15 Years Later, ‘Sweet Home Alabama’s’ Baby In A Bar Is A Lifestyle, Not A...
The Instagram account of my imaginary bestie Reese Witherspoon informed me this week is the 15th anniversary of the release of the movie “Sweet Home Alabama.” In this classic rom-com romp, Southern...
View ArticleThe Ballad Of The Basics
Come with me, my love, to the pumpkin spice fields Where the harvest lies in wait Under dappled leaves we’ll work with speed The lattes can’t be late. In my riding boots without any horse I shall roam...
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Fast And Furious Feud Between The Rock And Tyrese Threatens The Family
Can you have too much of a good thing? When that thing is “Fast and Furious” franchise installments, one would think the answer would be simple— there’s no such thing. But at least one person in the...
View ArticleEd Asner Asks MSNBC’s Chris Jansing For A Kiss Twice During Interview On...
It was almost as if it was performance art. Ed Asner, TV icon and Hollywood veteran, appeared on Chris Jansing’s MSNBC program to promote his new book, “The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends...
View ArticleWhat I Want Everyone, Especially My Daughters, To Know About My #MeToo...
I’m a #metoo girl, too. In the grand scheme, I consider myself basically unscathed. I’ve been harassed, but never assaulted. But in talking to women friends in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal...
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Someone Stole Martha Stewart’s Favorite Pie Plate, And I’m Afraid For Us All
Of all the cultural norms we have discarded of late, of all the things we held sacred that we no longer do, of all the public feuds that end in ignominy, this is perhaps the worst. Someone has...
View ArticleThree Reasons ‘Hocus Pocus” Max Dennison Is A Millennial Model For Masculinity
I revisited the ’90s Halloween classic “Hocus Pocus” with my kids this year. We do our share of fast-forwarding through the creepier parts, but one part that’s surprisingly edifying is Max Dennison’s...
View ArticleWill You Daylight Saving Time Whiners Stop Bothering Me And Work On Getting...
Here we are on DST-Day +4. How are you all feeling? Having gone through our biannual b*tchfest over a one-hour time change, it occurs to me I may have reached whining saturation for this relatively...
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7 Ways To Use The iPhone ‘i’ Glitch In Your Everyday Life
A lot of people have been complaining about the Apple glitch, which has lasted about a week and types in the place of an “i” an “A” followed by a question mark in a box. Because I blame most problems...
View ArticleTrump Is Right: He Should Get Credit For Bringing Imprisoned Americans Home
Three University of California at Los Angeles basketball players are back home in the United States today after being detained for about a week in China for alleged shoplifting. President Donald...
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How The Creation Of The Green Bean Casserole Presaged Today’s Reality Cooking...
Before “Top Chef” and the “Great British Baking Show,” there was the Campbell’s soup company’s test kitchen. It was there, in 1955, that home economist Dorcas Reilly of New Jersey created an iconic...
View Article7 Things To Know About Prince Harry’s Royal Engagement To American Meghan Markle
The British Crown announced the engagement of Prince Harry to his girlfriend, American actress Meghan Markle, this morning, confirming longtime rumors the pair was headed to the altar. In a statement,...
View ArticleTrevor Noah: Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Nickname For Warren Is Actually Pretty Woke
Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” tackled the “Pocahontas” controversy Wednesday. But in a departure from most of the media’s coverage of Trump’s nickname for Sen. Elizabeth...
View Article‘Love Actually’ Is A Prophecy That Foretold Prince Harry And Meghan And The...
Everyone, stop debating whether “Love Actually” is a good movie. It doesn’t matter anymore if this modern classic Christmas movie is quality cinema or not. It was a prophecy. It all started with this....
View ArticleRepairing Media Mistrust Means Understanding It Didn’t Start With Trump’s...
There was a media ethics summit in Washington DC this week. A bunch of national political reporters and observers, and various “thought leaders” gathered within the high glass walls at NPR headquarters...
View ArticleThe Sad People Who Watched ‘A Christmas Prince’ 18 Days In A Row Craft A...
Donna: So, what do we think, girls? I feel like we have to respond to this Netflix tweet. They’re targeting us. We’ve done nothing wrong, and that should go without saying. But we do need to lay down a...
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No, Misanthropes, It Wasn’t Okay For The Grinch To Hate The Whos
There’s a meme going around this holiday season that seeks to justify the Grinch’s quest to stop Christmas from coming. In true Internet fashion, it rewrites history and gets facts wrong to give its...
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All Of Melania Trump’s 2017 Coats, Ranked
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about First Lady Melania Trump since her husband was elected president, it’s that she can wear the hell out of a coat. Dramatic, functional, militaristic, sporty,...
View ArticleDon’t Choose Between ‘Dunkirk’ And ‘The Darkest Hour.’ They’re Beautifully...
Recently, I watched “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour,” or as I now call it, “Dunkirk: The Indoor Story,” starring Gary Oldman. The two feature films, each with their own Oscar buzz, cover the same...
View ArticleA Humbled Hollywood Delivers Surprisingly Restrained Golden Globes
I don’t usually watch awards shows. Isn’t recapping those what the internet’s for? But, I somehow stumbled on Seth Meyers’ uncomfortably self-conscious opening monologue to the Golden Globes last night...
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