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Colonel Tom Parker wasn’t the villain of Elvis’ story
Peter Guralnick’s “The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World” is this...
Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” succumbs to its worst instinct
My oldest niece starts elementary school this fall. When I talk to her about it, she’s excited. A new school...
Trump wants the stars to shine for him
It did not take Donald Trump long to put himself at the center of a media circus. In the days...
Former Superman Dean Cain stumps for ICE hiring initiative
Dean Cain is encouraging Americans to become Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The agency is in the middle of a...
The GOP’s assault on public media will hit rural America the hardest
Nearly six decades after Congress established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to steward the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting,...
Woody Allen compares Epstein to Dracula in newly unearthed letter
Director Woody Allen said neighbor Jeffrey Epstein‘s New York City mansion reminded him of a vampire’s castle. In a letter...
“Alien: Earth” knows how it all ends
“Alien: Earth” draws its influences from selections across the sci-fi movie universe, but the mechanical soul of its eight episodes...
A literary tribute to Sinéad O’Connor takes her legacy off the back burner
“There is nothing this world finds more terrifying than a woman with a microphone.” – Stacey Lynn Brown When Sinéad...
What the hell are skin-loving cosmetics?
“Skin-loving” I know the makeup brand Jane Iredale didn’t always use this phrase in its marketing. I know this because...
“King of the Hill” is the real America, if we allow it to be
Once Hulu confirmed the “King of the Hill” revival was officially moving forward, it didn’t take long for the Internet...
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