Spiders Border Control Used Three American Children to Bait Their Immigrant Mother in Chicago out of HidingEsquire - By Charles P. Pierce(Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog's Favourite Living Canadian) What in the living hell was this about? From WBEZ in Chicago: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Marlon Brando Marlon Brando's 'Apocalypse Now' Rolex Is Going Up for AuctionEsquire - By Nick SullivanIt's one of three iconic watches making history this week. If there were any doubts that celebritydom does wonders for watch value, Paul Newman put that to rest. Well, Newman's own watch did, in 2017 his
San Diego, CA 37 Photos of Comic-Con 2019’s Biggest CelebritiesEsquire - By The Esquire Editors Jay and Silent Bob, Elizabeth Henstridge, Chloe Bennet and more stopped by the Getty Images Portrait Studio delivered by Pizza Hut.
Play buttonThe Gift A Guide to All the African Artists Who Appear on Beyoncé's Lion King AlbumEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe superstar wanted to make sure the release was "authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa." The “live-action” Lion King remake hews closely to the original film, even recreating some
Mike Dunleavy The State of Alaska Is in Desperate TroubleEsquire - By Charles P. PierceIts law enforcement, environment, and political leadership are simultaneously deteriorating. There is no place in this country, and very few places in the world, like Alaska. Its sheer enormity is overwhelming;
Chevrolet Corvette See the New 2020 Chevy Corvette from Every AngleEsquire - By Daniel PundLet the C8 Corvette's designers take you on a tour of the new sports car's most interesting design elements. In the automotive-design world, it doesn’t get much more pressure-packed than designing the
Play buttonTom Cruise Top Gun: Maverick Once Again Has Tom Cruise Risking Life and Limb For Our EntertainmentEsquire - By Brady LangmannEverything you need to know about the highly anticipated sequel to the '80s classic. The Top Gun: Maverick trailer is really kind of refreshing, right? When you see a fighter plane in an action movie days,
Play buttonAuctions Inside the Secretive World of High-End, Ultra-Luxe Art BongsEsquire - By Sarah RenseBong makers used to be arrested for their work. Now, some of the most intense bongs you've ever seen are going up for public auction for the first time ever. Tommy Chong, the hairier half of pot-blazing
Jordan Peele Jordan Peele Agrees That the Deranged Cats Trailer Works a Lot Better With the Song From UsEsquire - By Adrienne WestenfeldEvery time you think things can't get worse, somehow, remarkably, they do. This week we can thank the CATS trailer for that. It's a deranged phantasmagoria of sexualized cats, Tokyo Drift lighting, and
Play buttonHBO The His Dark Materials Trailer Shows That HBO Is Going All In on Its Next Big Fantasy SeriesEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe new show will star Logan's Dafne Keen alongside James McAvoy and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Fresh off of recent joint BBC productions Chernobyl and Years and Years, HBO released the full-length trailer for
EPA The EPA's New 'No Surprise' Policy Protects Everything Except the EnvironmentEsquire - By Charles P. PierceHere's some more banal bureaucratic bullshit out of Camp Runamuck. If it were up to me, I'd want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone
Play buttonNetflix Last Chance U Season Four Is a Gripping Examination Of What It Really Means to LoseEsquire - By Brady LangmannNetflix's sports doc series returns to the trials and drama of the Independence Pirates. Netflix’s Last Chance U, which returns for its fourth season on Netflix Friday, has always, to its benefit, prodded
Men's Fashion These Are the Best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Style DealsEsquire - By Christine FlammiaStock up on everything, from sneakers and dress shoes to T-shirts and suits. Nordstrom's anniversary sale is the best. It really is. A lot of times, brands, stores, or websites put stuff on sale that's...not
Play buttonSacha Baron Cohen Eric Andre On the Penis Prank That Almost Got Him Shot and the Return of His Beloved ShowEsquire - By Dom NeroThe 'Lion King' actor and mastermind of the upcoming 'Bad Trip' plays comedy like a contact sport–and he's just getting started. Eric Andre used to be a jazz musician. This may come as a surprise, but
Men's Fashion Clothes (and Shoes) Under $100 to Get You Through This Broiling SummerEsquire - By Scott ChristianAt least you can look cool during this record breaking heat. Not to bum you out right now, but this apocalyptic heat wave currently gripping the country doesn’t even mark the halfway point of summer. there
Corvette Stingray The New Corvette Has Been Unveiled and It's Ready to Take On FerrariEsquire - By Kevin SintumuangThe exotic looking, mid-engine beast is the most powerful entry Vette ever. In a Hangar in Tustin, California in Ocean County on Thursday, Chevrolet finally fully unveiled the mythical mid-engine Ferrari
Play buttonCats The CATS Trailer is Full of Cursed Energy and Nightmare FuelEsquire - By Justin KirklandI have watched the CATS trailer seven times, and there is nothing but cursed energy in the preview for the musical-to-film adaptation. Where does one even begin? With the cat boobs? With Taylor Swift’s
Moon Landing Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists Raise These Questions. Here's Why They're Nonsense.Esquire - By Kevin DupzykTo be fair: it is hard to disprove that Stanley Kubrick didn't direct the lunar rendezvous. The moon actually is made of cheese. Really. Really! Not the stuff from which you saw off a wedge to spice up
Michael Cohen Bill Barr Is Earning Every Dime They're Paying HimEsquire - By Charles P. PierceIt must be hard being William Barr, the White House's pet Attorney General. He must look like the hero comic of some silent film. He's running around from pillar to post, turning off investigations at
Mississippi Politics Do These Mississippi Governor Candidates Spend Their Lives Running Away From Women?Esquire - By Charles P. PierceBeing our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where the steampipes just cough. We begin back in Mississippi
Men's Fashion The Coolest, Ugliest, and Straight-Up Weirdest Baseball Uniforms of All TimeEsquire - By Christine FlammiaFrom pinstripes to coach jackets to thermals, the baseball field has had a lasting influence on men's style. And since the early 1900s, the uniforms have innovated, adapted, and moved with times. Of course,
Las Vegas, NV A Look Inside the Defining Era of 1950s Las VegasEsquire - By Matt MillerSee the 30 best photos before the EDM takeover. The 1950s were a defining era of Las Vegas. It's a decade that saw the rise of the Riviera, the Sands, and the Dunes, where the likes of Elvis Presley, Martin,
Play buttonTom Cruise The First Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Has Tom Cruise Pulling Off Face-Melting Jet StuntsEsquire - By Matt MillerAnd it looks like there are some shirtless sports, too. It seems that Tom Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell has spent the last 33 years being a regular loose cannon—pulling off some sick stunts in jets
Men's Fashion 10 Essential Shoes to Buy Before Fall ArrivesEsquire - By Esquire EditorsWingtips, sneakers, Chelsea boots—we've got them all. Sure, summer's still going strong—but it won't be too long before we're all trading our T-shirts for topcoats. And a key part of that seasonal transition
Democrats Democrats' Minimum-Wage Bill Is as Dead as Impeachment in the Senate. Why'd It Get a Vote?Esquire - By Charles P. PierceA reminder that "moderate" Democrats are the only Democrats who matter. Today in the Annals of Futility. From The New York Times: The bill would more than double the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25
Chappaquiddick Island Chappaquiddick After the BridgeEsquire - By Ron Rosenbaum"Such a tide as moving seems asleep, too full for sound and foam" This article was originally published in the February 1972 issue of Esquire magazine. To read more from the Esquire archive, visit Esquire
Men's Fashion An Exclusive First Look at Fila's New Outdoorsy GearEsquire - By Christine FlammiaThe "Explore" collection is everything you could need (and want) for great adventure style. Here's the thing: You don't need to love exploring the outdoors to love clothes meant for exploring the outdoors.
Play buttonAndy Muschietti The New It Chapter Two Trailer Has a Wet Clown That Will Haunt Your Waking NightmaresEsquire - By Dom NeroBill Hader, Jessica Chastain, and James McAvoy reunite to kick the clown's ass back to hell once and for all. Clowns can be scary as hell. But the IT franchise has shown that, when clowns become wet, they
Biological Species This Was a Fascist Rally Down to Its BonesEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe president* is proud of the monster he has created. He glories in the destruction and the almighty rage. By now, unfortunately, a 'tween girl at El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago's little exercise in apartheid
Ilhan Omar It Will Not End With 'Send Her Back'Esquire - By Jack HolmesPresident Trump's supporters debuted a new chant during his rally in Greenville, North Carolina. History tells us this will not be the final scene. Unfortunately, this is not how the movie ends. The documentaries—assuming
Spiders Border Control Used Three American Children to Bait Their Immigrant Mother in Chicago out of HidingEsquire - By Charles P. Pierce(Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog's Favourite Living Canadian) What in the living hell was this about? From WBEZ in Chicago: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Marlon Brando Marlon Brando's 'Apocalypse Now' Rolex Is Going Up for AuctionEsquire - By Nick SullivanIt's one of three iconic watches making history this week. If there were any doubts that celebritydom does wonders for watch value, Paul Newman put that to rest. Well, Newman's own watch did, in 2017 his
San Diego, CA 37 Photos of Comic-Con 2019’s Biggest CelebritiesEsquire - By The Esquire Editors Jay and Silent Bob, Elizabeth Henstridge, Chloe Bennet and more stopped by the Getty Images Portrait Studio delivered by Pizza Hut.
Play buttonThe Gift A Guide to All the African Artists Who Appear on Beyoncé's Lion King AlbumEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe superstar wanted to make sure the release was "authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa." The “live-action” Lion King remake hews closely to the original film, even recreating some
Mike Dunleavy The State of Alaska Is in Desperate TroubleEsquire - By Charles P. PierceIts law enforcement, environment, and political leadership are simultaneously deteriorating. There is no place in this country, and very few places in the world, like Alaska. Its sheer enormity is overwhelming;
Chevrolet Corvette See the New 2020 Chevy Corvette from Every AngleEsquire - By Daniel PundLet the C8 Corvette's designers take you on a tour of the new sports car's most interesting design elements. In the automotive-design world, it doesn’t get much more pressure-packed than designing the
Play buttonTom Cruise Top Gun: Maverick Once Again Has Tom Cruise Risking Life and Limb For Our EntertainmentEsquire - By Brady LangmannEverything you need to know about the highly anticipated sequel to the '80s classic. The Top Gun: Maverick trailer is really kind of refreshing, right? When you see a fighter plane in an action movie days,
Play buttonAuctions Inside the Secretive World of High-End, Ultra-Luxe Art BongsEsquire - By Sarah RenseBong makers used to be arrested for their work. Now, some of the most intense bongs you've ever seen are going up for public auction for the first time ever. Tommy Chong, the hairier half of pot-blazing
Jordan Peele Jordan Peele Agrees That the Deranged Cats Trailer Works a Lot Better With the Song From UsEsquire - By Adrienne WestenfeldEvery time you think things can't get worse, somehow, remarkably, they do. This week we can thank the CATS trailer for that. It's a deranged phantasmagoria of sexualized cats, Tokyo Drift lighting, and
Play buttonHBO The His Dark Materials Trailer Shows That HBO Is Going All In on Its Next Big Fantasy SeriesEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe new show will star Logan's Dafne Keen alongside James McAvoy and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Fresh off of recent joint BBC productions Chernobyl and Years and Years, HBO released the full-length trailer for
EPA The EPA's New 'No Surprise' Policy Protects Everything Except the EnvironmentEsquire - By Charles P. PierceHere's some more banal bureaucratic bullshit out of Camp Runamuck. If it were up to me, I'd want the people who own power plants and chemical factories to wake up every morning in cold dread that someone
Play buttonNetflix Last Chance U Season Four Is a Gripping Examination Of What It Really Means to LoseEsquire - By Brady LangmannNetflix's sports doc series returns to the trials and drama of the Independence Pirates. Netflix’s Last Chance U, which returns for its fourth season on Netflix Friday, has always, to its benefit, prodded
Men's Fashion These Are the Best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Style DealsEsquire - By Christine FlammiaStock up on everything, from sneakers and dress shoes to T-shirts and suits. Nordstrom's anniversary sale is the best. It really is. A lot of times, brands, stores, or websites put stuff on sale that's...not
Play buttonSacha Baron Cohen Eric Andre On the Penis Prank That Almost Got Him Shot and the Return of His Beloved ShowEsquire - By Dom NeroThe 'Lion King' actor and mastermind of the upcoming 'Bad Trip' plays comedy like a contact sport–and he's just getting started. Eric Andre used to be a jazz musician. This may come as a surprise, but
Men's Fashion Clothes (and Shoes) Under $100 to Get You Through This Broiling SummerEsquire - By Scott ChristianAt least you can look cool during this record breaking heat. Not to bum you out right now, but this apocalyptic heat wave currently gripping the country doesn’t even mark the halfway point of summer. there
Corvette Stingray The New Corvette Has Been Unveiled and It's Ready to Take On FerrariEsquire - By Kevin SintumuangThe exotic looking, mid-engine beast is the most powerful entry Vette ever. In a Hangar in Tustin, California in Ocean County on Thursday, Chevrolet finally fully unveiled the mythical mid-engine Ferrari
Play buttonCats The CATS Trailer is Full of Cursed Energy and Nightmare FuelEsquire - By Justin KirklandI have watched the CATS trailer seven times, and there is nothing but cursed energy in the preview for the musical-to-film adaptation. Where does one even begin? With the cat boobs? With Taylor Swift’s
Moon Landing Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists Raise These Questions. Here's Why They're Nonsense.Esquire - By Kevin DupzykTo be fair: it is hard to disprove that Stanley Kubrick didn't direct the lunar rendezvous. The moon actually is made of cheese. Really. Really! Not the stuff from which you saw off a wedge to spice up
Michael Cohen Bill Barr Is Earning Every Dime They're Paying HimEsquire - By Charles P. PierceIt must be hard being William Barr, the White House's pet Attorney General. He must look like the hero comic of some silent film. He's running around from pillar to post, turning off investigations at
Mississippi Politics Do These Mississippi Governor Candidates Spend Their Lives Running Away From Women?Esquire - By Charles P. PierceBeing our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where the steampipes just cough. We begin back in Mississippi
Men's Fashion The Coolest, Ugliest, and Straight-Up Weirdest Baseball Uniforms of All TimeEsquire - By Christine FlammiaFrom pinstripes to coach jackets to thermals, the baseball field has had a lasting influence on men's style. And since the early 1900s, the uniforms have innovated, adapted, and moved with times. Of course,
Las Vegas, NV A Look Inside the Defining Era of 1950s Las VegasEsquire - By Matt MillerSee the 30 best photos before the EDM takeover. The 1950s were a defining era of Las Vegas. It's a decade that saw the rise of the Riviera, the Sands, and the Dunes, where the likes of Elvis Presley, Martin,
Play buttonTom Cruise The First Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Has Tom Cruise Pulling Off Face-Melting Jet StuntsEsquire - By Matt MillerAnd it looks like there are some shirtless sports, too. It seems that Tom Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell has spent the last 33 years being a regular loose cannon—pulling off some sick stunts in jets
Men's Fashion 10 Essential Shoes to Buy Before Fall ArrivesEsquire - By Esquire EditorsWingtips, sneakers, Chelsea boots—we've got them all. Sure, summer's still going strong—but it won't be too long before we're all trading our T-shirts for topcoats. And a key part of that seasonal transition
Democrats Democrats' Minimum-Wage Bill Is as Dead as Impeachment in the Senate. Why'd It Get a Vote?Esquire - By Charles P. PierceA reminder that "moderate" Democrats are the only Democrats who matter. Today in the Annals of Futility. From The New York Times: The bill would more than double the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25
Chappaquiddick Island Chappaquiddick After the BridgeEsquire - By Ron Rosenbaum"Such a tide as moving seems asleep, too full for sound and foam" This article was originally published in the February 1972 issue of Esquire magazine. To read more from the Esquire archive, visit Esquire
Men's Fashion An Exclusive First Look at Fila's New Outdoorsy GearEsquire - By Christine FlammiaThe "Explore" collection is everything you could need (and want) for great adventure style. Here's the thing: You don't need to love exploring the outdoors to love clothes meant for exploring the outdoors.
Play buttonAndy Muschietti The New It Chapter Two Trailer Has a Wet Clown That Will Haunt Your Waking NightmaresEsquire - By Dom NeroBill Hader, Jessica Chastain, and James McAvoy reunite to kick the clown's ass back to hell once and for all. Clowns can be scary as hell. But the IT franchise has shown that, when clowns become wet, they
Biological Species This Was a Fascist Rally Down to Its BonesEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe president* is proud of the monster he has created. He glories in the destruction and the almighty rage. By now, unfortunately, a 'tween girl at El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago's little exercise in apartheid
Ilhan Omar It Will Not End With 'Send Her Back'Esquire - By Jack HolmesPresident Trump's supporters debuted a new chant during his rally in Greenville, North Carolina. History tells us this will not be the final scene. Unfortunately, this is not how the movie ends. The documentaries—assuming
