Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks

[ad_1] Cellphones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes caused by drivers distracted by the phones. More than a decade after federal and state governments seized… Continue reading Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks

‘Thelma’ Gives June Squibb the Role of a Lifetime

[ad_1] “Hey everybody, I’m gonna haul ass to Lollapalooza!” Even now, 28 years later, those lines uttered by Grampa Abe Simpson as he revs up a motorcycle still constitute one of my favorite jokes on The Simpsons. It’s such a perfect skewering of the old-person-does-thing genre of humor that was so prevalent back then and… Continue reading ‘Thelma’ Gives June Squibb the Role of a Lifetime

Adam Driver’s Next Italian Role Should Be Luigi

[ad_1] Mamma mia. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images, Nintendo Did you know Adam Driver is named that because all of us movie nerds are absolutely driving him up a wall? It’s true, and also it’s clever wordplay. The lean, mean, very-good-at-acting machine thinks we’ve been making too much of a fuss over… Continue reading Adam Driver’s Next Italian Role Should Be Luigi

Taylor Momsen Says ‘Grinch’ Role Was ‘Alienating’ in School

[ad_1] Taylor Momsen. Photo: Dominik Bindl/Getty Images The mean kids in Gossip Girl have nothing on these little kids Taylor Momsen grew up with. The Pretty Reckless bandmate and former Gossip Girl actor reunited with her co-star Penn Badgley in a September 6 episode of his podcast about middle-school stories, Podcrushed, to go over some… Continue reading Taylor Momsen Says ‘Grinch’ Role Was ‘Alienating’ in School