When True Crime Gets Personal

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. By design, writing a book is a solitary affair. But at the end of the day, its you alone with your words. And maybe a bottle. After months and months, you finish it well, its never really finished, but you ship it. It cascades into a blur. And then the letters arrive. Is it a tip to an unsolved case I covered?...

October 11, 2019 · 5 min · 879 words · Isaiah Campbell

Why Is theSuccessionTheme So Meme-able?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. For all theno-context screenshotsandFuck off GIFs, though, its clear whichSuccessionmemes are the mightiest. Hint: Cue the princely piano. when the succession theme song hitspic.twitter.com/YDKhIrCSFA Nicholas BritellsEmmy-winningtheme forSuccessionhas inspired several timelines worth of memes. Its been retrofitted to theiconic, old-timeyCheersopeningand used to create a new intro forArrested Development. (Well happily settle forPusha T, who cooked up a proper remix in collaboration with Britell....

October 11, 2019 · 2 min · 230 words · Deborah Moore

2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes in Literature Awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. TwoNobel Prizes in Literaturewere awarded this year: one to Peter Handke from Austria and one toOlga Tokarczukfrom Poland. Awarding two laureates at once is uncommon and comes after ascandal upendedthe Swedish Academy last year. TokarczuksNobel Prizeis long overdue. Arnault was also accused of leaking Nobel Prize winners to place large bets. After losing so many members, the Academy found itself incapable of choosing a 2018 winner....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 104 words · Joseph Kerr

30 Great Eat-the-Rich Horror Movies

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Late-stage capitalism is a bad look. As Jennifer Lopez told us inHustlers, This whole country is a strip club. Youve got people throwing the money, and youve got people doing the dance. The proletariat is fed up, and eventhe youth of TikTokare crying outrage at the billionaire class. The wayParasites story unfolds from there is like a magic trick....

October 10, 2019 · 3 min · 478 words · Paul Walters

Add Drew Barrymore to the List of Stars Getting Daytime Talk Shows

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Looking for your Drew Barrymore fix now thatSanta Clarita Diethas ended? Im truly thrilled and honored to be creating this show with CBS. Now, the only question is:Can she get SZAto join the house band? Related Tags:

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 52 words · Robert Lopez

Brett Gelman Revisits His Very Tiny Role onThe Colbert Report

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. So, whats that all about? I was like, Oh my God, Im a star now! Im onThe Colbert Report! This is a bit; theyre gonna be bringing me back all the time, you know? And then … nothing. Nothing for quite a while, Gelman says, reflecting on the experience. After Colbert apologizes for cutting him, Gelman says, I appreciate it....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 114 words · Emily Rodriguez

Defying All Logic Michael Jackson Musical Will Hit Broadway Next Summer

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. At this point, its looking like little can stop the Michael Jackson musical from hitting Broadway. Since the show was announced in June 2018, its been hit by multiple controversies and issues. Do I believe he was a pedophile? I dont know that I can say one way or the other, Nottage said. Jacksons estate, involved in the musical, hasdenounced Robson and Safechuckas liars....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 88 words · Daniel Hall

Evan Rachel Wood’s Domestic-Violence Bill Was Signed Into Law

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I said, That doesnt sound right. Somethings wrong, what are my options? They said, Well, you’ve got the option to have a go at change the law. Inspired by that challenge, Wood worked to create the Phoenix Act. Bad things can happen to you, but you’re free to rise out of the ashes. That is exactly why I named it the Phoenix Act, said Wood....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 100 words · Steven Williams

Help Lorde Stay Out of Fake New Zealand Jail by Tweeting #freeLORDE

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Lorde is in danger and only your tweets can save her! via the hashtag #freeLORDE. me hiding lorde in my pants so she can escape prison#freeLORDEpic.twitter.com/XlLH8xv3Kz Related Tags:

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 43 words · Allison Proctor

Hole Yeah! ABC Is Giving Us Another Season ofHoley Moley

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. tried to mess up players as they made a putt. Curry will return with a small on-camera role as the shows resident golf pro. Related Tags:

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 41 words · Willie Nunez

Hollywood’s Newest Battle Lines: Dancing With Ellen or Defending Human Rights

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Whats that we hear? Hold on, what did Scarlett Johansson say? Shockingly, thearbiter of arboricultureis one of the only celebritiesnotto get wrapped up inEllen DeGeneressmess of an appearance. Were all different, and I think that weve forgotten that thats okay that were all different. Slow to aid after Hurricane Katrina! Maybe she does yoga to work on that stretch....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 155 words · Victor Lee

How Dare Logan Roy Wear Such an Awful Cardigan?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It is Logan Roys cardigan of choice. He wears it at the office and on the plane. He wears it at breakfast and at dinner. I see that gray-brown cardigan and I am freshly disappointed by that violinist. Sometimes a version of the cardigan is worn by Logans son, Kendall. I askedthe Strategists Chris Blackwhat came to mind when he saw this kind of cardigan....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 195 words · Joseph Nash

In the Year of Our Lord 2019, We Can’t Make Enough Cassette Tapes

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Oh, the youths and their fascination with old technology! We knew vinyl was back, but were you aware thatthe cassette tape has reached critical mass…again? (Are that many people reallystill buying theGuardians of the Galaxysoundtrack?) Some of the cassette manufacturing people that I’ve talked to about this haven’t gotten this letter. I think it’s probably good for all to see....

October 10, 2019 · 1 min · 90 words · Katrina Martinez