Month: December 2020

Image Source: Netflix The holidays are usually about jolly tunes and optimism, but there’s a specific (necessary) corner for sad Christmas songs — especially this year. I’m talking about Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas,” The Carpenters’ “Merry Christmas Darling,” and, of course, Joni Mitchell’s “River.” The opposite of all those “songs of joy and peace,” Mitchell’s
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Image Source: Getty / Slaven Vlasic Author, poet, and activist Cleo Wade‘s work provided an oasis of calm and reason on the internet long before the pandemic hit, but it felt especially necessary in 2020. Drawing on themes of self-worth and community, and often posted to Instagram in her signature block-letter handwriting, Wade’s viral poetry
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I never thought I’d admit but cleaning has become one of my go-to isolation activities (closely pipped by becoming a self-styled wine connoisseur). Has anyone else found that taking the time to clear out their cupboards and declutter their wardrobes is really therapeutic? It seems I’m not alone. TikTok saw a huge boom in users
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Alicia Keys may have famously ditched wearing makeup back in 2016, declaring “I realised I became addicted to it; I didn’t feel comfortable without it.” Yet for her GLAMOUR A/W20 cover shoot, she was ready and willing to step back into the makeup chair. And boy are we glad she did, serving up three epic
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On Sunday morning, Marty Baron appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to talk about The Washington Post’s subscription growth and the paper’s plans for expansion in 2021. But host Brian Stelter also wanted to know about Baron’s personal plans. After a wildly successful seven-year-plus run as executive editor of the 143-year-old Beltway institution, was Baron, now
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Connie Chung isn’t quite done spilling all the behind-the-scenes gossip about her former colleagues just yet. Last week, the legendary news anchor spoke to Andrew Goldman on Los Angeles Magazine’s The Originals podcast, comparing her time working with Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters to “not unlike what Tonya Harding did to Nancy Kerrigan,” working with
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Amid the specter of legal action, conservative news channels are issuing fact-checks and clarifications after airing false, conspiracy-laden claims tied to the 2020 election. Fox News, Fox Business, and new MAGA favorite Newsmax have recently run segments debunking allegations against Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, election technology companies that Donald Trump and his allies have
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Two months after filmmaker Amy Berg revived a years-long Twitter tradition of asking her followers to debate which Hollywood Chris “has to go”—forcing people to choose between Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Chris Evans, and Chris Pratt—and one month after the actor’s co-stars and Patrick Schwarzenegger rushed to his defense, Chris Pratt is finally acknowledging his
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