The Interview
Seems obvious that if we wind up in a nuclear war with North Korea, Hollywood will be to blame. There is precedent for this kind of thing.
The Great Dictator
Back in 1940, Charlie Chaplin released a satire about Adolf Hitler called The Great Dictator, and a few years later we were engaged in a world war with the mustachioed madman. In 2014, Seth Rogen and James Franco released a comedy about Kim Jong-un called The Interview, and then …
Nutzoid dictators don’t take kindly to Hollywood spoofs.
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Quote of the Week:
There are new hamsters in the Big Brother house, so we should have no shortage of memorable quotes this summer.
Cody and his gal-pal
Cody: “I’ve done everything stupid that I possibly can.”
Cody’s Girlfriend: “That’s true.”
Also per tradition, the houseguests this year are quite camera-shy:
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Maybe the new Shakespeare series on TNT will be one of the greatest shows in television history. But when I see ads in which the Bard of Avon is portrayed by yet another male-model type, well ….
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