13 Movies That Also Star a Pair of Nikes
We didn’t need the cinematic corporate bipoic Air to remind us of the indelible mark Michael Jordan has made not just on basketball, but on the shoe game. The birth of the Air Jordans in 1985 meant big things for the company, but it also blew the starting whistle on an entire culture built around…
George W. Bush’s anti-HIV program is hailed as ‘amazing’ — and...
In 2003, President George W. Bush created PEPFAR to help countries tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis. Four years later, he spoke at the Rose Garden to urge lawmakers to set aside $30 billion for the cause over the next 5 years. Joining him were Kunene Tantoh of South Africa and her 4-year-old son (pictured). Tantoh, who…
Test Your Endurance With This Never-Ending AI-Generated ‘Seinfeld’ Show
You can binge all nine seasons of Seinfeld as many times as you want, but you’ll never see another new episode again. That is, until you tune into Nothing, Forever a never-ending AI-generated spoof of the hit sitcom that just might melt your brain. I’m not kidding. Over on Twitch, you can now watch a…
13 of Best TV Rewatch Podcasts
Image: Podcast logoMark-Paul Gosselaar (aka Zack Morris) hasn’t watched Saved by the Bell since it ended in 1993, and hasn’t seen some of the episodes he starred in at all. For Zack to the Future, he jumps on the mic with Dashiell Driscoss, who wrote for the SBTB series reboot and was behind the Funny…
Tulsi Gabbard grilled Rep-elect George Santos, who has admitted to lying...
Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard grilled Republican Rep-elect George Santos on Fox News. Santos lied about several aspects of his education and career, according to new reports. "My question is, do you have no shame?" Gabbard asked Santos. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're…
‘The Little Mermaid,’ and 14 Other Movies That Changed Their Source...
Screenshot: The Little Mermaid/Disney+The usual suspects have been deeply traumatized by the latest trailer for a Disney movie (as though we have nothing better to worry about). In the forthcoming remake of The Little Mermaid, Halle Bailey, a Black woman, will play Ariel, who was, in the cartoon, white (Disney would need another two decades…
You’re Wrong About ‘Less’ vs. ‘Fewer’
Photo: Getty Images (Shutterstock)Have you ever seen that sign at the grocery store counter that reads “ten items or less” and sputtered, “It should say ‘ten items or fewer!’” and had your monocle fall off in a spasm of self-righteousness? Well, don’t call the manager yet, Professor English, because it’s not that simple. I’m gonna…
20 Movies That Capture the All the Drama of Prom
A mash-up of Halloween and Carrie with a pretty sweet disco soundtrack, this one stars Jamie Lee Curtis, solidly in her scream queen phase and joined by tough-but-fair principal Leslie Nielsen. It’s all fairly entertaining, and calls out the laziness of today’s prom kids: If you haven’t practiced a synchronized disco dance number in the…
Stay Awhile in a Fugue State With the ‘Fog-Dweller’
Photo: DevojkaI’m currently sitting in the dining room of my friend’s Red Hook apartment, at a stately and beautiful walnut table that has been sullied by the trappings of my “productivity”; laptop, papers, books I probably won’t get around to reading, a busted-but-still-functioning set of headphones, crumpled receipts and a large, partially used sheath of…
George Monbiot: How Does This Moment Call For A “Great Reset”?
Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Greater Good? To achieve radical change, writer George Monbiot says we need a new story that explains the present and guides the future. He offers a vision built around our innate capacity for cooperation. About George Monbiot George Monbiot is a British writer known for his…
