It would be a stretch to say that the release of a Ben Affleck movie ever qualified as an event. Even in the late 1990s and the early 2000s — the post-Good Will Hunting window during which he was most plausibly anointed for stardom — Affleck tended to be recklessly productive in a way that […]

Eva Marie Saint, who died on Oct. 6 at age 102, lived a life that seemed exceptional in the moment and would certainly be impossible today. First, the impossible part: Saint was, legitimately, one of the last movie stars to have played a meaningful part in the Golden Age and to have worked alongside some […]

President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, in part, because of his appeal among men, and he is once again leaning into the manosphere as he tries to help Republicans running in this year’s midterm cycle. Trump may not be on the ballot, but as the president travels around the country defending his record and […]

Debate about Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s role in the state’s fraud crisis, and whether she stood idly by and allowed fraud to fester for years, is haunting her Senate aspirations. It is a lingering question that her Republican opponent, Michele Tafoya, has dangled in front of voters in the lead-up to the midterm election. […]