Play buttonAlabama Even Trump Thinks Alabama's Awful Abortion Ban Goes Too FarEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyAlabama’s new abortion law, which completely bans the procedure except in cases in which pregnancy threatens a woman’s life, is so egregiously cruel and dangerous that even President Donald Trump took
Play buttonAlec Baldwin Saturday Night Live Wrapped Up Its Season With Return Appearances By Alec Baldwin and Robert De NiroEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyMembers of the Trump administration put their own twist on Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" in the cold open. Saturday Night Live had a somewhat fraught relationship with politics during Season 44. The show
Play buttonPete Davidson Pete Davidson Tried to Pay Tribute to Game of Thrones in an Saturday Night Live Rap VideoEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyFor people who dislike or never watched Game of Thrones, a years-long nightmare of missed references and inscrutable water cooler talk is coming to an end. But on the latest installment of Saturday Night
The 11 Most Controversial TV Finales of All TimeEsquire - By Justin KirklandFrom Lost to Game of Thrones, nothing is more frustrating than when a series splits its fans with how it stuck the landing. Nothing hurts a television lover worse than when a really solid show doesn't
Tyrion Lannister Here's How the Game of Thrones Characters Have Changed Since Their First SeasonEsquire - By The Esquire Editors Take a look at how Daenerys, Tyrion, Jon, and more have evolved since the beginning of the HBO sensation. It hasn't been an easy road.
Arnold Schwarzenegger A ‘Crazed Fan’ Drop-Kicked Arnold SchwarzeneggerEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyWhile attending an event in South Africa Saturday, action star Arnold Schwarzenegger was drop-kicked in the back by a man described by event organizers as a “crazed fan.” The former California Governor
Play buttonBill Hader The Rock Tossed Bill Hader Through a Set Window on Saturday Night LiveEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyBut the 'Barry' star doesn’t hold any hard feelings about it. Dwayne "The Rock” Johnson is many things—one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, a committed charity worker, a turtleneck icon—but he’s not
Play buttonPhilip Pullman HBO Dropped A Teaser Trailer for His Dark MaterialsEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe TV adaptation of Philip Pullman's classic fantasy novels will be released later this year. This weekend is a tough one for fans of high fantasy television, as we bid farewell to one of the most popular
Men's Fashion Alexander Skarsgård's Easygoing Blazer Is a Summer Style-SaverEsquire - By Jonathan EvansWhen summer hits, it's easy to, well, take it easy. It's warm! It's bright! Time to shove that winter coat to the back of the closet, bust out a Hawaiian shirt, and kick back. And that's all well and if
Food & Dining The 13 Best Alcohol Subscription Boxes for Trying New Liquor, Wine, and BeerEsquire - By Sarah RenseThere is no finer feeling than rewarding yourself with a tumbler of whiskey or a frosty bottle of beer when you finely arrive home from the office. Obviously. And subscription boxes are the easiest way
Play buttonGame of Thrones Game of Thrones Season Eight Has Been a Disaster. Here's How It Can Redeem Itself in the Finale.Esquire - By Sarah RenseFrom plot holes to poor character development, the final five episodes have been a mess. But there's still hope. Game of Thrones blew it. The final season has been a mess, full of botched character development
Jonathan Van Ness When Game of Thrones Ends it Takes an Entire Industry With ItEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyWe talk with the minds behind Gay of Thrones and writers at EW and AV Club about the vast culture of Thrones. Game of Thrones will end this Sunday. But it’s not the only thing that will pass into pop history
The Best Memorial Day Sales for Home, Tech, Style, and MoreEsquire - By Esquire EditorsIt's that time of the year again: the three-day blessing that is Memorial Day weekend. Pull out the grill, stock the fridge with rosé and beer, and find that bottle of sunscreen you stashed in the bathroom
Here's How Not to Cover Women Running in 2020Esquire - By Charles P. PierceStep right up, Washington Examiner. And some all-too-willing political consultants. (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog's Favourite Living Canadian) There are days
Mudslides How to Make a MudslideEsquire - By Sarah RenseWhen you want to drink your dessert, mix yourself up a vodka, coffee liqueur, and Irish cream cocktail. A Mudslide can present itself in many different ways. It might be swirled with hot fudge in a milkshake
