This season's opener clocked in 8.5 million, which was greater than the 8.4 million season finale. I call that a spike. As to what caused it, I don't know: but A&E had been (pardon the pun) killing the goose that laid the golden egg with constant reruns of the show - much like ABC did with too many nights of "Who…

Their ratings were already in decline, much like Paula Deen's: in fact, the controversy actually caused a ratings spike.

The son is trolling now to juice up "Duck Dynasty" ratings, which have been in the toilet: he's hoping that folks will start to rally around the family again, thus he's bringing up the gay thing again. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-r…

The richest thing about this is that this comes from a Flemish newspaper: as a woman in France, you are probably aware of the disdain Francophones have historically had for the Flemish (thinking them peasants, uncultured, that their language is ugly, etc.). If I were to mock the Flemish using a Parisian accent, very…

You mean White Oprah?

What is the school to do?

This "misguided" solution" is not really a solution to the real problem: that kids think it's acceptable to bully someone that is outside the norm. Schools are supposed to be in the business of teaching, and what they were teaching here by their "solution" was that if someone's different, a group has the right to…

Alimony and child support are two different matters. Alimony is decided at the time of divorce to keep the less wealthy ex-spouse in the same lifestyle as she was in during the marriage. Child support is normally a function of the payer's income, calculated out by percentage. If Marc Anthony's income has increased…

Sorry, Carla, your modeling career had cooled considerably by the time you married Sarko. The women in your age group getting those contracts that you mentioned are ACTRESSES.

If that's the best argument you have, I'll take that as a concession.

Sorry I annoy you. But what's more annoying is conflating her win for a role with the great march for women's equality in film. That's the problem, which I guess you're missing intentionally. Blanchett tried to make her win some grand statement about equality. Equality for her, sure. Ask Viola Davis how many lead…

You're missing the point. Allen can write and make films with anyone he wants. Just acknowledge that his limited palette is not writing "great roles for women" - but it's "writing great roles for white women". It's about removing white as the default, and acknowledging that, just as people freely recognize that Tyler…

I didn't state that "he writes 'for women'" - I took issue with Blanchett's Golden Globe speech that he writes "great roles for women" (that she echoed in her Oscar speech).

Thank you! I was beginning to think that I was the unreasonable one...

Yes, one Indian woman in a supporting role in one out of the 54 films he's made. Yes, that's diversity.

One can do both without being as tone-deaf as Blanchett about the imbalances. That Allen writes for white women makes him better for white women, but it doesn't necessarily help the Asian actress auditioning for roles: whether she's rejected because of her race or her gender, she still doesn't have a job. Your crumbs…

In her Golden Globes acceptance speech, Blanchett thanked “Woody, for writing role after role after role for women, and then giving them the space to create them.” So, actually, no - her default wasn't herself here. It was white women.

It's not about assailing Blanchett for Allen writing exclusively for white women: it's about removing "white" as the default when discussing women's roles. Blanchett came off as a champion for equality here by holding Allen up as an example of someone who writes roles for "women". It would just be more honest to…

Ms. Cruz is Spanish, which can be any race (just as there are white Cubans, ya know?) And Ms. Cruz, like most Spaniards, identifies as white (try calling a Spaniard "hispanic", and sit back while you're corrected).