Texas’s Board of Social Workers voted unanimously to remove protections for LGBTQ people and those with disabilities from its code of conduct, allowing them to refuse clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Jennifer Lawrence has said outright what discerning observers have known for years: That she used to be a Republican.

When Shonda Rhimes broke with ABC in favor of Netflix in 2017, it was clear that things at the network hadn’t been working for some time. But in the cover story for Hollywood Reporter’s October issue, Rhimes revealed that the straw the broke the camel’s back was a situation with an all-access pass to Disneyland. From T…

Senator Mitt Romey reportedly did not vote for President Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a move that will certainly help Lincoln Project-loving Democrats forget that he’s still a feckless prick who will likely confirm ultraconservative Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court any day now.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about “Snake Eater,” the titular song in the 2004 video game masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. In it, I gush about the song and how it is as responsible for the prestige of the game as anything else. Tucked into the final paragraph, I made an entreaty to the song’s…

Well, that’s just great: Everyone is talking about Borat again. When the surprise sequel to the 2006 hit movie was announced last month, it seemed reasonable to wonder whether Borat Subsequent Moviefilm would possibly command even a fraction of the audience the first one did. So much time has passed, so many of its…

Recently, some investors decided to throw $1.75 billion at an app, amidst a worldwide pandemic, that peddled short-form content, like a woman obsessed with her golden arm, or a Kardashian impersonator. Now, those investors are probably crying into what’s left of their still sizeable fortunes. Quibi is dead, and good…

When Mary J. Blige’s aunt died of breast cancer, the news was both shocking and devastating.

Amy Coney Barrett, who is all but assured of being confirmed to the Supreme Court next week absent a number of Republican senators being brought low by covid-19, has largely declined to discuss her membership in People of Praise, the somewhat secretive charismatic Catholic faith group she belonged to well into her…

In August, Katrina Krulikas wrote in an Instagram post that Madison Cawthorn, the 25-year-old rising Republican star and candidate for Congress in western North Carolina, had forcibly kissed her without her consent. She was 17 and he was 19. As she described it, their first (and only) date had been an uncomfortable…

What a time to be a Catholic! Pope Francis, everyone’s favorite pope since Saint Pope John Paul II, starred in a documentary that premiered at the Vatican on Wednesday and has caused quite a stir amongst the millions of confirmed, according to Catholic News Agency. The film, Francesco, “chronicles the approach of Pope…

The second episode of Clare Crawley’s Bachelorette season aired Tuesday night, and I’m not sure why this show is still going when she so clearly only cares about Dale Moss and none of the other contestants. If it hadn’t been completely spoiled that she may or may not leave with him mid-season, she’d come across a bit…