Stephen Miller Stephen Miller's Plan Is Coming to FruitionEsquire - By Charles P. PierceOver the weekend, both The New York Times and the Washington Post ran lengthy profiles of Stephen Miller, the chief button man behind the murder of America's image in the world. Some of the passages, in
Peter Fonda Remembering the Life of Peter Fonda in PicturesEsquire - By Charlotte ChiltonPeter Fonda has been part of Hollywood royalty his entire life, thanks to his famous father, actor Henry Fonda. But instead of following in his dad's footsteps, he paved his own way throughout his career,
Mike Pompeo A New Look at Mike Pompeo's Career Reminds Us Trump Is an Inevitable Product of Republican PoliticsEsquire - By Jack HolmesDonald Trump's tenure has been defined by chaos and upheaval in so many ways, not least when it comes to personnel turnover. This feature was best captured in a New Yorker cartoon from two years ago (!)
Sheldon Whitehouse At Least One Democratic Senator Is Saying Outright That the Emperor Has No ClothesEsquire - By Charles P. PierceUnlike several of his colleagues, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has managed to find a way to keep busy without the expense and bother of running for president. Besides a gig on
Bond 25 The Bond 25 Title, No Time to Die, and Release Date Have Finally Been AnnouncedEsquire - By Matt MillerIn 1967, Sean Connery's James Bond movie You Only Live Twice was the first film in the 007 franchise to wrestle with the concept of mortality in its title. Since then, six of the subsequent Bond films
Atlanta, GA The Unsolved Atlanta Child Murders Have Been Re-Opened 40 Years LaterEsquire - By Matt MillerBetween 1979 and 1981 at least 25 black children and six adults were murdered in the Atlanta area. In 1982, Wayne Williams was convicted of the murders of only two of the adult victims, though "law enforcement
Gaming Control Will Be a Wild Supernatural Ride. Here's the Exclusive Trailer for Its Launch.Esquire - By Cameron SherrillThe Area 51 raid may still be weeks away, but if you're itching for some government conspiracy and paranormal activity, this upcoming release should do the trick. Next week, Control launches for PS4, One,
Denver, CO The First Official Hard Seltzer Festival Is Happening in DenverEsquire - By Madison VainSummer may be ending, but the season of hard seltzer is not. The first official festival for the defining drink of 2019—dubbed Fizz Fight—will take place in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, September 14
Jay-Z's Partnership With the NFL Is Wrong. Erasing Colin Kaepernick From the Narrative Is Worse.Esquire - By Michael ArceneauxJay-Z sounds oddly to the right of President Trump on the issue of whether or not Colin Kaepernick should be back in the NFL. Last week, Jay-Z and the NFL announced a massive new collaboration that will
How to Get Brad Pitt's Wrangler Jean Jacket From Once Upon a Time...In HollywoodEsquire - By Jonathan EvansAt this point, it's getting easier and easier to channel Brad Pitt's incredibly cool, late-'60s style from Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood. Last month, the good folks at Champion auto parts restocked faded-out
Play button The Donald Sterling Tapes Fundamentally Changed the NBA—And All of SportsEsquire - By Brady LangmannIf anything, you probably remember the tapes. Once you hear something that explosive, you can’t really forget it: the racist comments in 2014’s nuclear Donald Sterling audio, which was recorded by the
Rowing Blazers' Latest Collaboration May Have Just Changed My Mind About Nantucket RedEsquire - By Jonathan EvansAh, Nantucket Red. Developed back in the 1960s by Philip C. Murray of Murray's Toggery Shop on Nantucket Island, it's become the official color of summertime prepsters everywhere. No, really—it was even
Native Americans Native Issues Are Finally Getting the Spotlight They Deserve on 2020 CampaignsEsquire - By Charles P. PierceFrank LaMere was one of the strongest activists you never heard of. I met him during one of my reporting trips out to Nebraska regarding our old friend the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning
Play buttonSports The Idris Elba-Led NBA 2K20 'MyCareer' Trailer Continues a Strange, Beautiful TraditionEsquire - By Brady LangmannGod’s light shines upon whoever writes the scripts for NBA 2K’s MyCareer mode. If you haven’t played one of these through the years—where you make your own player and lead him through whatever storyline
Play buttonSteve Carell Steve Carell Is a Disgraced Journalist in the First Trailer For Apple's Morning ShowEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyOn Monday, Disney dropped new info about its upcoming streaming service Disney+, including subscription prices and launch dates. But what we haven’t seen is any footage from the original content the House
