Some potential advantages for gender-swapping a character in a TV or movie production.
Who even knew that the Nancy comic was still a thing, much less that it was generating a ton of controversy over its recent changes?
10 TV Characters Who Actually Really Suck at Their Jobs
“Williamson specializes in a dance move I like to call the Troll Three-Step. One: Say something vile Two: When challenged, say that wasn’t what you meant, only joking etc. Step three: Go back to saying something vile.”
“As someone who lived through the Bush era, I can attest that Bush was able to impose pretty strict party loyalty on the right. But by April 2006, his approval rating among Republicans was hovering around 80 percent—not too far from where Trump is now. Those midterm elections were a disaster for the GOP. And it went downhill fast from there.”
“Everything suggests Hannity has professionals investing and managing this portfolio of real estate properties. So why would he be seeking the counsel of Michael Cohen? Whatever he claims, there’s very little evidence Cohen has any legal or business acumen or even experience doing this kind of real estate investing – that is to say competent, professional investing for extremely high net worth individuals as opposed to high stakes ‘deals’ and finding purchases for people looking to stash or launder money.”
“The President is going to congratulate him no matter what you say.”
“The ‘weird’ fringe is the biggest part of white evangelicalism”.
Did you know there was an actual real-life murder mystery that inspired Twin Peaks? Well, now you do.
RIP, Verne Troyer, actor best know for playing Mini Me in the Austin Powers movies.
“Do we really need to see what Cohen has to say to know that something is already catastrophically wrong with this picture?”
Keep an eye on this lawsuit against Facebook over its handling of fake ads.
“If a guy like that is sending out anti-Trump tweets while his wife is going on TV serially offering alternative facts in defense of the President, it’s bound to pique the interest of people around Washington. I don’t know if you’d call it Capital-N News, but it’s certainly fair game for an end-of-segment question on a Sunday show.”
“But let’s be clear, presidents who have approval ratings of 40% usually don’t get reelected. That’s especially the case when their favorability rating (a slightly different measure) is also in the same area.”
More than you wanted to know about that guy in Toronto who killed all those people and the toxic and misogynistic subculture he marinated in.
A comprehensive taxonomy of the women in The Handmaid’s Tale.
Congratulations to Jenny Cavnar, the first woman to do play by play for a game on MLB TV. And good on the Rockies for not putting up with any sexist BS about the job she did.
RIP, Bob Dorough, musician best known for composing many Schoolhouse Rock songs. He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear…
George R.R. Martin will have his Game of Thrones prequel book published before the next actual Game of Thrones is finished. That sound you hear is a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.
“She’s a 5-year-old fox red Labrador retriever on assignment at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Pennsylvania. Turks is specially trained and certified to appear in courtrooms, where she often snuggles next to victims, especially children, to help them get through the trauma of testifying. These past two weeks she has had an additional assignment: Keep the jury that has been sequestered in the Bill Cosby trial in good spirits as they spend time away from their families.”
The sisterhood of Cosby survivors is an amazing thing.
“If it hadn’t been for his decision to scold poor black Americans for their moral failures while decades of sexual-assault allegations had remained hidden, it’s possible that none of Cosby’s victims would have gotten their day in court.”
Pete Souza continues to be a national treasure.