I think it is changing slowly. There was an interesting article in the FAZ recently about the movie Fack ju Göhte, which talked about how it dealt with the main character's Turkish background.

Yeah. I know both the UK and Germany well. The difference is in the outspokenness (and the precise groups targeted) rather than the 'quantity' of racism, as if that were even measurable. A better comparison to anglophone racism is German antisemitism. It's still around and pretty virulent in some population groups…

A quick Google search finds this:

Top Gear. Relevant part at 4:43:

I honestly don't understand why this is even a story. They just seem to be a bunch of friends having some silly fun, like most of us could do with more of. I don't get what's here to make fun of, but I'm old and apparently don't understand internet snark.

Yeah. I was surprised by the question in this article. Whatever we feel about Dredd personally, we're not supposed to like the system he defends. Of course, there are always people who think he's a hero, much as there were people who thought that of Alf Garnett/Archie Bunker.

I'm a guy and have had exactly the same experience. When I look back at the women I've dated, or even just fallen for without the feelings being requited, the only common physical denominator is that they all had really expressive faces. Their smiles, in particular, spread really quickly across their whole faces and…

That's exactly what I was thinking. This is just an RL (or wannabe) rip-off of the awesome sci-fi nightmare short.

I really hope this comes up as a plot point in The Americans.

Yung in a fight scene*:

Not sure if this is the sort of thing you are looking for, but here's a KS for a customizable rpg environment app: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/98564…

I was loath to watch it because I'm so tired of TV living off violence against women. But the reviews were good and it had Gillian Anderson in it, so I tried the first episode. As we spent quite a lot of time with the woman he was stalking, I realized that it was great how they were taking the time to humanize his…

And A Cock and Bull Story. She's really drily hilarious in that.

Yeah. The change came from Jackie Stewart, not the spectators.

Really? If you remember, be sure to tell Ylvis:

I loved that movie too! The ship's called the Palomino.

Yeah. He played a camp counselor:

In that video she looks like she really is having fun. Patricia's right: she's flat-out adorable.

Oh, yeah, I believe you. I just saw an excuse to post that video. :)

a girl on there kept insisting that she was best friends with Courtney Love