Новости за 14.09.2015

Here are the most important political events of the weekend, in three news items. In Britain, the Labour Party elected avowed socialist Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader, with Corbyn tripling the vote of his closest rival. In Australia, the (right-wing) Liberal Party finally revolted against the comically evil Tony Abbott, removing him as leader and thus as the country’s Prime Minister. And in the US, Donald Trump appeared on Jimmy Fallon. …Read More

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has taped an episode of “Ask a Grown Woman” for Rookie, in which grown up celebrities offer up advice to young people’s questions, submitted via email. …Read More

Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America in 1983, the year I was born. She was stripped of her crown ten months later, when she resigned under pressure —  nude pictures she’d previously taken surfaced and were published in Penthouse magazine, enveloping her in scandal. So: an organization that existed to judge women on the grace of their bodies felt it necessary to slut-shame Williams for exposing hers. …Read More

One of the great surprises of the summer television season was The Carmichael Show, a six-episode sitcom that NBC burned off in three weeks. The series was confident right out the gate, and quickly established its own unique voice. Fortunately, NBC agreed and renewed the program for a second season. …Read More

John Oliver’s latest government spanking takes to task public defenders’ offices in the U.S., illustrating how the system verges on requiring them to attend court woefully unprepared. …Read More

Twitter gets a lot of flak for outrage, but the reaction to Vanity Fair‘s “Why Late Night Television Is Better Than Ever” was best described as simple exasperation.  …Read More

US literary culture has a way of marginalizing works of collaboration, especially when they’re written in conjunction with art exhibitions or “politicized” groups, like workers or prisoners. …Read More

When a series switches up its home, whether it’s shifting networks (Cougar Town moving from ABC to TBS) or going from television to online streaming (Arrested Development moving from Fox to Netflix), the focus is always on whether the move was smart, or a total waste. …Read More