Новости за 05.05.2021

Is there a contractual obligation for season three of Succession indicating that at least 60 percent of the cast must be over six feet tall?

When I was growing up, a friend’s middle-class parents had a list of wisdom allegedly passed down from Bill Gates taped to their refrigerator titled, “Some Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School.” It included advice such as “Sorry, you won’t make $40,000 a year right out of high school,” “When you’re 18 it’s on your dime.…

The Real Housewives of Orange County wasn’t supposed to end up as it did. It was supposed to be a quaint little docu-series called Behind the Gates, which creator Scott Dunlop pitched to networks as a look into the dinner-party conversations he’d had with rich “housewives” in the affluent Orange County gated suburb…

The Real Housewives of New York is back for Season 13, and the women who run the circus are as delusional as viewers left them in the early days of the pandemic. Actually, I retract that; some of them are doing much, much worse.

The stereotypical image of the suburban woman is one of selflessness, order, and safety: identical houses, minivans en route to soccer practice, PTA bake sales, practical coiffures. She is as antiseptic and controlled as her pristine lawn enclosed by a white picket fence; as orderly and wholesome as the food she packs…

On Wednesday—after initially refusing to recall its treadmills after a six-year-old child died after being pulled under the treadmill and dozens of people reported that they, their children, or their pets had been injured—Peloton announced that it was issuing a recall of the company’s very pricey Tread+ treadmills due…

Claudia Schreier choreographed her first dance, a solo for her summer camp talent show, when she was twelve years old. In her sophomore year of high school, she did it again, choreographing a pas de deux for herself and her best friend, Kaitlyn, which they danced as the school orchestra played music from Swan Lake.…

Among the issues the few people who watched had with this year’s Academy Awards ceremony was its anticlimax. Instead of giving out the Best Picture trophy as the night’s final award, as is tradition, Best Actor was saved till the end. It was a curious choice that many speculated derived from Chadwick Boseman being…

There’s mounting pressure from the right to remove Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her post as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership. But there’s one problem: Cheney is the only Republican woman serving in a House leadership role, and…

I have spent most of my life searching in vain for the perfect lip balm, a quest that is ongoing if only because it is enjoyable and not so fiscally irresponsible that I will bankrupt myself in the process. At any given moment, there are at least two lip balms within my grasp. My purse contains a handful of Glossier’s…

Part of me hopes that this little tidbit is the beginning of a fairy tale that ends with Kim Kardashian returning to her original form, Hervé Leger bandage dresses and all, but I am smart enough to know that the witch that cursed her with her marriage to Kanye West was good enough to make the changes he enacted…

In a blow to rightwing shitposters everywhere, Facebook announced on Wednesday that Donald Trump will continue to be banned from the social media platform as well as Instagram, saying that the ban was “justified” as he had “created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible.” Now do something about…

On Monday, Marvel Studios released a mega-trailer called “Marvel Studios Celebrates The Movies,” which is basically just an announcement for the release dates of their upcoming movies. It was perfectly timed, of course, as more people across the U.S. are getting vaccinated and many are eager to return to movie…

On Tuesday, Georgia Democrat Bee Nguyen announced her campaign to become the Georgia Secretary of State, running on a promise to expand voting rights in the state that has been a central battleground in the fight over voter suppression in recent years. Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, founded a non-profit…

After securing a Netflix deal and a Spotify deal, starting a charity organization, and dabbling in the tech world, the Markles have decided on the next industry they’re dipping their toes in as part of their post-royal life: book publishing. I know international fame has been far from an easy ride for Meghan and…

Yesterday, the tabloid press was abuzz after Will Smith posted on Instagram: “I’m gonna be real wit yall - I’m in the worst shape of my life.” He was not the first celebrity to discuss their pandemic related “weight gains,” and in fact, this post contributed to what Jezebel editor Kelly Faircloth previously described…

Vine celeb turned Disney Channel star turned YouTuber turned professional troll turned boxer Jake Paul claims that he FaceTimed with former President Donald Trump within the last two weeks, a revelation that can only be met with one word: Ew?