Actor O’shea Jackson, playing his father, Ice Cube, in the 2015 movie “Straight Outta Compton.”
Ice Cube, in 1989, was a black teenage rap star, sick of doing all of the work and getting none of the money.
2016: Ain’t gotta change a word. Continue reading
Thrillist LA briefly posted an article by Alexandra Cheney called UNPOPULAR OPINION: THE SUBWAY TO SAMO IS A BAD IDEA. It was pulled, but a cache of the article was found, and I was able to jot down some notes.
The article, with my notes, after the jump. Continue reading
Luke’s father had some in with CBS and managed to score Final Four tickets. I lived in New Orleans at the time, so Luke and two other friends came down to stay with me and make it an informal bachelor party week for Luke.
Before they arrived, it was my job to head down to the French Quarter, where CBS had set up operations and a huge hospitality room, to pick up the tickets and the passes to get into the CBS parties. Five tickets and five passes.
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Oh boy. The problem with big time celebrity members in your ranks is big time celebrity bad PR. By now we have all learned that totally lovable and not at all insane national treasure Tom Cruise is divorcing from Katie Holmes, his bride of 5 years. Continue reading
Let’s discuss what happened on Mad Men last night shall we? Fresh off last week’s pretty depressing and squeamish episode, we can hope for something not as serious right? Come in here and share you thoughts and links about this week’s episode.
WARNING: THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED, I SUGGEST YOU STAY OUT OF HERE. Continue reading
For those of you who were unaware, Crasstalk has a group that regularly discusses the political issues of the day. As part of a series, we hope to bring a forum for discussions on hot political topics. Continue reading
Unnerving, brutal and relentless are hardly words most people would use to describe sex. All of them apply to Steve McQueen’s new film Shame, but then, despite what you may have heard, the film isn’t actually about sex; it’s about addiction.
Sex happens to be the protagonist’s self-medicator of choice, Continue reading
Given that the mainstream American Left has been scared of its own shadow since the Reagan revolution turned “liberal” into a dirty word, I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised that many of these self-professed “progressives” have responded to the first genuine sustained mass youth movement my generation has seen by heaping scorn, doubt, and criticism upon it. I arrived in Zuccotti Park late Sunday afternoon hoping to catch a glimpse of the chaotic and disorganized mass of dirty hippies, drugged-out punks, and other standard bogeymen of the “get off my lawn” crowd. I was sorely disappointed. Continue reading
Fox News CEO Roger Ailes seems to think so. Or is this purely a red herring since the news channel is largely known for shouting heads Bill O’Reilly, Pundit Sarah Palin, and mean-spirited minotaur, Sean Hannity. Yeah, none of these people seems primed to take a more centrist viewpoint. However, according to Ailes, he is quietly repositioning the cable-news channel.
What exactly does this mean? Continue reading
Hey, you know I’m as mad as the next gal about what’s going on with the current tax debate. Sure, yes, it floors me that some jerkoff multi-millionaire claims that in suffering a tax increase his net income would be diminished down to $400,000 after he feeds his family. That’s some crazy logic right there. No, seriously, that is something only an out of touch maniac would say. But is taking to Wall Street in some undefined protest, led by an anonymous internet movement, without focused demands or plan other to say “Thumbs down to Corporations!” really the answer frustrated, unemployed, mostly left-leaning Americans should take?
Seems like a long shot to me.
