For @gqmagazine.bsky.social, I went scorched earth on Ridiculousness, a show that had no business being on the air for as long as it was, while effectively killing off whatever was left of MTV's cultural clout. www.gq.com/story/farewe...

Wrote about LA being That Girl for Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

My Rolling Stone profile on Mikey Madison is nominated for an LA Press Club arts & entertainment journalism award! www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

It Happened To Me: I tried the Erewhon goth smoothie

For Rolling Stone, I spoke with writer/director Mary Bronstein and Rose Byrne about the brilliant new A24 film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a “punk-rock” must-watch about female rage. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

For the LA Times, I spoke to lead singer Andrew McMahon about touring the 20th anniversary of Jack's Mannequin and 2005's 'Everything In Transit,' tying together all three of his projects (starting with Something Corporate), and much more www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

For the LA Times, I spoke to the always delightful Fred Armisen about making a sprawling sound effects album, his friendship with the late Steve Albini, and more. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

In July, I had the chance to hang with the immensely talented (and deeply kind) Tate McRae for a TIME 100 NEXT story, out today! Read: time.com/7321459/tate...

For @RollingStone, I unraveled some of the best behind-the-scenes stories from the Lilith Fair doc, including how Missy Elliott managed to hitch a ride to the fest after her tour bus broke down. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

so are democrats really just going to remain silent as republicans target half of the country for retribution over a crime they didnt commit? im being serious, when do democrats call out this bloodthirsty rampage for what it is

OK this is giving that line in Bring It On -- "This isn't about CHEATING. This is about WINNING. Everyone in favor of WINNING??"

CBS officially the Walker Texas Touched By An Angel network. Right down to the news division.

Winners are solid, but genuinely can’t believe I renewed my YouTube TV subscription for this Emmys

I never got into Nate Bargatze before this zombiefied mess, and I daresay now I never will

This Emmys money/speech time nonsense is really terrible. CBS is quite happy to be state television.

Gotcha. I think the only thing scarier than lots of political speeches at an awards show is seeing Hollywood so beaten down that almost no one says anything.

Hard to overstate what an unpleasant Emmy telecast this is so far. It feels like it’s being run with genuine hostility toward the people it’s supposed to be honoring.

I've never thought there was a bad time to be honest about the fact that a horrible person is/was horrible. But after this week's whitewashing of Kirk by the media and political commentariat, it feels not just permissible but essential to fight both sentimentality and dishonesty at top volume.

One tiny sliver of good news this awful week: Hulu appears to have finally added “I Don’t Want To Wait” back into the Dawson’s Creek opening credits. This is huge.

Where are brands (clothing brands in this case) getting the impression that consumers WANT AI-generated anything? Yes, I get that it saves money and capitalism rules all, but if it's AI, just assume that the buyer will figure that out and become royally turned off. www.thecut.com/article/did-...

I kept thinking that the TS album art reminded me of something from the recent past and my brain managed to dig this up from the archives

The Life Of A Showgirl Who Took A Risk And Put Herself Out There Creatively

If any editors out there need a total Dawson’s Creek freak for any future Katie Holmes / Joshua Jackson-related writing…. I’m here for you.

Delighted to have contributed to TIME's 100 Best Podcasts Of All Time list! Wrote up some of my faves (Who Weekly, This American Life, Planet Money) and gave what I hope is a well-reasoned take on Call Her Daddy. time.com/collections/...

They offered the classical music critic a job at the obituary desk hellgatenyc.com/nyt-critics-...

There's no way this is just about "finances," given that they had plenty of finances to bribe Trump. A shame. Colbert is so funny and kind and generous, especially to writers.

What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...

If you can afford to sit in the front row at an arena show, you must accept the possibility of a Jumbotron shot. We gotta tax the rich somehow.

This might be the most anyone's talked about Coldplay in 20 years.

I had an interview subject once really try to convince me that I should freeze my eggs -- because, just in case! I played it off like, "Nah, I'm locked into the childfree thing." What I really wanted to say was, "Um, you *really* think I have a spare $20k lying around?" fortune.com/2025/07/14/t...

-I also don't think a 2010s music journo would be THAT dismissive of Miley Cyrus. Maybe a 2000s journo. That would track more.

Stray thoughts about the shitty music journalist boyfriend in Too Much: -He can't get his reviews accepted by Pitchfork, yet he is outwardly successful enough to afford to live alone in NYC? -He would be wearing an IDLES shirt* *Before you come for me, I have the same shirt in green

I profiled the hysterical Atsuko Okatsuka for the LA Times! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

For @TIME, I spoke to Lukas Nelson about his killer new / debut solo effort ‘American Romance’, working with Shooter Jennings on production, and politically being a “disciple of Dolly Parton” time.com/7294729/luka...

Honest to god, I’m getting whiplash re: millennials’ cool or uncool status

For Rolling Stone, I met up with Eva Victor one afternoon at Color Me Mine in Pasadena. We painted mugs (theirs was lovely; mine was a strange green-blue slosh), and talked about Eva’s wonderful new film Sorry, Baby. (Also in RS print!) www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Watching news anchors badly hiding their smirks today is frankly all the entertainment I really need

Huge loss for Vulture. I just saw @jenchaney.bsky.social lead a great you’re the worst anniversary panel at Vulture Fest and got up the courage to go say hi after. Been a reader / fan for years!

Great interview by @rachelbrods.bsky.social. I didn't realize All-American Rejects guy did all this stuff.

Happy birthday, Tyson Ritter! As All-American Rejects step back into the spotlight with a new single "Sandbox," Tyson and I had a great, career-spanning chat for @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2305408/weve...

“Now students are being violently arrested and disappeared in the name of fighting antisemitism—and American Jews are left holding a gun a majority of us never asked for.”

The Paramount+ doc 'The Carters' captures the early dysfunction that contributed to the Carter children’s issues in adulthood, but it suffers because it intentionally sidesteps the many SA allegations leveled against Nick Carter. My coverage for TIME: time.com/7278032/the-...

This plus the attendees waiting 12 hours in their cars to get in… the Coachella schadenfreude is really schadenfreude-ing this year

equally applicable to not writing about Coachella

Wasn’t Hitler inspired by Henry Ford’s assembly-line methods and specifically adapted them to more efficiently imprison/torture/kill human beings? Fascism loves big business.

I'd already been thinking about upgrading, so I went for it last week. But as a freelancer, I depend on my phone for eeeeverything. Felt justifiable.

Riki Lindhome (formerly of Garfunkel and Oates) has a hilarious new comedy album out called No Worries If Not -- it finds a way to laugh (and cry) about her twisty, turny, sometimes deeply isolating fertility journey (among other things). For the @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Ads on The Bad Site are getting downright fucking sadistic. This is sick.

there have been three major economic collapses in my adult lifetime and guess which party has been in charge each time? it's almost like their policies don't work.

So far my favorite detail in The Studio is how Kathryn Hahn’s youth-chasing character is unwittingly showing her age even MORE by mixing in 90s/2000s teenage slang (wack, mad this, mad that) with 2020s Gen Z slang