Archive for Pop Culture

Separated at Birth: Trey Gowdy and Draco Malfoy

FishbowlDC passes along this comparison:

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Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies was played by  Tom Felton. Rep. Trey Gowdy represents the 4th Congressional District in South Carolina. Another suggestion can be found at FishbowlDC.

R.I.P. Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton, most well known for playing Edith Bunker, passed away.

I’ll include this as a tribute:

VIDEO: Lynyrd Skynyrd sings new Pawn Stars theme

Star Trek: Live Long, Prosper, and Blame Bush

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BBC America via Breitbart.com

To millions of fans, Star Trek is an entertainment, but to [ Benedict] Cumberbatch it’s more than that. To him it’s offering content that has topical and political relevance.

In the film there’s a debate among Starfleet personnel over how best to extract an enemy in a distant part of the galaxy — and whether that enemy should be subjected to due process.

The British actor says: “It’s no spoiler I think to say that there’s a huge backbone in this film that’s a comment on recent U.S. interventionist overseas policy from the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld era.”

Report: Fox News’ Megyn Kelly could move to 10 p.m. time slot

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A New York Times story on both Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly renewing their contracts with Fox News also points out that Van Susteren may move to an earlier time slot and that Kelly could replace her in the prime time slot at 10 p.m.

The article points out that Van Susteren may be making the move to spend more time with her husband, who was diagnosed with cancer. A source tells the NYT that the change isn’t likely “imminent” because of Kelly’s pregnancy.

The story also talks ratings as they pertain to Van Susteren, who is consistently number one in the time slot despite some slippage recently. Kelly had reportedly talked to ABC and CNN prior to the renewal.