The first political election I really paid attention to was the 2000 Presidential Election. I was 16 at the time, so not old enough to vote, but old enough to start being interested in politics. My read on the election at the time is that neither Al Gore nor George W. Bush were interesting enough to break away from each other, and as a consequence, we had the recount madness in Florida. But now looking back at that election, it’s clear that we’re still living with its fallout. Billy Corben’s new documentary 537 Votes examines how exactly …

Finally, an announcement even more awaited than the Snyder Cut — it was revealed this Tuesday that Senator Kamala Harris would become former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate in this year's Presidential election, making a whole lot of history as the first Black (and South Asian) woman to run for the country's second-highest office on a major party's ticket. One of the least important yet still fun aspects of this announcement is the fact that in the world of comedy, it means more work for Maya Rudolph in the very-not-too-distant future. The …

The first Irresistible trailer for Jon Stewart's latest film arrives, and it promises plenty of laughs on the campaign trail for star Steve Carell.

Mere hours after the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary debate, the somewhat cartoonish characters on stage became actual cartoon caricatures in a new Showtime animation. The creators of Our Cartoon President released a new cold open today inspired by this week’s first 2020 Democratic debates for the upcoming episode on Sunday, June 30th at 8PM ET/PT on Showtime. The video includes cartoon versions of Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. In less than 12 hours following the debates, the episode intro was written, recorded, and animated. …

During the second night of the Democratic Primary Debates, there was one presidential hopeful onstage who seemed a little… out there. That was self-help author-turned-candidate Marianne Williamson, who appeared to not just ignore the premise of questions, but then go off on random tangents about New Zealand or the power of love. Pretty immediately, Twitter began lighting up with folks eager to see SNL star Kate McKinnon’s impersonation of Williamson, although that seemed like a long shot given that Williamson is unlikely to hold on until the fall when SNL returns. Luckily, McKinnon just happened to …