Matthew Leifheit and Nicole Wittenbergs Art-Historical Machines for Desire

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1555 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Spend 47 days in the art world with Seen. Spend 47 days in the art world with Seen. Installation view of Matthew Leifheit’s “Fire Island.” A close-up of a half-closed eye, red and watering, hangs in an oval frame at the entrance to Matthew Leifheit’s exhibition “Fire Island” at Bushwick’s Deli gallery. “It’s like a Victorian ‘lover’s eye,’” the artist attests, “but instead represents a diseased, blurry vision — camera vision. [Read More]

Maurice Sendak Schools Stephen Colbert on Newt Gingrich and Nude Dreams

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  79 words  |  Janel Helmers

In this Colbert Report segment, Stephen turns to Maurice Sendak for advice on crafting his own line of celebrity children’s books. Who knew Maurice Sendak was the DEFINITION of crotchety? He’s so great. He’s got all the panache of your grumpy grandpa who isn’t afraid to call it like he sees it, whether the topic is Newt Gingrich or Stephen Colbert’s Ziploc baggie full of illustrated penises. Role model alert. [Read More]

Maya Rudolphs Beyonc Fully Melts Down on YouTubes Hot Ones With Sean Evans

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  273 words  |  Elina Uphoff

If your whole deal is being cool, calm, collected, and sexy, do not go on Hot Ones. Hosted by Sean Evans, it’s a YouTube interview show designed to break down celebrities’ barriers by feeding them extremely spicy chicken wings. Of course, while we would all love to see the actual Beyoncé sit down behind a giant glass of room temperature milk for a chat, she never will. Why? Well, let Maya Rudolph’s Beyoncé demonstrate in Saturday Night Live’s version of Hot Ones, featuring Mikey Day as a surprising convincing Evans. [Read More]

Mayor of Kingstown Recap: Hunters And Gatherers

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1354 words  |  Zora Stowers

Mayor of Kingstown Rag Doll Season 3 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Mayor of Kingstown Rag Doll Season 3 Episode 4 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » We just passed the 30th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson Bronco chase, during which an entire nation was glued to their TV sets, waiting to see if a disgraced NFL superstar could elude the cops on the Los Angeles freeways and side streets. [Read More]

Meet Elites New Class, Nearly the Same As the Old Class

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1475 words  |  Zora Stowers

Netflix’s hit Spanish-language drama Elite returns for season four this Friday, which means a new school year is set to begin at the highly competitive private school known as Las Encinas. At most high schools, the beginning of the school year might be full of worries about GPAs and prom and college applications. At Las Encinas, students are more worried about things like who will be accidentally murdered this year, how one might cover up said murder, and which students will enter into what seems like an annual threesome. [Read More]

Meet The Eric Andre Shows Carousel of Oddballs

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2447 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Minute-to-minute, so much happens on The Eric Andre Show that the constant barrage of stimuli tends to blur together. During a recent Jon Hamm interview from the show’s sixth season, André gets nude, a member of the show’s band huffs from an aerosol can, another band member repeatedly calls Hamm’s name and insists they’re old friends, André berates Hamm about starring alongside Kevin Spacey in Baby Driver, and a woman sticks her head and feet out from either side of André’s desk before he proceeds to chainsaw the desk in half. [Read More]

Megan Thee Stallion Shared a Stage With Her Idol

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  540 words  |  Zora Stowers

When it comes to fan covers that might not necessarily have that Parkwood production value, you may have seen comments joking, “We have the Renaissance world tour at home.” But the Renaissance world tour in Beyoncé’s home? Oh, trust, no expense was spared. At her tour’s stop in Houston on September 23, Bey surprised the audience at the NRG Stadium with another hometown hottie: Megan Thee Stallion. The pair performed their “Savage” remix live together for the first time since it was released in 2020. [Read More]

Michael Ches Ode to Bidets Shows Just How Far SNL Has Come

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  162 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Fourteen years after Martin Lawrence was banned from SNL for urging women to douche, co-head writer Michael Che got to do an entire desk piece about the joys of washing one’s ass. Bidet company Tushy had its ads banned from the NYC subway, and Che is not having it. “People need to know about bidets,” he said. “I just got one and it changed by life. It’s glorious. [Read More]

Michaela the Destroyer

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  29 minutes  |  6167 words  |  Janel Helmers

How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year. Photo: Ruth Ossai for New York Magazine Photo: Ruth Ossai for New York Magazine Emmy Insider The Emmy race has begun! Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. [Read More]