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Lactose Tolerant

By | 02.02.09 | 12:23 pm

Remember Brian Kilmeade’s comments on “Fox and Friends” about Gus Van Sant’s gay history film, “Milk?” Kilmeade said the film “bombed at the box office,” implying that its Oscar nominations were all thanks to political correctness.

This weekend’s box office numbers are in and “Milk” is … still a More…

Fox and Friends and Milk

By | 01.22.09 | 9:36 am

The hosts of Fox News’ morning show “Fox and Friends” (“More fun than a spinal tap since 1999!”) just emceed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences broadcast that announced the nominees for this year’s Oscars. Short version: No movie is dominating the awards, largely because the unknown More…

More Criticism of Obama over Warren Pick

By | 12.18.08 | 12:29 pm

No shocker here.

It’s not just the gay and lesbian community that’s going after President-elect Barack Obama for his choice to have Rick Warren, the socially conservative evangelical minister, deliver the inauguration’s invocation. Blogging for Congressional Quarterly, David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones, says Obama has “stepped over More…