You Know Things Are Bad When Jeremy Clarkson Self-Isolates to Protect James May

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Normally, when Im told to do something, I react by doing the exact opposite. Ive done that all my life, Clarkson explained. But on this occasion, no. I have been asked to stay at home … Im doing whatMr. Johnsonhas asked me to do. And do you want James Mays death of your conscience? No, you dont....

March 25, 2020 · 1 min · 99 words · Heather Guerra

An Oral History ofThe Office’s Insane Fire Drill Episode

An excerpt fromThe Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000sby Andy Greene is out March 24. Theyre like, Should we putThe Apprenticeon? Im like, No,The Apprenticeis fine and its got that audience already. Itll do well, but its not gonna do that much better there....

March 24, 2020 · 5 min · 948 words · Michael Valenzuela

How a TV Writers’ Room Entertains Their Kids in Quarantine

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Last week David Mandel, the showrunner for the recently wrapped-up HBOEmmy-magnetVeep,reached out to his former staff. Theyre just as confused as the rest of us. March 15 at 3:33 p.m.Alex Gregory:I am slowly losing my mind and developing unhealthy fixations. Other than that, kids are doing great, enjoying old movies Rear Windowwent over well last night....

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 513 words · Cheryl Stephens

How the Art World Is Helping the Medical Supply Shortage

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. She wanted to donate them, but there didnt seem to be a way to do that. Simon-Alexander had been watching stories about dwindling medical supplies and the ad hoc attempts to address them, too. But cloth masks arent a substitute for medical-grade masks theyre a last-ditch solution. Members of the LISTSERV descended into brainstorming mode, with emails flying back and forth by the dozens....

March 24, 2020 · 2 min · 238 words · Kenneth Bradley

It Only Took Five TikToks to Make Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Savage’ Go Viral

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. She ended it onday five. The 60-second-long dance has since been done by Charli DAmelio, Keke Palmer, Normani, and millions more. It skyrocketed Savage, from Megan Thee Stallions new album,Suga, landing it atNo. 1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart, unseating The Box by Roddy Ricch. And it quickly became a stuck-at-home anthem, thanks to theinfectiousdance....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 192 words · Steven Olson

Kim Kardashian West Would Like the Final Word About That Taylor-Kanye Call, Actually

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. At this rate, well be uploading this feud into our cyborg grandchildrens brains. Youll have to just read it. Now,Kim Kardashian Westhas returned to the argument, about which she asserts Taylor Swift is straight-up lying. The bones Kim wants to pick with Taylor? They clearly spoke so I let you all see that. Nobody ever denied the word bitch was used without her permission....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 184 words · Lauren Gonzales

Lady Gaga Will DelayChromaticaRelease, As If We’re Not Already Used to Waiting

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. So now, afterpostponing her upcomingEnigmaVegas showsdue to the coronavirus pandemic, shes putting the brakes onher long-awaitedChromaticaalbumtoo. She didnt specify a new release date for the album, which was set to come out April 10. Chromatica is still very much on the way and I cant wait. We, on the other hand … will have to....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 94 words · Jasmine Cobb

Lower Your Video Quality for the Greater Good

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Meetings that were once conducted in person are now a grid of tiny video boxes on a screen. In the United States, our online infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle the load. Anecdotally, heres what my internet situation has been for the last five days. My downstream traffic, despite a bazillion modem reboots, is basically nonexistent....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 198 words · Jesse Meyers

Marc Maron Didn’t Mean to Predict the End of the World

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Or maybe its not so improbable. You know, it really becomes a fairly relevant question:What do I know? How do I know it? Who am I?Who am I? is very important, especially in the face of potential authoritarianism or fascism. How willing are you to fight? So how do you make those accessible? That was really the question....

March 24, 2020 · 2 min · 392 words · Richard Hebert

Mike Birbiglia Found a Fun Way to Raise Thousands for Comedy Club Staff

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Like most comedians,Mike Birbigliasuddenly found himselfwithout any upcoming gigsonce the COVID-19 pandemic really hit the U.S. And its certainly not okay, but what are you going to do? Explain a global pandemic to your daughter whos 5? Thats hard to do. I wasnt going to fly cause the virus is out there, but they werent canceling shows....

March 24, 2020 · 3 min · 513 words · Sean Phillips

One Day at a TimeSeason Premiere Recap: Alone Together

One Day at a Time Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. One Day at a Timecould not be a better representation of the human spirit right now. is one of them. (The full version thankfullyexists on YouTube.) After the story concludes with the maiden aunt drinking herself to death, Penelope hightails it to group therapy. (It exists, Pen its calledLove Is Blind....

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 191 words · Alyssa Rodriguez

RelishingAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,An Anti-Anxiety Oasis

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. New York City on lockdown feels like the sticks. Theres not much open and not a whole lot to do. You make up your own fun at home. Eventually, you run out of ideas, go to bed, and start again in the morning. But the dark-horse candidate for most satisfying quarantine-month(s?) distraction so far isAnimal Crossing: New Horizonson the Nintendo Switch....

March 24, 2020 · 2 min · 267 words · Bradley Bartlett

Soccer Mommy Plays NPR’sTiny Desk… From Home

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Oh, if you thought NPRsTiny Deskconcerts were stripped down before, welcome toTiny Desk(home) concerts. That means no crowd of NPR employees, no messy bookshelves, and no skinny, skinny microphone. Its a cross between theArchitectural Digesthome toursandTiny Deskthat we didnt even know we needed. To kick things off,Soccer Mommy. Ive been stuck inside like many of you for, like, what?...

March 24, 2020 · 1 min · 102 words · Roger Hancock