Tag: humor

In Steven Soderbergh’s supernatural thriller Presence, a family finds they aren’t alone in their new house. It’s a ghost story told masterfully from the ghost’s point of view.

Feiffer, who died Jan. 17, first published his self-titled comic strip in The Village Voice in 1956. Later syndicated, Feiffer went on to run for more than four decades. Originally broadcast in 1982.

Oscar nominees address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for Challengers and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Challengers, and Wicked.‘/>

From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

Emilia Pérez raked in the most nominations Thursday morning, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked. The Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, March 2.

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That’s the two of them, in the break room, sharing an inside joke about avocados.

“Stick Nation” is a worldwide movement that thrives on irreverent, fantastical and downright wholesome descriptions of sticks.

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Oscar nominations were revealed Thursday morning. We get reaction from NPR critic Linda Holmes.

Pamela Anderson’s role as a lifeguard on Baywatch made her a global sex symbol in the ’90s. But she longed to be taken seriously as a performer and person. Her new film is The Last Showgirl.

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Keke Palmer is one of Hollywood’s most charismatic leads, and SZA is one of the world’s biggest pop stars. Now, they’ve teamed up for the raunchy buddy comedy One of Them Days. The movie is about two best friends in L.A., who endure a wild series of misadventures as they try to make rent over the course of one very eventful day. It’s rowdy and profane, but it’s also got something to say about gentrification, predatory businesses, and other factors that make it hard to survive and advance in America.

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Donald Trump has been re-sworn in as President of the United States. And for this re-ascendency, he owes a thank you to Latino voters, especially Latino evangelicals. They turned out for him in double digits in the last election. So what is it about Latinos, evangelicalism, and Trump’s brand of Republicanism that helped tip the White House back in his favor?

President and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, Robert P. Jones, and Axios Justice and Race reporter Russell Contreras join Brittany to get at the root of this shift and what it means for our political future.

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