The New York Times reports that Philip Roth, one of the most celebrated, discussed, and occasionally grumbled-at authors of the 20th century, has died. A prolific examiner of sex, American life, and identity, Roth published dozens of novels and novellas over the course of his career, from the Kafka-esque The Breast,…
Today, the internet has reacted with predictable glee at the news that Donald Glover fans on Reddit have taken over a subreddit dedicated to Donald Trump, flooding the page with Donald Glover memes, Community gifs, and posts about how Glover should run for president. It’s the kind of fun prank that Reddit excels at,…
As much as we may think we understand nature—especially after the enriching process of watching hours of Planet Earth on a hungover Sunday morning—it is always capable of surprising us. Take, for instance, a video of two majestic lynx, resplendent, elusive predators that they are, standing on the side of the road and…
Just when you thought it was safe to go into a public park or a hall of fame, another bizarre approximation of a famous person’s face has been cast in bronze. Curse you, copper! Why must your alloys torment us by making our famous people look like unrecognizable monsters? Following what happened to Lucille Ball, Kurt…
One day soon the robots will replace us in all things, whether we like it or not. They’ll be doctors and engineers and even artists and, though we may still prefer human expressions of creativity in this gleaming future, it won’t matter because the robots will probably have us living in rows of vats, sucking out our…
After nearly 50 years, Andy Warhol and John Wilcock’s Interview magazine has reportedly been shut down, with The Cut reporting that employees made the announcement themselves on Twitter and the Observer reporting that the magazine’s assets are being liquidated—though the magazine’s current ownership has not made an…
In the episodes leading up to January 1983, co-host Scott Weinberg lamented that he was dreading 1983, calling it one of the worst cinematic years he experienced in his lifetime. June certainly is a mixed bag of films for the summer season, featuring teen sex comedies, Gérard Depardieu, and a 4-hour-long Ingmar…
The royal wedding went just fine. Planned and run with the considerable resources of a monarchy gleefully rubbing its hands at the opportunity for some good, tradition-reinforcing publicity, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tied the old Windsor knot without a hitch. As anyone who’s sat through summers of less…
In a press release, satellite radio service SiriusXM has announced that it’s putting together a celebration of comedy icon Richard Pryor later this month on the Comedy Greats channel, with the event including remastered versions of Pryor’s entire stand-up discography, an “original audio documentary” hosted by Ron…
The internet has been having some fun lately, debating whether a little audio clip sounds more like it’s saying “yanny” or “laurel.” The split between what people hear, reminiscent of the good old days of The Dress, has inspired the kind of universal humor and gentle fun that too rarely fills our timelines these days.…
Facebook is still trying to make up for the massive whoopsie it admitted to earlier this year, when a Trump campaign-backed organization called Cambridge Analytica made off with the private data of 87 million people and Facebook did virtually nothing about it. CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured a Congressional testimony, the…
In an unexpectedly positive move, the Senate has actually voted to resurrect net neutrality by utilizing the Congressional Review Act, a system that allows senators for force a vote on recently passed regulations simply by getting a certain amount of signatures. 52 members of the Senate voted in favor of moving to…
The legal concerns surrounding comic book mastermind Stan Lee have taken yet another weird (and expensive) turn this week, with THR reporting that the former Marvel editor-in-chief has now launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against POW! Entertainment, a company he once co-founded, while also claiming that some of those…
Remember Comedy Central in the early 2000s? Well, it’s back, and it’s going on tour. Alright, it’s technically just former Daily Show host Jon Stewart and former Chappelle’s Show host Dave Chappelle who are going on tour, but that should still be enough to stoke the nostalgia fires of anyone who longs for the days of …
We won’t lie to you, we were a little disappointed when we couldn’t get the money together to buy that clown motel out next to the old miners’ graveyard. But now a new, even more exciting way to fritter away a mountain of cash that we don’t actually have has come along: Anybody want to pool some funds and buy the…
Presaging a dark future in which human beings will only be able to judge each other on what they say, do, and look like—rather than an abstract “score” built off the quality of their followers on Insta—The Verge reports that online rating system Klout is shutting down. Parent company Lithium Technologies announced…
Just in case the lesson from every Black Mirror episode hasn’t sunk in just yet, here it is again: All technology is bad and it will eventually be used to destroy our lives in ways we can’t even imagine. Today, that’s coming in the form of imperceptible musical signals that can be used to take control of smart devices…
In his recent Netflix special Kid Gorgeous At Radio City, John Mulaney dedicates a good chunk of his set to Detective J.J. Bittenbinder, a former Chicago cop with a big mustache and a cowboy hat who used to visit schools and make presentations to kids about how to avoid being kidnapped and murdered. Mulaney’s jokes…
With conservative ideology in political and cultural ascendancy, there’s no better time to be worried about whether conservatives are being given their dues. So says “Meet The Renegades Of The Intellectual Dark Web,” a baffling New York Times article in which Bari Weiss, defender of the downtrodden, highlights key…
The world’s most expensive costume party was held in New York City last night, as musicians, actors, models, and assorted rich, skinny people gathered at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art by invitation of Anna Wintour and Vogue magazine for the annual Met Gala. This year, attendees placed their bets on Pope Francis’…
