Outside the Beltway

The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

Now it all started fifty-three Thanksgivings ago . . .

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

One last Kavanaugh Cold Open.

Saturday Night Live inevitably mocked the Ford/Kavanaugh hearing on Thursday in their cold open.

After forty years, a sexual predator finally gets at least some of what he deserves.

New evidence indicates that the same Russian backed bots and trolls that sought to influence the 2016 election are now attempting to exploit the social divisions raised by the N.F.L. players kneeling during the National Anthem.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

The masturbator-harasser is doing stand-up again.

Iconic Broadway legend Neil Simon, who was responsible for hits such as “The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.

ESPN won’t air the National Anthem before regular season games this year, but that probably won’t stop the President from ranting about it.

RIP. Queen Of Soul

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.

Make it so!

You might say he body slammed the opposition.

Was one of the pioneering African-American entertainers a “house Negro”?

ABC is bringing back Roseanne without Roseanne Barr. Whether that will prove to be a success or not remains to be seen.

For the second time in three years, we have a Triple Crown winner.

Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, writer, television host, and storyteller. He also suffered from demons that ultimately caught up with him.

Most Americans disagree with Trump on the N.F.L. National Anthem protests, but Republicans are behind him.

In what seems like an obvious response to the rise of the #MeToo movement and the cultural changes it has brought about, the Miss America pageant is making a major change.

It may be my favorite Star Wars film since ‘Empire Strikes Back.’

Hours after she unleashed a racist Twitter tirade, Roseanne Barr has had her show canceled by ABC. Of course, ABC knew who it was doing business with well before today.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and sexual assault in a New York Court.

Jack Johnson, who was convicted of violating the Mann Act in a case obviously infected with racism, has been pardoned by President Trump.

Does learning that entertainers are bad people retroactively ruin their art?

President Trump’s response to the N.F.L.’s new National Anthem policy is as narrow-minded and divisive as you’d expected it to be.

The N.F.L. has come up with a dumb “solution” to a non-existent problem.

Michael Cohen once threatened The Onion because it published a satirical article about Donald Trump.

New York attorney Aaron Schlossberg found himself on the receiving end of an Internet firestorm this week. His case raises some interesting questions about Internet vigilantism.

Rest in Peace, Lois Lane.

The number of Americans professing no religious affiliation is on the rise. This will have some interesting cultural and political implications.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

The tragedy of Bill Cosby lies not in the downfall of a man once known as “America’s Dad,” but in the fact that a man who was, in fact, a sexual predator was allowed to evade justice for far too long.

Marking the end of a long fall from grace, the man once known as “America’s Dad” has been found guilty on three counts of sexual assault.

The Donald Trump presidency has some eerie parallels with his run on “The Apprentice.”

Get a will, people.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

The Director of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Amadeus,’ both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, has died at the age of 86.

The Marvel superhero film passed ‘Titanic’ in US ticket sales. Unless we adjust for inflation. Which we absolutely should.

Bill Cosby heads back to court for a retrial on the sexual assault allegations against him but it’s not going to be the same as the first.

The JK Rowling-owned fan site is having trouble competing with fan-owned sites.

Stephen Hawking possessed one of the greatest minds in history, but he will likely be most remembered for not letting a debilitating disease stop him from contributing to our understanding of the universe.