It’s unclear how many plebeians have to want something for it to become a reality but I think 5000 is a good place to start. That’s how many people have signed a petition started by Care2, a social networking site. The author of the petition, who identifies herself as Rebecca G., points out that Tiffany…
As has been the case for two years in a row now, exactly one of our pop culture predictions for 2017 turned out to be right. Unfortunately, it began with the words “Lena Dunham will pen a well-intentioned but tone deaf open letter to someone or another,” and yes, that turned out even worse than…
I hope to never understand what it feels like to be so uniformly loathed by America’s funniest comedians the way Ivanka Trump is. Maya Rudolph clambered on to the Ivanka hate train Monday night in an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyer.” When asked for her take on Ivanka Trump, Rudolph summed up her…
After years of flack for failing to include enough people of color and women among its ranks, the academy is working to do something about it. This year, it has extended invitations to 774 people, including hundreds of women and minorities. And among those 774 people were a lot of Jews. Check out our starter…
Actress Maya Rudolph will be one of three celebrities featured in a PBS documentary show that traces the ancestry of pop culture personalities, uncovering familial histories they themselves are not aware of. The episode, which airs January 19 and also features writer Shonda Rimes and actor Keenen Ivory Wayans, traces the African American roots of…
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