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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Holiday Movie Preview: What to See This Season

Today: Radel Pleads Guilty , Why Gus Deeds Wasn't Hospitalized , DHS Black Supremacist Not Fired
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

November 20, 2013
WATCH THIS, SKIP THAT
It's been a pretty dismal summer, movie-wise. Remember The Internship? After Earth? We hardly do, either. The fall brought some welcome relief in the form of Gravity and 12 Years a Slave, but now we're getting into the real bread-and-butter: awards season. The next six weeks will see a bevy of awards-bait films—and grand blockbuster entertainments—hit theaters, including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, and much more. Here are the most anticipated movies this holiday season.
FACE THE MUSIC

That was fast. Florida Rep. Trey Radel pleded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor cocaine possession and said he would be seeking treatment. "I realize I need help," Radel said. He was sentenced to one year of probation. Radel, a recovering alcoholic, was charged Tuesday after allegedly buying cocaine in Washington, D.C.

TRAGIC

Gus Deeds, who stabbed his father, Virginia politician Creigh Deeds, on Tuesday, was evaluated at a local hospital just the day before—but was released because no beds were available. How could this be? The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky pulls the surprising stats on mental-health funding.

SERIOUSLY?

Can we all get jobs at the Department of Homeland Security? It sounds like it's pretty hard to get fired there. Ayo Kimathi, a DHS employee, has not yet been fired, despite being put on suspension four months ago for running a website that called for the mass murder of white people, according to the National Journal. Using the pen name "the Irritated Genie," Kimathi wrote about a coming race war, where black people would have to "kill a lot of whites—more than our Christian hearts can possibly count" to survive. DHS has reportedly received complaints by a former supervisor that Kimathi would "come in with a gun someday and go postal." DHS has condemned Kimathi's views and said his employment is under review.

SLIPPERY SLOPE

In what is being viewed as a poorly disguised power grab, Venezuela's Congress has awarded President Nicolas Maduro year-long decree powers to enact new laws without legislative approval for the purported purpose of reviving the country's economy and battling corruption. The powers come right before municipal elections in December, which will be one of the first gauges of his popularity, and opponents believe he will use them to target the opposition. Maduro, who replaced Hugo Chávez upon his death, says his first two acts will be to create a state body to fix currency issues contributing to Venezuela's shortages and negligible imports, and to limit corporate profit margins to between 15 and 30 percent. Meanwhile, under Maduro's campaign against the "parasitical bourgeoisie," electronics and hardware stores have been ordered to empty their shelves at cut-rate prices.


AWKWARD
Court Stops Government Fees
For nonexistent program.
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W. Charms on the 'Tonight' Show
And gets in a good Putin joke.
MUSIC
Bob Dylan Takes Over Your TV
Watch the new video for 'Like a Rolling Stone.'
GOTHAM
Batkid's Pricetag to City: $105K
Mostly because so many volunteers showed up.
#MINDBLOWN
'Addams Family' Den Was Pink
But was shot in black and white.

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