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First, a reality check: We are living in a state of social and sexual angst, and nothing can be written about it without further raising the tension level. Everyone seems permanently pissed off. I find myself thus avoiding these topics, but certain mundane questions still nag at me. Who actually takes the time to…

Walter Bernstein, who was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s but returned to writing on many films, including the Oscar-nominated script for The Front, has died at 101. Bernstein died Friday night, according to former WGA West president Howard Rodman, who reported it on Twitter. Bernstein’s credits included the…

Raymond “Red” Reddington is in hostile territory and his most-closely guarded secrets will be tested by old enemies and new allies. That’s the situation in the just-released trailer for Season 7 of the NBC series Blacklist, which returns Oct. 4 and stars James Spader as the ever-enigmatic Reddington. Season 6 ended…

Representation and inclusion on TV appear to be on the steady uptick, but a closer look shows that progress is a minuscule move of the needle. We are seeing more black, Latino and Asian representation, but as we look deeper into specific portrayals within these ethnicities and races we have seen a stagnant pool of…

President Trump is mulling the idea of revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, and might extend the slap to other former intel honchoes he feels have “politicized and in some cases actually monetized their public service security clearances” to make “baseless accusations” against the president…