Category: Commentary
Et tu, Roma?
This annoying early twenty-first century phenomenon to liken everything to something else has gotten most out of hand with the necessity people and magazines feel [Read More…]
Hermès Prostrates Itself Before Apple
What is the world coming to when Hermès, the pinnacle of high fashion and luxury, feels obliged to enter into a partnership with Apple, the most [Read More…]
No One Can Play Lucille Ball Except Lucille Ball
The surfeit of biopics in the world of film never ceases. Just when one thinks that producers have exhausted every possible major icon to sully [Read More…]
James Franco’s Obsession With Fetishizing Damaged Goods
In the wake of James Franco’s doucherific story, “Bungalow 89,” “loosely based” on his encounter with Lindsay Lohan at the Chateau Marmont, one would have [Read More…]
Brooklyn Baby: Michelle Williams Continues to Assert Herself as the Real Estate Guru of the Borough
Just when you thought Michelle Williams had lost her Brooklyn cool cachet to Christina Ricci, who recently bought a house beneath the BQE, she goes [Read More…]
Michael Alig & the “Art” of Media Manipulation
Michael Alig’s reentry into New York City society has been more seamless than perhaps even he could have imagined. Since being released from prison for [Read More…]
Lady Gaga Unclear About the Difference Between a Gay Pride Parade and a Mariachi Festival
I guess when “ordinary,” non-symbols of gay iconography see people dressed in mariachi outfits and playing loud music, they would assume that, yes, a pride [Read More…]
Now That Gay Marriage Is Legal, Will the Vehemence and Pride of “Being Gay” Calm Down?
While the passage of gay marriage has been a long, slow battle, and one that deserves all the attention it’s getting, one has to wonder [Read More…]
Hello? Am I The Only One Who Thought It Reeked?: The Plight of Ambular
For some people, feeling like the only one who ever seems to see reason is a rare occurrence. For others, like Amber ‘Ambular’ Mariens (Elisa [Read More…]
You Can Take My Dollar Pizza Away From Me When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands
The people and news outlets of New York City have a tendency to get very uppity about different causes at various points throughout the week. [Read More…]
