Just in case you haven’t been paying attention, two new TV spots dropped in the last couple weeks for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Remember when no one outside of Lucasfilm had seen any footage from this movie? That was just a couple of months ago! Perhaps they’re releasing new trailers and ads as soon […]
Everybody is searching for something. Paul Ashby’s search began with an unexpected phone call on July 8, 2017. It was a Saturday night in Townsend, Tennessee, a small town just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. An affable Army vet with gray hair, a goatee, and wire-frame glasses, Paul worked as a concierge at a […]
Nanette, the Netflix special from Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, landed on the streaming service well over a month ago. For that reason, it should be the last thing WIRED is doing a piece on. However, in the six weeks since the special first dropped, the conversation around it has only increased—and by now, the special […]
In a week that’s featured the birth of a royal baby (Hello, Louis Arthur Charles!), the undoing of yet another appointee of President Donald Trump, and a freaking Abba reunion, it’s been hard to know what to talk about. Well, aside from Janelle Monáe coming out as pansexual (and sending the word to the top […]
When a man turns himself in to authorities for allegedly punching a woman in the face enough times to knock out her front teeth, there are various ways to respond. Claiming a conspiracy might be the most peculiar option to exercise. Yet, that’s what singer Lil’ Mo did when asked about allegations of abuse leveled […]
For a certain period of time, for a certain generation of players, Halo was the only social videogame that mattered. Built for wide-ranging multiplayer in a way most console games weren't, working off the backbone of the young Xbox Live online platform, Halo was a sensation. And Halo 3, the Xbox 360 debut of the […]
The first episode of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show Who Is America? hit Showtime over the weekend, and it makes for 30 minutes of brutally uncomfortable viewing. It opens with Cohen, disguised as Dr. Billy W. Ruddick, publisher of Truthbrary.org, interviewing Bernie Sanders about Obamacare. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I really don’t,” […]
With both Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War Hulk-smashing box office records, the ability to draw large numbers of moviegoers into real, live cinemas might be the greatest super power today’s comic book heroes have in Hollywood—and they’re just getting started. Before the year is up, Deadpool and Ant-Man will both have sequels, Tom Hardy […]
It’s amazing to consider, but the next Star Wars movie—Solo: A Star Wars Story—is less than three weeks away. (Expect reviews to start popping up on social media in the next couple weeks, and then make sure to hide from the internet as spoilers inevitably follow.) That’s not all that’s happening in a galaxy far, […]
While you're recovering from the tryptophan and the family-related trauma of Thanksgiving, it's worth taking a moment to actually be grateful for the good things in life at least once more. Go ahead. Take a second. Done? OK, sweet, you're going to need that because we're about to delve into what the internet has been […]