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Doctors Say Patients Are Scared to Ask Basic Pregnancy Questions in Chilling Senate Briefing
Jezebel,
On Wednesday, Democratic senators hosted a briefing featuring testimony from two abortion providers and feminist author Jessica Valenti about the lived toll of abortion bans nearly 1.5 years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and just before the 51st anniversary of Roe next week. At one point, Sen.… Read more...
Sharon Stone pitched a Barbie girl in a '90s world but was "laughed out of the studio"
AV Club,
As hard as it is to believe, there was a time in American film culture when the closest one came to a Barbie film was The Kentucky Fried Movie. In a pre-Pirates Of The Caribbean Hollywood, movies weren’t based on brands as much—least of all, brands that don’t have a strong narrative thrust. In the 90s, people couldn’t… Read more...
Trump’s Courtroom Campaign Is Overshadowing the G.O.P. Primary
The New Yorker,
At a rally in New Hampshire, the former President said that he has “been indicted more than Alphonse Capone,” but, for once, he also conceded that his legal troubles have helped him politically.
Game Of Thrones creators somehow narrow down one single thing they’d change about series
Ask any of the Freefolk for one thing they’d change about HBO’s Game Of Thrones, and they’d probably reveal a litany of issues. The White Walkers’ finale. The coffee cups. The lighting. Some would prefer to just redo the whole final season. But Game Of Thrones’ former showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who have… Read more...
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing
At Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah, a woman identified by Doctors Without Borders as Maha sought a delivery room as she began going into labor, but was denied: “All the delivery rooms were full,” an emergency coordinator working with the humanitarian group recounted in a news release published Wednesday. Maha “knew… Read more...
Vince Staples answers the question "Who's Vince Staples?" with The Vince Staples Show trailer
If you are a rap fan or a member of the chronically online, you probably know who Vince Staples is. If not, then Netflix has a show for you: The Vince Staples Show, a new meta-comedy premiering February 15. The limited series, produced by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, aims to introduce Staples to a new audience, one… Read more...
It's 2024 and Jennifer Coolidge is starring in a Minecraft movie
At this point, the best we can do is throw up our hands and say... you know what, fine. Sure! We’re only 17 days into the new year and two-time Emmy Award winning actor Jennifer Coolidge is officially starring in a Minecraft movie. That’s fine. Everything is fine! Read more...
Phillips takes intra-party heat for scrubbing campaign website's reference to DEI
Politico,