subscribers on March 13th — involves a handful …
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