Rebecca Fishbein's posts

Hamilton is back in the discourse, for better or worse, and it’s also back on the Billboard charts, which I guess…

I have had very few delights in this pandemic, for obvious reasons. I bought a bike, which has helped a bit. But…

Employees at a Santa Monica Burger King staged a protest on Friday after a coworker reportedly died from…

Disney+ is at this point pretty notorious for not letting anything good get on its streaming platform: there is…

Mary Kay Letourneau, a former teacher who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old student who she later married, has…

On Tuesday, Netflix released its first teaser-trailer for its upcoming series Away, which stars Hilary Swank as the…

As part of the White House’s apparent ongoing effort to infect as many Americans with covid-19 as possible, the…

I don’t usually turn to Justin Timberlake for his thoughts on the political discourse, since it seems like he’s here…

Alleged Jeffrey Epstein co-abuser Ghislaine Maxwell might be in court as soon as Friday, since prosecutors presumably…

Nick Cordero, a Broadway actor who starred in hits like Rock of Ages and Waitress, died on Sunday of complications…

DJ Bassnectar says he is “stepping back” from his career, after multiple people came forward to accuse him of sexual…

It is not exactly a surprise that Kanye West is “running” for “president,” something he’s been threatening to do…

Brit Bennett’s bestselling novel The Vanishing Half will become a limited series on HBO following an intense bidding…

A new report has found that China is forcing ethnic minority women in its western Xinjiang region to take birth…

I haven’t been to my gym since the end of February—it didn’t shut down until mid-March, but earlier in the month, I…

Now that Kylie Jenner’s been deemed a non-billionaire by the Rich People Gatekeepers (Forbes), the Jenner/Kardashian…

Coronavirus task force head Mike Pence has done a stellar job of handling the pandemic: that is if his main purpose…

The Confederacy lasted for fewer years than it took me to buy window shades for my apartment, but for a full century…

Things are, uh, not going well in California. Thanks to a worrisome spike in covid-19 cases, Governor Gavin Newsom…

Both Normal People and Fleabag have successfully confirmed my deep-rooted beliefs that love is a painful lie and…