Leslie Jones opened up (sort of) to Conan O’Brien on Wednesday about the secret boyfriend she’s “kind of” seeing, saying, “It’s a secret, so I don’t want everybody bothering him, you know what I’m saying?”
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
It’s officially hot out where I live, according to my dermatologist, who told me this week that it’s now summer (he’s a doctor, so who am I to fight his words?). With this heat has come a fresh new energy to the world, specifically, a sartorial one. I walk down the streets of New York City quite visually excited, the…
Theme parties are “fun” if you like riding public transportation dressed like a flapper in April. Theme weddings with strict dress codes requiring costume rentals are less so. Brides, please: Do not make your guests rent costumes for your wedding.
Things have really come apart over the past couple years for Abby Lee Miller. Not only will she soon begin a one-year prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud, but her child enemy Chloe Lukasiak—the little girl Miller regularly bullied to tears—has officially announced her triumphant return to Dance Moms in the same…
Topshop’s huge summer sale, extra discounts at Nike, $40 New Balance sneakers, and more lead Thursday’s best lifestyle deals.
Hanson, Hanson and Hanson, can you stop?
A three-judge federal appeals panel affirmed on Thursday that Wisconsin inmate Brendan Dassey, who was featured in the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer, was coerced in confessing by investigators and should be released from prison.
Here is how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo works: He is a coward, asserting responsibility only to defer it, every action a bureaucratic mirage of committees and task forces; manufacturing crises only to emerge as the hero once again; finding ways to make fait accompli look like the product of his own political genius…
New Hampshire, the taint of New England, has accidentally done something hilarious. While attempting to pass a fetal homicide bill, the state senate actually voted to allow pregnant women to commit murder with impunity.
Instagram model and fitness blogger Rebecca Burger died this weekend after being struck in the chest when a faulty whipped cream dispenser exploded in her kitchen, sending her into cardiac arrest.
Anthropologie will always be a good destination to start looking for something unique. Right now, they’re having a massive Tag Sale, which means you get up to 50% off a ton of styles without having to do a thing. Everything from dresses to shoes to home goods are marked down so there’s definitely something for…
On Thursday morning, dozens of disabled rights protesters gained national attention when they staged a sit-in at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office, chanting, “No cuts to Medicaid—save our liberty!” Shocking images and video of Capitol Hill Police removing men and women from wheelchairs and dragging them…
A growing group of legislators is backing the creation of a new Smithsonian women’s history museum.
The characters in Alex Ross Perry’s small, chatty movies may strike you as impossibly articulate—until you talk to their creator and discover his impromptu way with words is as deft as those he depicts on the page. What scan like deeply considered essays tumbled off this guy’s tongue when we met in a Park Slope coffee…
This past Sunday morning, Seattle police responded to a 911 call from 30-year-old Charleena Lyles reporting an attempted burglary at her home. Shortly after police entered her apartment, Lyles was dead—officers fatally shot her while three of her children were present. It’s unclear what led to the rapid escalation and…
Here’s something exciting: The New York state legislature has approved a law that will, through $5 million in tax breaks, incentivize TV shows to hire women and people of color as writers and directors. More exciting, entertainment news website The Wrap first lead this story with a Girls still featuring Lena Dunham…
The summer of Haim continues with a video for “I Want You Back.” In it, the three sisters walk the abandoned streets of Los Angeles, which always looks post-apocalyptic.
A handful of conservative news sites, including numerous anti-abortion sites and the National Review, are reporting that California has been forced to drop 14 of the 15 the felony charges against David Daleiden, the man behind the heavily edited Planned Parenthood “sting videos,” and partner Sandra Merritt. The sites…
