Outside the Beltway

Netflix no longer offers President Frank Underwood. They’re lining up a replacement.

The actor best known for his run on M*A*S*H died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

The funk legend advocates a melting pot approach in a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone.

Here’s one vote for ending this annoying practice.

Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]

The new Black Panther movie raises a variant of the central question of the superhero genre. [No significant spoilers]

Bret Stephens thinks so.

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

The lead story on Yahoo News at the moment, courtesy People magazine (“Robert Wagner Now Considered a ‘Person of Interest’ in Wife Natalie Wood’s Mysterious Death”):

Todd Rogers has been stripped of his world record for the Atari 2600 racing game Dragster.

A government panel has mandated a 50% increase in the revenue share streaming services pay songwriters and music publishers.

Last October, legendary rocker Tom Petty died of a heart attack, at the relatively young age of 66. The medical examiner has now attributed this to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Jim Nabors, who became famous as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, has died at the age of  87.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A huge loss for the world of Rock & Roll.

He had more than three dozen Top 40 pop hits through the 1950s and early ’60s, among them ”Blueberry Hill,” ”Ain’t It a Shame,” “I’m Walkin’,” “Blue Monday” and “Walkin’ to New Orleans.”

The band leader of the Heartbreakers and the Traveling Wilburys is gone.

Hugh Hefner, who became both a cultural icon and a catalyst and reflector of vast social changes, has died at the age of 91.

A loss for the world of comedy.

R.I.P., Caped Crusader

Roger Moore, who played James Bond for a longer period and in more films than any other actor to date, has died at the age of 89.

A pioneer of Rock & Roll has passed away.

Fewer people are watching live television events such as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

There were 111.3 million people tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday, slightly lower than last year.

If you changed the channel after the third quarter, you missed what ended up becoming a game for the ages.

A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.

Another television icon has passed away.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Another music superstar has passed away.