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Associated PressJanuary 2, 2017

Bobby Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone. Many of President-elect Donald Trump‘s cultural touchstones, which he’d frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter, were at their peak in the 1980s — the decade Trump’s celebrity status rose in New York, Trump Tower was built, “The Art of the Deal” was published and he first flirted […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

I was delighted to read online in the middle of the night that “Spotlight,” the Tom McCarthy directed film about the Boston Globe’s investigations into the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal, won Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards last night. I read about it, because I wasn’t staying up past midnight to find out […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016

Happy Friday, y’all. As we go into the NFL’s best weekend (and one of the greatest in all of professional sports) and reflect on the Oscar nominations (DiCaprio, Brie Larson and Stallone are locks, by the way, and though she won’t win, I’m all in for Alicia Vikander for Supporting Actress), Friday’s national story is […]

Marc YachtJanuary 25, 2015

Hollywood-created assassin action actor Liam Neeson claims there are too many guns in America. Not shying away from the “F” word, he cites 320 million citizens and 300 million guns. Neeson, whose screen body counts approach that of Sylvester Stallone, mentions the all-too-frequent school killings that have taken innocent lives. The gun manufacturer PARA USA, […]

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For Donald Trump, the 1980s still hold relevance

Mitch Perry Report for 2.29.16 – #OscarsSoLong

Mitch Perry Report for 1.15.16 — Has the GOP contest wilted down to 2-and-a-half men?

Marc Yacht: Pistol-packing actor Liam Neeson could switch to kung fu