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This article contains spoilers for "Daredevil: Born Again" season 1, episode 2.

"Daredevil: Born Again" season 1, episode 2 introduces a brand new street-level vigilante superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, Hector "White Tiger" Ayala (Kamar de los Reyes) finds himself in a world of trouble when a subway station confrontation between two violent plain-clothes police officers and the civilian-garbed Hector causes one of the cops to fatally stumble in front of an oncoming train ... and Hector is accused of his murder. Fortunately, a certain inactive secret vigilante just so happens to be a lawyer and offers to take Hector's seemingly impossible case. 

The episode dives deep into the courtroom side of Matt "Daredevil" Murdock (Charlie Cox)'s life, and the tactics he's willing to use in order to prove to the world what his super senses have already confirmed to him: Hector is innocent. It's an episode full of calamity, but before the story even begins,...

1985: Guiding Light's India discovered Floyd was a killer.

1986: Santa Barbara's Kirk was released from the hospital.

1996: Days of our Lives' Kristen saw The Woman in White.

2008: As the World Turns' Lily left Oakdale."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1938: The Life of Mary Sothern ended its run on CBS Radio. The show continued in transcription form for four more years.

1963: On The Edge of Night, Nancy Pollock (Ann Flood) and Mike Karr (Laurence Hugo) were married.

1969: On Dark Shadows,...

Super young, super hip, super talented cast members from Dear Evan Hansen joined us at Broadway Sessions recently. With a median age of about 20, they showed us just why they have scored some of the most coveted tracks on Broadway. Enjoy performances by Mallory Bechtel, Phoenix Best, Dan Macke, Diamond Essence White, Gabrielle Carrubba and Josh Strobl. Also enjoy performances by teenage powerhouses Robert Montano and Teagan Dye.

1985: Guiding Light's India discovered Floyd was a killer.

1986: Santa Barbara's Kirk was released from the hospital.

1996: Days of our Lives' Kristen saw The Woman in White.

2008: As the World Turns' Lily left Oakdale."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1938: The Life of Mary Sothern ended its run on CBS Radio. The show continued in transcription form for four more years.

1963: On The Edge of Night,...

Shame Contest Giveaway Sweepstakes. This Shame Blu-ray contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates Shame‘s release on DVD and Blu-ray on April 17, 2012. Shame stars Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Amy Hargreaves, Elizabeth Masucci, Hannah Ware, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters, Briana Marin, Anna Rose Hopkins, Alexandra Vino, Charisse Bellante, Jake Richard Siciliano, Alex Manette, and Robert Montano. Shame‘s plot [...]

Continue reading: Contest: Shame (2011) Blu-ray: Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender...

Shame (2011) Film Review, a movie directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Amy Hargreaves, Elizabeth Masucci, Hannah Ware, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters, Briana Marin, Anna Rose Hopkins, Alexandra Vino, Charisse Bellante, Jake Richard Siciliano, Alex Manette, and Robert Montano. Shame relies on the viewer’s intelligence to fill in the past of [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Shame (2011): Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender...

Director: Steve McQueen Writers: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie, James Badge Dale, Alex Manette, Elizabeth Masucci, Robert Montano, Hannah Ware, Calamity Chang, DeeDee Luxe I wonder if Ron Jeremy is getting jealous over of all of the publicity that has been generated by Michael Fassbender's penis? It is quite impressive -- the publicity, that is -- and while discussing writer-director Steve McQueen's Shame, it is the elephant in the room. (That is not intended to be a comment on the size of said penis, though you can take it as one if you wish, as Smells Like Screen Spirit is a classy publication that does not intend to focus its efforts on the critiquing of actors' genitalia.) The reason Fassbender's penis is getting so much press is because film audiences (especially within the puritanical boarders of the United States) are not used...

Shame Trailer. Steve McQueen‘s Shame (2011) international movie trailer stars Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Amy Hargreaves, and Elizabeth Masucci. Shame‘s plot synopsis: “Shame centers around a New Yorker named Brandon (Fassbender) who avoids intimacy but is compulsively addicted to sex. When his troubled younger sister (Mulligan) comes to stay with him in his apartment, he finds his orderly life disrupted by her presence and reminders of their unhappy past.”

I saw a brief clip for this film months ago and instantly became intrigued by the film. Now the international movie trailer has been released and I like what I see and more importantly what I do not see.

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Though it is, by all accounts, a powerful character-driven drama, it’s gained some notoriety for reports of its rather explicit portrayals of “male and female full-frontal nudity, graphic depictions of straight/gay/threeway sex,...