Like a Netflix crossover special of Full House, Desperate Housewives and Orange is the New Black, the college-cheating scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues captivated and revolted us in equal measure. We are a nation of grifters and there’s no turning back! Also: two dead people struggle to sell a house in the Hamptons that they designed to either prolong your life or end it.
Read MoreIt’s New York Fashion Week and it’s not just the cold weather that is keeping us from experimenting with the hottest trend at the Grammys (hint: it’s an exposed ribcage).Joined by author and fashion journalist Christina Binkley, we shut down blackface turtlenecks, mock turtlenecks, Adam’s apple turtlenecks, harnesses on the red carpet, breast pumps as a fashion statement, and a boots-on-the-ground report about how Michael Cohen is spending his last days as a free man. Also on the docket: the two disparate theories explaining what’s behind the Jeff Bezos extortion attempt; Tinder for cows; Starbucks horoscopes and the unusual story of Dina Lohan’s fiancé.
Read MoreThere’s no good time to be incapacitated, but that’s what happened this week, and we’re still struggling to keep up with all the horrors. But with the help of our special guest, comedienne/playwright Glace Chase, we managed to shut down the substance, structure and guests of the State of the Union speech; a wild ATM incident in China; a man in the Netherlands embroiled in a legal battle to officially change his age; and, of course, the scandal in the Virginia legislature that combines three elements we thought we’d never see together: blackface, #metoo and the Moonwalk.
Read MoreI miss “Sex and the City.” I miss watching Charlotte awkwardly describe to her girlfriends the encounter in which her date called her a “fucking bitch” and a “fucking whore” when he climaxed. I miss hearing Samantha complaining about the guy who told her to shave her pubic hair. And I miss Carrie’s wide-eyed reaction, over brunch, to Miranda’s harrowing story of getting her ass licked: “Are we talking tuchus lingus?” I mean, LOL forever.
Read MoreLet me state it here: Robert S. Mueller III, you are the epitome of B.D.E., “confidence without cockiness,” as defined in the Urban Dictionary, but also subtlety, patience, and righteousness.
Read MoreJack Dorsey and Azealia Banks have a beard-hair beef, Nest hackers, flaming robots, Boris the Robot, plus Wired Senior Editor Lauren Goode on the worst, nope-iest gifts for those people you just don't like that much.
Read MoreWith the help of media maven Bevy Smith, we shut down “grabbers” at the border, John Bolton’s language barrier, a gender reveal explosion in Arizona, Moroccan cannibals and the dystopian gamification of behavior in China. Also: Bevy weighs in on the biggest pop-cultural controversies of the week.
Read MoreThis week, we find ourselves tethered to the blockchain in the struggle for truth and justice. Joined by multi-hyphenate guest Walt Mossberg, we shut down wild animal crackers, the Cohen-Manafort-Duncan guilty grifter trifecta, goats on the lam, mullets in Tribeca and ultimately come to grips with the overwhelming odds that we are living in a virtual reality simulation.
Read MoreEver since March 7, 2018, Avenatti has been a constant presence in our lives, trolling the Trump administration with glee, all the while looking like a GQ model in custom Tom Ford.
Read MoreWe are living through a bizarre moment of historical déjà vu. Twenty years after the premiere of Sex and the City and the release of the Starr Report triggered a nationwide sexual-political identity crisis, Nixon has announced she is running for governor of New York in a primary challenge to Democrat Andrew Cuomo, a former Clinton Cabinet member and heir to a political dynasty, whose close aide and personal friend was just convicted of three felonies.
Read MoreFor over three decades, beauty queen turned actress and singer Lynda Carter has cut a glamorous figure in Potomac, Md., a well-heeled suburb of Washington, D.C. To celebrate the launch of her fourth studio album, she performed at the Kennedy Center, after which she and her band hit the road for a brief tour, stopping in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.
Read MoreJust a few months after getting arrested in Palm Beach for assaulting a police officer, Ms. de Lesseps is bouncing back with a sold-out cabaret show, “Countess and Friends.”
Read MoreOver the past week, two massive American corporations found themselves ensnared in PR nightmares entirely of their own making. Instead of owning up to their mistakes and apologizing, their first instinct was to double down and blame the victim.
Read MoreAn interview with Lauren Duca, who rose to prominence after publishing a scorched-earth op-ed in Teen Vogue.
Read MoreNotable for being the only new actress nominated in the supporting-actress category in 2014, Lupita Nyong'o is also unusual because she is the only actress, in either lead or supporting categories, campaigning for an Oscar this year by actively engaging with followers on social media.
Read MoreI talked to Spike Jonze about his film “Her” starring Scarlett Johansson
Read MoreAn interview with director Paul Feig about his film “The Heat,” starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
Read MoreI sat down with Madonna at the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s suite in the Waldorf-Astoria to talk about her film “W/E.”
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