If you needed yet another impetus to prepare for winter by consuming ungodly amounts of sugar, look no further, National Cookie Day arrives on December 4, and there is no better day or reason to steal a cookie from the cookie jar. National Cookie Day was first observed, quite naturally, by the Cookie Monster who … Read more
Tis the season to be jolly and nothing induces holiday cheer more than watching a good movie. The holiday season is upon us and with it the desire to escape our own fraught families and finances to take comfort in the world of Christmas movies with their easy charm and relentless cheer. Given the unsettling … Read more
When the clock strikes 12, meet her at midnight, just don’t expect to get tickets to the show. As ex-slaying, heartbreak tending, scarf rhapsodizing, self-deprecating Sagittarius Taylor Swift continues her domination of the world (and prepares to tour it), we’re doing an astrological deep dive into the lyrical marrow of her latest album, “Midnights.” Released, … Read more
Have you had your break today? In America, we like things cheap, quick and easy and nowhere are those preferences more pronounced than the arena of fast food. As Adam Chandler, author of “Drive-Thru Dreams,” attests, “The food is terrible, and it’s delicious, and it’s completely ridiculous and we love it.” In 1921, Capitalizing Capricorn … Read more
Sometimes love is written in the stars. Modern courtship as we know it was born from the odd coupling of prohibition and women’s suffrage. In 1919 and 1920 respectively, Americans lost the right to drink and women earned the right to vote. In short order came the rise of the speakeasy and the liberated ladies … Read more
Diamonds aren’t the only things that are forever. Part two of of the greatest super hero story ever told is finally here. Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be released November 11, 2022. “Forever” is the sequel to 2018’s lauded “Black Panther,” both based on the OG Marvel comic book character first introduced by Stan … Read more
Which deceased bloodsucking soul is a dead ringer for your zodiac sign? Ever since Bram Stoker, syphilitic Irish genius that he was, put his immortal touch on the story of enemy impaling Romanian nobleman Vlad Dracul, we as audiences have been lining up and lapping up the blood lust. Chock full of bare asses and … Read more
Sometimes, it’s good to be bad. The 1896 short film, “House of the Devil” is widely regarded as the first horror movie ever made. In a handful of minutes, the devil or a devil adjacent demon conjures a woman from a cauldron and tortures two noblemen with bats, a coven of witches and disappearing furniture … Read more
Better late than never. RuPaul, Scorpio, drag superstar and wise sage once argued, “You’re born naked and the rest is drag…We are in reality, an extension of the power that created the whole universe. Can you handle it?” Halloween asks us to peer into that power and create ourselves anew in costume. Here’s hoping Ru. … Read more
Despite being super handy, emojis have recently gotten the thumbs down. From hieroglyphs and rune stones to stop signs and the fraught eggplant, human beings have long used icons as shorthand. As our most recent companions to written language, emojis have been used as slang for sex acts and the dealing and doing of illegal … Read more
Acclaimed comedian and woke warring Libra Dave Chappelle wasn’t joking when he professed that sometimes “Keeping It Real Goes Wrong.” Indeed Dave, indeed, but the pursuit of onscreen authenticity never fails to deliver the rich turmoil, trash, turpitude and triumphs we cherish. Real or wrong, we can’t get enough. For the better part of three … Read more
The season of the witch and All Hallow’s Eve is upon us and with it the call to release your inhibitions and cover your flesh with a costume that could be wild, whimsical or downright wicked. The tradition of masquerading reaches back to the ancient Celts that dressed themselves in animal hides to ward off … Read more
Just as every zodiac sign has a set of qualities, quirks, charms and insufferable tendencies so too do they have a dessert. According to the BBC, the oldest known dessert is ashure. Often referred to as “Noah’s Pudding,” biblical lore holds that the dish was originally prepared by those that made it through the great … Read more
Ernest Hemingway once said, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” But depending on your zodiac sign, not all friends are created equal. Since the dawn of humanity, we have been storytellers. Literature is one of the greatest art forms human kind has ever known. Great epics fascinated the first people, who passed … Read more