Arts-Entertainment
A gay character in Guardians of the Galaxy 2?
Director James Gunn suggests that the latest entry in GOTG has a gay character. I don’t really care, the whole thing is idiotic, but Chris Pratt is easy on the…
Corey Stewart, you’re an idiot!
Who is today’s winner of the “You’re an idiot!” rant from “Six Degrees of Separation,” featuring “The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams? Why, none other than Confederate wannabe Corey Stewart,…
He’s just my Bill
P.G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern may roll in their graves, but I love this parody by Randy Rainbow.
Cosby’s books join ‘most challenged’ list
Graham Bowley reports at NYT: Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” children’s book series was among the 10 “most challenged” books in 2016, according to a list compiled by the American Library…
Same old war profiteering, new music
The cynicism spouted by war profiteer Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in this famous scene from Sir Carol Reed’s The Third Man feels oddly current seven decades later. Set in Vienna’s…
A fake Assad, and the itch to be an imposter
I have just been followed on Twitter by someone purporting to be the president of Syria. This reminds me of the time when someone claiming to be AG Eric Holder…
The next face of poverty could be yours
(Photo of William McPherson by Matt Roth/Chicago Tribune) Michelle Singletary Writes in The Washington Post: For this month’s Color of Money Book Club selection, I’ve chosen an essay that explains…
Jennifer Holliday backs away from performing at Trump inaugural
#JenniferHolliday backs away from performing at #TrumpInaugural: https://t.co/pgXhF9hZid @LadyJHOLLIDAY @realDonaldTrump #PresidentTrump pic.twitter.com/XZKO3k8410 — GSN (@gaystarnews) January 14, 2017
Marlon James writing fantasy trilogy inspired by Lord of the Rings and African mythology
Marlon James writing fantasy trilogy inspired by Lord of the Rings and African mythology https://t.co/sK82Y1n3Ch pic.twitter.com/cdNMaveaOi — GSN (@gaystarnews) January 11, 2017 The Jamaican-born gay writer who won Britain’s 2015…
Streep quietly, eloquently eviscerates Trump’s bullying, xenophobia
Brava, Meryl. Without rancor and without mentioning the president-elect’s name, the most celebrated actor of either sex in Hollywood used her moment to raise her voice against bullying and xenophobia….