However, we shouldn’t let this bother us too much. Our brains are wired to pick up on emotions, and a happy smile transcends the boundaries of culture and perception. So, if you want to genuinely smile for the camera, perhaps the simplest trick is to give your brain a genuine reason ...
But beyond provocation, Musk clearly adores anything that can be placed in the category of “nerd” comedy: if a meme is in some wayesoteric, requiring specialized knowledge to understand, he seems to regard it as a proof of intelligence. Because only a smart person would find it f...
He jokingly added, "I hope you enjoyed it and I hope my mother is OK with it." Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen in 'House of the Dragon.' - Theo Whiteman/HBO House of the Dragon's recent episodes have found Aemond seeking comfort in the arms of a brothel mad...
“A Short, Swampy History of the Florida Man Meme,” by Phillipe Thao (Netflix,2023). “Who Experiences Scams? A Story for All Ages,” by the Federal Trade Commission (2022). “The Scams Among Us: Who Falls Prey and Why,” by Yaniv Hanoch and Stacey Wood (Current Directions in Psych...
After Ralph Macchio aged out ofThe Karate Kid, Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi found himself a new “karate kid” — a wayward orphan named Julie Pierce, played by Hilary Swank. AsCobra Kaihas proven, the notion of a female karate pupil joining an established dojo is a pretty good one. ButTh...
After Ralph Macchio aged out ofThe Karate Kid, Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi found himself a new “karate kid” — a wayward orphan named Julie Pierce, played by Hilary Swank. AsCobra Kaihas proven, the notion of a female karate pupil joining an established dojo is a pretty good one. ButTh...
After Ralph Macchio aged out ofThe Karate Kid, Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi found himself a new “karate kid” — a wayward orphan named Julie Pierce, played by Hilary Swank. AsCobra Kaihas proven, the notion of a female karate pupil joining an established dojo is a pretty good one. ButTh...
Paul Schrader continues his quest to make movies about lonely, angry men who sit in dark rooms writing down their stormy thoughts. Oscar Isaac is a gambler named Willem Tell (well, not really; that's an alias, obviously) who only bets enough to get by. But when a young, troubled ou...
Wrestling is the ultimate copycat business, so Lanny suggests that his brother think of a wrestler named Pampero Firpo, whom the boys used to see on TV when they were teenagers living in Hawaii for a year with their dad. Firpo had a sort of croaky, gruff, ethnically ambiguous ...
Exactly. But what people told me is like, for me, Trump is great. He’s gonna lower my taxes. It’s like, I mean, I’m gonna get richer, so . . . Then two things happen. One, he named JD Vance his VP, and Harris became the nominee. Those two events kind of made...