Shawn Cooke

Philipp Plein’s latest runway presentation at Milan Fashion Week suffered from some curious timing. Over the weekend — just days before Kobe Bryant’s public memorial — Plein hosted a tribute, featuring Swarovski-encrusted jerseys and hoodies in…

When Disney Plus debuted last November, it raised some questions about the platform, such as: can the Fuzzbucket get it? And where will they draw the ever-ambiguous line on committing to “family-friendly” programming, with joint ownership of Hulu?…

Netflix’s streaming data is inscrutable nonsense — watching just two minutes of an episode may count toward a single view, and their tallies are not public knowledge — so you’ve just kind of had to take their word for it when it comes to figuring…

Over the weekend, YouTube temporarily created one of the longest videos of all time. ChilledCow, the popular lo-fi hip-hop beats live stream featuring an anime girl endlessly doing homework, was mistakenly suspended and terminated. As The Verge…

We do not seem any closer to R9 than we were last week, but Rihanna continues to trailblaze her own path outside of the music industry. On Saturday, she accepted the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards, which was awarded for her track record…

There’s never going to be less music — each new week accumulating hundreds of new releases that will hopefully find more ears than an artist’s past work, or file into the digital dustbin by the time next week’s slate rolls around. More than other…

At a rally in Colorado Springs Thursday night, President Trump set his ire on the Oscars. He crankily jabbed at Bong Joon-ho’s Best Picture-winning Parasite, which became the first ever foreign language film to take home the top prize, along with…

Few moments are actually without historical precedent, but the Netflix Twitter account sexting with a number of other company accounts last December certainly felt like one. The last two or three years had been leading up to that speed date, as…

Tony Hawk’s reached one of the more enviable places in pop culture. Who wouldn’t want to be a pioneer in their field, amass a huge fortune, and still go unrecognized at the airport? Later this month, he’ll be in a public place where every person in…

On Tuesday, a festival lineup filled to the brim with ‘90s and early aughts hip-hop and R&B stars began to circulate on social media. Lovers & Friends was set to feature an impressive if not impossible set of headliners for a 2020 festival: Lauryn…

HQ Trivia’s appeal was simple and innovative enough. Participate in a game show, right at home or on the train, alongside millions of other users, with a charismatic host and often laggy stream. Nevermind that the prize pool could be pennies if…

The best TV shows are typically spoiler-proof, their pleasures unaffected by knowing about endings, surprise deaths, or most every plot development before watching. So my saying that Siba, a sleek, regal standard poodle with black hair poofs styled…

The 2019 college admissions scandal, one of the more consistently rewarding failed scams in recent memory, keeps on giving. Less than a year after 53 people were charged as part of a conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions, federal…

Most viral social media challenges — think the Ice Bucket Challenge, Mannequin Challenge, Bottle Cap Challenge — requires some level of skill or personal sacrifice. Maybe it’s standing motionless alongside Jon Bon Jovi and Hillary Clinton on an…

The average movie ticket price hovers somewhere between $9 and $10, but a Berkeley elementary school was handed a bill of $250 for screening The Lion King last November. Emerson Elementary hosted a PTA fundraiser in which parents were encouraged to…

Uncut Gems, an instant classic that feels like it’s been around for years, is having a bit of a victory lap. This weekend, it’s returning to theaters nationwide with a new hidden camera Q&A featuring the Safdie brothers and Adam Sandler in a…