The 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris has sparked international outrage with drag-queen themed imagery of religious and historical figures. In between listing all the countries participating in the Olympic Games, there have been several performances riffing on France’s history and culture, such as a headless Marie Antoinette, the last queen prior to being executed...
The executive producer for a political sitcom about a female vice president lashed out at some “a–hole” viewers who have been making unfavorable comparisons between the main character and Vice President Harris. “Veep” aired on HBO from 2012 to 2019 and starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a comically inept fictional female vice president, Selina Meyer. In...
Former Disney actress Gina Carano can move forward with a lawsuit against her old employer for wrongful termination over her political views, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett denied Disney’s previous motion to dismiss the case, writing that it had “failed to set forth an ‘impenetrable defense’ under...
A California judge sided with a school district in its punishment of a young girl over her message alongside a Black Lives Matter drawing, concluding it was not protected by the First Amendment because of the age of the students. Chelsea Boyle’s first-grade daughter, known as B.B. in legal filings, was punished by her teachers...
Transgender athletes won first, second and third place at a recent women’s cycling competition held in Washington. The annual Marymoor Grand Prix kicked off on Friday at the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome with at least three transgender athletes taking part in a 2-person relay of the Elite Women’s division. According to results made available on...
Actor Jon Voight was critical of his daughter, actress and activist Angelina Jolie, for her stance on the Israel-Hamas war, saying in a new interview she’s been “influenced by antisemitic people.” Voight, a rarity as a Republican-supporting Hollywood actor, discussed the conflict and his support for former President Trump in a new profile in Variety....
Aaron Sorkin, the creator of the ’90s NBC drama “West Wing,” took back his suggestion that the Democratic Party nominate Republican Sen. Mitt Romney to run against former President Trump and instead endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. On Monday, following the news that President Biden would be endorsing Harris, Sorkin, who doesn’t have...
MSNBC’s Michael Steele was mocked for posting an image of Vice President Kamala Harris as Captain America Tuesday along with the caption, “Hey @realDonaldTrump. You ready for this?” Last week, Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, was accused of pushing “conspiracy theories” when he questioned if former President Trump’s ear was actually...
A highly contested California bill signed into law last week by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has stoked ire among parents and politicians, who slammed the gender identity law as a usurpation of parents’ rights. The first in the nation bill bans schools in the state from being forced to notify parents if their child uses...
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace called on more leaders in Washington to participate in “acts of sacrifice” for the sake of democracy on Sunday night following the announcement that President Biden would end his bid for re-election. Wallace proceeded to call on former Trump officials, ex-allies of the former president and anti-Trump Republicans to back Democrats....
