An ad showing a freshman congresswoman’s face in flames that aired during the Democratic Presidential debate Thursday night has resulted in #BoycottABC trending on Twitter. The inflammatory anti-socialism ad aired on an unknown number of Sinclair-owned ABC stations, including in Washington D.C., and depicted a photo of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on fire. So far more than 40,000 tweets have used the hashtag. AOC has slammed the commercial: “GOP’s message: No policy, no facts, just displays of violence + corporations like @ABCNetwork & Sinclair who amplify them. Read More...
Long before Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye starred in the 1954 holiday classic White Christmas, Crosby was singing about glistening treetops and sleigh bells in the snow in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. A black-and-white spectacular scored by Irving Berlin, Holiday Inn starred Crosby and Fred Astaire as the song-and-dance duo Jim and Ted, chronicling Jim’s quest to leave show business behind and start a Connecticut inn that’s only open on major holidays. Read More...
Styles of anarchy Warner Bros. Pictures “I really, really, really might have had the most fun I’ve ever had in costume design making this movie,” says Erin Benach, who created the wild wardrobe for Birds of Prey, the DCEU's R-rated new chapter. Keeping in mind what women would actually want to wear — and not just what men would want to see them in — Benach describes her challenge as: “In my dreamiest of dreams, what would I want me and a gang of girlfriends to wear to kick butt? Read More...
