After the White House blocked several major media organizations from attending an off-camera press briefing known as a gaggle, journalists, both invited to the presser and not, stood up for the media. Among them was Fox News’ Shepard Smith. During a Friday news segment, the anchor explained the White House’s gaggle debacleand discussed Trump bashing media as “fake news” during the president’s Conservative Political Action Conference speech earlier that day.

Thank you Rayna Jaymes. For your magic and your dignity. And thank you to all the creators of Rayna Jaymes, for there were many. Callie Khouri, who gave her life. Deacon, Maddie, Daphne, who shaped her as her family. Teddy, Tandy, Lamar too. Juliette, Scarlett, Bucky and the ones who crafted her into a business woman. Along with countless other compatriots and combatants.

Local funny person Louis C.K. is going to debut two comedy specials on Netflix, the streaming service announced Wednesday. And better yet, the first one is coming soon. The special, which was filmed in Washington, D.C., will be called 2017. It will be released on April 4. “Louis has been one of the most innovative comedy voices in this new era of stand up,” Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix, said in a release. “He has also been a thought leader in the business of comedy.

You’ve probably heard that The CW’s beloved series “The Vampire Diaries” is coming to an end next month. We recently learned former cast memberNina Dobrevisreturning to the show, and read her secondemotional goodbyeto the cast and crew on Instagram. Now, it’s Paul Wesley who’s making us tear up.

“It’s all very upsetting and something we take very seriously at Breitbart,” Marlow said on the site’s daily Sirius radio show. He said Yiannopoulos would address his future with the site at a Tuesday afternoon press conference. His career began unraveling this past weekend afterthe Reagan Battalion, a conservative site, circulated a 2016 interview he gave on the Drunken Peasants podcast.

Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson’s storyline was perhaps the most heartbreaking of the 2003 ensemble “Love Actually.” When Harry (Rickman) attracts attention from his young secretary ― spoiler! ― his wife and the devoted mother of his children, Karen (Thompson), finds out after realizing a necklace he’d bought wasn’t a gift for her. Instead, she’d received instead a decidedly unsexy Joni Mitchell CD, and their marriage is left strained.

First of all, look at her: She’s got an incandescent smile, gorgeous features and a great body. Then, consider that the 31-year-old Dallas native is a successful lawyer. Not convinced? Watch her appearances on Season 21 of “The Bachelor” ― she’s warm, funny, bubbly and down-to-earth. Not only does Nick Viall, the current Bachelor, love her; her competitors do as well. She’s stayed out of house drama, and even acted as a calming influence on the instigators.

In an excellent reported piece for Slate last week, Katy Waldman sketches out the uses and potential drawbacks of the practice. Sensitivity readers function as primary readers of a work in progress― but while a traditional editor would read with a view for overall quality, a sensitivity reader focuses on the accuracy and potential offensiveness of a specific minority group’s portrayal.

ABC is set to air a documentary miniseries about Princess Diana, which will premiere in August to coincide with the 20th anniversary of her death, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As of now, the project is untitled, but it will air in two parts, each of which will be two hours long. The special will focus on Princess Di’s life and her lasting legacy. ABC and Time Inc.

When science fiction author Ted Chiang first got the idea for “Story of Your Life,” the fictional work that would eventually be adapted into the Oscar-nominated movie “Arrival,” he knew he wasn’t ready to write it yet. “I figured I would put it on the back burner, work on my writing skills, and at the same time I figured I would learn about linguistics,” he told The Huffington Post.