United States All the World's Crooks Can Depend on the Trump Administration*Esquire - By Charles P. PierceThe Department of Agriculture funnels trade war bailout money for American farmers to a Brazilian meatpacking operation. The Department of Agriculture cut a contract in January to purchase $22.3 million
Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson Is the Top Choice to Play Batman, and the Manbabies Are Mad AlreadyEsquire - By Dom NeroTwilight jokes aside, the pasty heartthrob is not a bad choice at all to play the Dark Knight. Even though he hasn't officially been cast, and even though he's a pretty damn good choice for the role, fanboys
Men's Fashion Not Just for Drunk Uncles: The Aloha Shirt Is BackEsquire - By Christine FlammiaAnd seriously stylish. The tropical shirt is a summer staple, and right now is the time to get one in your closet. Sure, it's beloved by drunk uncles and questionably dressed tourists, but don't let their
Republican Party The Question Isn't How the Republican Party Produced This Disastrous President*. It's How It Took This Long.Esquire - By Charles P. PierceIf a Democrat is elected in 2020, that person should use all the powers of the office to demonstrate once and for all that the prion disease afflicting the Republicans now has reached terminal stage. Biden
Treason The President Is Accusing People of 'TREASON!' on Twitter. It's Just Another Morning in America.Esquire - By Jack HolmesThe president conveniently went ballistic with the "spying" stuff after we learned about the Flynn tape. Every day the President of the United States wakes up and binges on television, rage tweets about
TV Series Game of Thrones Fans Noticed Another Lazy Continuity Error in Season EightEsquire - By Matt MillerSeems like someone forgot about a major Euron plot point. Season Eight of Game of Thrones has had its fair share of issues—important details overlooked by the showrunners in favor of big cool fight scenes.
Gucci Gucci's $790 'Indy Full Turban' Sparks Renewed Charges of Cultural InsensitivityEsquire - By Jonathan EvansThe item has been pulled from Nordstrom, but the backlash is already here. It's only been a few months since Gucci faced considerable backlash on social media for selling a "wool balaclava jumper" featuring
Play buttonChristina Applegate The Dead to Me Ending Twist Isn't What It Seems. Here's Every Explanation For What Really Happened.Esquire - By Justin KirklandIt seems like someone did something bad, but can you be sure who did it? Nothing makes for a good finale like an asshole ex-husband floating dead in a pool. But before getting into that, Dead to Me unpacks
Michael Flynn The Michael Flynn Tape May Have Just Changed the Landscape of the Investigation Into TrumpEsquire - By Charles P. Pierce"And when Don Sanders, the deputy minority counsel . . . asked the $64,000 question, clearly and directly, I felt I had no choice but to respond in like manner.” It was Butterfield, of course, who gave
Play buttonJon Snow In the Game of Thrones Finale Justice Will Come For DaenerysEsquire - By Sarah RenseDaenerys Targaryen is the Mad Queen now. She’s primed to take the Iron Throne, having defeated the White Walkers, Cersei, Euron’s Iron Fleet, and the Golden Company. But she abandoned her humanity to her
Joseph Heller Catch-22 Was Called Impossible to Adapt For the Screen. George Clooney Pulled it Off.Esquire - By Madison VainThe actor-director's willingness to manipulate his source material yields the work's greatest tribute yet. As source material, Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22 is a beast of very rare burden. Maddeningly
Play buttonJohn Wick I Couldn't Bring Myself to Enjoy John Wick: Chapter 3Esquire - By Matt MillerKeanu Reeves stars in another brilliantly choreographed action film. But it was hard to stomach days after another school shooting in my hometown. As I rewatched John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2 before
Men's Fashion This Week's Biggest Sneaker Releases, and Where to Get ThemEsquire - By Esquire Sneaker DeskThere's no clear standout in this week's releases, either from a hype standpoint or an aesthetic one. That might leave some people feeling a bit meh about things—but don't fall into the trap. A week like
Coffee The Ember Temperature Control Mug Helps You Kick Every Morning's AssEsquire - By Sarah RenseNurse that steaming-hot coffee for an hour with this self-heating mug. Welcome to The Esquire Endorsement. Heavily researched. Thoroughly vetted. These picks are the best way to spend your hard-earned
Taron Egerton Taron Egerton's Rocketman Cannes Gala Fit Was Just Extravagant EnoughEsquire - By Ben BoskovichThere's only one man who needs to stand out in this crowd, and it's Sir Elton John himself. The 72nd Cannes Film Festival is under way, and man, am I excited. No, not for the films. Those will hit Netflix
