An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval, drawing immediate… Source: Iran sentences filmmaker to prison for screening film at CannesContinue Reading
William Friedkin, director of iconic 1970s films including “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died, his wife Sherry Lansing, the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. Source: William Friedkin, ‘Exorcist’ director, dead at 87 | CNNContinue Reading
Fox is responding to a Media and Democracy Project filing with the FCC challenging the company’s fitness to own the Philadelphia station Source: Fox Raises 1st Amendment Defense in WTXF-TV License Challenge | TV TechContinue Reading
Donovan X. Ramsey explains how documenting the history of the drug war is a “community project” and looks back on 1990s rap music’s anti-crack hits. Source: A History of the Crack Epidemic From Below | The NationContinue Reading
The Name Accuracy in Credit Reporting Act would require credit reporting agencies to stop using consumers’ deadnames.Continue Reading
Source: Federal appeals court rules Kentucky can force trans kids to detransition – LGBTQ NationContinue Reading
Source: Marjorie Taylor Greene rants about trans kids & Chinese batteries in grand unified conspiracy theory – LGBTQ NationContinue Reading
Joe Lynn Turner (right) and Ritchie Blackmore perform with Deep Purple in 1991. Rolling Stone‘ s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. […]Continue Reading
Screenshot 2023-03-07 at 9.51.08 AM Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has appointed a pastor who traffics in anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theories to serve on the board that controls Disney’s special tax district. The Orlando-based Ron Peri has shared video discussions on YouTube asserting that homosexuality is “evil” and suggesting that […]Continue Reading
