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You can buy Julia Child’s house — but not her kitchen
For $6.475 million, you can live in Julia Child’s longtime Cambridge home. You just can’t cook in Julia Child’s kitchen. Child lived in the house for roughly four decades and filmed several of her later television shows there, including “In…
How Bill Cosby, America’s dad, used TV to betray us
Through the medium of television Bill Cosby has been intimately influencing American perspectives on race, class, how we think about ourselves and, most crucially, how we feel about him, for more than five decades. Give that information a moment to…
“Dear White People” visits the “Big Brother” Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism
“Dear White People” could not have asked for a better concluding coincidence than the parallel between this season’s show-within-a-show “Big House” and the current cycle of “Big Brother,” the CBS reality show it parodies. The 23rd round of “Big Brother”…
Wanting the best school for your kid doesn’t make you a hypocrite
Digital journalism is as subject to fads as any other medium. Snarky fisking — responding to an article line-by-line — gave way to the quiz boom, which was consumed by the personal essay before the long decade of short-form video. But…
A homecoming for “A Different World”
Five episodes into Netflix’s “A Different World” sequel, Hillman gets a bomb threat. This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening. Everyone gathers at…
Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery fueled by foreign cash: report
One of the largest media mergers in history has been given the green light after California and 11 other states settled lawsuits Monday. For most of the year, Paramount Skydance has tried to purchase Warner Bros Discovery for a reported…
We got the original “Resident Evil” films all wrong
In the sixth and final installment of Paul W.S. Anderson’s original “Resident Evil” film franchise, the writer-director — known for his abrasive, nu-metal vulgar auteurism — raises a middle finger of sorts to his detractors. Over 17 years and thousands…
Is iced coffee really unprofessional at a job interview?
A few weeks ago, I met an acquaintance for coffee at a Cuban café attached to a downtown hostel, where people with backpacks of varying dimensions passed steadily through the lobby. He worked at a nearby university and had messaged…
What my reactive dog has taught me about rental culture
Getting older means learning that peace of mind is absolutely, 100% for sale. Or, at least for rent. When I rescued my dog, Ivy, I made a purchase, an investment. But in New York, everything seems to be temporary. Hypervigilance…
Tom Morello wants to make dangerous rock ‘n’ roll again
“You don’t have to wait around to change the world.” That’s Tom Morello talking about the heroes that inspired his song “Date Night,” featured on his new solo album, “Everyone Gets Everything They Want.” “Date Night” is the story of…