Showing results for: culture (page 701)
New CNN anchor: criticisms of network are “a sign of respect”
Daniel D'Addario
Anchors Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan on the Boston bombing, Carnival Cruise coverage, and how they'll be different
Rob Delaney: Fight corporations with comedy
Prachi Gupta
The comedian told the Guardian that although he doesn't trust corporate America, "hate doesn't fix things"
How werewolf erotica found its way to prison
Laura Miller
A hardened prisoner was comfortable enough reading werewolf romances that he sued for the right -- and won
“Bling Ring” reality show is “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” on Adderall
Willa Paskin
"Pretty Wild" features all our current plagues: Pills, the Secret and, of course, celebrity culture
Mike Huckabee: “We’re now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples”
Katie Halper
The former governor (who's been called a "model" for Republicans on LGBT rights) doesn't like what he sees on TV
Pope Francis: there’s a “gay lobby” in the church
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The new pope is shaping up to be the Vatican's damage-control nightmare
Kanye West: “The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous”
Prachi Gupta
The grandiose rapper refers to himself in the third person and compares himself to Steve Jobs
The crotch shot revenge
Tracy Clark-Flory
A man sends a woman an unsolicited photo of his penis and she responds by contacting his mother
Google bolsters mapping service, purchases Waze
Michael Liedtke
The $1.03 billion deal was announced Tuesday
“When Americans understand, they become outraged”
Andrew Leonard
The StopWatching.Us campaign aims to turn grass-roots anger at secret surveillance into political action
Mailer, Styron and Auden, all in the same publication
Jon Wiener
Robert Silvers reflects on the 50th anniversary of the New York Review of Books -- and how it's managed to survive
“One and Only” author: “It’s like I’m suggesting that people should have aborted their own children”
Teddy Wayne
Author Lauren Sandler discusses the blowback she's gotten for suggesting that only children might be just fine
“The Lord of the Rings” vs. “Game of Thrones”
GEORGE SCHMIDT
Tolkien's epic fantasy seems downright naive compared to George R.R. Martin's post-Cold War political parable
Today in silly book reviews: Let’s all fight about Alice Munro
Kyle Minor
The veteran writer's now enough of an institution to inspire takedowns. She doesn't deserve them
Luhrmann’s “Gatsby” is like “crayoning Donald Duck into ‘The Last Supper'”
Wai Chee Dimock, T. Austin Graham, John Irwin, Caleb Smith
Fitzgerald scholars debate the merits and many foibles of the "Moulin Rouge" director's glitzy new take
When Jeff Koons painted Michel Jackson white
John Yau
A new exhibition of the artist's Greco-Roman sculptures helps explain his motives
The spaceship poetry of Iain M. Banks
Andrew Leonard
The popular science fiction author died Sunday of cancer. A look back at what made his Culture series so memorable
A memoir of female lust
Tracy Clark-Flory
Katherine Angel bares all in a strikingly honest book about women's desire, and her own sexuality
Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca?
Jonathan Kalb
A huge theater festival is China's latest bid to become a world-class artistic powerhouse
The Internet didn’t ruin “Arrested Development”!
Dustin Rowles
The fourth season of the beloved series isn't nearly as cringeworthy as bloggers and critics have made it out to be
Can Brooklyn’s sweetest landmark be saved?
Allison Meier
Community organizers are rallying to transform the historic Domino Sugar Factory into a cultural center
Postmortem portraiture: Creepy or sweet?
Allison Meier
While photographing dead relatives might sound morbid, some see it as a way to memorialize their loved ones
We need a break from Jon Stewart
Daniel D'Addario
The "Daily Show" host takes the summer off to direct a movie. Here's hoping he returns cleansed of annoying tics
Commenters threaten writer with rape after she argues against rape jokes
Prachi Gupta
Lindy West and Jim Norton debated the role of rape jokes in rape culture, but the Internet had the last word
Page: 701