Golden Globes: A Contender for Best Comedy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The scandal-plagued awards show gets a nod for spotting groundbreakers, but the back-scratching nature of the ceremony makes it a little hard to swallow. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ben Affleck Confronts Bill Maher’s Muslim Problem

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 7, 2014 Bravo to Ben Affleck and Nicholas Kristof for telling Bill Maher off about his chronic case of Muslim-hating bigotry. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ben Affleck Calls Out Bill Maher and Sam Harris on Their Islamaphobia: ‘It’s Gross and Racist’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Just days after religious scholar Reza Aslan criticized him on CNN for his views on Islam, comedian Bill Maher decided to defend them, this time with actor Ben Affleck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syria and Affleck

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Aug 26, 2013 Dig deeper

Argo Best Picture

Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen Feb 27, 2013 Dig deeper

Gingrich Switches on Gay Marriage, Limbaugh ‘Honored’ for Lies, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including speculation about actor Ben Affleck's political future and Rachel Maddow's sounding off on the government's weak gun regulation efforts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Let ‘Argo’ Take You Hostage

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Oct 16, 2012 I don’t know how much of the picture -- beyond its basic premise -- is "true" And, frankly, I don’t give a damnI don’t know how much of the picture—beyond its basic premise—is "true. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Three ‘Company Men’ and a Pink Slip

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Dec 11, 2010 What we get here, putting it as charitably as possible, are symbolic figures, the semi-fictional, least common denominators of newsmagazine cover stories that are supposed to put a human face on grim statistics."The Company Men" isn't “Dilbert,” but it’s not Dostoevsky either. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )