Duncan Sheik wasn’t a one-hit wonder
Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter and composer best known for his earwormy ’90s hit, “Barely Breathing” and his composition of the…
The curious, unsolved mystery of “The Black Dahlia”
Bad movies are a low-key passion of mine. This is no secret to my forbearing friends who slouched in theater…
“South Park” predicted the age of food insanity
Within the canon of adult animation,“The Simpsons” gets most of the credit for predicting the future, but “South Park” has…
Tom Cruise wants the last word
Tom Cruise is intense. We know this. Whether he’s pressing interviewers about their glibness or just holding eye contact for…
Off-color, off-brand: What Kathy Griffin’s and Bill Maher’s gaffes have in common
It almost sounds like the setup to a bit. Within the last two weeks three comedians — Kathy Griffin, Bill…
Hollywood’s long history of men who think actresses owe them
In a series of now-deleted posts on X, independent film journalist Jeff Sneider expressed frustration about being “ghosted” by the…
Ed Sheeran’s being a coward on Gaza. Can you blame him?
Looking closely at the top tier of popular music stars is a bit like measuring a coastline. What you thought…
Bourdain’s ’90s gangster novels couldn’t escape the kitchen
Before Anthony Bourdain became Anthony Bourdain, he was writing crime novels about cooks. That’s the strange pleasure of “Three Crime…
Sydney Sweeney’s bombshell act masks a career with no endgame
In one of her new ads for the peer-to-peer sports betting platform Novig, actress Sydney Sweeney — wearing nothing but…
Hide your vegetables. You’re an adult
The other day, I grated two enormous zucchini into a bowl containing a quarter-can of pumpkin, brown sugar, cocoa powder…