The president’s speech presented no big new proposals, but he offered to work with Republicans even as he parried hecklers and sought to allay Democratic concerns about his vigor heading into 2024....Read More

I’ll be honest, it literally took me a hot, very melty second to officially board the setting-spray bandwagon, but after hearing the advice of more beauty editors and makeup artists than I could possibly ignore, I handed over...

Ten years ago, my family experienced a huge scare when my then 65-year-old mom was rushed to the ER in order to receive emergency cardioversion—aka a medical paddle used to restart her heart. The day before the trip...

Emerging from the Covid era of virtual festivals with a seeming new resolve to top itself in what it does best, the 52nd Annual Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) opened an all in-person festival on January...

Matt writes: It always lifts my spirits to see a brand new movie theater open in my sweet home of Chicago, and that is precisely what happened on January 27th, when Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville welcomed its...

We’ve reached the final stretch of sale season, when the very best deals arrive on items that almost never get marked down. Early on, you’re not going to run into a lot of trouble scouring for discounted fast-fashion...

Valentine’s Day couldn’t come at a better time. A few weeks ago, Miley Cyrus released her song “Flowers,” and it’s taken the world by storm. The self-love revolution has officially peaked. Just like Cyrus sings that she...

“Waking Karma” is the kind of small movie you root for even when it fails to live up to its potential. There’s a lot that doesn’t quite work, but you can tell by the strong performances and...

A decade ago, Electronic Arts and Visceral Games’ “Dead Space” seemed like one of the most creatively robust and successful franchises in the world. And then “Dead Space 3” disappointed—I was one of the few fans...

Donald Trump and possible rivals, like Gov. Ron DeSantis, are making appeals to conservative voters on race and gender issues, but such messages had a mixed record in November’s midterm elections....Read More