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In the summer of 2015, Phoebe Barghouty was 23 years old and had a new master’s degree in journalism from Stanford—but little other experience—when she landed what most of her peers would consider a dream job: associate producer at Vice’s Los Angeles bureau. Though her job hadn’t technically started yet, her boss, then-Editor in Chief Jason Mojica, invited her to join the team at the L.A. Press Club Awards. After accepting an award for public service in journalism, the team from Vice—including Mojica and Kaj Larsen, the bureau chief who had hired Barghouty—celebrated with drinks. By the end of the...

It’s hard not to feel a little bad for the DC Comics films at this point. They have the unenviable task having to form an identity in the shadows of the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which are usually good and rarely unwatchable, and the continued glow of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, which are seeming more and more like transcendent anomalies as we get deeper into this never-ending cycle of super humans crowding our multiplexes. DC got off to a rocky start and then Patty Jenkins went and made a very good “Wonder Woman.”

Embattled actor George Takei has apologized for a recent interview with Howard Stern in which he joked about sexually assaulting men, after the former Star Trek star was accused last week of groping a male model in an alleged incident in 1981. In a social media post, Takei said he attempted to play the role of a “naughty gay grandpa” whilst appearing on the radio show, adding that it was a “caricature that I now regret.” “Many have raised concern over a back-and-forth between Howard Stern and myself, where we joked about me touching men during my ‘Star Trek’ days...

Or try "One More Ride" for the British scifi Blakes 7.

AMC, A&E, Scripps, Discovery and Viacom are in, and they’re investing $25 million.Do you like paying to watch cable TV over the internet? Do you hate watching sports? Then this might be an option for you: Meet Philo, the newest and long-promised “over the top” web TV service. Philo shows programming from some three dozen cable TV networks — none of which offer sports — and delivers them to your phone, laptop or connected TV. The fact that none of the programmers contributing channels, along with $25 million in new venture funding — A&E, Scripps, Discovery, AMC and Viacom —...

Sex and the City can still be saved — if Sia Furler has her way. Amid rumors that series star Kim Cattrall refused to sign on for a third movie for the HBO franchise, the Austrian singer-songwriter has expressed her displeasure over the scrapped Sex and the City 3 and is ready to take matters into her own hands. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple One radio, Sia even offered to take Cattrall’s place in Sex and the City 3. “‘I was like, I’ll play Sam, like nobody cares!” Sia said. “Like they just want the movie. We...

The premiere of Justice League is just days away, and more information about the plot is being revealed. In a new interview, Ben Affleck reveals reshoots for the movie included adding some sexual tension between Batman and Wonder Woman. Affleck spoke with Entertainment Weekly regarding the changes director Joss Whedon made after Zack Snyder took time off from production. Snyder had to step away from Justice League after a family tragedy, and the notorious Avengers director stepped in to finish filming, and handle the reshoots. It was rumored Whedon was just going to wrap Justice League, but recent interviews revealed...

Bender's NFL LIVE THREAD Week 11 Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 (All times Eastern) Tennessee at Pittsburgh 8:25 pm NFLN Heinz Field Sunday, Nov 19, 2017 Arizona at Houston 1:00 pm FOX NRG Stadium Baltimore at Green Bay 1:00 pm CBS Lambeau Field Detroit at Chicago 1:00 pm FOX Soldier Field Jacksonville at Cleveland 1:00 pm CBS FirstEnergy Stadium Kansas City at N.Y. Giants 1:00 pm CBS MetLife Stadium L.A. Rams at Minnesota 1:00 pm FOX U.S. Bank Stadium Tampa Bay at Miamin 1:00 pm FOX Hard Rock Stadium Washington at New Orleans 1:00 pm FOX Mercedes-Benz Superdome Buffalo at L.A....

Monday, ESPN’s “First Take” praised Colin Kaepernick, who was announced as GQ’s “Citizen of the Year” for kneeling for the National Anthem and being a “lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance.” “First Take” co-host Max Kellerman said Kaepernick “richly deserved” the honor, asking, “Who else would you give it to?”

