Cultural Karens Killing Comedy

from the New York Post ‘Airplane!’ creator slams joy-killing threat: ‘Twitter 9 percent’ By David Zucker Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of “Airplane!,” the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams. Just before...

Chasing Caravaggio

from The Wall Street Journal How the Chase for the Latest ‘Lost’ Caravaggio Has Captivated Europe’s Art World If authenticated, a painting by the Baroque master—initially listed at auction this past spring for around $1,800 and potentially worth millions—could become...

Don Brando

from Vanity Fair “Marlon Was as Dead as Could Be”: How Brando Beat the Odds and Became the Godfather He was the only actor Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola could imagine as Mafia patriarch Don Corleone in The Godfather. There were just two problems: The studio...

Rodrigo Corral

from Slate Sometimes You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover Graphic designer Rodrigo Corral explains how he comes up with iconic book-jacket art. BY RUMAAN ALAM Rodrigo Corral Anna Kassoway On this week’s episode of Working, Rumaan Alam spoke with graphic...