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[S]ince their historic first meeting in Singapore last June, the two leaders have adopted a strategy of playing to each other’s ego with gushing and gratuitous adoration in pursuit of their aims. (The Washington Post, February 25, 2019) They actually take pains to show how much they’re in love. But, after Bradley Cooper and Lady… Read more.
And the pope is a pacifist, a holy man, and a catholic. This analogy sums up the obvious and anti-climactic nature of Michael Cohen’s overhyped congressional hearing. I watched enough to suggest that the following three sentences from his opening statement were the most interesting things anyone said all day: I am ashamed that I… Read more.
Zion Williamson is Duke University’s freshman phenom. More to the point, he was on track to enter this year’s NBA Draft with professional potential and media attention not seen since LeBron James entered in 2003. Indeed, news headlines abound hailing Zion as the second coming of LeBron. This explains why not just everyone at Duke… Read more.
But first, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m obliged to share this from my commentary on the 2014 show: ____________________ I’m never going to waste my time watching the Oscars ever again. Because it amounts to Chinese water torture for the producers to make us sit through nearly four hours of boring TV just… Read more.
Kylie Jenner has almost $1 billion in the bank and over 150 million fans ogling every image of her so-called life, which she posts on social media. According to a new report released by social media analytics firm, D’Marie Analytics, Jenner’s posts are now worth more than $1 million (£737,800) each. … This figure makes… Read more.
Over the past few weeks, many of you asked why I was “refusing” to join the chorus of those expressing sympathy for Jussie Smollett and outrage at his (phantom) attackers. No doubt this was because, like nearly everyone, you found this actor’s harrowing tale of racist and homophobic victimization so convincing. Indeed, it speaks volumes… Read more.
As usual, I feel obliged to begin with my annual lament, which I first presented over a decade ago in “My Review of the 2008 Oscars,” February 25, 2008: ____________________ With all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy), how much a film makes, not… Read more.
Eighty percent of Catholic priests are gay Some of the most senior clerics in the Roman Catholic church who have vociferously attacked homosexuality are themselves gay. … Eighty percent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active, it is claimed in the [new] book, In the Closet of the Vatican.… Read more.
A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. … This annoyed European allies, many of whom sent only low-level diplomatic staff — or no representation at all — to attend the… Read more.
I know it’s hard to believe this unromantic aside coming from no less a romantic than William Shakespeare. But the irony is such that it should compel you to heed this PSA: Do not participate in today’s public orgy of spending masquerading as private expressions of love. Spare yourself the embarrassment, to say nothing of… Read more.
