No, Donald Trump is Not ‘Taking Control of the Arts’
What’s behind the Kennedy Center panic
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Who Will Control U.S. Copyright Laws?
The people in SoCal want to protect their jobs. The people in NorCal want to create smarter AI. And the Trump Administration will decide who wins.
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Director Justine Bateman Wants To Use DOGE Savings To Make American Movies Great Again
The MAGA-ized filmmaker aims to launch the federal government’s film production company
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Trump ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit Threatens Entertainment Deal of the Millennium
Life imitates art in an echo of ‘The Insider’
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‘Hamilton’ Takes Its Shot at The Kennedy Center
In protest of the Trump takeover of the national performing arts center, iconic musical pulls its 2026 run; Center fights back
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‘Zero Day’: Robert De Niro Achieves TDS Catharsis
Resistance by pretending to be President on TV
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BFG Podcast #187: ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ and Big Changes at the Kennedy Center
What would the culture do without us?
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What’s Going On At The Kennedy Center?
President Trump brings “culture” into the Culture War
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The Ridiculous Continuing Saga of the January 6th Comic
Actual reality is way more dystopian than this ludicrous piece of political anti-fan fiction
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‘Literary Men’ Aren’t Disappearing
Maybe they never even existed
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The Case for Writers Staying on Twitter (X, Whatever)
Don’t leave just as the show’s getting good
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Justine Bateman Is Your Post-Election Tik Tok Critic
Actor, director, Gen-X icon breaks out on social media with hilarious takedowns of short-form meltdowns
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BFG Podcast #173: Post-Election Special
The rise of the Austin podcast bros and the fall of Hollywood
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America is Austin Now
With Trump’s win, the “say what you want” tech bro moves to the top of the cultural food chain
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‘The Apprentice’: The Donald Trump Movie That Trump, and All Of Us, Deserve
A lightly satirical and deeply tragic look at the Donald’s initial rise to power
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