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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Mein Kampf is a bestseller in Germany again.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
In praise of David Bowie’s nihilism.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
To understand David Bowie the shape-shifter, watch Cracked Actor.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Spotlight, Carol, and The Big Short were all big losers at tonight’s Golden Globes.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
And the winners of the 2016 Golden Globes are...
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Here’s what Ricky Gervais said to Mel Gibson.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Hollywood Foreign Press loves Steve Jobs even if no one else does.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Oscar Isaac’s Golden Globes acceptance speech wasn’t very interesting, but it was delivered by Oscar Isaac so let’s watch it.
January 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ricky Gervais’s Golden Globes monologue: self-congratulation interrupted by the occasional trans joke.
January 10, 2016
Alex Shephard, Esther Breger
Which TV Shows Will Win at Tonight’s Golden Globes?
January 10, 2016
Alex Shephard, Elaine Teng, Michelle Legro
Which Films Will Win at Tonight’s Golden Globes?
January 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
New Kids on the Block had a lot of hits / Making a Murderer makes Donnie Wahlberg sick.
January 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Life is just one vile f*cking task after another, but HBO says the Deadwood movie is happening so maybe things aren’t so bad.
January 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
Stephen Colbert’s Bernie Sanders impression is pretty good, but he (and Larry David) could learn a lot from Steve Coogan.
January 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
David Bowie still has buttons for eyes in the second nightmare-inducing video from his new album.
January 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
A man wielding a knife has been killed in Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
January 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rahm Emanuel may have known more about the Laquan McDonald video than he let on.
January 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
January 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Netflix claims its most watched movie of all time is that Adam Sandler movie everybody quit because it was racist.
January 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Lionel Messi is making magic today.

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