David Corenswet’s next hero doesn’t wear a cape. Mr. Irrelevant tells the true story of John Tuggle, the NFL’s last draft pick whose life became far more remarkable than the nickname ever suggested.
Hayden Panettiere spent her whole life having her story told by other people. She finally wrote it herself, and just as I was finishing her story, she was gone.
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I thought jelly shoes were safely retired with slap bracelets, inflatable furniture, and the memory of scorching my feet on a metal playground slide. Fashion had other plans.
S&P Lunch in Manhattan, a century-old sandwich shop across from the Flatiron Building, has survived the Depression, a pandemic closure, and a name change.
Tim Curry somehow spent fifty years becoming one of the most recognizable actors alive while also remaining a complete mystery. Kind of impressive. Read my review of Vagabond.
Poets have been chasing patrons, prizes, teaching gigs, and actual paychecks for centuries. So can poetry still be a profession, or has “working poet” always come with an asterisk?
The once-forgotten Greenwich Village duo returns with long songs, strange harmonies, absolutely no interest in brevity, and one surprisingly beautiful moon.
The 1908 novel gave us Anne Shirley, but the 1985 miniseries made her feel real. Here’s what changed between the book and the adaptation that raised a generation.
The true story behind Netflix’s Toxic Town: how a group of Corby mothers took on a negligent council and won a landmark case for environmental justice. I just binged the entire four-episode run of Toxic Town on Netflix...
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