MIKE AMOR: Get ready, President Donald Trump 2.0 is coming and Australia is not safe from that seismic shift

MIKE AMOR: Get ready, President Donald Trump 2.0 is coming and Australia is not safe from that seismic shift

Donald Trump may have survived the assassin’s bullet, but the shots that rocked the world, have effectively killed off what was left of Joe Biden’s fast-fading hopes of remaining in the White House. If Biden’s clearly failing mental state hasn’t ended his long political career, then the inaccuracy of a crazed young gunman has. Not … Read more

Shannen Dohery’s Brenda Walsh Was a Difficult Girl—And That’s What Made Me Love Her

Shannen Dohery’s Brenda Walsh Was a Difficult Girl—And That’s What Made Me Love Her

“TV’s brashest 21-year-old talks revealingly about her wild past, her brief engagement, and ‘people who think I’m a bitch,’” the coverline next to a picture of Shannen Doherty reads on a 1992 issue of People magazine. A year later, on another People cover: “Out of Control! These days, Beverly Hills’ hard-partying, check-bouncing bad girl may … Read more

Forget the Election: The 2024 Euros Have Brought England Together Like Nothing Else Could

Forget the Election: The 2024 Euros Have Brought England Together Like Nothing Else Could

I think I might have experienced national pride for the first time in my life this week—something that’s very rare for us self-loathing Brits. I’d gone down a TikTok rabbit hole watching videos of tourists on holiday in London going to pubs to watch England play in the Euros semifinals. All of these clips were … Read more

Is this the photo that guarantees Trump a second stint in the White House?

Is this the photo that guarantees Trump a second stint in the White House?

If Donald Trump was confident before of an election win on November 5, he’d now be certain of it. This morning’s already infamous image of the wounded former President defiantly holding his blood-splattered head high in the face of life-threatening violence will go down in political history. But, more importantly, it will be front of … Read more

Confessions of an Eldest Daughter

Confessions of an Eldest Daughter

Imagine having a job you couldn’t quit. One that means you’re under constant pressure to be perfect, to overachieve and to please everyone at once, even when you’re completely overwhelmed. Sound familiar? Then, like me, you might have eldest-daughter syndrome; congratulations on losing the birth-order lottery! It might not be an official medical condition, but … Read more

51 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Owning Manhattan’

51 Thoughts I Had While Watching Episode 1 of ‘Owning Manhattan’

Given how wildly expensive most things in Manhattan are—from a bagel, right on upward—the notion of actually owning property here can seem downright absurd. But selling New York City real estate is broker Ryan Serhant’s whole deal and the subject of a brand-new Netflix series, Owning Manhattan. (Basically, think Selling Sunset, but not in Los … Read more

What, Exactly, Is the Kim Kardashian-Approved Salmon-Sperm Facial, and Should I Be Saving Up for One?

What, Exactly, Is the Kim Kardashian-Approved Salmon-Sperm Facial, and Should I Be Saving Up for One?

It seems that there’s a new cutting-edge-beauty-treatment-that-also-sounds-like-a-medieval-punishment in town: Kim Kardashian recently revealed on an episode of The Kardashians that she’d tried out a salmon sperm facial, a treatment that counts no less a skincare authority than Jennifer Aniston as an adherent. “First of all, I said, ‘Are you serious? How do you get salmon’s … Read more

EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW: As Joe Biden’s presidency is marred by gaffes, could his latest critic George Clooney step up instead?

EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW: As Joe Biden’s presidency is marred by gaffes, could his latest critic George Clooney step up instead?

President Clooney. It’s got a nice ring to it. The Hollywood superstar took a stand this week against the sitting US President. After hosting a multi-million-dollar fundraiser for Joe Biden just three weeks ago, Clooney voiced the concerns of a nation, declaring the 81-year-old is not the “Joe ‘big F***ng deal’ Biden” he used to … Read more

The Trans-It Girls Are Taking Los Angeles (and Soon, New York) by Storm

The Trans-It Girls Are Taking Los Angeles (and Soon, New York) by Storm

A few months ago, as I was leaving the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, I noticed something unusual. When a comedy set is over, I’m used to seeing audiences file out of the venue looking mildly relieved to be free. But the people at Trans-It Girls, a show put on by Hayden Johnson and Nori … Read more

Maybe, Just Maybe, We Don’t Actually Need a Polly Pocket Movie?

Maybe, Just Maybe, We Don’t Actually Need a Polly Pocket Movie?

Like any millennial woman who grew up chewing on plastic Polly Pocket clothes (It’s a thing!), I was excited when I first heard, back in 2021, that the teeny, tiny doll would center a huge Hollywood movie starring Lily Collins and helmed by none other than Girls creator, Lena Dunham. Yet when I read yesterday … Read more