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Last year, Kathy Griffin caved. In the wake of what must have felt like an avalanche of furor over the release of a…
Rich Juzwiak
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There’s an image stuck in my brain that’s been haunting me. It’s a matter of public record, and has even been…
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The Rider destroyed me when I saw it, and then again when I tried talking about it with friends after, and then…
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Toward the end of my brief chat with Christina Hendricks, on Tuesday, came a moment of such irony, it felt like a…
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It didn’t flop, per se, but the Jennifer Lawrence-starring Red Sparrow didn’t soar to success at the domestic box…
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On Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Oprah Winfrey looked straight into the camera and announced, “I am…
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