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Dave Chappelle’s NYE Netflix Special, Equanimity, Might Be More Relevant Than His Last Few
“I must tell you, I’ve never had a problem with white people ever in my life, but full disclosure: the poor whites are my least favorite.” Dave Chappelle’s first two comedy specials in a dozen years (Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits and The Age of Spin: Dave […]
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The Countdown Begins: Stranger Things Confirms Season 2 Premiere Date, Releases a Teaser Trailer and Apocalyptic Poster
Ever since the Netflix series came to a close after eight solid episodes of fine ’80s supernatural horror throwback and a final episode that seemed to promise more to come (and made us wonder, how has Will been forever affected by the Upside Down and what the hell was that slug thing he threw up?), […]
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News of North Korea: Drones, Dennis Rodman, and the Medical Evacuation of an Imprisoned US Student
LIULOLO/Getty Three separate but noteworthy bits of news have come drifting out of North Korea today that aren’t related but somehow come together like flotsam curling and twisting together in the breeze to become one singular mass of trash. First and most importantly, a drone suspected of being sent from North Korea took a number […]
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Point: Am I The Only One Who Didn’t Like the Twin Peaks Revival?
David Lynch might have out-Lynched himself.
Posted inPolitics
Sean Spicer: Giving One Terrible Press Conference After Another
Sean Spicer’s got problems. AARON P. BERNSTEIN Yesterday, Sean Spicer’s daily briefing was so bad, White House officials had to back-pedal on a claim that President Trump was ready to take further action if Syrian President Bahar al-Assad’s regime continued to bomb civilians. (“If you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bombing to […]
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Yesterday, Michael Flynn Asked For Immunity. Today the Question Is, Why?
Fired, but far from staying out of the news cycle. MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES Yesterday, Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn was back in the news—this time wanting to make a deal. Flynn told FBI investigators looking into Trump’s connections with Russia that he will give them an interview “in exchange for a […]
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David Letterman Hates Donald Trump, Too.
David Letterman at last year’s 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony Ilya S. Savenok / Getty In a new Q&A appearing on Vulture.com, former late night guru David Letterman (who’s in full-on Santa Claus mode—will you look at that beard?) talked about what he’d ask if he still had a show and was given the chance […]
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Weekend TV Planner: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Grammys, The Walking Dead
Alec Baldwin as Trump on SNL With shows premiering nearly every week on network, cable and streaming TV, it sometimes feels impossible to keep up, let alone make an informed decision about the ones you should be devoting your valuable attention to (and those you might want to avoid altogether). We’re here to help. Saturday: […]
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Trump Names Neil Gorsuch as His Supreme Court Nominee
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Don’t let his Democrat-heavy Denver homebase fool you. Federal appeals court judge Neil M. Gorsuch—who was just nominated by Trump to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia—is conservative AF, and his ideals fit right […]
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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher Dazzle in HBO’s Bright Lights
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher in Bright Lights HBO It’s clear within the first half hour of Bright Lights that Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were a mother and daughter with two highly disparate personalities. Directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, the documentary (which was released on HBO on January 7, shortly after the […]
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Inauguration 2017 Playlist: Songs of Rage, Protest and Reflection
By now, more than half the U.S. population is likely feeling a growing sense of fear, rage, disbelief, and pitying self-reflection as Inauguration Day 2017 looms ever closer to the reality of Trump as President. We here at The Mercury are experiencing a similar sense of WTF?; how exactly do we accept the transition, from […]