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"Embarrassingly ubiquitous." Arizona Republic and @azcentral media columnist. All views are mine, but they should probably be yours, too.

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Savannah Guthrie returns to 'Today.' What we know about her comeback Savannah Guthrie returned to the "Today" set for the first time since her mother Nancy went missing. Here's what NBC News says about her future there.

Savannah Guthrie was back on the set of “Today,” but not on camera. And NBC News addressed her future with the show. I wrote about it:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

05.03.2026 16:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'The Bride!' is electrified with Big Ideas. The results are monstrous Jessie Buckley, an Oscar favorite for "Hamnet," goes for broke in "The Bride!" She's amazing, but can't save Maggie Gyllenhaal's latest film.

I really thought I would love "The Bride!" To my surprise, I did not. Here's my review:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

04.03.2026 20:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I ate almost an entire McDonald's Big Arch. I have some advice Unlike the McDonald's CEO's reluctant Krusty the Clown nibbles, I went all in trying the new Big Arch. Here's what it really tastes like.

One more time: I hadn't planned on making gluttony a fruitful minibeat, but I am at least qualified for the job. I wrote about McDonald's Big Arch, which is, indeed, big. Have a look!
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

04.03.2026 14:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I ate almost an entire McDonald's Big Arch. I have some advice Unlike the McDonald's CEO's reluctant Krusty the Clown nibbles, I went all in trying the new Big Arch. Here's what it really tastes like.

ICYMI: As you can see by the super flattering picture, I tried the new McDonald's Big Arch. It was big indeed. Here's my review:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

04.03.2026 00:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I ate almost an entire McDonald's Big Arch. I have some advice Unlike the McDonald's CEO's reluctant Krusty the Clown nibbles, I went all in trying the new Big Arch. Here's what it really tastes like.

McDonald’s CEO is a coward. I tried the new Big Arch for real. Have a look:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

03.03.2026 20:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

03.03.2026 03:29 👍 4357 🔁 838 💬 108 📌 17
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Why did we bomb Iran? Answers depend on the news you watch | Opinion Fox News, CNN and MS Now sprang into coverage of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. Beyond breaking news, there are more questions than answers.

ICYMI yesterday: I wrote about coverage of the U.S. and Israel’s strikes against Iran, and how there were more questions than answers. Have a look!

www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

01.03.2026 17:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why did we bomb Iran? Answers depend on the news you watch | Opinion Fox News, CNN and MS Now sprang into coverage of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. Beyond breaking news, there are more questions than answers.

ICYMI: I wrote about how media covered the U.S. and Israel's strikes against Iran. One reader responded by emailing me and calling Iranians "animals," making a racist comment about Obama and making fun of Biden. Wish it surprised me.
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

01.03.2026 00:26 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Why did we bomb Iran? Answers depend on the news you watch | Opinion Fox News, CNN and MS Now sprang into coverage of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. Beyond breaking news, there are more questions than answers.

I wrote about waking up to the U.S. and Israel's attacks on Iran, and how the media covered it. More questions than answers, and the answers all depended on who was talking. Have a look:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

28.02.2026 19:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m no expert but this seems a little warm for February.

27.02.2026 22:51 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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The Watchlist Our media critic weighs in on all kinds of media: movies, TV, politics, sports, food and more.

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27.02.2026 22:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is today’s edition of The Watchlist, my weekly newsletter. You can subscribe at the link in the comments. And you should! It’s so easy!

27.02.2026 22:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

Get ready for a lot of stuff to happen for “purely financial reasons”

26.02.2026 23:24 👍 849 🔁 199 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump played carnival barker at his State of the Union | Opinion In Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address in his second term, he rolled out his usual lies and brags. Then he went game-show host.

Putting this out there one more time. I thought maybe it would seem less crazy over the course of the day. It does not. Your State of the Union update, from me:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

26.02.2026 00:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Buster setting the mood

25.02.2026 22:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump State of the Union felt more like a weird game show | Opinion In Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address in his second term, he rolled out his usual lies and brags. Then he went game-show host.

