Grace Carr on December 9, 2018 A biologically female boxer who identifies as transgender beat her male opponent Saturday night, marking a first in U.S. professional boxing. Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel, 33, beat her biologically male opponent Hugo Aguilar Saturday night in a match at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, according to Voice of America. “I…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Nick Givas Media Reporter CNBC’s “Power Lunch” co-anchor Brian Sullivan compared Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to a fictional mother of dragons Wednesday on “Morning Joe.” “Perhaps the Trump administration is getting its advice from ‘Game of Thrones,’” Sullivan said. “Remember the dragon episode last Sunday, ‘Fire and Fury’? It seemed like…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Comedian and host of HBO’s “Real Tim,” Bill Maher came swinging at one of his recurring guests for cancelling his appearance which was supposed to be along side controversial conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos saying, “Liberals will continue to lose if as they follow the example of people like Mr. Scahill.” RELATED: Journalist Cancels…
HBO Ponders Decision on Whether to Cave to Feminists by Josh Guckert During a recent meeting at the Television Critics Association, critics asked HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys about the station’s use of gendered violence in its shows. The questions were largely based on the smash-hit Game of Thrones, which is often accused of sexism….
‘Winter is here’, but unfortunately it’s a sunny summer By Darrell England If you’re finally caught up to the season 6 finale of Game of Thrones and just can’t wait for more, you may just find your wait unbearably long. You’re not going to believe what the show’s creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, announced on the…
By Michael Fitzgerald *Spoiler warning for Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10* Sometimes elements from two different pieces of art go so perfectly together, one wonders whether they were created by the same people (I checked, and they are not). This is certainly the case for this hilariously perfect mashup of the song “Let…
John Oliver of HBO’s Last Week Tonight was not in favor of Brexit and, as usual, expresses his opinion in hilarious fashion. Whether you were for ‘leave’ or ‘remain’, there is something for everyone to laugh at here. Oliver covers the fallout from the EU shake-up; skewering David Cameron and breaking down the economic repercussions. Of…
By Blake Neff The Arya scenes of Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” episode, “The Broken Man,” didn’t make any sense. Arya Stark has spent years on the run, seen repeated betrayals, come close to death countless times, and now she’s defected from an order of shapeshifting super-assassins who have explicitly warned they will kill her if she leaves. So…
By Blake Neff HBO’s new movie about the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is drawing fire from critics who say it warps the truth to vilify Thomas. The confirmation hearings for Thomas, held in 1991, turned into a major political battle after Anita Hill, who worked under Thomas while he was at the…
John Oliver has pretty much ignored Donald Trump… Until now. The 22 minute segment tears Trump apart in hilarious fashion!