Game Night (2018) ⭐ 6.9 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
1h 40m | R
via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2704998/
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Winning millions of dollars seemed as good a retirement plan as any.
via The Huffington Post: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/
People who say the “wrong” thing and suffer the consequences.
via This American Life: https://thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say
Hear the Fresh Air program for February 6, 2018
Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with ali…
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem?from_search=true
Promises to upend international engagement, U-S trade and immigration policy were central to Donald Trump’s campaign. What Trump’s win may mean for America’s role in the world.
via Diane Rehm: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-11-10/what-trumps-victory-might-mean-for-americas-place-in-the-world
The electorate has, in its plurality, decided to live in Trump’s world of vanity, hate, arrogance, untruth, and recklessness.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-american-tragedy-donald-trump
This morning when I awoke I had a number of messages that asked, “What do we do now? It was impossible for me to reply because my first th…
Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2016/11/about-that-election-2016.html
Word of advice: do not ask him to sign a Sling Blade DVD after a concert.
via GQ: http://www.gq.com/story/billy-bob-thornton-bad-santa-2-profile
Across the continent, rightwing populist parties have seized control of the political conversation. How have they done it? By stealing the language, causes and voters of the traditional left
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/01/the-ruthlessly-effective-rebranding-of-europes-new-far-right
Jennifer Frey drank herself to death.
via Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/the-writer-who-was-too-strong-to-live-1785661187
Some say the deep divisions among voters in the 2016 campaign were exacerbated by fake news and personalized social media feeds: The demise of civic information and new efforts to build a better environment for news.
via Diane Rehm: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-11-16/the-power-of-fake-news-and-personalized-social-media-feeds
In episode 10, we’re joined by Derek Davison (@dwdavison9318)who voxsplains to us what the Iran nuclear deal is and breaks down a juicy New York Times Magazine profile of White House literary savage B
via SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-10-no-fopo-fight-the-blob-feat-dwdavison9318-51516#t=53:10
In episode 10, we’re joined by Derek Davison (@dwdavison9318)who voxsplains to us what the Iran nuclear deal is and breaks down a juicy New York Times Magazine profile of White House literary savage B
via SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-10-no-fopo-fight-the-blob-feat-dwdavison9318-51516#t=53:10
Dean Baquet talks about covering tweets as news, his decision to use the word “lie” in a headline about Trump and why he’s not worried about libel suits from the new president.
Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates won last year’s National Book Award for “Between the World and Me,” an exploration of being black in America. In the latest Atlantic Magazine cover story, he looks at the legacy of our first African-American president and the role
via Diane Rehm: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-12-22/ta-nehisi-coates-on-the-legacy-of-the-nations-first-black-president
I, Tonya: Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson. Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown
via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Post: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk. A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country’s first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press
via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6294822/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1