Новости за 18.12.2018

Emboldened by an administration that wants to repeal Roe v. Wade and empower white evangelical extremists at the expense of basically everyone else, some rightwing anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are seeking federal funding, Politico reports.

Among the items on this year’s list of Oprah’s Favorite Things is a $78 pair of mittens. I’m sure they’re wonderful mittens, soft mittens, the best mittens, but I’m also sure that you have to have Oprah money to drop that kind of cash on socks for your hands.

With the eggnog-blur of the holidays approaching, researchers are sounding the alarm about “parenting hangovers.” These are not, as you might expect, hangovers from the rigors of parenting, but rather the reality of parenting while hungover. That reality, they want you to know, is absolute shit.

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced on Tuesday that Donald Trump has agreed to shut down the Trump Foundation, his “charity” organization, after an investigation by her office found “a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation—including unlawful coordination with the Trump…

If you like wine, but not enough to get a subscription for it, this deal was designed for you. The Drop, an online wine club that makes and sells its own canned wine, is offering free shipping on all wine through the end of the year. That’s a savings of around $20, depending on what you order, and since each can holds…

Penny Marshall, the beloved comedic actor who emerged from her ‘70s television stardom to become one of the few woman directors with big-time Hollywood clout in the ‘80s and ‘90s, has died, TMZ reports. The cause was complications due to diabetes. She was 75.

LeAnne Locken from The Real Housewives of Dallas popped by Page Six’s office to model all the ways one might wear L’Infinity, the “ultimate little black dress” she released earlier this year.

When the world hands you lemons, what do you do? Turn them into lemonade? Or light a lemon-scented candle and listen to Neko Case while weeping softly into a pillow? Likely, it’s the latter. Because when everything else fails—relationships, technology, the government—it’s true that music is the ultimate salve. Here…

The New York Times reports that the safety commission organized in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has issued a report recommending that the Trump administration repeal Obama-era guidelines meant to address disproportionately high and unjust disciplinary…

The unaffordability of prescription drugs has reached a crisis point in the United States: one in seven Americans don’t even get their prescriptions filled because of the high costs, according to a Consumer Reports survey; some people regularly travel to other countries to purchase cheaper medicine; it is now common…

I once picked up the first novel in Elena Ferrante’s bestselling series, after the very impressive Argentine mother of a dear friend described the books as erotic masterpieces that can never be appreciated in America so long as they have such hideously Victorian book covers. When I abandoned this first attempt to…

The second season of Showtime’s SMILF is set to return in just over a month—and currently the show’s creator, Frankie Shaw, is being investigated over allegations that she mishandled sex scenes, violated an actor’s contract, denied writing credit to assistants, and separated writers on the show by race, per the …

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump posed for their official Christmas 2018 Christmas portrait. But something’s missing?

Jakelin Caal Maquín was just seven years old when she died from septic shock, fever, and dehydration while in the custody of United States Customs and Border Patrol. In the week since her death was first reported, advocates and progressive lawmakers have demanded more information about what happened to Caal Maquín…

Run — don’t walk — to take advantage of this Adidas Flash Event at Nordstrom Rack before the holiday shipping deadlines hit. Right now, everything from new kicks, gloves and backpacks to apparel for men, women, and kids are on sale, so you’ll definitely find the last few things you need take you over the finish line…

Just in time for Satan’s Solstice, Netflix has gifted Sabrina Spellman fans with two additional seasons of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Bob Goodlatte, a Republican representative from Virginia, is singlehandedly blocking a bill meant to address the alarmingly high numbers of missing and murdered Native women from passing before the end of the year, and Senator Heidi Heitkamp, the author of the bill, is calling him out.

Ottessa Moshfegh received more acclaim and attention than ever in 2018. It was also, she says, the most painful year of her life. The two factors would seem to be mutually exclusive: The former is a result of the July release of her brilliant second novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a book so beloved by writers…

Cole Haan makes some seriously great shoes for any occasion, and if you’re looking for a new pair but don’t want to spend the normal asking price, they’re taking an extra 30% off their sale section with the code SAVE. We expect that this will be their last big sale before Christmas.

An Australian member of Parliament will not run for reelection because he initiated a relationship with a woman he met online (that’s not necessarily the bad part) and the public has now deemed him unfit to serve based on the things he said while sexting.

On Sunday, the New York Times ran an interview with renowned novelist and poet Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, about what she’s been reading lately. It was a wholesome little exercise that was wildly derailed when people noticed Walker’s effusive praise for infamous conspiracy theorist David Icke. The latest…

New Couple Alert? scream the headlines, beguilingly, begging you to ask yourself a philosopher’s question: New Couple Alert Alert? It goes on like that. Today our existential alert alert alert is regarding Olivia Munn, star of unfairly underrated holiday family movie Office Christmas Party, and a mysterious new beau…

In the past year or so, New York City’s restaurant scene has proven itself to be a hot spot for sexual predators. From the news that Harvey Weinstein used Cipriani restaurants as a “hunting ground” for women to assault, to the sexual harassment allegations facing famed chefs like Mario Batali and The Spotted Pig’s…

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Carpool Karaoke, the undeniably annoying and extremely popular segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden in which celebrities sing their own songs while driving to work with Corden, was missing one thing all along: Cardi B.