American Thanksgiving is just 11 days away. No doubt, the gatherings can be awkward. Don’t add to the social uneasiness by doing something like showing up with your laundry (one of us might have done that in college). Here are some Thanksgiving mistakes to avoid from [@foodandwine]( ), and what to do instead: #Culture #Thanksgiving #Holidays #Etiquette
Hollywood’s got it all wrong when it comes to remakes. The problem is they keep redoing the classics. Big mistake. They ought to go after the bad ones and make them better. Good remakes of bad movies are “Hollywood’s greatest fount of untapped potential this side of video game adaptations and seeing what might happen if you gave Ridley Scott a kilo of cocaine,” film critic David Ehrlich writes. Read more from [@IndieWire]( ): #Culture #Film #Hollywood #Movies #Entertainment
Have you thought about buying a gun since President Trump won a second term last November? Many liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans have done so out of fear in the last year. [@npr]( ) reports on the U.S.’s changing face of gun ownership: https://flip.it/IIyJnJ #Culture #America #Guns #Safety #LGBTQ
"The Running Man" 2025 is getting so-so reviews (63% on Rotten Tomatoes) but we'll still watch it because we love the work of director Edgar Wright. Here's what [@IndieWire]( ) thought of the movie, an adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novel. We want to know, which do you think is the best Edgar Wright movie? (We're excluding this one, which we assume you haven't seen, his 1995 debut, "A Fistful of Fingers," which we also assume you haven't seen, and his "Sparks" documentary.) #Movies #Film #Cinema #Entertainment #EdgarWright #CornettoTrilogy
What's going on on X? Joyce Carol Oates has turned her attention to Elon Musk. In response to Musk getting defensive about Tesla, the novelist, essayist and poet wrote: "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the ‘most wealthy person in the world.'” The tech billionaire clapped back, showing his own mastery of the English language: “Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human." Here's more from [@AVClub]( ). #JoyceCarolOates #ElonMusk #Culture #Literature #Film #Sports
Zohran Mamdani majored in Africana Studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, at the time Peter Coviello taught the subject there, though he can't remember if New York City's Mayor-elect was his student or not. For LitHub, he explains how he was approached by a New York Times reporter to speak about Mamdani but didn't, because the writer missed the appointment, and what he thinks of the eventual piece, "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it." #ZoranMamdani #Essay #Writing #NewYorkTimes #AfricanaStudies
The Clash released “Cut the Crap” 40 years ago. It became one of the most hated albums of the '80s. “History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what The Clash accomplished here,” Rob Sheffield writes for [@RollingStone]( ). Sheffield explores how this happened to the Only Band That Mattered: #Culture #Music #TheClash #Entertainment #Punk #Rock
The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place tonight (Saturday), and The Ringer’s Alan Siegel revisits inductee Warren Zevon’s 2022 appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman." Zevon had recently been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. “It was the only time in my talk show history that I did anything like that,” Letterman recalls. “I’ve never sat down and talked to anybody on television where we both understood they were about to die.” Find this moving story in the first link. Plus, [@ew]( ) shares how to watch in the second: #Culture #Entertainment #Music #RockAndRollHallofFame #WarrenZevon
More than 40 million people in the United States rely on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) for food assistance. But they’ve been caught up in the escalating political drama around the federal government shutdown. You can help give them something to be thankful for by donating to or volunteering at food banks and nonprofits like Feeding America or No Kid Hungry. Read more from [@foodandwine]( ): #Culture #SNAP #America #Shutdown #Caring #Food
Nominations for the Grammy Awards were announced today. [@Billboard]( ) breaks down the snubs and surprises. At the second link, find [@THR]( )'s list of all the nominees. #GrammyAwards #Grammys #Music #Entertainment #Awards #KendrickLamar