Lists

Actress Rose McGowan wins the “Hot Take of 2020” award, and that’s no compliment.

The “Charmed” alum, a key player in the move to boot accused rapist Harvey Weinstein from …
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Andrew Breitbart’s famous refrain proved true once more in 2019.

Politics, the late media guru cautioned, is downstream of culture. It’s why Hollywood, Inc. uses its storytelling might to sway …
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The first laser was built in 1960 and has been an inspiration in movies ever since.

Despite a long association with science-fiction films, lasers can now be found in movies …
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Few films have earned as much free publicity as “Bombshell.”

The film, in select theaters Dec. 13, chronicles how Fox News founder Roger Ailes sexually harassed numerous female staffers while …
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Few television shows start their tenth year with the same creative snap as episode one.

“Frasier” ran on creative fumes over its final two seasons – years 10 and 11. …
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Halloween is my favorite time of year!

Great scary movies abound across the TV landscape. I recently re-watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” and I figured a tennis racket solves the …
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The rise of talk radio proved a boon to more than Rush Limbaugh’s bank account.

Conservative talk helped galvanize Red State USA, rallying the troops while the mainstream press drifted …
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Streaming technology has been a bonanza for this dad. Sometimes I even have time to watch an entire movie by myself.

It’s not often. Put it in the “blue moon” …
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This hasn’t been a good few days for the Hollywood Resistance.

Once again stars weaponized a mass shooting to fit their political goals and showed little regard for the public …
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Every new Quentin Tarantino movie is an event, and film reporters act accordingly.

They re-rank his film canon, break down his past triumphs and worry he’s serious about retiring after …
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