We have ZERO anti-trust enforcement left in this country, and really haven’t for 40 years. It should terrify us all. 

(However, situations like this can be useful reminders to reevaluate the relationship in general. Do you still like this person? Were things generally good before the betrayal? It’s possible that you would be better cutting off or downgrading your relationship with this person regardless of the betrayal.)

Bravo! For most of us females, PIV is highly overrated. I mean, we really like it, but it’s usually not particularly effective at the hoped for end result.

That last letter should be required reading for any hetero guy.

I agree with you 100%. This isn’t an issue of ‘we slept together once’ and they were trying to cover it up. This is long-term lying and (probable) gaslighting. For EIGHTEEN months. So the husband can’t be trusted after this either. This isn’t behavior that could or *should* be forgiven.

“Hey, you have the same name as the author of Paradise Lost! You’re not Satan, are you?” (Laughs)

Yeah going through his films it does appear to be one or two missed then classic. I love over acting Pacino. It was the one I grew up with. Bit then I caught Dog Day Afternoon, followed by double hit of Insider and Insomnia and totally changed my view of him (admittedly then went back and rewatched Godfather and…

I got the impression that Lomax (Keanu’s character) was the titular devil’s advocate.

Ah, but is it not Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) who is the devil’s advocate in this case?! He’s not Pacino’s lawyer in the sense of his representative, but he is “his” in that he is employed by him!

I am pretty sure he went well and beyond what is professional or appropriate with Shiela E, Appolonia, Vanity, Wendy and Lisa etc and tried to micromanage not only their image and stage personas but every other aspect in their lives. I can only imagine some of these women felt very trapped in a lot of ways in a…

I also recall Carmen Electra had some stories about him being very demanding and controlling of her behavior. I was chalking that up to him being “eccentric”, but that generous label and benefit of the doubt is what we give to rich and talented people.

I think Catholics and conservatives would have been very, very pissed off at Kurt Cobain or Eddie Vedder if it had been them. I also think it wouldn’t have hurt their careers at all - sure there’s going to be some fall out but it would also enhance their grunge street cred, and rock and roll has always loved the rebel…

If you think rock n roll is more about rebellion and standing up against authority, than what she did was great and very rock n roll. If you think it’s more about partying, sex and money, than it is bad thing. One also has to wonder if Kurt Cobain or Eddie Vedder had done what the reaction would have been.

Loved the NYT piece. And for whatever issues she’s had, I totally respect her approach to fame. It’s like, “No. I’ll do this on my terms or I ain’t fucking doing it.”

Everyone was mad at her for calling out the catholic church and then it turned out she was right. Don’t think any other problems she has negates that in the slightest

His ordering of his wife’s priorities is like a haiku of petty, aging male neuroses.

I came here to comment the same thing.  If people are still suspicious of science and medicine they just have to look at what’s been done with HIV.  In the 90s the AIDS epidemic was all over the place, and terrifying.  I’m not saying you’d want to get HIV now, but the fact that they’ve made it a chronic condition that…

Super awesome that someone can live with this for 13 years and declare themselves the healthiest they’ve ever been. As a kid growing up in the 90s that still seems like a science fiction future scenario to me.

Sorry, Dave Foley was a core member of Kids in the Hall. Anything after that is a step down, no matter how good it is.

And then they came for the straight white men, and I totally talked over them and ignored them and continued living my life as if nothing had changed, because I’m a straight white man.