I think Kevin James is probably open to anything with the right paycheck.

Yeah, it’s both the title of a book and an old adage (inspired by the title of the book).

This, exactly. The only good billionaire is a former billionaire.

Anna Nicole Smith was not rich (and debatably talented), when she met and married her rich, old husband.

but I get what she’s saying: That rich people can be regular people but with more money

Touché

Twenty years ago, I could open the print version of the AV Club in the Onion, read about new releases... Today when I scroll through Netflix, Amazon, et. al.,

What were the old-school studios, if not ruthless content farms?

Except, that’s NOT how the free market works. Which is fine. The idea here is that we want more protection from the free market.

Relevance?

Came here to comment this exact quote.

Ehh.. he was sort of, tacitly admitting his own complicity while simultaneously (and lamely) attempting to give himself cover in the crowd.

The problem is that for anyone who has seen the news, when they see the ad from now on, they’re not going to think “The boss drives a Jeep, maybe I should too,” they’re going to think “Huh, hope he’s not drunk.”

When did gun-control advocacy become conflated with anti-capitalist rhetoric?

Agreed, but the fact that it’s a dumb business idea doesn’t make it a betrayal of his previous activism.

No, don’t you get it? She’s a good victim, he’s a bad victim.

it’s naive of him to believe that enthusiastically engaging with his 1.1 million Twitter followers—who follow him because he is an activist and survivor—to solicit pillow names and garner support for his venture wouldn’t be seen as capitalizing off of his activist work.

This is so obviously performative, I find myself in the rare position of wishing Jezebel had been much snarkier in their write-up.

EMILY IN PARIS! What a blessed day!

The Globes love Ryan Murphy.