ICYMI: Brag, lie, blame. Wash, rinse repeat. I wrote about Trump's #SOTU speech, which was the familiar stuff turned into a weird reality show. Have a look:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

25.02.2026 14:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump State of the Union felt more like a weird game show | Opinion In Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address in his second term, he rolled out his usual lies and brags. Then he went game-show host.

"Come on down!" He actually said that. I wrote about a strange night of TV. Was this the State of the Union or "The Price is Right?"
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

25.02.2026 05:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For nearly an hour Trump mostly stuck to the script and was, for him, fairly subdued. No more.
"These people are crazy, I’m telling you," he said, pointing to the Dem side of the aisle. And: "Democrats are destroying our country but we stopped it just in the nick of time."

25.02.2026 03:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trump's mathematically impossible drug price drops are now up to 1,700%, I see.

25.02.2026 02:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump is still running against Biden. The 2020 election loss is something he can't get over.

25.02.2026 02:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Before trotting out the U.S. men's gold-medal winning hockey team, Trump went on a true Trump riff, claiming that people walk up to him and say, "Please please please mr. President, we’re winning too much. We can’t take it anymore. We’re not used to winning in our country until you came along."

25.02.2026 02:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Did a quick channel run-through to see how networks are preparing for #SOTU and, like clockwork, there is Clay Travis complaining to Jesse Watters on Fox News about trans athletes. It would be comical if it weren't ridiculous, stupid and scary.

25.02.2026 01:40 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a woman in a turtleneck sweater is standing in front of a mirror . ALT: a woman in a turtleneck sweater is standing in front of a mirror .

Settling in to watch #SOTU address for the next however many hours, and it's just wild that the big question hanging over everything is not so much policy or proposals, but whether Trump can act like an adult for the duration.

25.02.2026 01:14 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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One word of Savannah Guthrie's new video plea broke my heart | Opinion Savannah Guthrie posted a new video, offering a reward of $1 million for information leading to recovery of her mother, Nancy. It was devastating.

ICYMI: I found Savannah Guthrie's latest video about her mom particularly moving. I wrote about why:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

24.02.2026 23:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As are all of his books.

24.02.2026 18:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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One word of Savannah Guthrie's new video plea broke my heart | Opinion Savannah Guthrie posted a new video, offering a reward of $1 million for information leading to recovery of her mother, Nancy. It was devastating.

Something about Savannah Guthrie's last video really got to me. One word in particular. I wrote about it:

www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

24.02.2026 17:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jeff Flake was on Colbert. All he wanted was his rug back | Opinion Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert". He wasn't campaigning. He just wanted his stolen rug back.

Jeff Flake visits Stephen Colbert and makes only one Trump joke. He's not running (that we know of), so no equal-time issues for Brendan Carr to bluster about. Flake did pay 10 grand to get a rug back, though. I wrote about it:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

24.02.2026 15:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Hell yeah! US gold in men’s (and women’s) hockey! That was great.
Anyone else remember 1980?

22.02.2026 15:57 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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homer simpson is screaming with his mouth open ALT: homer simpson is screaming with his mouth open

I love the Olympics and sure, I like my every-four-years dose of a little curling. But PLEASE, all of the NBC/Paramount networks, enough is enough. At this point I'd rather watch snow fall on an empty slope.

21.02.2026 00:49 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's Supreme Court tantrum was a spectacular train wreck | Opinion Donald Trump called Supreme Court justices who voted against his tariff authority "fools and lapdogs," "unpatriotic" and a "disgrace." It was wild TV.

ICYMI: I wrote another chapter in the This Is Not Normal files, this one about Trump's rants at the Supreme Court today. I don't know how you defend his behavior, but I'm sure plenty of people will. Just not me. Have a look:
www.azcentral.com/story/entert...

21.02.2026 00:35 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0