The Secret Service who’ve pledged to give their lives to protect Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have for years been instructed not to use any of the seven bathrooms in the Trump/Kushner home. Instead, the Secret Service has spent $100,000 in taxpayer money to rent a $3,000-per-month basement studio apartment …
Read More »Sleaford Mods' 'Spare Ribs' Is the Soundtrack to Your Ever-Growing Rage
When the only music you can stand is the drumbeat of rage coursing through your aching head, the Sleaford Mods are always good for a spin. They’re Nottingham, England’s answer to the Fall, with singer Jason Williamson rant-rapping about everything from austerity-era Britain to consumerism to the foibles of the …
Read More »David Fincher: The Rolling Stone Interview
W hen David Fincher sat down with Netflix executives in the spring of 2019, he did not expect to be handed the equivalent of a blank check. Sure, the 58-year-old filmmaker — a former music-video wunderkind best known for pushing the envelope with baroque serial-killer thrillers (Seven), toxic-masculinity satires (Fight …
Read More »'Pretend It's a City': Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz on Their Guide to NYC
They have been close friends for decades, shared countless meals, watched dozens of movies together, kept each other company at infinite ritzy midtown soirées. He grew up in downtown’s Little Italy neighborhood, and spent a much storied period in Los Angeles during the 1970s. She was born in New Jersey …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Locked Down,' 'Search Party,' 'PVT Chat,' and More
Outside the Wire Drone pilot Lt. Harp (Damson Idris) has new orders: report to Captain Leo (Anthony Mackie) in a deadly militarized zone. “You must’ve really messed up if they sent you to Leo,” a fellow serviceman tells Harp once he arrives. However, Harp learns his new placement isn’t necessarilya …
Read More »Marion Ramsey, Officer Hooks of 'Police Academy,' Dead at 73
Marion Ramsey, best known for her role as the soft-spoken, demure Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy franchise, died on Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, as Variety reports. She was 73. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but a rep from Ramsey’s management agency …
Read More »'Deeply Disturbing and Alarming': World Leaders Condemn MAGA Insurrection
Amid Trump supporters’ siege on the Capitol building — an invasion that halted the Electoral College vote and forced members of Congress to go into lockdown — world leaders and organizations reacted to the assault on American democracy on social media. “Disgraceful scenes in U.S. Congress,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris …
Read More »Why Is a 'Christian Crowdfunding Site' Letting Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Raise Money?
On Monday night, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, was arrested in Washington, D.C. for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a historically black church. He faces misdemeanor destruction of property charges for the alleged offense, which took place at a pro-Trump …
Read More »Chris Rock Announces 'Total Blackout' Extended Cut of 'Tamborine' Special
Chris Rock has announced a “remix” of his 2018 Netflix comedy special, Tamborine. The new version, titled Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut, was announced on Monday with a promo video and will be made available on January 12th only on Netflix. In the preview clip, Rock teased some …
Read More »Trump's Lost Cause
The junior senator from Missouri announced Wednesday that he’ll contest the certification of Biden’s victory when the House and Senate convene on January 6th. Why do this? If you believe Sen. Josh Hawley’s office, it’s because the Americans who are lying about this fair and settled election being riddled with …
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