The Best Truthdig Arts & Culture Stories of 2019

Truthdig Dec 26, 2019 Highlights include a unique take on "Joker," a powerful review of the 58th Venice Biennale and a probing interview with Errol Morris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hallmark Channel Reinstates Same-Sex Ads

JOCELYN NOVECK / The Associated Press Dec 16, 2019 The company reverses what it calls a “wrong decision” to pull the ads following a complaint from a conservative group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ellen DeGeneres and the American Psychopath

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Oct 9, 2019 The talk show host’s sanctimonious defense for catching a football game with George W. Bush speaks to a disturbing national pathology. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Brunei Laws Allow Stoning for Gay Sex, Adultery

ANNABELLE LIANG / The Associated Press Apr 3, 2019 Designed to bolster the influence of Islam, the Southeast Asian nation's laws also apply to children and foreigners. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

FULL VIDEO: Bernie Sanders Dances, Talks Inequality With Ellen DeGeneres

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2015 The underdog Democratic presidential candidate visited with the daytime talk show host to review the plight of the American poor and middle class with her 3.9 million-viewer audience (and to disco dance). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gary Oldman Does Himself a Great Disservice With Anti-Semitic Diatribe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2014 British actor Gary Oldman unleashed a torrent of instantly regrettable remarks about Hollywood culture in the latest edition of Playboy, couching his statements in that tediously familiar type of defiant language so often brandished by the clueless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Stephen Colbert Replace David Letterman?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 5, 2014 The Comedy Central host could give up his role as second fiddle to Jon Stewart and make the jump to network television. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ellen DeGeneres on the Crazy Sexist Pen ‘For Her’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 8, 2013 "The worst part is they don't come with any instructions," the talk show host said. "So like how do they expect us to learn how to write with them?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A ‘Queer History’ of Rick Santorum and Proposition 8

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski on Rick Santorum, Proposition 8, Ellen DeGeneres and gay marriage in Washington state. (This is a pledge show.) Dig deeper

A ‘Queer History’ of Rick Santorum and Proposition 8

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Last week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski on Rick Santorum, Proposition 8, Ellen DeGeneres and gay marriage in Washington state. (This is a pledge show.)Last week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and "A Queer History of the United States" author Michael Bronski. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Reilly Defends DeGeneres, Ellen Chimes In

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 Once in a while, Bill O'Reilly strays from the expected Fox News formula and surprises us with his politics, as he did in this clip from Monday's "O'Reilly Factor," in which he compares the bid by the conservative women's group One Million Moms to boycott J.C. Penney for picking Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman to McCarthyist witch hunts of the ’50s. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dan Savage: ‘It Gets Better,’ but It’s Still Tough for GLBTs

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2010 Sex columnist Dan Savage, creator of the "It Gets Better" campaign to help gay youth through tough transitions, is pretty patient with CNN's Kyra Phillips as he discusses the still very real threat of hate speech and hate crimes targeting (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )