‘Hail Satan’ is trending: How the devil is firing up pop culture
When you’re fund-raising to make a documentary called “Hail Satan?,” you learn early on to expect pushback from potential backers. “Pitching [to studios], I’d get through maybe…
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The crazy story of how ‘Stockholm syndrome’ got its name
“Is there something wrong with me? Why don’t I hate them?” In 1973, 21-year-old Elisabeth Oldgren posed this question to a psychiatrist in the wake…
Gregg Araki’s ‘Now Apocalypse’ is a millennial sex and sci-fi trip
Gather round, kids, and hear about how in the 1990s, you had to seek out an arthouse theater to catch the release of a Gregg…
How Ray Romano balances ‘comedic genius’ with dramatic chops
How does an inherently funny guy get into a dramatic mindset? “Normally I have to prepare and, like, put on headphones and listen to sad…
How Ryan Adams is making me rethink my rock collection
(CNN) In indie music circles, there had long been whispers about Ryan Adams being a jerk. Living in Chicago’s rock hotbed neighborhood of Wicker Park…
Why this family is convinced its patriarch is the Black Dahlia killer
“This was some evil, evil stuff,” says Yvette Gentile, 51. The San Francisco resident grew up being told that her great-grandfather, George Hill Hodel, was…
You should always leave your window shade open on an airplane
(CNN) — Air travel is a struggle under the best of circumstances. Legroom seems to shrink with every trip, and the argument about whether it’s rude to recline one’s…
Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy
“Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church” by Libby Phelps and Sara Stewart. Copyright 2018 by…
Diane Lane makes power plays on ‘House of Cards’ and ‘The Romanoffs’
She arrives at the St. Regis Hotel dressed casually in white tee, jeans, Gabriela Hearst scarf and … silver Birkenstocks? Yes, actress Diane Lane is…
This is how Louis CK should make his comeback
Jesus, Louis. Could you botch your comeback any worse? Trying out some new material on the sly, eh? Sneaking into the Comedy Cellar for a surprise…