Month: May 2025

Jesse Armstrong’s new HBO film is set in a Utah retreat where four rich techno-wizards scheme while playing poker. Mountainhead is an unpredictable drama about powerful men vying for control.

The Atlantic writer George Packer calls JD Vance the most interesting figure in the Trump administration: “He’s capable of complex thought, and I also think he may be the future of the MAGA movement.”

In his forthcoming book, The Party’s Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, a noted Chinese politician himself.

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Todd and Julie Chrisley, who rose to fame in a reality show highlighting their lavish lifestyle, had been serving yearslong prison sentences after 2022 convictions on bank and tax fraud offenses.

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Nightreign shrinks Elden Ring down into intense expeditions that demand tight three-player coordination. It’s a joy for co-op fans, but sacrifices the expansiveness that made the original game so compelling.

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The hunger for Mexican food in the U.S. is longstanding — from the conquistadors’ love affair with chocolate, to the classic San Francisco burrito. This week, we’re exploring the history of Mexican food in the United States, and asking what it takes for a cuisine to become quintessentially “American.”

What does it mean to be “half”? Twenty-five years since its initial launch, photographer Kip Fulbeck revisits his exhibition called “The Hapa Project,” an intimate look at mixed-race America.

Fifty years ago, director George Lucas started a visual-effects company that became known as Industrial Light & Magic. It transformed how the storytellers of the screen approach their craft.

Patterson’s books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide. He says he often gets ideas for them late at night. His latest, The #1 Dad Book, offers advice for fathers.