It’s clear that their relationship with the Internet remains a sore spot: at once forcing introspection at their life choices while still filling some internal psychological need. Asked, for instance, by The Daily Beast about whether they were secretly running Heidi Krassenstein’s account, the brothers responded with a nearly 3,500-word reflection on their Twitter methods that doubled as a manifesto about the uses and abuses of social media fame. In the massive email, the brothers held forth on how they became anti-Trump Twitter stars, and fumed over the allegation that they’re “grifters.” … [Read more...] about America’s Most Infamous Resistance Bros Want Back In
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Michael Sheen Talks Getting Inside a Cult Leader’s Head and His ‘Long Love Affair’ With Neil Gaiman
That began the long love affair between me and Neil, where we met up and we’ve been firm friends ever since. So the genesis of Good Omens coming to the screen—I’ve sort of watched it happen over the years. I was there when Neil was talking to Terry Gilliam about it becoming a film. And when Neil started writing his first drafts for the scripts of this, he sent them to me, and I got to watch it all grow. So on the one hand, just from a fan point of view, to bring that book onto the screen was already wonderful. But the fact that Neil is a friend and I’ve been a part of the development of it is wonderful as well. It really has been a bit of a dream job for me. … [Read more...] about Michael Sheen Talks Getting Inside a Cult Leader’s Head and His ‘Long Love Affair’ With Neil Gaiman
Column: Why did Michael Jordan never use his giant megaphone? White America didn’t want to hear it
The series provides an incredible, behind-the-scenes look into Jordan’s life and that of his Chicago Bulls teammates. It’s entertaining and compelling; however, given today’s landscape, it also raises unanswered questions. Jordan has been criticized for not using his powerful platform the way Muhammad Ali did before him and James has afterwards, and “Dance” does little in terms of providing cover for that decision. … [Read more...] about Column: Why did Michael Jordan never use his giant megaphone? White America didn’t want to hear it
Twitter’s Trump Problem Is Just Beginning
Kara Swisher: I wrote a column in the New York Times about how President Trump is pushing a debunked lie about a deceased woman. She died of a heart condition — fell and hit her head — but he’s pushing the lie that she was killed by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. I didn’t focus on Scarborough in this case, because it’s not the point. This is a conspiracy theory that has been going around the internet. I focused on the widower of this woman, who’s being impugned by President Trump, because Trump didn’t just recycle the conspiracy theory — he made all kinds of weird allegations and, in the process, dragged a dead woman across the national stage for his own political gain. What’s interesting about this is that it then led Twitter to take action somewhere else: around mail-in balloting. They didn’t think they had him on this one, I guess. … [Read more...] about Twitter’s Trump Problem Is Just Beginning
Rep. Greg Steube: ‘Some Left-Wing Democratic Governors Want Nothing More than to Destroy Their States’ Economies’
“I think that the death toll and economic toll [in Florida] have been significantly lower than comparably sized states like New York,” Marlow said. “[The] decision to cram infected patients back into nursing homes and not clean the subway system is so unbelievably heinous.” … [Read more...] about Rep. Greg Steube: ‘Some Left-Wing Democratic Governors Want Nothing More than to Destroy Their States’ Economies’
