Alan Partridge to The X-Files: It’s the Greatest Christmas TV Specials of All TimeLovelorn ghosts, punch-ups involving roast meat and a holiday armadillo. Festive television doesn’t get better than these absolute classics.
From Beyoncé Awards Snub to Brat Summer: This Year’s Biggest Cultural MomentsBeyonce sang country and western while Charli XCX’s turned the summer slime green with her album Brat.
104 Gift Ideas From Amy SedarisStarting in early December, Sedaris started posting her own gift guides on her Instagram account — 20 gifts at a time, accompanied by simple captions, retailers tagged, completely brilliant, and slightly deranged.
35 Musicians Confess Their Favorite Christmas SongsAnnie Lennox loves the Pogues. Santigold loves Otis Redding. Kacey Musgraves loves Kacey Musgraves.
The Baffling Rise of the Most Inoffensive Comedian AliveFew comics have achieved such notoriety by being so brilliantly anodyne.
How ‘Shogun’ Helped FX Find Its Footing as a Streaming EmpireSitting with his feet propped up on a low table in his office on the Fox lot in Los Angeles, the longtime head of FX explained what he meant with his signature soft-spoken, brainy intensity.
Trent Reznor’s Upward Spiral“It might sound corny,” says Trent Reznor, “but we’re still in awe of how powerful music can make you feel. Writing a song, you put something out and maybe someone hears it and has a reaction to it or not. You can play it live and see something happen.
How the CIA Writes PythonThe CIA uses Python for hacking as well as utility scripts. Python 2.7 and 3.4 seem to be favorite versions [version]. This post gathers some interesting practical insights that you can apply.
The Rise of the Noodle BoysHe’s reedy like a long-distance runner; his flopsy curls tumble like overcooked fusilli. He’s attractive but in a way you can’t always put your finger on.
“A Complete Unknown” Shears Off Vital Details in the Life of a Colossal, Complicated ArtistOne doesn’t have to be a Dylanologist to know, or even to sense, that “A Complete Unknown,” which opens on December 25th, simplifies Bob Dylan’s early professional life and dilutes its furies.
Ryan Reynolds Multitasks Like a MofoPunching up lines in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' while creating a commercial with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? No problem for THR’s Producer of the Year, who made his antihero sequel the most successful R-rated film in history.
The 10 Best Movies of 2024This has been a difficult year. You may have been buffeted by anger you didn’t want to feel, and didn’t know how to productively process. Breeding grounds for misinformation—and its even more treacherous sibling, disinformation—have proliferated.
Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to SellPublishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopped caring about each other’s lives?
‘GNX’ Is Kendrick Lamar’s Turbo-Powered Victory LapThe lean, lively album isn’t perfect, but it is a perfect way for Kendrick to close out his banner year—and begin a new chapter There are, of course, counterarguments.