SXSW can be an overwhelming experience. For 10 days, you are bombarded by a tsunami of media, films, TV, tech, music, culture, and queso… lots of queso. This year, the annual SXSW fest takes place between March 12–18, curating a seven-day instead of 10-day...
I love the fashion of it all. I love to dress up and “turn a lewk”, as they say, when I went to the Critics Choice Awards this past Sunday. For this fine occasion I dusted off my vintage YSL cape that first made an appearance at Gold Gala 2021 and paired it...
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Netflix is going all out for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. They are doing so much that they are going to take over a huge chunk of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles and turn it into Hawkins, Indiana and transport you to the upside down with a full-out...
Since the news of MTV downsizing its music channels and basically phasing out the foundation on which it was based, I’ve been thinking about all of us who were raised on the cable channel and the cultural impact it has had. From the moment MTV aired the music video...
SPOILER ALERT: This contains details about the winner of Project Runway season 21. “She’s what we call in the business, a ‘c*nt’,” Ethan (a.k.a. Utica from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13) tells Project Runway mentor Christian...
A couple of days ago, on a total whim, I decided to start a rewatch of A Different World, the seminal Cosby Show spin-off which followed the free-spirited, new-wave, and sartorially adventurous Denise Huxtable’s (Lisa Bonet) collegiate adventures at Hillman...
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