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  • Old favorites, outdated attitudes: Can entertainment expire? (old movies "problematic" for today)

    12/28/2018 7:54:50 PM PST · by Drew68 · 107 replies
    AP News ^ | 12/28/2018
    <p>NEW YORK (AP) — They are fighting, yes, but the fight crackles with the enticing electricity that only Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn could deliver. He is storming out the door. She is throwing his golf clubs after him. The music is jaunty. He is charmingly irritated.</p>
  • Sorry haters! Studio calls 'Die Hard' the 'Greatest Christmas Story' ever told

    12/25/2018 6:40:30 AM PST · by C19fan · 51 replies
    ABC News ^ | December 19, 2018 | Michael Rothman
    After more than three decades, the biggest debate in cinematic history may have just been put to bed. "Die Hard" is the "Greatest Christmas Story" ever told, according to 20th Century Fox. In an epic recut of the trailer for the 1988 smash hit starring Bruce Willis, Fox released a new clip that positions the action film as a holiday flick.
  • President Barack Obama Names His Favorite Rappers

    10/30/2016 9:08:41 PM PDT · by bkopto · 61 replies
    MSN ^ | 10/28/2016 | Will Thorne
    In an interview on SiriusXM’s “Sway in the Morning” show, President Barack Obama named Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar as two of his favorite rappers, but stressed that Jay Z is still the undisputed “king” of the genre. “I think the young guys, Kendrick and Chance, are doing amazing work. I love Drake and the girls love Drake, so he’s commercially just doing great, and unbelievably talented,” Obama said. “Jay Z’s still the king. I mean he’s got a track record. Same with Kanye so there’s a lot of talent out there, but when I look at who’s breaking...