Posts by Sophie Clearwater
The True Story Behind ‘The Brink of War’
“Before two leaders like that have a summit meeting, there’s lots of prep work that goes into it,” recalls Souza. “But this was very last minute. The Reagan administration went to great effort leading up to Reykjavik, to not call it a summit. They’d say, ‘It’s just a meeting, and we’re not characterizing it as…
Read MoreKenan Thompson Speaks Out After All That Costar Christy Knowings’ Death
One of All That’s original cast members, Denberg didn’t really take her initial audition for the show, which she landed when she placed in first in a high school drama competition, seriously. “I just went on it like a total lark, not like it was some big deal. Just kind of a goof,” Denberg, who…
Read MorePaul W. Downs Reacts to Being Confronted By Andy Cohen About Hacks Joke on Live TV
Paul W. Downs is still reeling from his recent Clubhouse showdown. After Andy Cohen called out the Hacks co-creator on live TV over a joke made at the Watch What Happens Live host’s expense, Downs isn’t pleading the fifth when it comes to their heated—and hilarious—exchange. “I can’t believe he went there,” Downs deadpanned during…
Read MoreThe Heirlooms of 2080 Are Being Made Today
As luxury moves away from recognition and toward individuality, today’s jewelry buyers are thinking less about what they inherit and more about what they will leave behind. Photo by Fondazione Fiera Milano/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images We tend to think of inheritance as something we receive. A grandmother’s engagement ring. A grandfather’s watch. A strand…
Read More‘Lanterns’ Is Better Than Most Superhero Shows—But It’s No ‘Watchmen’
Fear is indeed a central theme of Lanterns, which premieres on Aug. 16, but not in the macho, who-blinks-first sense you’d expect from a superhero show. Created by crime drama specialist Chris Mundy (True Detective, Ozark), TV eminence Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers), and Eisner-winning comics writer Tom King, it juggles their different strengths and…
Read MoreHere’s Why Taylor Swift’s New Haircut Could Signify A New Era: Revisit Her Major Style Milestones
“TAYLOR CUT HER HAIR????,” one follower wrote on X. “WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE INSANITY ON TS13.” Another spotted an Easter egg in Swift’s lilac-hued Delphine frock. Noting the singer had kicked off her plaid-centric orange-and-teal Life of a Showgirl era back on Aug. 12, 2024 by stepping out of Annabel’s same exit in coordinating…
Read MoreThe Problem With Being Told Your Symptoms Are ‘Normal’
In the study, the researchers assembled a group of more than 9,300 people—some doctors, some other medical caregivers, some from the general population—and ran 14 different experiments on them. In one, 400 people were presented with two scenarios in which a friend visited a doctor complaining of menopause symptoms, including extreme fatigue, weight gain, and…
Read MoreExclusive: Claude Was Put in Charge of Human Workers—and Fired One
This wouldn’t exactly be the first case of an AI firing a human worker—there have been plenty of automated firings in the past, especially of gig workers who have been subject to algorithmically mediated employment for years. But it is the first known example of a large language model, acting as a manager, ultimately deciding…
Read MoreOne Fine Show: The Holy See’s “The Ear is the Eye of the Soul” at Giardino Mistico
Installation view: The Pavilion of the Holy See, “The Ear is the Eye of the Soul” in the Giardino Mistico, Venice. Photo: David Levene It takes a lot for an artwork these days to make international headlines, but Florentina Holzinger managed to do it with the Austrian pavilion at the Venice Biennale this past May.…
Read MoreLuigi Mangione Prepared to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges, He Tells Judge
The planned guilty plea marks a remarkable shift in Mangione’s defense, as he had previously pleaded not guilty to all the federal and state charges he was facing. Mangione, 28, was arrested in December 2024 on suspicion of fatally shooting Thompson in New York City five days earlier while the health executive was walking to…
Read MoreHer Great-Grandfather Founded a Jewelry Dynasty. She’s Building Something It Never Had.
Haverhill Leach. Courtesy of Haverhill Leach The polishers go fishing on their lunch break. This is the first thing to understand about the place where Haverhill Leach makes her jewelry. In a low building on the water in Warren, Rhode Island—the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state in America—the benches face…
Read MoreIn Liang Fu’s Latest Work, a Vision of Humanity Touched by Relentless Entropy
Installation view: “Liang Fu: Sublunary” at Nicodim New York. Phoyo: Shark Senesac / New Document; Courtesy of the Artist and Nicodim A continuous tension between the physicality of matter and the fluid nature of imagination and the subconscious animates the latest body of work by Chinese-born, Paris-based artist Liang Fu. Most recently seen in “Sublunary”…
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