7 posts tagged ‘michelle obama’
Malia Obama (sorry, Malia Ann) is premiering her first film at Sundance
AV Club,
Hollywood’s various and sundry nepo babies choose to approach their status in a variety of ways. Some embrace their Hollywood heritage, while others will distance themselves from their parents or try to obscure their famous relations. Malia Obama, for instance, is apparently dropping the “Obama” for her Sundance Film… Read more...
Another election year, another West Wing cast reunion in the works
Every time the American political sphere starts getting, shall we say, upsetting, The West Wing rises in appeal yet again. We all want to live in a world where Washington D.C. looks more like Aaron Sorkin’s hit series and less like Veep, where the president is a benevolent and competent father figure like Martin… Read more...
Barack Obama's list of the best movies of 2023 sure has a lot of Barack Obama movies on it
It’s a long-standing tradition for Barack Obama—who’s done a lot of work, over the years, to cultivate his image as “The President who might actually like a movie you like”—to release lists of his pop culture consumption. This year, though, Obama’s listing of his favorite films of the year was a bit different—in so… Read more...
Err, John Schneider Seems to Have Taken The Masked Singer a Little Too Seriously
Jezebel,
Few reality shows elide popular culture and the shitshow that is American politics like The Masked Singer, a show in which the famous and famous-adjacent pose as animals, perform, and compete for a shot at fleeting cultural relevancy. Case in point: Just last spring, the now-bankrupt Rudy Giuliani was revealed to be… Read more...
Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault, Harassment After Weeks of Jarring Testimony
On Monday afternoon, a six-person jury in New York City found Jonathan Majors guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of second-degree harassment against his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, stemming from an incident in March. The jury found Majors not guilty of one other charge of intentional assault in… Read more...
Jonathan Majors’ Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before.
Over the last two weeks, Jonathan Majors’ ongoing domestic violence trial has unearthed a series of gutting revelations about his former relationship with Grace Jabbari, whom Majors is charged with assaulting one evening in March. After closing statements were made on Thursday, the jury began deliberating and returned… Read more...
Here are your 2024 Grammy nominees
Get ready Swifties, Barbie stans, and everyone in between. Music’s biggest night is coming up fast, and it looks like it’s going to be a tough competition between some of the biggest hits of the summer. It’s a good thing, because we’ll need those memories of warmer days when the ceremony streams February 4 from Los… Read more...