Che and Jost bombed. Gadsby killed. One gorgeous spouse from “The Americans” won, the other didn’t. A non-celebrity winner, the Oscars producer Glenn Weiss, proposed to his girlfriend onstage, a moment that momentarily tottered somewhere between sweet and too much—then Read More …
“Magnum, P.I.” débuted in the fall of 1980 and became the first hit crime series of its decade. Playing a haole detective in verdant Hawaii, Tom Selleck wore a lush mustache, a mellow macho twinkle, and an air of suave Read More …
The small, naked figure reclines on the arabesque sofa. Looking at the photograph, it is easy to mistake her for some other Negress, lump her with all the delinquent girls working Lombard Street and Middle Alley, lose sight of her Read More …
Last Friday evening, as spectators streamed into the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré, San Juan’s main performing-arts center, a man in a Colonial waistcoat, breeches, and cravat spoke into a microphone in the plaza. “We want everybody to Read More …
Last year, the Emmys were hosted by Stephen Colbert; this year’s ceremony, which airs on Monday night, will be hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost, who anchor “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live.” It’s telling that, for the second Read More …
Like its predecessor “Dirty John,” a pioneer of the noir-journalism podcast, the Wondery crime series “Dr. Death,” which concluded recently, centers on a charming villain in medical scrubs. “Dirty John” gave us the story of John Meehan, a violent con Read More …
In May, 2017, while performing a standup set during a comedy night at the Bardot Café, in Philadelphia, the comedian Jason Weems had an asthma attack. It was a bad one. A few minutes after he left the stage, he Read More …
This Halloween season, there has been no awaking from the nightmare of history. We were jumpy all October. Our screens glowed like radioactive jack-o’-lanterns. This is a period of frightful crisis, and it is rife with fright shows that disguise Read More …
After death, it seems, fortunate mortals ascend to a plane of celestial mediocrity. “Congratulations on your completely random entry into Heaven,” a functionary says on “Miracle Workers” (TBS), where the pearly gates resemble an elevator vestibule in an office park. Read More …
Earlier this week, after the Trump Administration sent tear-gas canisters flying across the United States-Mexico border, into Tijuana, trailing lines of smoke like tiny jet streams aimed at the so-called caravan of refuge-seeking migrants trekking north from Central America, a Read More …