All Matthew Modine wanted to do was impress Stanley Kubrick. It was the mid-’80s and the actor, who had been cast in Kubrick’s war drama Full Metal Jacket, would go around the film’s set with an old Rolleiflex camera, quietly taking photos and hoping the director would notice his classic piece of eq

Jamie Lee Curtis took on a whole new kind of role over the weekend, officiating her daughter’s wedding.

The actress’s daughter Ruby Guest, who came out as transgender in 2020, tied the knot with her partner Kynthia in an intimate cosplay ceremony held in Curtis’s backyard. The Halloween star shared

Unless you’re a troglodyte, you’ve been exposed to something about the Depp v. Heard trial in the past few weeks. Like many, I have averted my eyes—with guilty fascination—even as I’ve kept track of the defamation conflagration. As we all do nowadays, we watch or we read or we media-graze about thes

Kevin Spacey plans to “voluntarily appear” in U.K. court to defend himself against four charges of sexual assault, as well as one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, which were authorized by British prosecutors last week.

“The CPS has authorized crimi

The hunt for the source of the leaked draft ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade is intensifying inside the Supreme Court, where officials are “taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits,” CNN reported Tuesday. This unprecedented move is reportedly rattling some l

“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” That was Johnny Rotten’s famous kiss-off to the audience at his final Sex Pistols concert in San Francisco, in January 1978. The band lasted only a short time, but its turbulent existence has been documented so diligently in the subsequent decades—and abso

In “Dear Billy,” the standout episode of Stranger Things season four, Max (Sadie Sink) escapes the Upside Down by listening to Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God).” It’s a stirring song choice, turning Bush’s 1980s pop classic into the sound of literal salvation, a piece of art capab

With the Memorial Day weekend release of Top Gun: Maverick, conservative pundits have taken the culture war to the skies, hailing the blockbuster as a patriotic, anti-“woke” display of militarism and masculinity. They have also cited its record-breaking box office performance—grossing $160.5 million

Last week, an 18-year-old walked into an elementary school and, as law enforcement officers inexplicably waited outside, murdered 19 children and two teachers. Unless you’ve been cut off from the outside world, you undoubtedly already know this. But the horror seems worth repeating, not only in ligh

Donald Trump has a long, robust history of getting away with every shady, underhanded, wildly unethical, likely criminal thing he’s ever done in his life. Whether it’s stiffing contractors he owes money to, paying a porn star to keep quiet about their alleged affair, or inciting a violent riot in a

Putting together an amazing look almost always requires some thoughtful accessories, but nothing compares to the sartorial impact of a great pair of sunglasses. Depending on how you wear them, they can lend effortless cool or subtle glam to any ensemble. While they’re a year-round must-have, summer

Exalted by Anna Dorn – Unnamed Press, June 7

Anna Dorn’s cutting and hilarious novel spans Southern California, alternating between two points of view: Emily Forrest, the voice behind @exalted, Instagram’s most popular astrology page, and Dawn Webster, a career waitress and Riverside’s resident cha

Happily ever after looks a little different in novels these days. Once upon a time, a dashing prince met a local young woman, swept her off her feet, they overcame a challenge or two, and voilá: they’re married, she’s the princess, and they ride off into the sunset. Now, the fairytale may feature tw