Becky Scott
By Becky Scott
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The Schmooze Austin Mayor Publishes Open Letter to ‘Wonder Woman’ Women-Only Screening Hater
Last week, an Austin movie theater announced it would be hosting a women-only screening of ‘Wonder Woman’ and men lost their minds (#notallmen! #notallmen! #notallmen! Please don’t send me any threatening emails!!!!!). Today, Austin mayor Steve Adler posted on his website a letter he received from one of these angry men. The letter’s author, Richard…
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The Schmooze William Shatner Is Upset About His Interview In The Daily Beast
On Wednesday, The Daily Beast published an interview with William Shatner – who was very beautiful when he was young – in which the Priceline Negotiator off-handedly mentioned he wasn’t “trying to do anything to get deported.” Shatner, who is Canadian, was responding to a question from the interviewer, Craig Modderno, about an anti-Trump petition…
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The Schmooze Lebanon Makes It Official – ‘Wonder Woman’ Banned From Theaters
It’s official – ‘Wonder Woman’ has been banned from the big screen in Lebanon because lead actress Gal Gadot is Israeli . The ministry of economy announced Monday that it was considering a ban but the official ban wasn’t passed until Wednesday afternoon, mere hours before the film was supposed to premiere. The ban comes…
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Fast Forward ‘Broad City’ Welcomes Drag Legend RuPaul to Set
Sometimes it can feel like everyone who’s anyone in Hollywood has made a cameo appearance on the Comedy Central hit ‘Broad City.’ Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Fred Armisen – you name the comic legend, they’ve probably spent a day on set with Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. But somehow, because Jacobson and Glazer are incapable…
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Fast Forward CNN Cuts Ties With Kathy Griffin And Now New Year’s Eve Will Never Be The Same
In an unrelenting (for Kathy Griffin) turn of events, CNN officially announced today that it would be cutting ties with Kathy Griffin starting immediately. And so the saga of Kathy Griffin’s rapidly spiraling-out career continues. CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program. — CNN Communications (@CNNPR)…
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The Schmooze Would Carrie Bradshaw Approve Of Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Sneaker Line?
I’m currently making my way through Sex and the City long after the curtain fell on the final episode. It’s hard to be left alone with all of my opinions about Big’s short-lived marriage to Natasha but last week, Sarah Jessica Parker finally gave me something relevant to write about: her brand-new sneaker line. This…
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The Schmooze UPDATED: Heads Will Roll: Kathy Griffin in Hot Water for Decapitated Donald Photo
The past 24 hours has been a true rollercoaster for Kathy Griffin, who wanted nothing more than to tweet out a picture of herself holding a replica of Donald Trump’s bloody head in peace. Unfortunately, she got much more than the laugh she was hoping for. Conservatives and liberals alike lashed out at the comedian…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Turns Near-Death Experience Into Something Hilarious
If Tig Notaro invented the art of making light of potentially fatal illness, Sarah Silverman is picking up right where Notaro left off. The comedian’s new Netflix special ‘A Speck of Dust’ dropped yesterday and Silverman finds comedic inspiration from the near-death experience she went through last year, when a “freak-case” of epiglottis sent her…
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