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The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Southern Charm’ Is the Anti-Romance Reality Show
Brianna Stello/Bravo While 'The Bachelor' is an aspirational romantic fantasy, writes the THR columnist, the Bravo show, whose castmember Thomas Ravenel has been accused of sexual assault, is an object lesson in how not to...
The Hollywood Reporter: MoviePass Can Help Bring Marginalized Groups to Theaters
Illustration by: Tim Peacock The NBA Hall of Famer and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues for the controversial all-you-can-watch service, which may help with "democratizing" the kind of films that get made. During the 2016 Academy...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: My Bill Cosby Friendship and When Bad People Make Good Art
With the disgraced star's second trial underway, THR's columnist admits he can't watch his former friend's shows "without anger, guilt or shame" as he confronts what offenses are "great enough to condemn the art along...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Details Sherlock Holmes’ First Case in ‘Mycroft and Sherlock’ (Exclusive)
by Graeme McMillan The follow-up novel to the acclaimed 'Mycroft Holmes' will be released this October. This fall, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will continue to uncover the secret history of Sherlock Holmes’ smarter brother with the release...
The Hollywood Reporter: Don’t Be Fooled, ‘Roseanne’ Is Really TV’s Most Anti-Trump Show
Adam Rose/ABC ('Roseanne') The NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues the politics on the revived sitcom are played for laughs like on 'All in the Family' or the 'Colbert Report,' but the daily economic...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reviews New Book ‘Bachelor Nation’ (and “Emotional Harassment” on a Hit Show) (BOOK REVIEW)
The NBA Hall of Famer and Hollywood Reporter columnist is a fan of 'The Bachelor' franchise, but he laments the recent Arie debacle and responds to a new tell-all expose with a classic Jonathan Swift...
The Hollywood Reporter: Why Hollywood Activism Failed at the Oscars
1:11 PM PST 3/7/2018 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The THR columnist and NBA legend liked Frances McDormand's "firecracker" speech and the "heartfelt presentation" on Time's Up, but for the most part, he writes, it was "#OscarsSoLite." Based on...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Race and Redemption in ‘Three Billboards’
Focusing on how the Oscar-nominated movie trivializes racist police brutality misses its bigger message, writes the NBA legend and THR cultural critic. [This story contains spoilers for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.] Despite four Golden Globe...
