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Report: Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox News Over Dick Pics and Bullying Accusations
Report: Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox News Over Dick Pics and Bullying Accusations

When Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle announced her departure from the network last week, it was framed as a voluntary decision: she was joining a pro-Trump super PAC, and helping her boyfriend, Donald Trump Jr., campaign for his father’s reelection. Sources … Read More

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Sean Spicer's Book Tour Is a Disaster
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Sean Spicer’s Book Tour Is Going Exactly as Well as You Expect

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is early in a publicity marathon for his new book The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President, a memoir of…
Maggie Serota / July 26, 2018
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The Breathtaking Eighth Grade Proves Social Media Can Be Cinematic

In his book Notes on the Cinematographer, French filmmaker Robert Bresson wrote about the role of "looks" and the human face as an…
Winston Cook-Wilson / July 26, 2018
Culture
AMC: Chris Hardwick to Return to Shows Following Investigation
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Chris Hardwick to Return to AMC Shows After Investigation Into Abuse Allegations

AMC has announced that Chris Hardwick will resume his hosting duties on several of the network's shows next month following the conclusion of its investigations into…
Maggie Serota / July 25, 2018
Culture
Flight of the Conchords HBO Special Gets Release Date, Trailer
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Watch Flight of the Conchords Announce New HBO Special Premiere Date

Everyone's favorite Kiwi musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords is coming back to HBO in the fall. On Tuesday, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement…
Maggie Serota / July 25, 2018
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Jason Spencer Resigns After 'Who Is America?' Appearance
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GA Lawmaker Finally Resigns After Shouting the N-Word on Who Is America?

Georgia state representative Jason Spencer finally resigned after humiliating himself on the most recent episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's show Who Is America? The GOP state…
Maggie Serota / July 25, 2018
Culture
Ivanka Trump's Fashion Brand Tanks
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Ivanka’s Fashion Line Joins Long List of Failed Trump Businesses

It looks like there will be one less line selling nude heels and pastel shift dresses as Ivanka Trump's namesake fashion brand is shuttering, according…
Maggie Serota / July 24, 2018
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HBO’s Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Is a Sensitive Portrait of a Comedy Legend

Naturally, many of the in memoriams following Robin Williams’s tragic suicide in 2014 glossed over one uncomfortable fact: in the later years of…
Winston Cook-Wilson / July 24, 2018
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Jason Spencer Responds to Sacha Baron Cohen Segment
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GA Lawmaker Has Weak Excuse for Why He Shouted N-Word on Who Is America?

Sacha Baron Cohen's deep cover mockumentary show Who Is America? returned last night with an episode that was far more consistently funny/horrifying than the premiere.
Maggie Serota / July 23, 2018
Culture
Donald Trump BBC Sex Pest Documentary Airs This Weekend
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BBC Doc Alleges Trump Hit on Teen Models at Cocaine-Fueled ’80s Parties

A BBC documentary detailing sexual harassment and assault accusations against President Trump is set to premiere in the U.S. this weekend after airing in the…
Maggie Serota / July 20, 2018
Culture
Mark Zuckerberg Defends the Presence of Holocaust Deniers on Facebook
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Mark Zuckerberg Still Doesn’t Get It

Mark Zuckerberg's effort to curb the spread of conspiracy theories and blatant propaganda masquerading as legitimate news on Facebook is lacking, and everyone but Zuckerberg…
Maggie Serota / July 18, 2018
Culture
Trump Had "No Collusion" Written on His Notes, Misspelled
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Trump’s Handwritten Note on Russian Collusion Statement: “THERE WAS NO COLUSION”

On Tuesday afternoon, Trump addressed Monday's shocking Helsinki summit where the commander-in-chief sided with Vladimir Putin over the entire U.S. intelligence community when it came to…
Maggie Serota / July 17, 2018
Culture
Who Is America? Review
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Who Is America? Is a Slog With Little Reward

For 11 minutes, Sacha Baron Cohen's new half-hour Showtime series is simultaneously one of the most subversively funny and abjectly terrifying bits of political comedy…
Maggie Serota / July 16, 2018
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Joe Walsh Supports Arming America’s Toddlers on Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Show

Sacha Baron Cohen's new series Who Is America? has been getting a lot of free press lately courtesy of public outrage from Sarah Palin, Roy…
Rob Arcand / July 15, 2018
Culture
Harvey Weinstein Admits to Offering Sex for Roles in Spectator Interview
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What the Hell Is Going on With This Bizarre Harvey Weinstein Interview?

Disgraced studio head Harvey Weinstein and his attorney Ben Brafman have already refuted an interview Weinstein conducted with personal friend/Greek shipping heir/The Spectator columnist Taki Theodoracopulos,…
Maggie Serota / July 13, 2018
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Sacha Baron Cohen Show Pisses Off Sarah Palin, Roy Moore
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Show Has Already Pissed Off Sarah Palin and Roy Moore

Sacha Baron Cohen's new show Who Is America? premieres on Showtime on Sunday, and marks like Sarah Palin and failed Alabama Senate candidate and accused child…
Maggie Serota / July 12, 2018
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