Joe Berkowitz

The name Village Roadshow might not ring a bell with every moviegoer, but the company’s logo almost certainly will. Its shimmering, nested “V” of metallic ribbons that taper inward like a cinematic illusion played before dozens of movies that collectively […]

What was perhaps the least timely book tour in American history has been postponed. Fresh from his Friday vote for a funding bill that much of the Democratic base objected to, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was set to embark

Ironically enough, a divisive moment in the Oval Office last weekend seems to have brought the entire internet together. When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy  visited the White House on February 28, ostensibly to hammer out plans for a peace agreement

After the president announced tariffs would go into effect—sparking a trade war that sent the S&P 500 plummeting 1.8% on Monday—a new meme has begun taking hold on Bluesky: Trump Take Nest Egg. It’s being delivered in context-free drops, in

There’s more to winning than just winning. The way someone handles their tremendous success, after all, can transform a winner back into a loser—something Adrien Brody proved last night with a rambling, rule-defiant Academy Award speech that managed to snatch

Sometimes, authenticity can be a film’s most special effect. It took months for Best Actress front-runner Mikey Madison to learn how to pole dance like the titular exotic dancer in Anora and for her fellow nominee Timothée Chalamet to passably

It might sound a little silly that there’s an entire subgenre of influencers who offer investment advice around Pokémon trading cards. Probably because it is a little silly. The idea of some YouTube Jim Cramer breathlessly warning viewers that “Surging

Which came first: the up-for-grabs blame over inflation or the meme about it? Either way, both have lately caused a stir on social media, where news about rising economic anxiety is now often yoked to three cheeky little words: Trump

“We will make mistakes,” said Elon Musk during an Oval Office press conference last week, a toddler son slung on his shoulders like a shield. “But we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes.” His remarks came in response to a

When he first gathered his newly assembled team to write the 1975 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live (then called, NBC’s Saturday Night), creator Lorne Michaels started with a simple credo: “Let’s make each other laugh, and if we do,