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It’s hard to get excited about any network sitcoms -no matter how acclaimed they are - anymore because they’re almost all mockumentaries and don’t need to be

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Even more impressive when there are so many people on the ice at the same time

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Review After 9 years, Gore Verbinski returns with the delightfully bizarre sci-fi action comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

After 9 years, Gore Verbinski returns with the delightfully bizarre sci-fi action comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

Congratulations to everyone who is just now learning today that Tr*mp is a racist

The President’s Cake Review The President's Cake shows, through naturalistic detail, how life under a dictatorship trickles down to all walks of life.

The President's Cake shows, through naturalistic detail, how life under a dictatorship trickles down to all walks of life.

Wonder Man wonder ful

Opinion | Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.

Liam Conejo Ramos is not alone. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Here is a short video of my sister’s dog Hercules playing with his chew toy we got him for Christmas (they just moved to Arizona, hence the cactus).

Shelter Review In Shelter, Jason Statham proves once again he can make a contrived and uninspired movie extremely watchable

In Shelter, Jason Statham proves once again he can make a contrived and uninspired movie extremely watchable

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Shrinking Season 3 – TV Review In Shrinking season 3, the hangout vibes of its excellent ensemble trump most of its occasionally saccharine, feel-good emotional beats.

In Shrinking season 3, the hangout vibes of its excellent ensemble trump most of its occasionally saccharine, feel-good emotional beats.

YouTube video by TheFilmYap Yap vs. Yap: Surprises and snubs from the 2026 Oscar nominations

Nate Richard and I jumped on the Film Yap podcast to give our thoughts and reactions to this week’s Oscars nominees:

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really hard to focus on anything other than how scared and confused and ashamed a five year old who got arrested in front of his own house and shipped to texas must be right now

If all your shit says that the game starts at 730, start the damn game at 730 #CFB

The Rip Review The Rip offers a solid dirty-cop thriller that's light on Hitchcockian surprises but utilizes its Oscar-nominee cast efficiently.

The Rip offers a solid dirty-cop thriller that's light on Hitchcockian surprises but utilizes its Oscar nominee cast efficiently.

Aaron Rodgers retire and leave the country forever challenge

“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.

I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

Great and normal country we live in where priests feel the need to die in order to protect citizens from their own government.

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Wait, they got something done?

Pat Bagley cartoon

Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune