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YouTube is an infamously unpredictable medium, a public stage where beautifully-shot lifestyle videos and earnest, relatable vlogs coexist with more malicious content (see: PewDiePie, or Felix Kjellberg, who was recently fired by Disney for posting anti-Semitic content). That being said, discovering a new and emerging YouTuber can be a rewarding experience—and it happened to me over the weekend.

Two holidays, two winners.

That’s my take on Burger King’s recent push in Israel, where the fast-food chain has offered the Sufganiking—a hamburger-doughnut sandwich—for Hanukkah, and now an adult-version of a Happy Meal that offers three toys—a scalp massager, a blindfold, and… is that a feather tickler?—for Valentine’s Day that could be used in mild sexual situations.

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Two holidays, two winners.

That’s my take on Burger King’s recent push in Israel, where the fast-food chain has offered the Sufganiking—a hamburger-doughnut sandwich—for Hanukkah and now an adult-version of a Happy Meal that offers three toys—a scalp massager, a blindfold, and…is that a feather tickler?—for Valentine’s Day that could be used in mild sexual situations.

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A publicity blitz for George Zimmer is randomly out in full effect this week. The Men’s Wearhouse founder, who was fired by the board of the company in 2013, is apparently working on two men’s clothing start-ups (what else?) out in San Francisco to compete with his former employer (and “betrayer.”). Oh, and he’s apparently working with private equity firms to buy back his beloved brand. The new Inc. magazine on Zimmer’s business life, oddly enough, opens with a scene in which the writer walks... Читать дальше...

With the Oscars approaching, let’s talk about 2016 movies that weren’t singled out for honors by the Academy. One such film is Michael Grandage’s Genius, which explores American writer Thomas Wolfe’s career and relationship with famous Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins. Complete with scenes of Perkins fishing with Ernest Hemingway, drunken run-ins with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and voice-over passages of lush, lyrical prose, the film is pretty much literary historical candy. It’s also eye candy for... Читать дальше...

With the Oscars approaching, let’s talk about 2016 movies that weren’t singled out for honors by the Academy. One such film is Michael Grandage’s Genius, which explores American writer Thomas Wolfe’s career and relationship with famous Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins. Complete with scenes of Perkins fishing with Ernest Hemingway, drunken run-ins with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and voice-over passages of lush, lyrical prose, the film is pretty much literary historical candy. It’s also eye candy for... Читать дальше...

With the Oscars approaching, let’s talk about 2016 movies that weren’t singled out for honors by the Academy. One such film is Michael Grandage’s Genius, which explores American writer Thomas Wolfe’s career and relationship with famous Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins. Complete with scenes of Perkins fishing with Ernest Hemingway, drunken run-ins with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and voice-over passages of lush, lyrical prose, the film is pretty much literary historical candy. It’s also eye candy for... Читать дальше...

One day on the set of Casablanca, Peter Lorre persuaded a few soundmen to rig up a wire in the room where director Michael Curtiz, much like Claude Rains’ Capt. Renault in the movie, had his afternoon trysts with young women. The whole set heard Curtiz loudly groaning, “Oh, God, yes!” It’s a joke worthy of the film itself: Even as Casablanca exalts romantic love and anti-Nazi idealism, it also mischievously nods to the cynic in the corner who is ready to pop the bubbles of amorous and political righteousness. Читать дальше...

In 2006, Herb Foster, a retired professor of education at SUNY Buffalo and prolific anti-racist activist, lost Anita, his loving wife of 54 years. As he worked through his grief he also felt a renewed sense of possibility. “After Anita passed away, it was tough,” he said in a recent interview at the Vineyard Haven library, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. “I, in my head, decided I was going to sow all the wild oats I never had the opportunity to sow as a kid. I was going to... Читать дальше...

I’d like to write a bit about my father, Philip G. Epstein, and my uncle, Julius J., and the feud that developed between them and their boss, Jack L. Warner—a feud that shines a certain light on larger conflicts in American culture. Julie got to Warner Bros. first. After giving up a career as a professional prizefighter (two wins and a draw: “I wanted to retire undefeated”), the bantamweight arrived in Hollywood in 1933 and set to work ghostwriting for Jerry Wald. Here’s how the arrangement worked. Читать дальше...

Literary critic Adam Kirsch is reading a page of Talmud a day, along with Jews around the world.

The excellent first episode of the final season of Girls, “All I Ever Wanted,” offers viewers what is perhaps one of the best full character studies of Hannah we’ve seen to date. The episode picks up right where Season 5 left off, for Hannah: She publishes a “Modern Love” column about Jessa and Adam’s relationship (“Losing My Best Friend To My Ex-Boyfriend”) in The New York Times—a triumph that she follows by treating her next writing project—about a surf camp retreat in the Hamptons attended by mostly wealthy... Читать дальше...

The excellent first episode of the final season of Girls, “All I Ever Wanted,” offers viewers what is perhaps one of the best full character studies of Hannah we’ve seen to date. The episode picks up right where Season 5 left off, for Hannah: She publishes a “Modern Love” column about Jessa and Adam’s relationship (“Losing My Best Friend To My Ex-Boyfriend”) in The New York Times—a triumph that she follows by treating her next writing project—about a surf camp retreat in the Hamptons attended by mostly wealthy... Читать дальше...