Why the Creators of Billions See the Show as a “Rorschach Test” for the Trump Era
Paul Giamatti as Chuck Rhoades and Maggie Siff as Wendy Rhoades in “Billions.”Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Billionaires, Saudi investors, political favor-trading —it sounds a lot like the basis of a Mother Jones article on any given day under the Trump administration. But in fact, it’s the logline for…
Trump Blasts “Racist” Spike Lee After Oscars Acceptance Speech
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump kicked off Monday morning by lashing out at Spike Lee after the “BlacKkKlansman” director used his Oscars acceptance speech to call on voters to reject the politics of hate, reminding the audience that the “2020 election was around the corner.”…
Make—and Devour—the Dumpling from Pixar’s Oscar-Nominated Film “Bao”
Disney Pixar Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ingredients Filling (adjust all seasoning to taste) 1 lb of ground pork 1 lb of chinese cabbaged (minced) 1 carrot (minced) 2-3 green onion stalks (chopped) 1 egg 1-2 ground ginger 1 tsp olive oil 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon powder 1 tsp oyster…
Diane Guerrero Is the Complicated Superhero We Need Right Now
Diane Guerrero in Doom PatrolJace Downs / 2018 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You may know Diane Guerrero as the actor who plays Maritza, the bubbly and sassy inmate in Orange Is the New Black, or the ditzy waitress Lina from Jane the Virgin. You may…
We Can’t Get Over This Gymnast’s Magical Floor Routine
Katelyn Ohashi of UCLA during an NCAA college gymnastics match.Ben Liebenberg/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Katelyn Ohashi is no stranger to the perfect 10. Last year, Ohashi finished as the nation’s top college gymnasts and shared the NCAA women’s national championship in the floor routine. On Saturday, at the Collegiate…
Anxiety Is Like Having an “Improv Group in Your Brain”
Shaughn & John Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Aparna Nancherla is a comedian who also happens to be an introvert grappling with depression: “A lot of people have a fear of missing out,” she jokes. “I have a fear of missing in.” Petite and in her mid-30s, she has been…