‘Football For A Buck’ Tells The Story Of The USFL In All Its Doomed Glory
For three years in the 1980s, sports fans could enjoy football in the Spring. Master storyteller Jeff Pearlman describes the league’s wild games, wilder players, and owners — including Donald Trump.
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What I Assume the Eighteen-Eighties Were Like
Seth Reiss writes a humorous essay about his misunderstanding of what life was like in the eighteen-eighties.
Sally Field Wasn’t Sure She’d Have The Guts To Publish Her New Memoir
“I wrote it for myself,” Field says of her intensely personal accounting of her life and career. In Pieces describes childhood abuse, an abortion at 17, and her relationship with Burt Reynolds.
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#MeToo Reckoning Is Reshaping How Sex Scenes Are Negotiated And Filmed In Hollywood
The #MeToo movement has forced Hollywood to rethink how it deals with sex scenes. Actors are searching for better protections and more control before and after a scene is shot.
The Plastic-Straw Ban
Farley Katz illustrates a humorous comic about the effect that plastic-straw bans have had on the straws themselves.
Trump Fist-Pumped As He Arrived In Pennsylvania For A 9/11 Memorial Service
19 People Who Got Caught Bullshitting
24 Problem-Solving Products You’ll Wish You’d Known About Sooner
Widespread Evacuations Have Been Ordered As Hurricane Florence Threatens The Carolina Coast
“This is not going to be a quick hit across the coast,” said Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
