Kara Weisenstein

Who would've thought a film from 1975 would have so much resonance in the summer of 2020? An invisible killer is claiming lives. One of the most obvious ways to stay safe is by avoiding the beach. But the politicians in charge downplay the threat,…

Tik Tok has undeniably changed the music industry. Lil Nas X famously exploded on the scene with “Old Town Road” last year, which rocketed to the top of the Billboard music charts and stayed there for 17 weeks — but it all started as a Tik Tok meme.…

People may call Viola Davis “the Black Meryl Streep,” but when they shared a screen, Davis arguably stole the show. In 2008’s Doubt, she played a mother in denial that a priest is abusing her son. Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams all…

My, my. What a difference time and a little perspective can make. Pro-football player Colin Kaepernick was first vilified by the president and conservatives four years ago for kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games, and their criticism has…

They say money can’t buy happiness. But most people would be pretty stoked to be as wealthy as the Kardashian-West clan. Imagine riding one of your 14 gorgeous Friesian horses through the 10,000 acres of literal mountains and canyons you own in…

Believe it or not, you used to be able to buy a pair of “Blue Lives Matter” booty shorts on the Walmart website. They even sold matching T-shirts and neckties, for the uber-narcs. Alongside all the “thin blue line” crap, there were “Irish Lives…

The conservative “March for Our Rights 3” rally in downtown Olympia, Washington, had a surprise musical guest on Saturday: comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, disguised in padded overalls, a fake beard and a straw hat, infiltrated the right-wing event and…

Just when the world needs it most, Beyonce´'s new visual album, Black Is King, drops on Disney+ at the end of July. Beyonce´ has been quietly prolific in the past several months. On Juneteenth, she released a surprise single, “Black Parade,” calling…

YouTube star Jenna Marbles posted what could be her last video on Thursday. The vlogger, whose real last name is Mourey, said fans asked her to address racist videos she made in the past. In her dispatch, Mourey announced she’s quitting the platform…

Thousands of years into the future, humans have ravaged the earth. The planet’s soil and water have long been polluted. From their toxic depths sprang a massive fungus jungle spewing poisonous gas, populated by gigantic man-eating bugs, which…

South Park is the latest TV show to retroactively wipe offensive episodes from the internet. All 23 seasons of the hit animated comedy are available on HBO Max — except for five episodes that include depictions of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Cartoons,…

The band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks are dropping the “Dixie” and going by the Chicks from now on. The change comes as culture writ large casts a critical eye on all sorts of problematic art and entertainment, from statues glorifying…

Coronavirus infections are on the rise again in much of the country, increasingly among young people, but you wouldn’t know it from the way folks are acting. From the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri to crowded parks in New York City, lonely humans,…

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, as the Black Lives Matter movement has coalesced into a social revolution, workers in nearly every industry are demanding their employers put their money where their mouths are. Activists have succeeded in…

It’s open season on racist entertainment, as society tries to scrub the cultural canon of problematic people and content. The latest comedian in the crosshairs of cancel culture is Jimmy Kimmel — #CancelKimmel was trending on Twitter Tuesday…

30 Rock is the latest title in the entertainment canon to try to scrub itself of racism. Four episodes of the long-running NBC comedy are being removed from the internet. Two of the episodes feature Jane Krakowski’s character Jenna in blackface;…

Multiple allegations of sexual assault were leveled at a handful of celebrities over the weekend, including Justin Bieber, Ansel Elgort, Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinhart and several other Riverdale cast members. But some of the accusations have already…

A curious phenomenon emerged in the weeks after police officers killed George Floyd in Minneapolis. Almost overnight, the only acceptable social media content became imagery and messages in solidarity with Black lives. Gone were the multitudinous,…

Remember when Love Is Blind was the most extreme reality TV show anyone could envisage? Getting engaged sight-unseen was just crazy and hardcore enough to make cringey and absolutely addicting entertainment… Well, FOX has outdone itself with its…