With 4.5 million subscribers on YouTube and subsidiaries on Twitch and TikTok, GothamChess, the channel run by this 28-year-old from Brooklyn, has become a virtual bible for amateur players
New companies, especially Co-Star, that opt for technology over astrologists to read believers’ futures, are putting their users in a pickle: it’s not credible if AI says it, but is it any better coming from a real person?
The myopic boy of 1990s English pop music has written a memoir that’s like one of his songs. At 60, the Pulp frontman recounts his dreams of greatness, his ambition, his lack of willpower… and his descent into hell
Four decades have passed since Brian de Palma’s classic was released, surrounded by controversy and bad reviews, before it became a cult object
The influencer amassed a devoted online following of barstool blowhards and is now a self-declared pizza expert
After a six-year hiatus, the rock duo makes a comeback with ‘God Games,’ an album that explores gods, faith and the enduring power of music
A philosophical doctrine from 24 centuries ago invites us to accept reality as it is. It offers consolation to the poorest and free rein to the richest… and it has enjoyed renewed success in the form of books, podcasts and hashtags on social media
Stars compete for an invitation to the most coveted row in American professional sports. It’s free, but it comes with conditions, as a couple of popular models have discovered the hard way
Remember when we were told that people were quitting their sedentary office jobs to live a new life planting vegetables in the countryside? Well, it appears to have been a false alarm: workers are returning en masse to their pre-pandemic workplaces
Thirty years ago, the sports world found out that one of its stars was retiring from basketball to try his hand at baseball, a move whose true, tragic reasons only became known years later
He hates feminism and democracy and has dubbed himself Bronze Age Pervert. He moves the masses and is adored by Trump
This 24-room 17th-century villa that ‘overflows with history and beauty’ on the shores of Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy, has been chosen as number one by ‘The World’s 50 Best’
He’s not the only octogenarian director active on social media — Coppola teaches cinema on Instagram while Paul Schrader keeps Facebook afloat
From Hollywood screenwriters to Spanish hotel workers, new spaces of collective struggle for labor rights are opening up
It was the century’s most memorable transatlantic transaction: the British glam star was tasked with channeling the performer languishing in American rock. Fifty years later, the album that resulted from that collaboration continues to mystify and captivate
A cultural product cannot be controlled once it is out there, says director David Fincher, who is now releasing ‘The Killer’ on Netflix. This is the case of his most famous work, a film that has been claimed by the extreme right
By embracing failure, the engineer and industrial designer has revolutionized domestic life with radical inventions
Fifty years ago, Bruce Wayne Campbell was promoted as the great American glam artist and the first openly gay rock musician. Everyone in the industry predicted that he would be a star. They were wrong
The Detroit rocker had been perfecting his macabre stage tricks for years, using everything from trick guillotines to toy machine guns. But one night, 35 years ago, he went too far with a noose
At ‘T-parties’, the fare is macrobiotic food, bodybuilding gear and blood tests
While studios like Marvel or Disney have embraced ethnic and sexual diversity in their new productions, major studios have almost completely excluded the lower classes from their plots and creative processes
One of Hollywood’s legendary blonde bombshells found short-lived stardom in the fifties. However, she strove to become a legend in other ways… and she’s still doing it
The most popular horror franchise of the past two decades returns to theaters seven years after its last installment. As usual, it promises to give its audience everything they want
Saúl Armendáriz — who spent more than three decades in the world of ‘lucha libre’ — overcame discrimination, addiction, and a stroke to see his story brought to the big screen. In a new film, he is played by acclaimed Mexican actor Gael García Bernal
A new documentary explores the life of the dyslexic Scotsman who became a legendary racing driver, driven by a mission to improve safety in the sport
‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ was released 40 years ago while its director was on trial for involuntary manslaughter in one of the worst movie-set accidents ever
Experts tend to say no, but the myth of the narcissistic achiever is still surprisingly important