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Sadaf Ahsan

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Past articles by Sadaf:

Republicans and Democrats agree: Chris Wallace should never moderate a debate again

After the debate, Trump posted a series of tweets criticizing the news anchor, including a meme show himself, versus Biden, versus Wallace → Read More

Malta relents, says Prince George can keep ancient shark tooth given to him by David Attenborough

The naturalist found the tooth in Malta in the late 1960s, embedded in the island’s limestone → Read More

Is Tom Cruise set to become the next Iron Man?

A more important question: can anyone fill Robert Downey, Jr.'s shoes? → Read More

Doobie Brothers hilariously threaten to sue Bill Murray for using ‘Listen To The Music’ in his shirt ad

We’d almost be OK with it if the shirts weren’t so damn ugly' → Read More

The more people see immigrants on TV, the more welcoming they become, study finds

There is something to be said for just how much a single television series such as Ramy can sway attitudes and opinions → Read More

Ellen DeGeneres makes her return after toxic workplace allegations, but is she actually sorry?

'Not only did Ellen turn my trauma, turn our traumas, into a joke, she somehow managed to make this about her' → Read More

‘It’s always risky, but it’s worked so far’: How John Oliver walks a tricky tightrope with Last Week Tonight

'Whether you stick the landing or not, that's a difficult landing to stick. You’re having to rely on your instincts and hope that you’re hitting a tone that will be meaningful to people' → Read More

Justice for Jessica Simpson

Sadaf Ahsan: Waiting to let celebrities up only when they publish tragic tell-alls that offer sympathetic explanations for each incident to trigger derision isn’t progress → Read More

Why the Oscars’ foreign-language category perfectly highlights the Academy’s absurdity

Sadaf Ahsan: More than ever before, it is time for the Academy to re-evaluate age-old regulations → Read More

Chicken wings prove it’s not ‘you are what you eat’ — it’s ‘you are how you eat’

Sadaf Ahsan: Instinctual, raw savagery is the only way a chicken wing should be devoured → Read More

How did 1917 become the Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture?

Could Parasite be this year's Moonlight to 1917's La La Land? → Read More

Cats is already shaping up to be the next Rocky Horror Picture Show

A critical and financial failure, the film has all the ingredients for an ironic hit → Read More

In the wake of the coronavirus, movies like Contagion and Outbreak have become very popular

Arts imitates life imitates art, etc. → Read More

Alessia Cara, Tory Lanez lead 2020 Juno Award nominations

Cara, Lanez, Jann Arden, Daniel Caesar, Lennon Stella, and The Glorious Sons are set to perform at the ceremony on March 15 → Read More

Stephen King says the Oscars are ‘still rigged in favour of white people’

'Those judging creative excellence should be blind to questions of race, gender or sexual orientation. I did not say that was the case today' → Read More

The Grammys did several impromptu things to honour Kobe Bryant

Just outside, hundreds of mourning fans gathered to honour Bryant, leaving behind pink and purple bouquets upon bouquets, jerseys, candles, notes and tributes of all kinds → Read More

The Grammys love to celebrate black artists — just not with actual awards

Sadaf Ahsan: By pigeonholing black artists and shutting them out of categories their style may be more suited to, they’re often left out of the conversation that their music started → Read More

The Grammys are on Sunday and the Recording Academy is in complete tatters

'It’s very, very strange timing. The first time you’ve put a woman in charge and they magically fail right before the Grammys?' → Read More

It seems SNL’s Michael Che doesn’t respond too well to criticism

'It’s all very weird. Michael has an extremely powerful, visible position that he uses to obsessively demean people who criticize him' → Read More

Eddie Murphy asked Rodney Dangerfield for advice. He completely ignored it

'I was at the urinal, and Rodney Dangerfield comes to the urinal right next to me...' → Read More