Next year, Lakeith Stanfield will star opposite Issa Rae in a big, beautiful romantic drama called The Photograph, coming out on Valentine’s day. He plays Michael Block, a journalist writing a story on Mae Morton’s (Rae) recently deceased mother. I would like to suggest we consider its trailer as Stanfield’s audition tape to play every […]
There’s a certain brand of laughter permeating events right now. Once confined to boardrooms and back rooms, it beams forth from tablet, phone, and television screens — during pressers, talk shows, and cable-news interviews — more mockery than mirth, a jesting contempt that isn’t necessarily always manifest but that we know is there even when […]
This week’s most surprising news is that Donald Trump has become obsessed with a German shepherd named Conan. It’s not surprising that Trump should loudly preoccupy himself with an inane distraction as impeachment looms, of course, but rather that his object of fascination should be a dog — man’s best friend but certainly not Trump’s. […]
Next year, Lakeith Stanfield will star opposite Issa Rae in a big, beautiful romantic drama called The Photograph, coming out on Valentine’s day. He plays Michael Block, a journalist writing a story on Mae Morton’s (Rae) recently deceased mother. I would like to suggest we consider its trailer as Stanfield’s audition tape to play every […]
Oh no, you woke up feeling very anxious, didn’t you — pinned to your mattress by the kind of faceless dread that comes with having gone to sleep in spooky season, only to find yourself catapulted into The Holidays seven hours later. But it’s not just that you somehow lost two months overnight; it’s also […]
Solange Knowles has taken to Instagram to announce in an all-lowercase caption (with one emoji) that she has split with her husband of nearly five years, Alan Ferguson. She did not give much detail, but said only that they had separated earlier this year. In a very spiritual Solange-y way, and along with three stunning, […]
A former Boston College student was so “physically, verbally, and psychologically abusive” toward her boyfriend, she ultimately pushed him to kill himself, Massachusetts officials say. Now, per CNN, the woman is facing charges. On Monday, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced at a press conference that Inyoung You, a 21-year-old from South Korea, has […]
I haven’t really enjoyed drinking since I was 23, and even then it was purely utilitarian — drinking to get drunk, or at least tipsy. I have had maybe 12 perfect drinks in my life (a cidre at a pub in southern France; a spicy tequila cocktail at a pizza place in Brooklyn that never seemed […]
While I have no idea what Queen Elizabeth does all day, I imagine she must have a decent amount of free time on her hands. Hell, I’ll go one step further: I assume she sometimes even gets bored. To assuage some of this ennui, I have a recommendation for the 93-year-old matriarch: Maybe consider moonlighting […]
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