Sisters Introduces Tina Fey and Amy Poehlers Semisecret Sibling
Paula Pell stops short, grabs my shoulder and yells, completely serious, “Oh! My journal! Oh! Jesus Christ!” We are about seven steps from the booth we just ate in. “Oh, I have it,” she says, sighing with relief after finding the yellow spiral notebook secure in its leather cover. She wrote this diary when she was 13, long before she started reading it aloud late at night to entertain the staff of Saturday Night Live–and even longer before she turned it into the movie Sisters (Dec.
Southern Poverty Law Center: Hate Groups On the Rise
A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center claims the number of hate groups in the U.S. are on the rise, which it blames on terrorist attacks as well as President Trump’s rhetoric.
In its annual report on U.S. extremist groups, the Alabama-based nonprofit says the number of hate groups rose from 892 in 2015 to 917 last year, with the number of anti-Muslim groups rising from 34 to 101.
Taylor Swift Fans Are Learning Football Rules
For people who have never watched football before, the rules admittedly can be a little confusing. But today, a whole new population of prospective fans are asking the necessary questions in order to get a handle on the sport. Sunday night, Swifties decided it was time to figure out how the game works after spotting Taylor Swift at the Kansas City Chiefs game. Swift was watching in tight end Travis Kelce’s family box, alongside his mother, following recent reports of the pair spending time together.
The Fall of the House of Usher Ending Explained
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher.
From the start of the first episode of The Fall of the House of Usher, we know that all of Roderick Usher's children are dead. It's the how and the why of their deaths that plays out over the course of Mike Flanagan's new horror anthology series, now streaming on Netflix.
Inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe, House of Usher traces the downfall of the uber-wealthy Usher family and their corrupt drug company, Fortunato Pharmaceuticals.
The fu*k buddy manual: An ultimate guide to casual relationships
If after numerous breakups, you are done with love and just looking to get down without any strings attached, then you need this guideline or else you will be catching feelings before you know it. 1. Always establish that you are ONLY interested in sex From the very first conversation you have with them, let it begin with something mildly sexual but appropriate. Lay your cards on the table, and let them know what you are interested in just their body, not their mind or a friendship.
The Health Benefits of Walking
Walking is often thought of as a mere mode of transportation: a way to get from point A to point B. Few of us consider the fact that it’s one of the most fundamental, accessible physical activities a person can do. What’s so great about walking? Walking might not be as impressive as holding a plank or doing mountain climbers, but “it’s considered a bodyweight exercise, because your large muscle groups are working to move the weight of your body,” says Dr.
The High COVID-19 Death Toll in Texas-Mexico Border Towns
Alfredo “Freddy” Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades at one of the poorest middle schools in El Paso, Texas. He was known for buying his students shoes and bow ties for their band concerts, his effortlessly positive demeanor and his suave personal style—“he looked like he stepped out of a different era, the 1950s,” says his niece, Ruby Montana. While Valles was singular in life, his death at age 60 in February 2021 was part of a devastating statistic: He was one of thousands of deaths in Texas border counties—where coronavirus mortality rates far outpaced state and national averages.
The Libertine
John Malkovich is back home at Steppenwolf, selling out the house nightly in the American premiere of Stephen Jeffreys' disappointing "The Libertine," which premiered in 1994 at London's Royal Court Theatre.
John Malkovich is back home at Steppenwolf, selling out the house nightly in the American premiere of Stephen Jeffreys’ disappointing “The Libertine,” which premiered in 1994 at London’s Royal Court Theatre.
The True Story Behind Peacock's 'Dr. Death'
The nightmare at the center of Dr. Death, a new Peacock drama inspired by the 2018 true crime podcast of the same name from Wondery, involves a surgeon who seems intent on using his scalpel to destroy the lives of his patients—and a medical system content to let him skate by. Out July 15, Dr. Death introduces viewers to Christopher Duntsch, a real-life Texas-based surgeon who in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison after maiming and even killing almost all of the nearly 40 patients he operated on between 2011 and 2013.
The Witcher Season 2 Improves on the First. Here's How
I’ll be honest—I cackled my way through the first season of Netflix’s The Witcher. While it certainly had its serious moments, mostly I remember it, fondly, for its wild sword fights and muddy faux-medieval towns, its ridiculous bard groupies, gleefully gratuitous nudity and wacky magic that turned people into eels and hedgehogs, while Henry Cavill, as the eponymous Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, trudged grimly through it all with the most hilariously put-upon expression I’ve ever seen on a person.