HBO sets their own terms of service, which limit its channels from being shown in public places. So yeah, that includes boxing and any other sports they might air. (I can't remember if they don't allow their boxing matches to be shown in public at all or if they require some kind of absolutely insane extra fee in…

Yeah, this bar just happened to advertise the fact that they were airing the show widely enough that HBO could catch them at it without expending much effort. Back in the Sopranos/Sex and the City days, HBO used to catch bars
who did this by scanning ads in the back of alt-weeklys. Now they probably just check Facebook…

General cable and HBO have different terms of service with their customers. General cable differentiates between residential customers and commercial ones; commercial ones (like bars) pay extra for the ability to screen things publicly. HBO sets their own TOS, and they limit it to residential customers only (and hotel…

I think the movie attempted to make Nick and Amy equally unsympathetic characters in order to highlight that they both had a role in the way the plot played out, but I don't think they did it effectively enough that that it actually sent that message. Had they done a better job, it might have come across more clearly.…

On first viewing I think it's really easy to focus so strictly on how the farce plays out that you don't realize what Anderson is doing with it. Upon rewatch it becomes way more obvious that he's using farce (and his usual whimsy) as a way of forcing us to deal with the Nazi/Holocaust elements of the story in a way…

It's a reference to American Psycho. It's not a direct quote or anything. Regardless, it's obviously not something you say even as a joke unless you believe the people you're referencing are less human than you are. The fact that it's a movie reference doesn't leave him off the hook for the fact that it contains a…

When I first saw Moonrise I thought it was near perfect, and when I first saw Grand Budapest I thought it was enjoyable enough, but upon re-watch my opinions of them have pretty much flipped. Even ignoring the execution of each, Grand Budapest is much more ambitious in scope and themes—especially for Wes, who has…

Oh, yeah, I don't think they'll pay anything insane—nor do I think the fraternity expects that much money out of it, really. Their end-game is probably more along the lines of the lawsuit keeping the idea of their innocence in the public consciousness, and hoping that it'll serve as a deterrent to other news outlets'…

The "I suppose I'm glad" was tongue-in-cheek, but I remain convinced that anybody who sends an email talking about hiring strippers in order to "kill the bitches as soon as they walk in and proceeding to cut their skin off while cumming in his Duke-issue spandex" has earned the "sociopath" label fair and square.

Sure, she could also be a space alien, but given the frequency of sexual assault in the general population versus the infrequency of space aliens, it seems . . . uh, less likely.

She didn't tell them the name of the alleged rapist until after the article was published. She did tell them the name of the fraternity, who Erdely contacted with a minimum of details—likely because she was worried that too many details might cause them to retaliate against Jackie for going to the press—and they…

Not in every case—this article gets into it a little more. Some kinds of libel only require negligence to be proven, which it seems clear would apply here. Others require publishing with "reckless disregard" as to whether or not their allegations were true (not that they knew it was false), and it's entirely possible…

She can be a sociopath and also a rape victim. These two things aren't mutually exclusive.

The fraternity house was vandalized multiple times as a result of the story, and members had to move out of the house for a while to protect their safety, so it's pretty much a gimme that they'll be compensated for those things in some kind of settlement. Emotional distress is obviously a different issue, though.

It was unwise of them to admit publicly that they're not going to make any changes, but I suspect they're probably right. It seems like the problem in this case hinged on the fact that nobody wanted to press too hard or ask too many uncomfortable questions of a rape victim, lest they be accused of being insensitive to…

Re-reading facts of the case years later made me realize that those kids may not have raped anyone, but a) they were still massive sociopathic assholes (okay, or at least some of them were) and b) none of them have suffered any real long-term fallout for that. I mean, objectively I suppose I'm glad they didn't end up…

I think her initial reduced workload was by choice, but then she tried to make a comeback a bit later on, and there wasn't a whole lot out there for her.

I didn't think it was (disclaimer: I'm not Jewish), but there were others that the A.V. Club didn't post (like this one) that were.

I don't know, I think the historical record is a pretty good indication that people of the future side with the giant pussies.

Why would HBO be mad if he didn't finish the books? With as desperate as people are to find out what happens, if their show beats the books to the finish, it's only going to improve their ratings and DVD sales.