We are for the most part not blessed to live in the era of giants. The greatest of all times in their fields — Michelangelo in sculpture, Shakespeare in drama, Homer (or Dante) in poetry, Raphael in painting, Beethoven in music — all lived hundreds (and in some cases thousands) of years ago. Long gone […]
Democrats are bringing an 1873 law that bans the mailing of abortion-related materials into the spotlight as the party makes access to the procedure central to their election messaging. The Comstock Act was enacted to ban people from sending anything “obscene, lewd or lascivious” in the mail, including “any article or thing designed or intended […]
It may also come as a surprise to the relatives, friends, and roommates whom I’ve forced to watch the Tony Awards over the years that this year I didn’t watch until this magazine’s editor asked me to write about the awards show. But while I remain as steadfast a theater lover as ever, I just […]
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon lost an emergency appeal to delay his July 1 prison sentence. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Bannon, with Judge Justin Walker, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, dissenting. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison in October 2022 after defying a congressional subpoena […]
What do you call unscripted TV featuring lunatics — when you’re not calling it “C-SPAN,” that is? If the phrase “reality television” comes to mind, dismiss it as insufficient right away. Abandon, too, the staid moniker “docuseries.” HBO’s Ren Faire, available now in its full, three-episode glory, is too unruly a beast for such a […]
The Lego Group released a “mini stories” Instagram video called “Pride Parade” on Thursday. “These dazzling minifigures are ready for Pride with their very own spectacular Pride celebration!” the post said alongside an Instagram video with the hashtags #LEGO #Pride #Celebration #LGBTQIA. The stop-motion animated video shows Lego people gathering on a makeup table in […]
Cultural decline can be measured in a thousand different ways, but surely one of them is the way in which the figure of Death is personified in the movies. In 1957, Ingmar Bergman’s classic film The Seventh Seal offered Death in the form of a blank-faced man who wears a flowing black robe, speaks in […]
At least one of two illegal immigrants who were charged with the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Texas were previously released by Border Patrol, according to multiple reports Thursday. Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, were caught crossing the border illegally in El Paso, Texas, in March and May, […]
Former Republican New York Rep. George Santos announced that he was launching an OnlyFans page that will give his supporters “full behind the scenes access” to his world. Santos’s OnlyFans page is available to followers for $29.99 a month. “The moment you’ve all been waiting for!” he said in a post on X, the social […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign took a swipe against its opponent, former President Donald Trump, in a video montage of the candidate appearing “confused.” The Biden campaign shared the video on X on Thursday under the caption “Here is a montage of Donald Trump getting confused, lost, wandering off, and waving to nobody.” The montage included […]
