How Old is ‘Haha’? The Sound of Medieval Laughter
Surviving in multiple copies, Ælfric’s work is not only the oldest Latin grammar written in English (or, indeed, any vernacular language), but it’s also been described as ‘one of the…
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue
The bronze monument depicting the eponymous star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 sci-fi satire was installed Wednesday, nearly 15 years after a viral tweet
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
A masked bandit terrorized an Ashland ABC store over the weekend, smashing multiple bottles of bourbon before passing out drunk on the bathroom floor. Why it matters: The intoxicated suspect…
Marc Maron Is Glad He’s Not a ‘Greedy Whore Who’ll Sell Out for Clickbait’
A chat with the outgoing WTF host about the changing state of media, sticking to principles, and why he’s walking away from his history-making show
Lady Gaga Rebirth
E very night on her current tour, at the moment she emerges onstage as Lady Gaga, perched atop a 14-foot-high crimson gown, Stefani Germanotta starts to panic. At the center…
Ethan Hawke: My Life in 10 Roles
From Dead Poets Society to The Lowdown, the actor goes deep on his career, working with Richard Linklater, and being the Scottie Pippen to Denzel’s Michael Jordan
Missives Impossible
I have an appointment with the twenty-first century,Baldwin tells one interviewer, less than a decade before his death in 1987. I guess I feel like I’m part of that appointment,…
Astral Travels with Jack London
On the centenary of Jack London's death, Benjamin Breen looks at the writer's last book to be published in his lifetime, The Star Rover — a strange tale about solitary…
In Search of Lost Stein
DESPITE HER REPUTATION as a long-winded writer, Gertrude Stein had a talent for pithiness. Of Oakland, the town where she grew up, she famously remarked: “There is no there, there.”…
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Jesus Podcast From Fox. No One Told Her
The network announced a host of stars as part of its new The Life of Jesus Podcast. They failed to mention the audio was recorded for a different project in…