Cheryl Hines

Today

Cockburn

RFK is America’s top witch doctor

Fears are mounting about the possibility of a global Ebola outbreak. The CDC has already initiated various deterrents, including redirecting flights from the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding countries to Washington Dulles and Atlanta airports. But fear not – the US has its best man on the job. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday told ABC News, with regard to Ebola, “we’re working on it.” This morning, he posted a 21-second clip on X in which he corners and catches two Black Racers with his hands during a visit to Dr. Oz’s home. https://twitter.com/robertkennedyjr/status/2059273262220115998?s=46 The clip is captioned, “Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr. Oz’s patio.

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Saturday

Christopher Sandford

Inside the mind of Cheryl Hines

This book shouldn’t work. A memoir written by a 60-year-old actress – who, frankly, has never threatened to become a major movie star – hardly sounds promising. Then there’s the author’s personal baggage. Since 2014, Cheryl Hines has been married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the raspy-voiced Health and Human Services Secretary who served as one of Donald Trump’s chief surrogates during his last presidential campaign. Rarely has a book so straddled the worlds of Hollywood and conservative politics, let alone those embodied by the current administration. Yet, against all the odds, Unscripted is an enthralling read. To address the burning topic first: no, not all of Hines’s friends were entirely happy with her husband’s appointment, nor with his views on Dr.

Tuesday

Alexander Larman

Curb Your Enthusiasm’s finale was a mission statement for the show

And so, after twelve seasons and twenty-four years, Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm has finally come to an end. Opinion online has been divided as to the effectiveness of the ending, in which, spoilers, Larry is placed on trial in Atlanta for inadvertently breaking the Electoral Integrity Act by offering a voter a bottle of water in the line; a rare act of kindness he suffers for. It was an intentionally low-key ending that can nonetheless allow for callbacks to early episodes and brief returning cameos from the guest stars who have somehow been maligned, offended or otherwise dismayed by Larry’s antisocial antics in the previous quarter-century.

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Friday

Cockburn

Could Biden be forced to debate RFK Jr.?

A couple of years ago, you’d probably know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for being one of the world’s most vocal antivaxxers, the black sheep of an American political dynasty and somehow married to Cheryl Hines from Curb Your Enthusiasm. A couple of years from now... might you know him as the US’s unlikeliest president?RFK Jr. is challenging President Biden for the Democratic nomination in 2024. The DNC has declared that it won’t host primary debates — yet a Fox News poll this week showed Kennedy with 19 percent to Biden’s 62 percent. If the Facebook algorithm can help RFK inch that support up ten points or so, could the Democrats be forced to platform him?And who knows: Kennedy’s candidacy could prove to be a real shot in the arm for the Democratic grassroots.

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