Charles Dance On ‘The Crown,’ ‘Game Of Thrones’ And Aging In Hollywood
Well before his best-known character Tywin Lannister was shot on the loo at the end of “Game of Thrones” Season 4, Charles Dance was contemplating his career. Sure, he was…
Whitney Museum Cancels Exhibition After Criticism For Exploiting Black Artists [UPDATE]
UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. — In a statement to HuffPost, curator Farris Wahbeh said that the Whitney has “been listening and hearing from artists about their concerns” and has decided to…
Can A Book Club Fight Racism?
This summer, as Black Lives Matter protesters dodged rubber bullets fired by police and Black and brown communities were hit hard by COVID-19, book clubs sprang into being, and into…
‘Caste’ Explodes The Myth Of American Exceptionalism
In her new book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, recalls once seeing a small, barely noticeable welt in the corner of a room…
‘I’ll Be Gone In The Dark’ And The Psychological Ramifications Of A True Crime Obsession
In a passage from “I’ll Be Gone In The Dark,” true crime author Michelle McNamara comes out with it: She’s fixated on tragedy. “Violent men unknown to me have occupied…
With Hollywood On Hold, Celebrity Stylists Navigate Life Without The Red Carpet
Designer garments were prepped and packed. Shoes and accessories were organized in suitcases. Jessica Paster had everything ready to go for her longtime client Emily Blunt’s jam-packed “A Quiet Place…
Who’s To Blame For The Failure Of The Girlboss Dream?
There’s something rotten at The Wing, a once-vaunted feminist company that sought to offer women and non-binary people a safe alternative to bro-y coworking spaces. Founder Audrey Gelman stepped down…
Revisiting The Race Wars Season Of ‘Survivor’
The year was 2006. Smartphones weren’t a thing; neither was Twitter or Instagram. Facebook had not yet expanded past college campuses. But when CBS announced the twist for the 13th…
What’s Really Behind All That Quarantine Tie-Dye And Sourdough
About a month into quarantine, I purchased my first tie-dye kit. After weeks of being stuck in my tiny apartment in one of the first coronavirus hotspots in the United…
In ‘Death In Her Hands,’ The Cure For Loneliness Is A Good Murder
Ottessa Moshfegh’s new novel, “Death in Her Hands,” opens with a note written in “neat, impersonal printing” on ruled notebook paper. “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who…