Why is Gen Z wistful for the late 2000s already?
No sooner have we recovered from melomaniacs’ rekindled excitement over bands like the Lumineers and other “stomp, clap, hey” indie rock music of the late 2000s and early aughts than...
Television
Appreciation: Strong and warm, June Lockhart was a model of TV motherhood
In the two decades following the end of the Second World War, the culture gods declared that families should be nuclear, which is not to say atomic, and that women,...
Breaking Down the Unsettling Ending of Danish Thriller Series The Asset
The Asset, a Danish thriller series out on Netflix on Oct. 27, explores the intricate web of deception within Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (PET). Across six episodes, the series...
Charlie Sheen’s life was in chaos. Meet friend Tony Todd, the ‘angel from heaven’ who helped rescue him
When Charlie Sheen needed his then-13-year-old daughter taken to a hair appointment because he was too drunk to drive, he turned to his sober friend, Tony Todd. When Sheen wanted...
‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor John Dickerson will leave the network later this year
John Dickerson, co-anchor of “CBS Evening News,” said Monday he will exit the network at the end of the year. Dickerson will be the first major talent departure since the...
Vince Gilligan Is Breaking Good
Vince Gilligan knows better than to try to explain where his stories come from. Like the extraterrestrial transmission that kicks off his new Apple TV series, Pluribus, their origin is...
MSNBC becomes MS NOW on Nov. 15
MSNBC has set a date for its new name. Starting Nov. 15, the progressive-leaning cable news channel will be called MS NOW — an acronym for My Source, News, Opinion...
Staying in for Halloween? Here are the best shows to stream, from cute-scary to actually scary
Halloween often translates into big plans. You could go see “Sinners” or “KPop Demon Hunters” which are both being re-released this weekend in theaters, you could explore some of the...
How That Brutal Twist in the IT: Welcome to Derry Premiere Ups the Stakes of the HBO Prequel Series
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 1 of IT: Welcome to Derry. The Losers Club may have finally figured out how to defeat Pennywise once and for all in...
June Lockhart dies; TV’s favorite mom on ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost in Space’
June Lockhart, the perennial TV mom who consoled her son Timmy and his faithful pet collie in “Lassie” and explained the unfolding galaxy to her children in the kitschy prime-time...
