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'So I Married an Axe Murderer' 25th Anniversary

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How So I Married an Axe Murderer Wrecked One Writer’s Vision, Lost Several Stars, Bombed at the Box Office, and Became a Classic Anyway

Anyone who’s seen and loved the 1993 cult classic So I Married an Axe Murderer knows that its title doesn’t describe the plot literally. (If…

Maggie Serota / September 21, 2018

Culture

Bert and Ernie Are not Gay, per Sesame Street Statement

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Sesame Street Says Bert and Ernie “Do Not Have a Sexual Orientation”

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the beloved children's institution Sesame Street, felt compelled to release a statement insisting Bert and Ernie are just friends after…

Maggie Serota / September 18, 2018

Culture

Stormy Daniel's Says Trump's Dick is Like the "Mushroom Character from Mario Kart"

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Stormy Daniels: Trump’s Mushroom Dick Was Small But “Not Freakishly” So

Stormy Daniels is the latest character from the extended Trump universe with a tell-all book coming out. The Guardian obtained an advance copy of Daniels's…

Maggie Serota / September 18, 2018

Culture

Cardi B Votes for Cynthia Nixon, Jumaane Williams in New York Primaries

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Cardi B Endorses Cynthia Nixon

A few hours before polls in New York are scheduled to close, Cardi B endorsed progressive challengers Cynthia Nixon and Jumaane Williams in the Democratic primary races for governor…

Maggie Serota / September 13, 2018

Culture

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Watch the Trailer for the New Coen Brothers Film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a project Joel and Ethan Coen originally envisioned as a Netflix series , has since turned into a anthology film…

Maggie Serota / September 12, 2018

Culture

Norm MacDonald Is No Fan of the #MeToo Movement

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Norm Macdonald’s Opinion on #MeToo Is Exactly What You’d Expect

In a new interview, comedian Norm Macdonald says his new Netflix talk show, Norm Macdonald Has a Show, will steer clear of topical humor and political…

Maggie Serota / September 11, 2018

Culture

Slice Movie Watch Chance the Rapper Video

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Chance the Rapper’s Horror Movie Slice Out Now: Watch

Slice, the new werewolf-and-pizza-based comedy-horror film co-starring Chance the Rapper, is out now on video on demand, and available for purchase at iTunes and Google…

Winston Cook-Wilson / September 11, 2018

Culture

The Late Anthony Bourdain Won Two Emmys This Weekend

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Anthony Bourdain Wins Two Posthumous Emmys for Parts Unknown

The late Anthony Bourdain won two Emmys for his work on the CNN travel show Parts Unknown at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday. The celebrity chef…

Maggie Serota / September 10, 2018

Culture

Elon Musk Smoke His First Blunt on The Joe Rogan Experience

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Watch Elon Musk Smoke a Blunt With Joe Rogan

Elon Musk has been navigating a PR crisis as of late and apparently decided to right the ship by appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience…

Maggie Serota / September 7, 2018

Culture

Trump Flubs "Anonymous" Twice at Montana Rally

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At a rally in Montana Thursday night, Donald Trump took aim at an anonymous administration official who wrote a New York Times op-ed—or at least he tried…

Maggie Serota / September 7, 2018

Culture

Scott Walker Shares Bitmoji of Himself Pledging Allegiance to the Flag

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How Do We Know Scott Walker’s Bitmoji Isn’t Kneeling During the Anthem?

The NFL season is set to begin tonight, and thanks in part to Colin Kaepernick's new Nike ads, the usual gang of conservative grandstanders, apple-polishers,…

Maggie Serota / September 6, 2018

Death and Taxes

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Burt Reynolds Dead at 82

Burt Reynolds, the charismatic star of such films as Deliverance, The Longest Yard and Smokey and the Bandit who set out to have as much fun as possible on and…

Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter / September 6, 2018

Culture

Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen for Calling Him a 'Pedophile'

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Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen for $95M Over Who Is America? Appearance

Sacha Baron Cohen is being sued for defamation by Roy Moore over his appearance on the actor's controversial Showtime series — and the embattled former…

Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter / September 5, 2018

Culture

Alex Jones Gets in to Heated Spat with Marco Rubio During Interview

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Marco Rubio Would Prefer It If Alex Jones Didn’t Touch Him: Video

GOP senator Marco Rubio was taking questions about Russian election interference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning when he was accosted by Infowars's tinfoil-hat-in-chief Alex…

Maggie Serota / September 5, 2018

Culture

House of Cards Teaser Reveals Frank's Grave

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Claire Underwood Reveals Frank’s Fate in House of Cards Teaser

President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) gives her husband Frank (Kevin Spacey) a final sendoff in a teaser for the forthcoming final season of the Netflix…

Maggie Serota / September 5, 2018