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'The Expendables 3' Review: Best of the Bunch

'The Expendables 3' Review: Best of the Bunch

For some reason (maybe because of that damned shaky-cam) 2010’s “Expendables” hasn’t worn very well — and all I remember about 2012’s “Expendables 2” is Chuck Norris popping up at odd times. “Expendables 3” is a major improvement over its

Widow: Robin Williams Died Sober, Early Stages of Parkinson's

Widow: Robin Williams Died Sober, Early Stages of Parkinson's

When Robin Williams committed suicide earlier this week, the actor/comedian was sober and in the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease, according to a statement released Thursday by his widow, Susan Schneider. Robin’s sobriety was intact and he was brave as

Book Tour Costs Hillary Big Leads Over Potential GOP Rivals

Book Tour Costs Hillary Big Leads Over Potential GOP Rivals

After a book tour and summer season of gaffes, missteps and backtracks during her clumsy book tour, a new poll shows that Hillary Clinton’s once-insurmountable lead over her potential GOP 2016 presidential contenders has slipped considerably. The former Secretary of

Video: Ferguson Cops Tear Gas Al Jazeera News Crew

Video: Ferguson Cops Tear Gas Al Jazeera News Crew

If at first you watch this video recorded in Ferguson, MO, last night and want to give cops the benefit of the doubt, their actions afterward back up the suspicion that the teargas canister was in fact meant to disburse

Garcetti Expects $400 Million In Hollywood Corporate Welfare

Garcetti Expects $400 Million In Hollywood Corporate Welfare

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti returned from a trip to Sacramento and announced that he expects somewhere around $400 in corporate welfare for Hollywood to be approved by the state legislature. Currently, Hollywood enjoys $100 in million corporate welfare.  Since

Democrat Poll: McConnell Surges, Up 5 Over Grimes

Democrat Poll: McConnell Surges, Up 5 Over Grimes

Just last month, Democrat pollster Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed Kentucky Democrat Allison Grimes up 2 points over incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. A new PPP poll released Tuesday shows a McConnell surge of 7 points. The Republican is

Hollywood Tries to Save Senate for Democrats

Hollywood Tries to Save Senate for Democrats

With the United States Senate looking more and more like it will fall into Republican hands next year, the usual-usuals in Hollywood are pouring thousands of dollars into campaign coffers in the hopes of turning it around. The Hill reports

Lauren Bacall: Eternal in Black and White

Lauren Bacall: Eternal in Black and White

Using the word “natural” is sometimes unkind. The description can thoughtlessly dismiss the effort, ambition, stress, and sweat equity that goes into making it look so easy.  Movie stars are different.  Not all of them. John Wayne spent ten  years

Unbundling Cable: Would You Pay to Watch NBC?

Unbundling Cable: Would You Pay to Watch NBC?

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Democrat Jay Rockefeller and the committee’s top Republican, Sen. John Thune, took a baby step towards unbundling cable television. The idea is to give customers victimized by soaring cable bills a break by allowing them to

Police: Robin Williams Hanged Himself with Belt

Police: Robin Williams Hanged Himself with Belt

In a Tuesday morning press conference, the Marin County Sheriff’s office confirmed that actor/comedian Robin Williams hanged himself. He was last seen alive by his wife late Sunday night. It was death by asphyxiation at his Northern California home and

Robin Williams: It Was All Right There In His Eyes

Robin Williams: It Was All Right There In His Eyes

When Robin Williams smiled his whole face smiled … except for his eyes. Williams’ eyes twinkled, moistened, saw right through you, but never smiled. His eyes informed us something else was going on, something deeper; that the character was holding

Huffington Post Lies About Border Poll Results

Huffington Post Lies About Border Poll Results

For a story about a poll that shows only 13% of Americans want the children in this recent flood of illegals to be allowed to stay in America, The Huffington Post wrote this headline: “Most Americans Believe Migrant Children Should

Reuters Misleads About Results of Own Border Poll

Reuters Misleads About Results of Own Border Poll

Reuters commissioned a border poll and obviously didn’t care for the results. When you are Reuters, though, that’s not a  problem. You simply bury the inconvenient numbers under a misleading headline that reads, “Obama vow to speed deportation of children

In Defense of Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter’s most recent column calling Kent Brantley, the Christian missionary/doctor suffering from Ebola, “idiotic” for going to Africa in the first place, has produced a ton of blowback.  Much of that blowback has come from her fellow conservatives —

BaldGate: WaPo Trolls Someone Named 'Mario' Rubio

BaldGate: WaPo Trolls Someone Named 'Mario' Rubio

The Washington Post can’t be bothered to look into the IRS or Benghazi scandals. But in the midst of celebrating the 40th anniversary of President Nixon’s resignation, the Post shows just how far it has fallen since the halcyon days

NYT: New Media Drove Obama to Action In Iraq

NYT: New Media Drove Obama to Action In Iraq

The New York Times doesn’t come right out and say it was New Media that finally drove Obama to admit he withdrew from Iraq prematurely by ordering airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. But when the New York Times admits that

Box Office: Ninja Turtles Slay the Galaxy's Guardians

Box Office: Ninja Turtles Slay the Galaxy's Guardians

Hollywood’s having its 2nd good weekend in a row, up +18% over last year per Nikki Finke. All hail producer Michael Bay’s reboot of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which should land somewhere close to $60 million by Monday morning.