John Travolta has been named in a criminal complaint by a 21-year-old masseur who accused the actor of sexual battery that reportedly took place in 2000. According to the bombshell police report, the masseur alleged that Travolta groped his bare buttocks and indecently exposed himself during a deep body massage at the LaQuinta Hotel in Palm Springs, California. During the alleged incident, Travolta, 63, also made lewd remarks about gay fantasies while at the hotel's spa facility around 1.30am on February 15, 2000.

On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Oscar Madison. Several years earlier, Madison's wife had thrown HIM out, requesting that HE never return. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPE4DP9eMvY

Several thousand former female Family Feud contestants have come forward to join the #MeToo movement. In a unprecedented event, the late Family Feud host Richard Dawson has been caught in archived footage kissing female contestants on the lip. "I should have come forward decades ago, but I must speak out now," said one contestant. "He had bad breath and I felt icky afterwards" Meanwhile Dawson was unavailable for comments.

Having appeared in Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, and numerous other science-fiction shows, Robby the Robot is one of the most iconic pieces of sci-fi memorabilia in TV history. And now it is going up for sale.Robby the Robot will be one of the centerpieces of the upcoming “Out of this World” auction hosted by Bonhams. The seven-foot tall robot is operational and is expected to sell for somewhere in range of seven figures when it goes to auction on November 21.Adding to its potential value is the fact that Robby the Robot was, at the time of its...

Over the weekend, a Page Six story spread across social media stating that "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot had refused to sign up for the sequel if director-producer Brett Ratner was involved. Ratner, whose production company RatPac-Dune Entertainment helped finance "Wonder Woman" and other major titles for Warner Bros., is one of the major Hollywood players to be accused of sexual assault and harassment in the "Weinstein ripple effect." Many in Hollywood praised the news of Gadot's ultimatum. It sounded like Gadot was using the leverage she gained by being the face of one of Hollywood's biggest hit movies of the year to help...

Louis C.K. Manager Dave Becky Releases Apology: ‘What I Did Was Wrong’ By Hunter Harris @hunteryharris Share Share Tweet Pin It Email Comment Print Louis C.K., Dave Becky. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Louis C.K.’s former manager has apologized for ignoring allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian. Dave Becky, a partner at 3 Arts Management, said that he did not take the incident in an Aspen hotel room — in which C.K. forced comedians Julia Wolov and Dana Min Goodman to watch him masturbate — seriously, considering it only a moment of infidelity. “My intent was to seek discretion to protect...

Over in one corner sat Alice, a strong-minded 27-year-old who always said what she thought, regardless of how much it might hurt someone else. In the other corner was Sarah, a thirtysomething high-flier who would stand up for herself momentarily - then burst into tears and run for the ladies. Their simmering fight lasted hours, egged on by spectators taking sides and fuelling the anger. Sometimes other girls would join in, either heckling aggressively or huddling defensively in the toilets. It might sound like a scene from a tawdry reality show such as Big Brother, but the truth is a...

George Takei had an out-of-this-world explanation for why so many people were talking about the sexual assault claim against him. In a now-deleted tweet, the “Star Trek” actor blamed Russian bots for spreading the story after Scott Brunton, an ex-model and actor, accused Takei of groping him in his Los Angeles condo in 1981. The tweet, credited to SecuringDemocracy.org, showed Russian bot activity over the last 48 hours. “Takei” had increased in popularity almost 20,000% and “George Takei” had jumped by more than 15,000%. Spacey accuser to be questioned by prosecutors over allegations “It’s clear they want to cow me...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go... And that's true. It is. On Stuart Varney's show on Friday I even sang the title phrase, somewhat gloatingly, in reference to this (Theresa May has now set the date for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, and it looks like I'll be winning by hundred bucks with time to spare). That would be reason enough to celebrate Meredith Willson, the great son of Iowa who wrote "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas". But this Christmas marks another landmark event in Willson's life: the 60th...

And "Ruby Tuesday" done for Clara and mixed Doctors in Dr. Who, if scifi is your thing.

In his final broadcast of the season, John Oliver left his audience a going-away present in the form ads targeting President Trump. The Last Week Tonight host cited a New York Times article claiming that Fox & Friends is the “most powerful TV show in America” simply because the president tunes in to that program on a daily basis. And after the hosts boasted about their new title on their show, Trump tweeted about it 45 minutes later. “Information goes right from that show into his brain,” Oliver said. Oliver insisted that if Trump is going to keep watching that...