The New Yorker Profiles "The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court." Jonathan Mitchell failed in his effort to become a legal academic, so he put his theories into practice instead. Reason · Jan 7, 2023
Naughty Dog's next game will be like Star Wars in one surprising way After adapting 'The Last of Us' for HBO, Neil Druckmann has big ambitions for the future of Naughty Dog. Inverse · Dec 28, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: Which last longer, ebooks or physical books? The answer may surprise you The internet engineer and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle took a shot at the book publishing industry a few weeks ago by pointing out something well-known to technologists but unappreciated by the general public: that ebooks and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items. Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022
From eggs benedict to the minibar: eight food and drink game changers that became hotel hits Hotel kitchens have long been the home of culinary innovations. Here are a few of the dishes and ideas that were so good guests couldn’t resist them. Little wonder they’ve gone global The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022
The best new books released in November as selected by avid readers and critics A mystery novel inspired by The Teacher's Pet, a WWI story featuring Miles Franklin, and the overdue biography of a celebrated Australian writer are in our top reads this month. ABC News · Nov 25, 2022
‘Wednesday’ review: An ‘Addams Family’ spinoff that centers on goth girl Wednesday Addams (snap, snap) The Addams Family began in 1938 as a series of wry cartoon panels from Charles Addams for The New Yorker magazine. Then came the black-and-white 1960s sitcom with its iconic theme song (snap, snap). Then came the movie adaptations, because Hollywood loves nothing more than repurposing intellectual property over and… Chicago Tribune · Nov 25, 2022
Mariah Carey is NOT the ‘Queen of Christmas’ - or even the princess - as trademark is denied The battle of the Christmas Queens has commenced but Carey is out of the race after a legal challenge Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss team up on 'Number One Is Walking' Already a comedian, actor, writer, musician and novelist, Steve Martin is now mastering a new art form The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried's effective altruism may have been his downfall “I wanted to get rich, not because I like money but because I wanted to give that money to charity,” Sam Bankman-Fried once said. Fortune · Nov 15, 2022
‘He was a bit of an outcast’: how Weird Al become an unlikely superstar The musician’s life has been given the biopic treatment in a new film starring Daniel Radcliffe, the latest surprising turn in a surprising career The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2022
Emma Thompson was ‘utterly, utterly blind’ to ex-husband Kenneth Branagh’s affairs Nearly 30 years after the breakup of her first marriage and almost 20 years into her second, actor-writer Emma Thompson admits she suffered from passing blindness many years back. Los Angeles Times · Nov 11, 2022
‘Humiliated’ Emma Thompson was ‘utterly blind’ to ex-husband Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter’s affair The Love Actually actress admits she felt unlovable and unworthy after marriage ended Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2022
George Booth, cartoonist of domestic farce, dies at 96 George Booth, a prize-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker who with manic affection captured the timeless comedy of dogs and cats and the human beings somehow in charge of their well being, has died The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Axios · Nov 3, 2022 LAPD involved in corporate sexual misconduct case, investigation reveals The details are part of a report from the N.Y. Ag that paints a clear picture of a culture of corruption surrounding ex-CBS CEO Les Moonves.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022 Harvey Weinstein faces sexual assault and rape charges as LA trial begins LOS ANGELES — The worlds of politics and Hollywood collided Monday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom as the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein began.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022 Appreciation: Why New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl was the last of a breed Peter Schjeldahl, the eminent and widely read New York art critic, died Friday at his country home in the tiny upstate town of Bovina, near the Catskills, where he and his wife, former actor Brooke Alderson, lived. He was 80.
Salon · Oct 23, 2022 The 5,000-year history of writer’s block The romantic image of the writer doesn’t do justice to the tedious reality of churning out words
Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022 Charlayne Hunter-Gault chronicles half a century in ‘My People’ "My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives" by Charlayne Hunter-Gaultl Harper (342 pages, $27.99)
Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022 Succession season 4: HBO releases new trailer revealing a tumultuous upcoming series After months of waiting, fans finally get a glimpse of season four
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Trump tells US Jews they should appreciate what he’s achieved in Israel ‘before it’s too late’ Former president claims Evangelicals are more appreciative of his support for the country, where he claims he could ‘easily’ be prime minister
The Guardian - US · Oct 15, 2022 #MeToo is five years old. These trials show how far we’ve come As Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Paul Haggis are all in court, it is clear that there has, in fact, been forward motion – in the courts, in our workplaces, in society
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 Tulsi Gabbard’s ties to secretive cult may explain her perplexing political journey Tulsi Gabbard’s upbringing in an offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement with strict devotion to a secretive guru sheds light on her apparent fondness for Vladimir Putin, Bevan Hurley writes
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv review – rewriting the language of mental illness The New Yorker writer tries to redefine attitudes through a quintet of studies of troubled people from around the world
The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022 The 5,000-year history of writer's block Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of nonfiction, says that when faced with writer’s block, sometimes it seems that the muse has “gone out back for a smoke.”