Netflix’s ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ Makes ‘Miami Vice’ Look Like Child’s Play
If you snorted so much as a bump of coke during the 1980s in any major city in the U.S., chances are it came from Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta, two Cuban immigrants and Miami Senior High School...
View ArticlePeople Are Using ‘I Am Legend’ as a Vaccine Cautionary Tale—but They Got the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been bad enough as it, but according to a conspiracy theory gaining ground on social media, the vaccines have the same effects as the mystery agent that created all those...
View ArticleStreetwear Competition ‘The Hype’ Is Good Fashion TV
Picture Making the Cut meets Hip-Hop Evolution, and you’ve got something close to The Hype, a new competition reality show premiering on HBO Max on August 12. Following the now-ubiquitous format that...
View ArticleHow Simu Liu Went From Struggling Actor to Marvel Superhero
Seven years ago, when Simu Liu was a struggling actor in Toronto, he tweeted at Marvel: “Now how about an Asian American hero?” He meant it as an offhand joke—“That tweet was just the ramblings of...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani Isn’t the Only Trumpworlder Trying to Make Coin on Cameo
How the mighty (or at least the sweaty) have fallen. Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani is the subject of multiple active criminal investigations and lawsuits related to his...
View ArticleMattel Apologizes for Failing to Represent Asians in Its Olympics Collection
Asian American women had a banner year at the Tokyo Olympics. With Chinese American gymnast Suni Lee becoming the first Asian American to win gold in the gymnastics individual all-around and Filipina...
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More and More Celebrities Are Coming Out as Infrequent Bathers
Remember that really odd Twitter debate back in 2019 when people disputed whether washing their legs was necessary when they took a shower? Well, the conversation has gotten weirder since celebs...
View ArticleA New ‘Visual Podcast’ Celebrates the Early Days of Guns N’ Roses
Patrons of Canter’s Deli may wonder why a giant photograph of the band Guns N’ Roses lurks over one of the booths near the Kibitz Room or why the landmark restaurant has copies of the book Reckless...
View ArticleTV’s Return After Its Forced Hiatus Could Hatch a Batch of Instant Classics
Traditionally, the Emmys not only wrap up television’s previous year but also fire the starting gun on the fall season. That’s even more true in 2021 because this is the first real season since 2019,...
View ArticleMillennial Critics Hate ‘He’s All That.’ Blame Their Misplaced Nostalgia for...
Netflix just dropped He’s All That, a teen romcom about beauty influencer Padgett Sawyer (played by real-life influencer Addison Rae) who makes a bet she can turn hopeless misanthrope/photographer...
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