Late Night Needs More Diversity
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
October 13, 2017
Jimmy Fallon said about his job as a late night host, “Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking.” Fallon is right to believe a job of late night is to give voice to what Americans...
Why Coming Out Still Matters
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
October 11, 2017
I felt compelled to start typing these words as I sat on the Metro-North. I chose not to look outside the sealed windows to view the landscape of upper Manhattan morph into the broken forests of Westchester County heading towards Connecticut. Instead, I felt compelled to look at those inside the train...
I Missed You Will & Grace. Please Don’t Ever Change
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
September 30, 2017
The Will & Grace reboot is back... for better or worse!
#IStandWithJemele – Everyone Has Opinions, Even Sports Figures
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
September 25, 2017
There is a high bar when it comes to putting anything sports-related on my radar. I support the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers, because I love and support my birth state of Texas. I hated sports rallies in the auditorium during high school. I went to one football game in my life and played my Nintendo...
Joan Rivers: The Hero That Got Away
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
September 15, 2017
Maybe I'm an old soul at heart or it’s my comedy geek side showing, but Joan Rivers is my hero, dream career mentor, someone I swing a drink back with. Joan Rivers is a name that will not come to your mind in a second, but it should, like a rapper or singer who everyone else knows, but not me. A rapper...
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