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Violence on Television: Women’s lives matter except in primetime

In this image released by The CW, Gina Rodriguez appears in a scene from “Jane the Virgin.” Rodriguez and America Ferrera, of “Ugly Betty” have more in common than being the only Latina women to have won Golden Globes for…

‘Another Benghazi’: ‘Madame Secretary’ continues to whitewash Hillary Clinton before 2016

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to have Hollywood try and rewrite it to promote its candidate. That’s the reality in Hollywood as the Left Coast gears up to push Hillary Clinton for president by creating TV shows…

Florida pol reportedly pushing plan to require students to watch D’Souza film

A Florida lawmaker reportedly plans to propose a bill requiring local schools to show students the newly released documentary from conservative filmmaker and Obama critic Dinesh D’Souza. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Republican state Sen. Alan Hays wants to make…

Father’s Day: To all the good dads out there, thank you

The television show “Modern Family” is a huge hit. In fact, it was just named the most-watched TV comedy series in the world at the 54th Monte-Carlo TV Festival. Both Gov. Mitt Romney and President Obama in the 2012 campaign…

Tough election ahead for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel?

On the set of the “Tonight” show, host Jimmy Fallon and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reminisced about the bitterly cold March day when they took the Polar Plunge in Lake Michigan. “It was cold that day, really, really cold,” Fallon…

How climate change may be hurting our health

The skyline of downtown Los Angeles through a layer of smog is seen in the distance from a rooftop in Hollywood, California, May 31, 2006. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files) According to the recently released third National Climate Assessment, the effects of climate…

A female boss’s take on Sheryl Sandberg’s “Ban Bossy” campaign

So some popular girls got together and decided they are no longer going to use a particular word, and they decided we can’t use it either. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg teamed up with the Girl Scouts and other influential women…

Japanese elderly fight ‘Americanized’ TV

Imagine your television news sprinkled with words that sound vaguely English but are in fact a corrupted form of Japanese. You would surely be confused. That’s the problem facing Japan’s elderly when they tune into the National broadcaster NHK at…

Michael Moore’s right to make anti-military comments exactly what we defend, ex-soldiers say

NEW YORK – Michael Moore is no stranger to controversy, and to start the New Year, the filmmaker is up to his old tricks. Moore offended many with his 2013 New Year’s resolution to “Stop saying I support the troops.…

‘Cloud Atlas’ soars over past and present, while ‘True Skin’ slams with shocking prophecy

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks as Zachry and Halle Berry as Meronym in a scene from “Cloud Atlas.” (AP/Warner Bros. Pictures) Have you ever wanted to soar through time and space? You know, sail…