Kathy Griffin still won’t stay silent
Kathy Griffin apologizes in advance for all the noise. On the day we connected by phone, she expected a lot…
The TikTok tradwife tainted by an Andrew Tate connection
The virality of “I Met the Tradwife Who Thinks Women Shouldn’t Vote,” Ben Zand’s documentary profile of far-right influencer Savanna…
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…