In Europe, it was embraced as an instant classic. In the country that gave the movie its title, it remains one of the highest-grossing homegrown films of all time. And in America, it was considered such a misfire that many thought it would end Baz Luhrmann’s career. The movie was …
Read More »Drew Barrymore Returns to Daytime TV With Shania Twain and No Talk of WGA Strike Controversy
Drew Barrymore returned to daytime television Monday, Oct. 16, with no mention of the tumult that engulfed her show during the final stages of the Writers Guild of America strike. The first episode of The Drew Barrymore Show was dedicated almost entirely to a 30-minute interview with country legend Shania …
Read More »Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis 'In the Nuts.' Here's His Playbook, So Far
Former President Donald Trump and his allies have already started charting out possible plans of attack against likely 2024 rival and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, according to three people familiar with the matter. “This is where…Trump kicks him in the nuts,” one person close to the ex-president says. The former …
Read More »Trapped in Kharkiv's Bloody Bubble
KHARKIV – The dead Russian soldier’s body was still lying there in the snow where it had been on Friday. The Ukrainian soldiers hadn’t moved it, because of sloth or rage or simple preoccupation with the enemy army doing its best to put them in the same pose, spread-eagled on …
Read More »Kanye West Wrestles With Sound Issues and Divorce During 'Donda 2' Premiere
The elaborate reveal of Kanye West’s latest album,Donda 2, was live-streamed online and in IMAX theaters last night, and listeners’ enjoyment seems directly correlated with their proximity to LoanDepot Park in Miami, where the event took place. If online reactions are anything to go by, the sound issues that plagued …
Read More »New Evidence Shows Trump 'Personally Implicated' In Potential Fraud, Including Lying About the Size of His Manhattan Apartment
The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to compel testimony and obtain documents from former President Trump and two of his children that included a series of major new fraud allegations. In the motion, which was filed on Tuesday evening, James’ office claimed President …
Read More »The Legend of 'Pam and Tommy' Goes Proto-Viral in New Hulu Series Trailer
The legend of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape gets the limited series and critical reassessment treatment in the new trailer for Pam and Tommy, set to premiere Feb. 2 on Hulu. The new trailer — which aptly opens with a shot of a small camcorder, although this time …
Read More »Trump Supporters Bombard Election Officials With Threats and Abuse
The GOP spent much of the past year chipping away at the authority of state and local election officials as part of the party’s ongoing efforts to destroy faith in US democracy, following the failed re-election of Donald Trump. With Trump and his supporters continuing to lie about the 2020 …
Read More »See Bono Perform U2's 'Running to Stand Still' at Dublin's Annual Christmas Eve Busk
Bono continued his tradition of appearing at Dublin’s annual Christmas Eve busking event, performing U2’s “Running to Stand Still” Friday at the Glen Hansard-organized charity event. In non-Covid times, the all-star Christmas Eve gig — which raises money for charities fighting homelessness — would take place on Dublin’s Grafton Street, …
Read More »Joe Manchin Just Tore Out the Heart of Biden's Agenda
Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden‘s legislative agenda. The conservative Democrat from West Virginia said he can no longer support the Build Back Better social spending plan, nor would he be in favor of changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation. “I cannot …
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