In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange encounter in Vancouver airport. She had just performed a Ted talk about the future of comedy and was heading home to the …
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Culture
Kidnap, blackmail and Suranne Jones as PM: inside Hostage, Netflix’s breakneck new political thriller | Television
Hostage is a political thriller, and observes the conventions in many ways. The pace is absolutely flawless, it’s twisty, it has emotional heft. The British prime minister, Abigail Dalton, played …
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News
US museum denies political pressure in removal of Trump impeachment display | Donald Trump News
Smithsonian Institution says it will update exhibit to reflect all impeachments of US presidents following backlash. The parent organisation of a top-visited history museum in the United States has denied that …
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Jay Leno believes late-night TV comedians have become too politicized — and that they risk losing half the viewing audience by “cozying up to one side or the other.” “To …
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Community
Meta to suspend political advertising in the EU as transparency law looms | Social Media News
The social media giant follows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, which made a similar decision in November. Meta will suspend political and social issue advertising on its platforms in the European …
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Growing up, I went to a politically active church that frequently had politicians visit. My pastor recognized them as visitors during the announcements, but he did not invite them to …
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President Donald Trump appears to have it out for American cities. In every one of his presidential runs, he described life in them as if it were something out of …