'The Player': A Show Where Super-Rich People ‘Gamble on Crime’

Business
September 24th, 2015 2:36 PM
Entertainment is full of plotlines that make wealthy people look evil, or like criminals, or even cold-hearted. NBC’s new “pulp” The Player just takes a new approach with an Illuminati-level conspiracy. The Player, which premieres tonight on NBC, asks viewers to accept the unusual premise that there is a strange and secret conspiracy. Because “ordinary games become stale,” the world’s richest…

Hollywood Defends Terrorists, Dictators, Child Rapists and Cop Killers

December 16th, 2010 6:39 PM
Wesley Snipes is in jail.  That’s right, Blade is behind bars.  Passenger 57 is now known as Inmate 224567. And this friends, is a travesty. It’s not just a travesty because we’re going to have to wait at least three years for the next poorly conceived direct-to-video action film starring the Shotokan Karate master. It’s a travesty because of the deafening silence surrounding his…