Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt made tabloid headlines 25 years ago as a marital nightmare turned castration punch line. Though their paths have diverged—advocacy work for her; Frankenpenis for him—their enmeshed stories speak to ultra-current issues of gender politics and celebrity culture.
In a conversation with fellow novelist Megan Abbott, the Sharp Objects writer discusses the female rage that powered her 2006 debut novel—and has since taken over Hollywood.
Ahead of The Opposition’s final episode Thursday night, the ex-Daily Show correspondent comedian reflects on what his Trump-era Colbert Report achieved—and what he plans to do next.
Many are calling the look “inappropriate.”
As a very real border crisis rages on, here comes Sicario: Day of the Soldado—a film that’s too complicated and too simplistic, all at once.
With virtually no check on Trump’s ability to control the destiny of the court, the far right could cement its ideological power for a generation. “Democrats could make life really unpleasant for everyone,” one constitutional law professor explains, “but it wouldn’t stop a confirmation.”
Plus, the identity of the biggest royal spender.
A former Scientologist claims Johansson auditioned to be Tom Cruise’s girlfriend. She is not pleased.
Trying to negotiate with bad-faith arguments from the right increasingly looks like a no-win game for companies like Facebook and Twitter.
Writer Katie Silberman and director Claire Scanlon revealed they already have ideas for where to take the story next.
The actress says "hello" in sunny first post.
Jolie’s Ralph & Russo dress looked like it could have been pulled from Meghan Markle’s closet.
The former Fox News executive is also tight with Sean Hannity.
The Ant-Man and the Wasp star’s favorite Clueless moment is a surprisingly deep cut.
Atlanta, Barry, Killing Eve, and more of the TV that’s wowed us most this year.
“In the second series, I didn’t think it was fair to Prince Philip, to the Duke of Edinburgh, based on very little,” Julian Fellowes said.
Meanwhile, the Late Show host called out Mitch McConnell for insisting that Trump’s next Supreme Court pick get approved quickly: “That’s like Typhoid Mary saying, ‘Read the sign, guys. All employees must wash hands.’”
Kendrick Lamar’s future has never looked brighter as photographer Annie Leibovitz captures him onstage for his New York concerts.
Vanity Fair’s editor discusses its August cover star, one of the hardest-working men in show business and hip-hop’s current literary master.
“No one should be able to say, ‘I couldn't find one,’” said CAA’s Christy Haubegger about the excuse often used to defend Hollywood’s lack of inclusive hiring.
Pulitzer Prize–winning “poet laureate of hip-hop” Kendrick Lamar has made history with his music. As Compton’s favorite son headlines this summer’s blockbuster Top Dawg Entertainment tour, he grants an intimate look at what drives him.
Cynthia Nixon sees opportunity in the governor’s lukewarm progressivism—but now Cuomo is fully awake, and trying to be woke.
Just as Trump blew off the G7 and ran straight into Kim’s arms, experts worry the president will clash with NATO and find succor in Putin. “The fact is that he is meeting Putin right afterwards, and the Putin meeting is going to go really well,” says one analyst. “And NATO, quite possibly, is going to be as bad as G7.”
People who know the First Daughter are baffled as to how she botched her messaging in such a major way. “She had a free pass on this one in particular,” one adviser said. “The template was there, and the direction was so obvious.”
