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Jalen Hurts shows the price of being unapologetically Black

Jalen Hurts, the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback, is out for the season to recover from a deep vein blood clot, found after arriving in London for the game in which Hurts played between the Eagles and the Jacksonville Jaguars. A…

October 21, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Eminem’s Kid Rock collab shows the risk of cozying up to MAGA

He might look like something found in the dumpster at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. He might shamelessly plunder the sonics of decades of deep-fried and gravy-smothered hits. But despite everything about his presentation and performance, Kid Rock is not actually…

October 21, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Making Marie Antoinette” is a tale of two Coppolas

Of all the ludicrous things written about Sofia Coppola’s beguiling “Marie Antoinette” upon its theatrical release 20 years ago (and after being booed at its Cannes premiere, there were so frighteningly many), the most absurd is the hand-wringing over its…

October 20, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

What “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” can teach us about arguing over Black art

Amid a social media era where people often feel more unheard and misunderstood than ever, so much about director David Greaves’ documentary, “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” feels like a relic: a snapshot of a time when intellectuals gathered…

October 19, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Pamela Voorhees has a point, and Peacock’s “Crystal Lake” proves it

I can’t remember the last time a catch-up phone call with a confidante didn’t include one of us marveling that we haven’t caught an assault charge. If any law enforcement happens to be reading this, I want to make it…

October 18, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Ben Shapiro is building a comeback machine for canceled stars

Conservatives have long pitched their project as a return to normalcy, a way to set right a world that’s gone off its axis. In theory, it’s an understandable goal. Who doesn’t react to getting older and more removed from the…

October 18, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The millennials raising sons to speak up after Cornell

Since news about the lawsuit against the “Cornell 7” broke, the internet has been rife with discourse about how Millennial parents are “raising sons differently.” That doesn’t just mean teaching young boys about consent. As Tomika Anderson wrote in Essence…

October 18, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Actor & Director Timothy Busfield’s charges of sexual abuse of a minor dismissed — sort of

A New Mexico judge has dismissed child sexual abuse charges against Timothy Busfield, best known for playing Elliot Weston on the ABC drama “thirtysomething.” But the ruling, which cited prosecutorial misconduct, does not prevent prosecutors from seeking a new indictment…

October 17, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“You Can See Everything” and the tragedy of Elizabeth Holmes

In the first episode of his hit HBO series, “The Rehearsal” — a show about evaluating the outcomes of hypothetical real-life situations — comedian Nathan Fielder admits, “I’ve been told my personality can make some people uncomfortable, so I have…

October 17, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Kate Berlant’s great American clown show

In a digital flyer promoting the stand-up shows that would culminate in her new HBO comedy special, “Parmesan,” comedian, actress and one of America’s greatest working artists, Kate Berlant, posed an important question: “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CLOWN?” In one…

October 16, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0