The curious, unsolved case of “The Black Dahlia”
Salonby Melanie McFarland20d ago
Bad movies are a low-key passion of mine. This is no secret to my forbearing friends who slouched in theater seats next to me during, say, every Paul W. S.
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top 94%"South Park" saw our food fights coming
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens20d ago
Within the canon of adult animation,“The Simpsons” gets most of the credit for predicting the future, but “South Park” has at least one unnervingly good entry in the category.
Yes, America, this is really who we are. Vote if you want to change it
Salonby Brian Karem20d ago
“This is not who we are.” After every recent political tragedy, from shooting American citizens to killing Iranian schoolchildren, someone always says that: Somehow, it’s not who we really are.
Kash Patel's attack dog act does more than please Trump
Salonby Amanda Marcotte20d ago
Kash Patel wants to be the White House’s preeminent attack dog. But as usual, he can’t help but break through the fence and run into traffic.
Mike Johnson's is the GOP's top scaredy-cat
Salonby Alex Galbraith20d ago
If you’ve ever read anything by biographer Robert Caro, you get the feeling that he could wring 100 pages out of what he had for breakfast.
“Uncharted territory”: Two months from Election Day, Democrats in Texas are truly competitive
Salonby Eleanor Klibanoff20d ago
After the routing they delivered in the 2024 election, Texas Republicans were on a roll, pushing through conservative priorities, drawing redder congressional maps and excising Democrats from...
Tom Cruise wants the last word
Salonby Coleman Spilde21d ago
Tom Cruise is intense. We know this. Whether he’s pressing interviewers about their glibness or just holding eye contact for an inordinate amount of time, Cruise — the last movie star, as he’s been...
Hollywood's long history of men who think actresses owe them
Salonby Kristen Lopez21d ago
In a series of now-deleted posts on X, independent film journalist Jeff Sneider expressed frustration about being “ghosted” by the publicity team of “Obsession” breakout star Inde Navarrette.
Mitch McConnell is back, and it’s terrifying
Salonby Troy Farah21d ago
Sen. Mitch McConnell is back — but is he really? After three months of total absence from the public eye, that’s the question many are asking about the Kentucky Republican.
Don Jr. had a big wedding. Reporters started following the money
Salonby Sophia Tesfaye21d ago
This may have been the week that the Trump family’s sprawling and brazen corruption finally broke out of containment, with the level of American kleptocracy in such sharp focus this week that...
Trump claims the world respects him. New survey says no
Salonby Heather Digby Parton21d ago
Donald Trump recently claimed that when he goes to international gatherings, all the leaders stand up.
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
Salonby Shefali Luthra21d ago
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Ed Sheeran's being a coward on Gaza. Can you blame him?
Salonby Alex Galbraith22d ago
Looking closely at the top tier of popular music stars is a bit like measuring a coastline. What you thought at first was one solid mass that could be measured from A to B is more like an...
Bourdain couldn't quit the kitchen
Salonby Francesca Giangiulio22d ago
Before Anthony Bourdain became Anthony Bourdain, he was writing crime novels about cooks. That’s the strange pleasure of “Three Crime Novels,” a new collection of “Bone in the Throat” (1995), “Gone...
Sydney Sweeney's bombshell act masks a career with no endgame
Salonby Coleman Spilde22d ago
In one of her new ads for the peer-to-peer sports betting platform Novig, actress Sydney Sweeney — wearing nothing but underwear and a football placed suggestively across her bare chest — turns her...
White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump
Salonby Amanda Marcotte22d ago
If there’s ever been anything Donald Trump loves more than gold, it’s a camera. The former reality TV host has willingly debased himself in a myriad of ways — doing an ad for Pizza Hut, shaving...
Are we in the AI end times?
Salonby Troy Farah22d ago
Humans are probably the only species on Earth that actively fantasizes about its own extinction — and definitely the only one that actively participates in it.
Thomas Massie calls to impeach Pete Hegseth as Iran war looms over midterms
Salonby Troy Farah23d ago
On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., moved to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran, introducing a resolution which accuses him of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Hide your vegetables. You're an adult
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens23d ago
The other day, I grated two enormous zucchini into a bowl containing a quarter-can of pumpkin, brown sugar, cocoa powder and enough chopped bittersweet chocolate to make the whole operation look...
In blow to Trump, Supreme Court blocks mail ballot restrictions from taking effect in 2026
Salonby Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat23d ago
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.