Cardi B already said you couldn’t f*** with her if you wanted to — now that applies to her fiance, Offset, who got hacked this weekend … ’cause Cardi’s coming with legal fire. Cardi’s attorney, Scott Mason, tells TMZ that videos released over the holiday weekend of a nude Cardi, among other videos, were illegally obtained … and…
A Terrible Year for Audiences: The 10 Best and 10 Worst Movies of 2017
Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Mother!’, the worst movie of 2017. Paramount It’s that time again, when critics tally up their Best and Worst lists. I don’t care how much drool and drivel fills the ozone about how wonderful everything was in 2017. It was a terrible year for movies—and some of the people who make them. Harvey…
Variety Critics Name the 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018
The coming year has more than just blockbusters to offer. Here are the movies a dozen Variety critics from around the world are most looking forward to. Variety polled its international team of critics, asking which films they were most looking forward to in the coming year. The results are diverse, ranging from likely blockbusters to…
Women In Sports Journalism Are Still Putting Up With A Lot Of Bullshit
How many women ditch sports journalism because they decide, and understandably so, that it’s not worth all the bullshit? Being called “difficult” or “shrill” or “bitchy.” The energy and time wasted turning down unwanted advances from athletes, fans, and fellow journalists (regardless of if you are single or not). The “get back in the kitchen”…
My Life As a Failed Artist
Decades after giving up the dream for good, an art critic returns to the work he’d devoted his life to, then abandoned — but never really forgot. By Jerry Saltz It pains me to say it, but I am a failed artist. “Pains me” because nothing in my life has given me the boundless psychic bliss…
NOT READY FOR TAKEOFF FACE SCANS AT AIRPORT DEPARTURE GATES
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At Boston’s Logan International Airport, travelers at one international boarding gate will be surprised that they are being told to stop before what looks like a sophisticated camera.1 But it’s more than just a camera—the device compares each traveler’s face to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric database to verify her identity…
Chuck Close Is A Giant Of The Art World. He’s Allegedly Also A ‘F**king Pervert.’
Artist Julia Fox was honored to model for Close. Then, she says, he told her, “Your p***y looks delicious.” Every day, thousands of commuters pass by a series of 12 mosaics by famed artist Chuck Close, recently installed in the 86th Street station of New York’s Second Avenue subway line. The murals, each 9 feet tall,…
AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story
The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2 story was Donald Trump’s tumultuous first year as president. A year ago, Trump’s unexpected victory…
Has #MeToo run amok
Movements collapse when they become more interested in collecting heads than advancing their cause. Unfortunately, the very worthy #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse might have just reached that point. Last Friday, #MeToo took down Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Henderson, the editorial page editor of the liberal Detroit Free Press (or Freep as it is called locally). Henderson was…
Hayward Director Ralph Rugoff Chosen as Artistic Director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
The American-born, London-based curator Ralph Rugoff, the director of London’s Hayward Gallery, has been appointed artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale. He is the first UK-based curator to land the prestigious role and the first American to fill the post since Robert Storr in 2007. “I am absolutely thrilled with this appointment,” Rugoff said…
