archive2021

Aubrey Plaza and Brian Tyree Henry take a lie detector test. Is Aubrey really from Delaware? Did she always speak in a deadpan manner? Does she think going to an all-girls Catholic school messed her up in any way? Did Brian go to Yale? Does he think he's a better...

Even a North Korean state website is jumping on the Squid Game bandwagon: On Tuesday, October 12th, the website Arirang Meari shared a piece about the hit South Korean series, praising it for its critiques of capitalism and the “beastly” nature of South Korean society.  The author-less post reads less...

It's been a relatively quiet week for royals news, but that hasn't stopped some of the British tabloids from turning when and where Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's daughter Lilibet “Lili” Diana’s christening will take place into a salacious story. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s rep gave a rare...

Disney+ have shared the first trailer for its original docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, arriving on the streaming service this Thanksgiving weekend. The Peter Jackson-directed docuseries includes never-before-seen restored footage. The three-part series debuts on November 25th and continues on November 26th and 27th. The much-anticipated Get Back follows the...

There are a ton of toy companies that have released action figures based on the classic Universal Monsters and now Jada Toys is getting into the game with four brand new authentically-licensed figures of their own. The 6” figures and their packaging are modern takes on Universal Pictures’ 1930s-1950s horror...

Donald Trump and Mike Pence at a Tennessee "MAGA" rally (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty) Donald Trump’s disastrous presidency has been linked to a surge in “extreme mental distress” among America’s LGBT+ community. A report for the December issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology found that “extreme mental distress” – categorised as...

Forty-one years ago today, on Oct. 13, 1980, Johnny Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.Cash was 48 years old at the time of his Country Music Hall of Fame induction, making him the youngest living member, at the time, to enter into the Hall of Fame. He...

The comedy world is mourning the loss of a star. Ricarlo Flanagan, an actor, comedian and rapper, who was a semifinalist on Last Comic Standing, died over the weekend after contracting coronavirus, his agent confirmed in a statement to Variety. According to the outlet, he was 40 at the time of...

Baywatch and Percy Jackson and the Olympians actress Alexandra Daddario was part of one of the most entertaining summer binges when she starred alongside Jennifer Coolidge and Connie Britton in HBO’s The White Lotus. Now that the limited series has concluded, what’s the 35-year-old up to next? Well, she’s set...

Photography Courtesy of Joaquin Laguinge, Hermès Time to kick your mani game up a notch. By Mishal Cazmi Date October 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photography Courtesy of Hermès Attention nail polish lovers: Hermès has entered the chat. Following the launch of its own beauty line in March 2020, the brand...

In the new trailer for the peculiar Apple TV+ series The Shrink Next Door, Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd set the stage for an unconventional (read: unprofessional) patient and psychiatrist relationship. With Rudd as the overbearing Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf and Ferrell as the impressionable Martin “Marty” Markowitz, the duo retell the...

One stroll through the colorful streets of Austin, Texas and you’ll find the city’s slogan “Keep Austin Weird” plastered just about everywhere. While the saying was coined by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses, it’s become a full-blown lifestyle for natives and visitors alike. Of course, Austin...

Paul McCartney did not shy away from his thoughts of where the Beatles stand when it comes to their peers the Rolling Stones in a new interview with The New Yorker. As far as musical palettes go, he told the magazine that the Beatles’ were broader. “I’m not sure I...

Introductions are never easy. Striking a balance between making a good first impression but also the impression you intended to set still very much eludes me.  “Did I talk too much?”  “Did I talk enough?” “Have I presented myself in a way that this person will now spend the rest...