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Ambient denotes something that you don’t have to pay attention to in order to enjoy but which is still seductive enough to be compelling if you choose to do so momentarily.
Kyle Chayka • “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
I had come to New York five years earlier, to create a life for myself there. I had not created a life for myself there. I had wanted to find the emerging writers and thinkers of my generation. I had found the sycophants, careerists, and media parasites who were redefining mediocrity for the 21st century.
n+1 • The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single) (Kindle Singles Book 4)
Culture industry roles were once much more coherent, the lines of power much more concrete. Figures like Anna Wintour and Rick Rubin gesture at this recent past. They were middle men connecting financial capital (businesses) with cultural capital (artists) to create social capital (cultural institutions). Fashion and literary editors, film and tele
... See moreBy now, it’s pretty well-established that “subversive” is Stewart’s thing. Imagine her, age 17, refusing to play Bella Swan in the perky, bright-eyed manner the adults all had in mind, and choosing instead to mope around like she was actually in love with an undead person. (“The studio was trying to make a movie for kids. They didn’t want what actu... See more
Alex Morris • Kristen Stewart Uncensored: ‘I Want to Do the Gayest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in Your Life’
Sean Evans has spent the past ten years as host of ‘Hot Ones,’ the chicken-eating celebrity-interview show that regularly racks up tens of millions of viewers, and has booked guests as globally famous as Bad Bunny, SZA (dressed as a bug), Lisa, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, and more.
Today, ‘Hot Ones’ has never felt more ... See more
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Remorse is not something “No Bullshit” guy feels, but seated at Brooklyn’s Purity Diner on a sunny afternoon during his weeklong run at the Bell House, Heidecker is rankled by guilt. In a plain black tee and sunglasses now, he’s replaying the moment he upset a fan when he was in character the previous night. He was doing a bit where “No Bullshit” g... See more
Tim’s Time
Benson Boone, the latest of pop music’s anointed It Boys, seems to be learning the limits of his charm in real time, writes Spencer Kornhaber.
As Kornhaber watched a livestream of this year’s Coachella music festival, “something in Boone’s face—a tightness around his saucer eyes, a droop in his beaming grin—suggested ... See more
instagram.comTheir guest is Charles Broskoski, the co-founder and CEO of Are.na, and the first part of the podcast is devoted to an essay he wrote about “all of the important reference points (like books, artworks, people, etc) that have changed who I am (or maybe helped me become who I am).”