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Hollywood Face-Slaps Conservatives Mar. 31, 2022
Goodness! What a night. During the live broadcast of the Academy Awards, actor Will Smith walked up... Read More
The Slap Heard Around the World Mar. 30, 2022
This week, Will Smith — perhaps the most bankable star of his generation — won an Oscar ... Read More
Three Stages of Violence: Hollywood, Washington, Ukraine Mar. 30, 2022
Hollywood. Washington. Ukraine. Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we'd never s... Read More
A Slap in the Face to Women's Rights Mar. 30, 2022
Hollywood movie star Will Smith storming the stage at the Oscars and slapping comedian Chris Rock ov... Read More
The Woke Awards Mar. 17, 2021
Oscar nominees were announced this week. The AP highlighted the record number of nominations of "act... Read More
'Uncle Tom' Blacklisted by Hollywood Jan. 21, 2021
Actor Ben Affleck once explained why he found it difficult to watch Republican actors on screen. "It... Read More
The Oscars Honor Our Very Own Joker Jan. 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — He's the true dark Joker, and I don't mean Joaquin Phoenix. The actor can't hold ... Read More
Diversity Reigns at Oscars. Tantrums Continue Mar. 01, 2019
It's amazing that ABC broadcast an overlong Academy Awards show where no one mocked President Trump ... Read More
Art! Politics! Spectacle! Mar. 01, 2019
We've survived another spectacle of the Academy Awards, with the protesters and the preeners celebra... Read More
The Female Ascent to the Top, on Screen and Stump Feb. 22, 2019
"Ah, women" doesn't quite have the resonance or ancient history of "Amen," but if women had been as ... Read More
Hollywood's Missing Manhood Mar. 08, 2018
Last week's Oscar awards ceremony was filled with uncomfortable messages. First there was the messag... Read More
Ratings Suffer When Celebrities Rant Mar. 02, 2018
Many red-state Americans who used to love awards shows on TV are now wary of celebrities who cannot ... Read More
Oscars 2016: Look Back in Anger Feb. 26, 2016
And the Oscar for indignation goes to... Well, to whom might it not go this year? Partisans of F. ... Read More
Test Your Academy Awards Knowledge: Hollywood Oscar Quiz Feb. 23, 2016
The wait is almost over for Hollywood's biggest night of the year! With the 88th Academy Awards comi... Read More
The Demand for Villains Jan. 26, 2016
The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year's Academy ... Read More
Spice Up the Oscar Race with Spicy Popcorn Jan. 15, 2016
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" may not have gotten a best picture Oscar nod in the recently announce... Read More
The Oscars: Parsing a Year Filled With Good Movies Feb. 20, 2015
This year's lineup of Oscar nominees demonstrates more clearly than usual the essential irrelevance ... Read More
The Slave Wears Prada: Confusion on the Red Carpet Feb. 19, 2015
Lupita Nyong'o picked up an Oscar last year for her searing portrayal of a scarred captive in "12 Ye... Read More
Oscars' Fantasy on the Left Coast Mar. 07, 2014
The Academy Awards are the left coast's great cultural event of the year, more important to the star... Read More
Now Let's Talk About Your Face Mar. 05, 2014
The rules of 24-hour news cycles dictate that it's time to move on already from the heartless round ... Read More
