Americans’ favorite holiday movies run the gamut from Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life” to Tim Burton‘s animated musical, “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” … One movie on the top 10 list of the AP-NORC Center survey triggers a debate each year. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? […] Read more »
SNL imagined a world without Trump as president. Trump was not amused.
The day after a “Saturday Night Live” sketch depicted what life might be like had Donald Trump never been elected, the president criticized what he called the show’s “one sided coverage” and suggested without any basis that it was defamation. “A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by […] Read more »
Americans: ‘Die Hard’ is not a Christmas movie
There are a few unanswerable questions in life. One of those involves a never-ending debate: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? A new nationally representative Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll sheds some light on that answer, as well as pointing out which holiday classic Americans find most beloved. CONT. Mia Galuppo, […] Read more »
YouTube Greenlights Vox Entertainment Explainer Show
Vox Entertainment wants to answer the Internet’s questions. The studio arm of Vox Media is producing a new explainer show for YouTube that will seek to answer the questions posed by its audience. … In a new format for YouTube, the Vox series will feature a team of correspondents who ask […] Read more »
Computer, Restaurant Sectors Still Top-Rated U.S. Industries
Of 25 industry sectors in the U.S., the computer and restaurant industries roughly tie for being the most well-regarded by the American public. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
A Lesson for Journalists From Today’s TV
Why do fictional television shows often do better than factual journalism at giving viewers a truer sense of the world in all its complexity? Here’s a big reason: TV script writers understand that viewers can deal with nuance and contradictions. … Journalists, however, too often seem to believe that audiences […] Read more »