Samantha Bee celebrated the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on LGBTQ workplace discrimination during this week’sFull Frontalepisode, but she noted that there was much more work to be done. “It’s still incredibly difficult to be trans in America, particularly if you’re black,” she said. Black trans women are disproportionately affected by …
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On The Late Show Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert invited on California Senator Kamala Harris who, like previous guest Stacey Abrams, is currently in the running for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick. “I’d be honored if asked, and I’m honored to be a part of the conversation,” she …
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After two years of clamoring and grassroots lobbying by fans of the DC Extended Universe, the Zack Snyder’s never-before-seen director’s cut of Justice League will premiere on HBO Max in 2021, the filmmaker announced Wednesday. “I want to thank HBO Max and Warner Brothers for this brave gesture of supporting …
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Teams from some of the most celebrated underground ballroom houses of all time square off in the new trailer for the upcoming competition series, Legendary, premiering May 27th on HBO Max. The new trailer is packed with tantalizing highlights from the series, which pits eight houses against each other over …
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Stephen Colbert highlighted the worrying testimony of ousted public health official Rick Bright — and President Donald Trump‘s attempts to drag the spotlight away from his depiction of how the government has handled the COVID-19 crisis — on The Late Show Thursday. Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced …
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Spike Lee has shared a “love letter” to New York in the face of the coronavirus pandemic with New York New York, a three-minute short film soundtracked by Frank Sinatra’s classic Big Apple ode. Filmed on grainy Super 8, the first two minutes of the short travels from Brooklyn to …
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John Oliver examined the mounting coronavirus catastrophe and President Donald Trump‘s handling of it on a new quarantine edition of Last Week Tonight Sunday. In just a few weeks, the United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and as Oliver noted, we still don’t know just how …
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Stuart Gordon — the horror-film director who helmed the cult classic Re-Animator and co-created the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise — has died at the age of 72. Gordon’s wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon confirmed her husband’s death to Variety. No cause of death was revealed. Over a film career that …
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost put a coronavirus spin on a scene from their zombie classic Shaun of the Dead in a public service announcement that recommends people “stay home, have a cup of tea, and wait for this to all blow over.” The quasi-reprisal of “The Plan” finds Pegg …
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On the latest episode of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee urged people not be racist when discussing the current COVID-19 pandemic. Taking aim primarily at the news media, Bee discussed how the virus has been signified as “Chinese” and why it’s essential that we rephrase how it’s talked about. During the …
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