2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (893+ words) In the Love Island villa, a kiss is like a handshake; at Whole Festival, a blowjob does the same. So when a peculiar little invite came across my inbox about a month before the event, I’ll admit I waffled a…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1348+ words) As soon as they all join a mid-afternoon Sunday video call together, Ella Hunt, Avantika, Nicholas Duvernay, Jack Martin and Will Angus cannot help but fall right back into five simultaneous conversations. Belated birthdays are celebrated, jokes about Angus’ “weird…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (228+ words) The best television comedy ends this week. It’s a good thing. Hacks first lit up HBO streaming screens in 2021 with their brilliant chronicle of the cross-generational, talent-manager-matched, unexpected creative pairing between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder)....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1056+ words) In the movies, to be a grown-up was, suddenly, not just a matter of being out of school, but a time to have a job better than school; wear clothes from magazines, not malls; party with cool friends, friends of…...