Chappell Roan is having quite the moment. The singer is on this wild meteoric pop cultural rise as she graced the red carpet of the MTV VMAs dressed in Joan of Arc regalia and and lit the stage on fire in a performance of “Good Luck, Babe!” while donned in a suit...
This week marked the 63rd birthday of filmmaker and fashion designer extraordinaire Tom Ford, a man who I was obsessed with back in my days as a fashion journalist. I pined for those wildly expensive Tom Ford suits but settled for a pair of sunglasses that would be...
When I Googled “The Shyamalan Effect” I expected to find a New Yorker article diving deep into the cinematic and cultural impact of M. Night Shyamalan and his movies. Instead, I found a definition in Urban Dictionary that defined “The Shyamalan...
SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details from Twisters. Read at your own risk! I hadn’t watched the first Twister since it was released in 1996. I decided to work backward and watched the original after watching a screening of Twisters. I came to one...
It’s been a little over two weeks since the third season of The Bear premiered on FX to a fairly warm ovation. Throughout the ASMR culinary tantric soundgasms, some thought it was too much of a character study collage and less of a straightforward series. At...
On September 8, 1993, Wayne Wang’s adaptation of Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club was released and broke ground when it came to Asian American representation in Hollywood as it bridged the gap between Asian immigrants and their first gen offspring with...
During Sex and the City‘s sixth season, Samantha is trying to launch Smith’s career as an actor and she says, “First come the gays, then the girls, then the industry” as he questions her publicity practices. She couldn’t be more right… at least with the “gay” part....
Now in its third year, Gold House’s Gold Gala has quickly become a centerpiece when it comes to celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It is one of those events where people ask “Why wasn’t I invited?” as much as...
George Miller‘s Mad Max universe lives at the intersection of where Dune collides with a perverse version of Jules Verne-esque steampunk and is slapped with retro-futurist bondage and aggressive Dr. Seuss-like names. The latest installment, Furiosa: A Mad...
