Before Ben Affleck became a two-time Oscar-winning industry heavyweight, an early career role taught him the importance of the worker’s inalienable right to call off sick from work. While promoting his latest film and collaboration with Matt Damon, Netflix’s The Rip, the multi-hyphenate recalled shooting a key Armageddon scene opposite star Bruce Willis while extremely … Read more
If you’ve been following the billionaire exodus from California with some confusion, here’s what’s actually driving the nervousness: it’s not the 5% rate. As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own. Take Larry Page, who about 3% … Read more
The CW Running for nine seasons from 2003 to 2012, “One Tree Hill” firmly established itself as one of The CW’s most iconic teen dramas. Set in North Carolina, the series follows a group of teenagers as they grow up together — and along the way, of course, the … Read more
NBC Julianna Margulies made her film debut in Steven Seagal’s 1991 actioner “Out for Justice,” which according to the Washington Post, was simply “unnecessary.” Thankfully, Margulies wouldn’t be slumming it in middling action thrillers for long. Three years after that lackluster outing, she was cast in “ER.” NBC’s … Read more
Wuthering Heights has the world on tenterhooks. Emerald Fennell’s reimagining of Emily Brontë’s windswept classic is set to push the boundaries of the period drama, weaving together gloriously over-the-top set design with whimsical costuming, playful world building, a winking humor, and no-holds-barred melodrama like we’ve never seen before. What films inspired this big, bold swing? … Read more
After Donald Trump gave a 13-minute interview to new CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message to the anchor and his news team with a message from POTUS: Air the complete interview, or be sued. The interview aired in its entirety. “He said, ‘Make … Read more
ABC “Twin Peaks” is famously a show that juggles a great number of increasingly outlandish plots. However, the glue that ties everything from small town pie-and-coffee shenanigans to bloodthirsty evil spirits together is one particular crime: the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). For a show that’s … Read more
In October, at a tech conference in Italy, Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos predicted that millions of people will be living in space “in the next couple of decades” and “mostly,” he’d said, “because they want to,” because robots will be more cost-effective than humans for doing the actual work in space. No … Read more
Hulu The most shocking moment on “How I Met Your Father” occurs in the Season 1 finale when Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) bumps into Sophie Tompkins (Hilary Duff) in MacLaren’s Pub. Giving Sophie a pep talk, Robin encourages her to chase her romantic dreams and regret nothing. It’s a … Read more
Dad shirts are that find that seems like an accident, but ends up being destiny. They weren’t born to be trendy or seeking approval; they were simply there, waiting to be stolen from the family closet. They have the structure of the past and the attitude of the future. Slightly oversized, perfectly imperfect, with that … Read more