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,…
“GTA VI” leaks draw more scrutiny than Epstein files
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“Chronovisor” makes literacy the key to another world
When people talk about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, no one ever seems to discuss what it would’ve been like…
Measles death undercuts RFK Jr.’s doubts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that measles caused the death of a Pennsylvania infant, days after reports…
“Idiocracy” is still a worthless artifact 20 years later
Mike Judge has always had a soft spot for dimwits. Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their…
At the US Open, tennis itself fights for the attention
The U.S. Open has become one of New York’s hottest places to see and be seen. But the tennis players…
My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
In June, I became briefly preoccupied with the question of what kind of reader I intended to be that summer.…
Harry Styles is the antidote to MAGA’s counterfeit masculinity
I walked into Manhattan’s Rawhide one night with four blond supermodels on my arm, and we danced until we were…
MAGA has entered its arcade era
The White House has found a new way to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda: retro video games. There is, unfortunately…
Isaac Mizrahi’s “Unzipped” shows why flawed artists matter
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to…