Our world map is wrong. MAGA likes it that way
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The Oscars is shaping up for a showdown
Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and…
As Hollywood courts influencers, movie critics are getting squeezed out
Modern-day movie publicity has changed significantly over the last several years. The standard routes of press interviews on shows like…
The complicated yearly renegotiation of being a queer NFL fan
The NFL’s regular season is back this week, and these days the game barely leaves. When I was a kid,…
“King of the Hill” is the real America, if we allow it to be
Once Hulu confirmed the “King of the Hill” revival was officially moving forward, it didn’t take long for the Internet…
Space Force’s new uniforms scream fascist supervillain
Donald Trump was a busy man when the film “Starship Troopers” debuted to largely confused audiences in 1997. Then 51,…
How to spend a perfect day in Milwaukee
Milwaukee is a city I’ve always loved, but now I can appreciate it even more through adult eyes. I was…
The rock critic who changed the way I listen to music
“A great new sound reaches us, always, as a miraculous gift.” The rock critic Dave Marsh, now of blessed memory,…
Costco chicken bake meets weeknight galette
I love food court food. Not ironically, and not only in the nostalgic way one loves things that arrived alongside…
Mariska Hargitay and the quiet death of the award-show roast
The news that Mariska Hargitay will host this year’s Primetime Emmys didn’t inspire many posts in the usual social spaces,…