Misty Copeland Wants to Bring the Power of Ballet to a New Generation

Misty Copeland Wants to Bring the Power of Ballet to a New Generation

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Should We Ship Fictional (or Real) Characters-

Warning: This post contains minor spoilers for Season 2 of The Bear.

On the internet, anything is possible—for better and for worse. It’s a virtual playground where our imaginations are meant to run wild, a place where people can talk about their attraction to the 10-foot-tall blue aliens from Avatar or which fictional TV char…

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The 36 Most Anticipated Books of Fall

Say goodbye to your beach reads and hello to a new batch of books that will help you embrace the change of seasons. The most anticipated books of the fall include Jesmyn Ward’s imaginative novel about an enslaved woman in the American South, Michael Lewis’ exploration of cryptocurrency, and Zadie Smith’s first work of historical fiction. 

As the temperatures st…

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Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News

NEW YORK — Fox News on Monday ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and make him an influential force in GOP politics.

Fox said that the network and Carlson had “agreed to part ways,” but offered no explanation for the stunning move, s…

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The Story Behind Max’s They Called Him Mostly Harmless

For about two years, both real detectives and amateur detectives tried to find out the real name of a Appalachian Trail hiker whose body was found in a tent in Florida. Hikers who met him along the way said he’d introduce himself as “Mostly Harmless” (though the exact origins of the nickname are unknown). Some knew him as “Denim,” like the jeans he was wearing.

A new Max docume…

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Jay-Z Calls Out the Grammys For Snubbing Beyoncé

While accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, Jay-Z criticized the Recording Academy for never giving his wife Beyoncé the Album of the Year Award, despite her multiple Grammy wins and nominations.

The 54-year-old rapper took to the stage with his daughter, Blue Ivy, first thanking the award’s namesake Dr. Dre and the Black Music collective…

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The Story Behind Hulu Doc The Jewel Thief

The Jewel Thief, a documentary out July 13 on Hulu, details the life of Gerald Blanchard, once called the “world’s most ingenious thief.” The film goes beyond the details of Blanchard’s notable crown jewel robbery, uncovering his complex, world-spanning decades of crimes and the story of the detectives who finally caught him.

Filmmaker Landon Van Soest first…

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