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Tag: politics
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Chris Rock weighs in on taxes for the wealthy
Chris Rock doesn’t want his kids’ teachers to be homeless.
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Teenagers don’t know anything
People rip on teenagers all the time. They’re whiny, emotional, overdramatic, and they don’t give a crap about real world issues. Most of the time, that’s a stereotype, but in the case of these kids, it’s totally true.
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Dominic Cooper dazzles in ‘The Devil’s Double’
Imagine being best friends with a rich, famous guy who throws the best parties and gets all the hot girls. Sounds like an episode of Entourage, except that this famous guy isn’t Vinny Chase, he’s Uday Hussein and he’s also a psychotic, arrogant maniac.
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Yahoo! interviews Dominic Cooper of The Devil’s Double
Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil’s Double, talked about the film with Yahoo! Here, he explains how he wanted to play the two roles very differently and how independent films are different from huge studio films. Our review of The Devil’s Double is coming soon to trashwire.com.
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Jon Stewart on Mark Halperin Calling Obama a Dick
Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin calls President Obama a dick, but then apologizes under the chaperone of Willie Geist’s disapproving glare.
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President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden’s Death with Will Ferrell
Barack Obama sent Navy Seal Team 6 to take out Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad and made a statement confirming it on Sunday night. Former President George W. Bush finally responds to who and what has been terrorizing him for years….
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Casino Jack struggles with pacing
The world of D.C. lobbyists is filled with slick, fast-talking, callous, sleaze bags getting into high-stakes sexy action while exchanging money and extravagant gifts for political favors… well, according to Hollywood anyway. Most of the time, it seems like they’d fit in better with Ari Gold on Entourage than they do on Capitol Hill. It’s…
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Machete, a superhero for the immigration age
The release of Machete could not have been more perfectly timed. With the immigration debate reigning as media’s hot button de jour, a film that makes a bold political statement with stellar filmmaking and performances is sure to stir up some controversy.
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Michael Moore’s at it again with Capitalism: A Love Story
There’s no such thing as an objective documentary. Every documentary, right down to the ones about wild animals roaming the tundra, has been injected with some opinion because every documentary is composed of shots and scenes edited together to create a sort of story. Michael Moore is a master of piecing these elements together to…
