What the resemblence between the president and the History Channel’s Prince of Darkness says about today’s GOP.
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How “The Bachelor” Explains the Real World of Women
Forget falling in love, the show says a whole lot more about our hidden anger
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Riding Downton’s Coattails
HBO’s adaptation of Parade’s End premieres tonight—too bad the show stole its soapy predecessor’s formula but none of the fun.
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Gleefully Hate-Watching the Oscars
You can complain all you want about the Academy Awards, but admit it. They’re fun, and the griping is nearly the best part.
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You Can’t Lip-Synch a Hip Shake
Beyoncé’s new documentary Life Is But a Dream marks a brief pit stop during her rise to world domination.
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An Addictive, Imperfect House of Cards
You might very well think that Netflix’s new show is wonderful. We couldn’t possibly comment.
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Liberal Idealism, With a Healthy Dash of Satire
It may not be getting the same buzz as Girls, but Enlightened is growing nicely into its second season.
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Media Violence versus Real Violence
In the days since Wayne LaPierre of the NRA blamed the Sandy Hook massacre on violent movies and video games (in particular, for some reason, Natural Born Killers, a film that came out 19 years ago and was a critique of the media’s obsession with violence), a number of people in the entertainment industry have […]
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To Stop Rape Culture, Ring the Bell
The campaign to end assault against women must also include men.
