What Westworlds Season-Two Costumes Reveal About Its Characters

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  832 words  |  Janel Helmers

It’s a lewk! We could go on and on about the theories, timelines, and questions in play during Westworld’s sophomore season, but if you’re in search of answers, don’t forget to look at your screen — specifically, at the costumes curated by seasoned designer Sharen Davis. Whether large or small, the changes made to each look are meant to say something about each character at a deeper level. [Read More]

Whats Going on With Frank Oceans New Songs?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1005 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Frank Ocean. Everything that made Frank Ocean’s Blonde and Endless exciting last year also seemed to frame the two releases as an orchestrated act of conscientious objection to music’s major-label machine. Endless is a genius fake out that freed Frank from his Def Jam contract and still exists only as an Apple Music video nearly a year later (unless you tracked down ripped audio), while Blonde, from its proggy song structures and stripped instrumentation, to the guerrilla one-day sale of hard copies, landed as precariously and perfectly as a BMX trick. [Read More]

Whats the Worst Movie of 2009?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  748 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Surprisingly, it’s not Paul Blart: Mall Cop! In fact, that memorable Blart got just one vote in our year-end critics’ poll, which determines the year’s worst stinkers, turkeys, botches, and fiascoes once and for all. After all, this time of year, everyone’s in a hurry to explain to you why Up or Avatar or Invictus is the best movie of the year. But what about the awful films of 2009? [Read More]

Whats Up With the Native American Subplot on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  840 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Jane Krakowski as Jackie Lynn, a Native American from South Dakota. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix’s new series with a 30 Rock sensibility, is the show of the moment. It premiered to glowing reviews last Friday, with critics largely agreeing: It was “winning,” “very funny,” and “daftly effervescent.” But because the show is a delight to watch on so many levels, most reviews also swept one persistent plot point under the rug: Jacqueline Voorhees’s odd, irrelevant, and ultimately offensive Native American past. [Read More]

When the Last Call Killer Came to Five Oaks

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2395 words  |  Janel Helmers

From the book Last Call: A True Story of Lust, Love, and Murder in Queer New York. Copyright © 2021 by Elon Green. Published March 9 by Celadon Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. From the book Last Call: A True Story of Lust, Love, and Murder in Queer New York. Copyright © 2021 by Elon Green. Published March 9 by Celadon Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. July 29, 1993 It had been a slow Thursday night at the Five Oaks, a little bar at 49 Grove Street in Greenwich Village. [Read More]

Where to Eat and Pee Between the Harry Potter Plays

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1201 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. If you’re planning on seeing both parts of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in one day, you’ve likely thought: What on earth am I going to do with myself between 4:40 p.m.-ish, when part one ends, and 7:30 p.m., when part two starts? Well, don’t worry because we’ve thought of it too, and it turns out that the theater district, though not the most obvious neighborhood for good food and clean bathrooms, actually has some decent options. [Read More]

Who Is Meghan Trainor and What Is All About That Bass Even About?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  476 words  |  Janel Helmers

Now that the Song of Summer has officially been declared, we can focus on the songs that are about to dethrone it. You’ll recognize most of the people on the current charts: Taylor, Nicki, Iggy, Sam Smith. But who is this Meghan Trainor woman at No. 2? If that name doesn’t immediately ring any bells, her song will. “All About That Bass,” the throwback ode with the pastel-ridden music video, has already been placed on the workout playlists of Lululemon-wearing women across the country. [Read More]

Who Killed Ben Glenroy on Only Murders in the Building?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2025 words  |  Zora Stowers

Who killed this fine actor? Yes, we mean fine on multiple levels. The third season of Only Murders in the Building has raised an important question: Would anyone actually pay to see a Broadway musical in which three infants are accused of murder? That is a question we cannot answer — personally, I say “yes,” especially if Meryl Streep and Ashley Park are starring in it — but we can try to answer the other major question of the season: Who killed Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), the beloved, obnoxious star of the play formerly known as Death Rattle? [Read More]

Whoopi Goldberg Gave Sunny Hostin a Lap Dance on The View

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  Janel Helmers

Caught in the act. With Meghan McCain long gone and Joy Behar late to today’s show, the women of The View were able to get into some real issues — like what exactly counts as cheating during a bachelorette party. During today’s “Day of Hot Topics,” Whoopi Goldberg brought up a survey finding that a whopping 70 percent of people cheat at bachelor (and -ette) parties. The cheating ranged from lap dances to a threesome, Goldberg emphasized. [Read More]

Why Is Andy Kaufman Entering WWEs Hall of Fame So Late?

 Posted on June 13, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1014 words  |  Janel Helmers

Andy Kaufman was many things: a performance artist, “song and dance man,” comedian, and also pro wrestler. On March 20, Variety reported that the WWE will honor Kaufman’s wrestling legacy by inducting him into its Hall of Fame on March 31, an honor shared by many professional wrestlers and a few celebrities whose identities will surprise you. I dare you to find another honorary body on this earth that includes Snoop Dogg, former president Donald Trump, Mr. [Read More]