It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to witches, hauntings, and all manner of supernatural goings-on. But if accepting money to tell fortunes…
“I’ve been in so many ensembles where I’ve been, like, the horny mom. Or the horny divorced mom. And I loved all those parts! But…
CNN — “Sorry/Not Sorry,” in theaters Friday, revisits the 2017 comedy-world firestorm involving five women’s accounts of sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. and the aftermath in which he was welcomed…
CNN — At first glance, the Hulu documentary “Brats” promises a deep dive into 1980s nostalgia via its director and star, Andrew McCarthy. His mission: to unpack the decades of damage…
CNN — No matter how much progress we’ve made on middle-aged women and visibility — from a huge increase in menopause research and advocacy to the relatively recent expansion of…
In a TikTok video posted on May 2, Jonathan Van Ness does a sort-of call-and-response with Dr. Karen Tang. He and the gynecologist go back and forth…
“I spent six months trying to relearn things I actually like in my own life,” says Madelaine Petsch, who played venomous queen bee Cheryl Blossom…
‘I’ll be damned if I’ll be caught in an outfit someone else has,” says Julia Fox. “That’s where I draw the line.” Fox’s latest hair…
CNN — The Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer” has taken the world by storm with its nuanced, painfully honest portrayal of one man’s experience of stalking and abuse….
CNN — Are we finally ready to take another look at why we love to hate sociopaths so much? The answer to that question may depend on…
CNN — As news that Catherine, Princess of Wales had announced her cancer diagnosis dominated headlines Friday, I felt a deep and traumatic solidarity. Recovering from major abdominal surgery…
CNN — Last week, I ditched work one day and went to a matinee at a local AMC theater. It was a Timothée Chalamet movie, because statistically of course it was.
To paraphrase Chekhov’s gun principle, if you see a Sarah Paulson in the first act, she’s going to go off by the third.
Sundance is back, baby! And by “back,” I mean limited to artists and members of the press who have the deep-pocketed funding and the physical…
CNN — I’m aware of the inherent cliché in saying that someone’s “so brave” for talking publicly about their own struggles. But it’s a challenge not to associate that…
MILLVALE — Don’t call Harold’s Haunt a gay bar. Or a lesbian bar. The queer, Wiccan-owned watering hole bills itself as a “they bar,” a nod to…
This was a terrific movie year for sticking it to the patriarchy.
CNN — In a year that’s seen one hit after another to women’s rights, “Poor Things” is a welcome, raunchy, hilarious escape. Yorgos Lanthimos’ steampunk dark comedy stars Emma Stone, who gives…
As a musical theater-obsessed kid growing up in Eureka, Calif., Sara Bareilles didn’t have access to big Broadway shows. So she can’t wait to roll out…
CNN — When comedian Maria Bamford was writing her memoir, she wanted to pack it with as many financial details about herself as possible. “As a Minnesotan, I…
I didn’t expect to walk out of a Hunger Games movie with a roots music buzz, but I’m not complaining!
It’s upsetting right from the jump, when the baby-faced 14-year-old doing her homework at a diner is selected, by a grown man, to go to a…
Marlin Bressi has an affinity for stories of the strange-but-true variety, and he’ll tell you there’s no better place to dig for them than Pennsylvania….
CNN — For “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans, news of a podcast called “Slayers,” which is set 10 years after the “Buffy” story ended and picks up…
CNN — There’s a question I find myself asking when watching movies from previous decades: Whatever happened to that actress? She was so good and then just … not…
The Royal Hotel opens with a scene whose vibe will be familiar, I think, for most women.
Inspired to live life more fully following the death of a friend, New Jersey native Tom Turcich, set himself a goal to see and experience the world on…
CNN — If you want a barometer of cultural terrors, the latest movie about teenage girls is usually a good place to look.
Before cats ruled the internet, the felines ran the battlefield. At least, that’s history as told by Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama…
CNN — Imagine, if you will, seeing this headline: “Jon Hamm is happy as a man without kids: ‘I’ve had a great sexy-ass life.’”
CNN — The simultaneous arrival of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in movie theaters has spawned a slew of hand-wringing articles about a drastic decline in people’s behavior in cinemas. More disturbingly, a number of touring…
Martha Lee from Devon, England, an avid traveler and hiker, explains to Sara Stewart how having long COVID has affected – but not stopped – her ability to move…
CNN — The release of the hotly-anticipated “Barbie” movie is almost upon us, and the cultural buzz has never been louder. The film, starring Margot Robbie in…
CNN — Like a plot twist out of the multiverse, a huge comic-book movie is currently tanking at the box office while an anti-superhero, anti-capitalist streaming series garners raves….
The entirety of our culture now seems increasingly like the Wild West, where the answer to “could you please stop doing that?” or even just…
With over 430 bird species and hundreds of designated viewing areas, Alabama is an ideal destination for observing feathered friends in their pristine natural habitats….
CNN — On Monday, the White House hosted cast members from the Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso” for a discussion of mental health awareness.
CNN — If I could pick one refrain I heard the most from doctors and nurses during my months of treatment for colon cancer in 2018, it’d…
“We knew going into this that it was going to be extraordinarily difficult,” says Kiki Freedman, the co-founder of the abortion telemedicine website Hey Jane, about…
It’s a dark time to be a young reader in this country – so it couldn’t be a better time for a Blume renaissance.
As the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, Summer Lee is well acquainted with challenging the status quo.
We rarely talk about the positive possibilities that open up when women make the informed choice not to be mothers – or choose not to do…
When Gisele Barreto Fetterman first moved to a struggling western Pennsylvania town in 2008, she didn’t know many people, so she befriended a fellow scrappy…
CNN — Has true crime jumped the shark? The heated debate over Netflix’s new “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” suggests an evolution is in order for the…
The ’90s icon has always done things her own way. Now, the world is finally catching up to her.
(CNN) Once again the kids are showing us all how to do life better. According to a recent New York Times story, thirtysomething managers are being…
(CNN) Why do we only learn to appreciate our lives when we’re in dire straits?
In a year that has already brought so much tragedy and loss, Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 seems unthinkably cruel and unfair. How could such a…
There’s just something magical about a guy who knows how to keep cool in an emergency. In CBS’ ratings-dominating show “Tracker,” the weekly stakes involve one of…
Actor Chase Stokes may be living the luxe life in LA, but his heart is still running around down South.
Who saw that “Hacks” finale twist coming? Possibly only someone who had just finished a rewatch of “All About Eve.”