Water Someone Should Really Think About Doing Something About New Jersey's Water ProblemEsquire - By Charles P. PierceI hope you won't mind if we talk about water again, because it's something of interest here in the shebeen, and not just because it's how we make the whiskey last longer, either. We now learn that Newark
News Media Donald Trump's Campaign Is Becoming an Exercise in Public InsanityEsquire - By Charles P. PierceIf the economy goes south, as a lot of people are warning us it will, then it's comforting to know that the president* already is only a baby step away from blaming the Gnomes Of Zurich. From The New Times:
Joe Kennedy Massachusetts Democratic Politics Lost Its Mind Over the WeekendEsquire - By Charles P. PierceCOMMONWEALTH—A point of personal privilege—Democratic politics here in the Commonwealth (God save it!) lost a bit of its mind over the weekend. The New York Times tells us that Rep. Joe Kennedy, who happens
Men's Fashion 3 Easy Fall Outfits That You Can Wear Everywhere This AutumnEsquire - By Esquire EditorsFall is nearly here, which is very good news for your style. Because once the cooler weather rolls in, it means you don't have to settle for wearing as little as possible to stave off the heat. Instead,
Mindhunter The True Story of Paul Bateson Is Much More Fascinating Than We See in Mindhunter Season TwoEsquire - By Matt MillerIn the beginning of the sixth episode of Mindhunter Season Two, the show's FBI agents are discussing a series of murders in Manhattan during the mid '70s. As Gregg Smith begins explaining: The bodies dismembered
Aerobic Exercise The 10 Best Cardio Machines At The Gym, According To Certified TrainersEsquire - By Elizabeth BacharachHear the word “cardio” and immediately groan? TBH, same. And that's because I can't seem to break up with the image of college-aged me counting the remaining milliseconds while wildly running (á la Phoebe
Marilyn Monroe A New Documentary Claims Secret Photos Were Taken of Marilyn Monroe After Her DeathEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyMarilyn Monroe is a true fixture in American popular imagination—funny, beautiful, and dead before she could be mocked for succumbing to the vicissitudes of time, or for fighting the clock with needle,
Jay Z The Backlash to Jay-Z's NFL Deal Is Just BeginningEsquire - By Brady LangmannAs soon as we heard that Jay-Z’s entertainment company, Roc Nation, was teaming up with the NFL, we knew that we didn’t hear the whole story. And certainly hadn’t heard the backlash yet. The news hit week,
Play buttonRupert Murdoch Succession Has Become a Shakespearean Media Horror StoryEsquire - By Matt MillerIn the closing moments of Succession Episode Two, we see a dead-eyed Kendall Roy toss a pack of shoplifted batteries into a Manhattan street corner trash can. Why? Maybe just because he can. Or maybe it
Play buttonMindhunter Mindhunter Spotlighted the Serial Killer William Henry Hance. But There's a Lot More to the Story.Esquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe second season of Netflix’s Mindhunter delves into some of the most notorious crimes of the 1960s and ‘70s. But the show also examines less well-remembered cases. One such story featured in the new
George R.R. Martin Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin Says the Show's Ending Won't Change His BooksEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyIn a new interview with The Guardian, author George R.R. Martin revealed that he’s not going to let Game of Thrones’ ending—or the backlash it sparked—change the plots of the last two books in his A Song
Allergens The Best Air Purifier for a Breath of Fresh AirEsquire - By Popular Mechanics EditorsGood indoor air quality is important. In fact, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, there is growing evidence that the air inside our homes can be even more polluted than the air outside.
Star Trek: The Next Generation You Can Now Wear Picard's Perfect Face-Palm on Your ChestEsquire - By Cameron SherrillWith this summer's Comic Con announcement that Picard, staring the only Picard in my book (Patrick Stewart), is coming in early 2020, it's understandable if you've been looking to let loose your inner
Play buttonDanny McBride HBO's The Righteous Gemstones is Just a Few Prayers Shy of DivineEsquire - By Justin KirklandSubtlety has never been a hallmark of the megachurch industry. Whether it's the '80s pastel sets from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Praise the Lord network or the stadium-style worship concerts from more
Mindhunter Mindhunter Featured a Real Photograph of Serial Killer William 'Junior' PierceEsquire - By Gabrielle BruneyThe second season of Netflix's Mindhunter zeroes in on a few infamous crimes, including the Manson cult killings, the Atlanta Child Murders, and the crimes of Dennis Rader, who is better known as the killer
