“Thor: Ragnarok” Is the Best “Guardians of the Galaxy” Film Yet
Courtesy of Marvel Studios Who is the least popular Marvel movie superhero? It’s complicated. If we’re going off the box office, the answer is Hulk. Edward Norton’s 2009 turn as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk made far and away the least amount of money. Based on critical reception, though, Thor gives Hulk a run…
Look at How Fox News Covered Manafort Monday
On Monday morning, the federal investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government reached its most explosive point to date with the indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Shortly afterward, and separate from the two indictments, special counsel Robert Mueller announced that former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty to lying…
Megan Mullally Wants Everyone to Know: She’s Not Just Karen Walker
Amanda Gallo/ZUMA Megan Mullally was having a rough day. She was headed to her high school reunion, she had just finished shooting the eighth episode of the Will and Grace revival, and parking her car was a nightmare—but what else do you expect in Los Angeles? When she finally reached her destination, where we were supposed to talk, it was loud. “If…
A Brief History of Witch Hunts, Real and Imagined
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In 16th- and 17th-century Europe, tens of thousands of women were rounded up and slaughtered for being outcasts in some of society’s earliest witch hunts. But fast-forward to 2017, and suddenly it’s rich white guys who are co-opting the term. After numerous allegations of sexual harassment surfaced about film executive Harvey Weinstein, his pal Woody…
Rose McGowan Excoriates Hollywood: “It’s Time to Clean House”
Junfu Han/Detroit Free Press Rose McGowan gave her first public remarks since accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape earlier this month, saying it’s time for Hollywood to “clean house.” McGowan is among the various women who have stepped forward with allegations of sexual abuse and assault against Weinstein in recent weeks. “I came to be a…
The Trump-Russia Scandal Is a Huge Media Fail
About a year ago, I met a man named Christopher David Steele. It was unusual for him to be speaking with a journalist. He had spent most of his adult life in the shadows, as a counterintelligence officer for MI6, the British foreign intelligence service. His specialty was Russia. More recently, he had been…