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What the audience has learned since the first ‘Devil Wears Prada’
Each of us has a shortlist of movies we find ourselves rewatching, movies we will finish even if they’re half-over when we tune in. Even if it’s being streamed with commercials. Even if it’s playing on a 19-inch black-and-white television with no sound in a crowded dive bar. For the past 20 years, “The Devil…
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Wyoming official faces backlash after posting ‘hang bad judges’ comment on abortion ruling
A Wyoming city councilman is facing backlash after posting a comment suggesting the state should “hang bad judges” in response to a court ruling on abortion, later insisting the remark was “not a threat.” State Rep. Mike Yin, a Democrat, shared a post from Wyoming Public Radio & Media on Facebook regarding a Natrona County judge temporarily…
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Trump’s priorities are revenge and posing
A wise man — possibly Winston Churchill — once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” And if he’d lived long enough to see President Trump in office, he might have added, “Especially if you can turn it into a real estate project.” In the aftermath of the chaos at the White House…
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CBS’ MAGA-aligned boss gets blazing public putdown from own reporter
CBS’s MAGA-allied new leader got a blazing public putdown from her own employee as the 60 Minutes reporter at the center of a pulled story let loose Thursday night. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi blamed the suppression of her report on El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison to systemic problems within CBS News leadership. The last-minute scrapping of her…
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How BeachLife became an oceanfront antidote to SoCal’s crowded festival season
As Southern California embraces the swell of another packed spring season of festivals and outdoor concerts, BeachLife Festival has found a way to avoid being drowned out — by choosing to ride its own wave. BeachLife founder Allen Sanford, a South Bay native, says the festival is not trying to replicate Coachella or even genre-specific…
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Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?
“We may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this,” President Donald Trump mused earlier this month during remarks about the war in Iran, one of a number of times in recent weeks that he has implied Cuba will be “next” on the administration’s regime change agenda. The administration amped up its “maximum pressure” campaign…
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As the 5-Day Workweek Turns 100, It’s Time for an AI Era Upgrade
Workers leave a Ford factory in Detroit around 1930. —Fox Photos—Getty Images May 1, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of Henry Ford’s adoption of the five-day workweek. This standard workweek is now so ingrained in our society that it almost feels timeless. But the five-day rotation doesn’t claim roots in any historic text or religious…
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SoCal teen on electric dirt bike leads half a dozen patrol cars on bizarre, speedy pursuit
A bizarre pursuit unfolded along the residential streets of Oceanside this week as a helicopter and half a dozen sheriff’s patrol cars chased a teen whizzing away from them on an electric dirt bike. The suspect, identified as Hunter Bellish, is accused of speeding more than 50 mph, running multiple red lights and even knocking…
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Riot erupts over Australian Indigenous girl’s suspected killer, authorities urge calm
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of murdering a 5-year-old Indigenous girl, police said on Friday. Australia’s Prime Minister, the Northern Territory’s police commissioner and a spokesperson for the victim’s family all appealed for calm after an angry crowd of roughly 400 Indigenous people gathered on Thursday night at the hospital…
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The Most Urgent Threats to Press Freedom in 2026
Clockwise from top left: Jimmy Lai, Pham Doan Trang, Christophe Gleizes, Sevinc Vaqifqızı, Reza Valizadeh and Genet Asmamaw. Coinciding with World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd), global media outlets unite as One Free Press Coalition to publish this annual “10 Most Urgent” list, bringing attention to fellow journalists who are being threatened for seeking to…