Federal judge Shira Scheindlin has ruled NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices have been, as many have noted, discriminatory and unconstitutional, saying that they “violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers.” Yet, it won’t be banned outright. Monitoring of the procedure is planned for now. Continue reading
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How do you know you’ve lost all control of your campaign? You almost end up in a fist fight with a senior citizen opponent at a function FOR AND ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS!
Anthony Weiner has now entered the SNL rung of his mayoral campaign.
Sure, sure George McDonald, 69, and a GOP challenger, has been harping on Weiner’s scandalous sexting debacle as of late, but you know, how can he not? Once you’ve made the decision to show your peen to an entire internet’s worth of inhabitants and then run for public office, it’s pretty much fair game. Continue reading
Who’s the most powerful non-announced candidate for a proposed presidential run? Hillary Clinton. And the GOP has started their rage early. Rich Kids will still be rich but now on television — where you can mostly find them anyway. Ryan Seacrest to perfect his game show “Come on Down” voice, Batman will most likely need his prostate checked before gearing up for an upcoming movie. Steven Spielberg is able to say “No.” Michael Bay should always take a note. Lindsay Lohan and Oprah have a chat. Continue reading
Tara Reid still has a job with the sharks if she wants it, Johnny Depp is tired of being that guy finally, Diane Lane takes a walk in a pantsuit, Rush Limbaugh to continue spewing bile from his gaping jaws (Ha! Jaws and Sharks), Star Wars to maybe not slop every CGI thing it can into one movie, and Domes really are scary. Continue reading
It’s possible the networks are throwing a little shade this morning, as they now have to contend with that for-pay digital online movie clearing house, Netflix, in the world of scripted television. It must make them feel all goofy in the wallet now that another viewing vehicle has entered the ring. Haha! James Gandolfini may be laughing just a little bit way up there, since his groundbreaking show on HBO, The Sopranos, can be counted as the first time network television really had to compete with an outside source full of curses and nudity in order to make their little shows on the boob tube really work. Dennis Franz’s butt cheeks on NYPD Blue weren’t happy about that development. So let’s see how everyone fared. Continue reading
Perhaps it would have been best to take some much needed time to reflect before putting oneself at the center of a media bonanza after one of the largest televised court cases in recent American history. Did Juror B-37 of the George Zimmerman trial seek to process what was happening in the world around her before speaking publicly about the highly charged case — or did she rush to gain her fifteen minutes of fame? Continue reading
When we think of racial profiling and subsequent murders leading from the act, so many of the stories host a common thread, “A suspicious black male…” This is the thread that binds many young, black men across regions, through time, and through shared history. This is something Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin and numerous others can count as their experience in life and…in death. Continue reading
Molly West, daughter of Zimmerman defense attorney, Don West, posted this picture of the two eating ice cream cones, presumably in “celebration” of West’s cross examination of prosecution star witness Rachel Jeantel. Jeantel is the young woman who last spoke to murdered teen, Trayvon Martin and who took the stand yesterday in hours-long testimony. Continue reading
All she had to do was stand and discuss abortion for 13 hours. That’s right. That was all. A daunting task by no stretch of the imagination. But this national hero took the challenge head on. Wearing a back brace and pink sneakers, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis decided that she would stand up for women’s rights, literally. She would tell their stories to a waiting congress poised to shut her down for any tiny infraction. And she did so yesterday in a 13-hour filibuster to stop a Republican produced anti-abortion bill. Continue reading
So we guess you can’t just say any old thing and expect to keep your endorsements, eh, Paula? Continue reading