I kinda think the Marquis de Sade was projecting, personally...
I mean, there’s no doubt that ‘power corrupts’. But I rather doubt that most powerful people in history have shared his predilections.
(Also, let’s not lump consensual kinky stuff, however weird, in with actual sexual assault and abuse.)

I’m not that familiar with the Root, but they don’t hate white people for being white, do they? That’s what a racist would do. As I understand it, they mainly mock and criticise powerful white people for how they misuse their power, but that’s hardly the same thing. And if they do sometimes moan about ‘white people’…

My all-time favourite terrible sitcom title is Scrotal Recall, which was so off-putting they actually renamed it.

For a moment I thought they were also responsible for the unpronouncably stupid ‘$h*! My Dad Says’, but it turns out that was CBS.

He arguably isn’t very interesting as a director, but he is probably seen as an ‘actors’ director’ - someone who’ll give them lots of time and attention and draw out their performances. And he seems to be a genuinely nice guy to boot. No surprise people like to work with him.

Psst - you can click on the three dots to the right of a comment to bring up an edit button...

99% of advertising is mainly directed at, and absorbed by, other advertisers.
(Source: an ad.)

“Trump keeps mispronouncing Abe’s name.” - Well, I’m not a President or anything, but I wasn’t sure about this one myself. Part of me thought he might be named after Abe Lincoln. Or Abe’s Oddysee.

The original article is well worth reading, and makes some deep insights into the current nature of the Internet that this weirdness demonstrates. It makes me think that the Internet, in its current form, cannot last forever. Sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have got too big and unmanageable to have any real…

Ooh, sounds like you’ve got a spicy insider story that somehow escaped the attention of the world’s media! Do tell us what Swift’s ‘real sexuality’ is. Preferably in intimate detail.

Yes! No. Maybe? There were too many negatives in that question...

“gives away in the trailer that Ford’s husband had an affair...”
Ford’s husband? Wow, I had no idea Zemeckis was so ahead of his time!

It’s a sobering thought that if Trump hadn’t run for President, his TV career would surely be over in disgrace by now. He’s lucky he found a business with lower moral standards than Hollywood.

Best Mark Strong performance has to be Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He’s not in that many scenes, but his world-weary attitude says it all.

Matthew Vaughn clearly liked him, since he also cast him (to good effect) in Kick-Ass and Kingsman. So this is not his first experience with comic book movies by a long shot.

Well, with Kevin Spacey indisposed, someone’s got to take over as Hollywood’s go-to guy for bald villain roles...

People who recognise that porn actors are workers like anyone else, who deserve to get paid fairly for their work? People who steal porn are assholes.

Hang on, you mean there’s stuff on Tumblr that *isn’t* porn?
(Also: when did ‘stanning’ become a word? That looks like a typo for something, but I’m not sure what.)

...It’s going to be written in Esperanto?

I’m not sure about the details of that law, but surely it would be the POTUS’ responsibility to ensure his communications are archived, not Twitter’s. He’d be the one liable for relying on an inherently unstable communication medium.