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The Lonely Island Announce Surprise Netflix “Visual Poem” Premiering Tonight
The Lonely Island Announce Surprise Netflix “Visual Poem” Premiering Tonight

The Lonely Island have released a cryptic teaser promising to release a “visual poem” on Netflix tonight at midnight. That’s about as much as troupe members Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer want us to know at this point. What could a … Read More

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson Can't Tell an REO from an Oreo Cookie
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Housing Secretary Can’t Tell the Difference Between a Basic Real Estate Term and a Cookie

In real estate parlance, an "REO" (abbreviation meaning "real estate owned") is a term used in reference to properties where ownership has transferred back to…
Maggie Serota / May 21, 2019
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Bill de Blasio Discusses Love of The Clash, Reggae, Ska on CNN
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Bill de Blasio on Ska: “I Love Ska”

New York City mayor and apparent 2020 hopeful Bill de Blasio appeared on CNN Tuesday morning to boost his profile in an absurdly crowded field…
Maggie Serota / May 21, 2019
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Mayor Pete's Fox News Town Hall Triggers 'Fox & Friends' Hosts
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Fox & Friends Has the Predictable Reaction to Mayor Pete Criticizing Network During Fox News Town Hall

When Democratic presidential candidate and noted Dave Matthews Band fan Pete Buttigieg appeared at a Fox News town hall in New Hampshire Sunday night, he…
Maggie Serota / May 20, 2019
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Donald Trump Jr. Accidentally Antagonizes BTS Fans While Attacking Bill de Blasio
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Donald Trump Jr. Posts Video of BTS Fans’ Trash to Shame Bill de Blasio

Donald Trump Jr. may have inadvertently kicked the hornets' nest that is the BTS fandom while taking a shot at New York City mayor Bill…
Maggie Serota / May 17, 2019
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Tim Heidecker – “To the Men”

Yesterday, Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed a brutally restrictive new bill into law, criminalizing abortion in almost all cases including rape and incest. If the law becomes enforceable in…
Will Gottsegen / May 16, 2019
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Felicity Huffman Pleads Guilty to College Admissions Scams Charges
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Felicity Huffman Weeps as She Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Scandal

Actress Felicity Huffman formally pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in federal court in Boston on Monday, CNN…
Maggie Serota / May 13, 2019
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Mitt Romney Makes 'Game of Thrones' Mother's Day Tribute to Wife Ann
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Good Timing, Mitt

Mitt Romney celebrated Mother's Day with a little arts and crafts project dedicated to his wife of 50 years, Ann Romney. As you can see, the…
Maggie Serota / May 13, 2019
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Fugees’ Pras Charged With Campaign Finance Violations in Billion Dollar Embezzlement Scheme

Former Fugees rapper Pras (born Prakazrel Michel) has been charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States government through foreign campaign contributions and three counts related…
Tosten Burks / May 10, 2019
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Dave Chappelle to Receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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Dave Chappelle to Receive Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

The Kennedy Center announced Tuesday that comedian Dave Chappelle will receive the 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be given to him…
Maggie Serota / May 7, 2019
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Stranger Things Lawsuit Dropped on Eve of Trial

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have escaped a lawsuit claiming that the brothers stole the idea for their popular Netflix series. The trial…
Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter / May 6, 2019
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'Succession' Season 2 Teaser Trailer: Watch
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Watch a Trailer for Season Two of Succession

HBO has released a trailer for season two of Jesse Armstrong’s brutally dark comedy Succession, which premieres in August. The clip promises an…
Maggie Serota / May 1, 2019
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Donald Trump Defends Robert E. Lee, Charlottesville neo-Nazis
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Trump Defends His Charlottesville Remarks by Praising Traitorous Loser Robert E. Lee

President Trump held a doozy of a press spray Friday morning when he was leaving the White House en route to Indianapolis to give a…
Maggie Serota / April 26, 2019
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Twitter Execs Says They Can't Ban Nazis Because They Might End Up Banning Too Many Republicans
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Twitter Won’t Autoban Neo-Nazis Because Too Many GOP Politicians Would Get Banned: Report

Twitter execs are hesitant to use its algorithmic content filters to automatically ban white nationalists and neo-Nazis from the platform because too many Republican politicians…
Maggie Serota / April 25, 2019
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R. Kelly Loses Lawsuit After Failing to Show Up to Court
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R. Kelly Loses Underage Sex Assault Lawsuit After Failing to Show Up to Court

R. Kelly lost a civil suit alleging underage sex abuse by default this week when he failed to show up to his court date, the Chicago Tribune…
Maggie Serota / April 24, 2019
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Robert Durst The Jinx Confession HBO Andrew Jarecki
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Robert Durst’s Infamous “Confession” on The Jinx Was Edited Out of Order

Notorious real estate heir Robert Durst will be tried for the murder of his longtime friend and booster Susan Berman in September of this year.
Winston Cook-Wilson / April 24, 2019
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