This week’s BuzzFeed News photo stories offer historical context for the world we live in. First up: A new exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles shows how walls have long been used as tools for sowing division and perpetuating ideologies.. This is followed by a visit to the Bronx Museum of […]
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For a Disney Movie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Includes More Death Than Usual
Warning: major spoilers for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ahead! Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is definitely not your typical Disney fairy tale. While the sequel to the 2014 film is a heartwarming tale about a protective mother and her daughter, it also has its fair share of dark moments and heartbreaking deaths. After Princess Aurora and […]
When Mary Met Edgar: Exploring Cassatt and Degas
There are love stories about kindred spirits. There are others about far-off admirers. This is a story of both. In 2014, Christopher Ward visited an art exhibit that explored the relationship between the French Impressionist Edgar Degas and the American artist Mary Cassatt. The two were inseparable in the late 1870s. They kept studios blocks […]
Families Who Lost Loved Ones To The Opioid Crisis Are Sharing Devastatingly Honest Details In An Online Memorial Project
“All Our Hearts” is an online memorial project by Vermont-based newsweekly Seven Days, which aims to show the human cost of the opioid epidemic. ByTasneem Nashrulla On the day Alexa Rose Cioffi died, she was too sick to care for her 2-year-old son, Frankie. So Alexa’s father, Frank Cioffi, took Frankie to the store to […]
The Office's Jenna Fischer Responds to Chrissy Teigen's Pam and Jim Theory
Pam and Jim are done? Not so fast. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Thursday, October 17, Jenna Fischer addressed Chrissy Teigen‘s recent theory that claims that 10 years after The Office‘s Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pamela Beesly got married, they were probably divorced. “[They’re] together!” Fischer, 45, told […]
Turkish Trolls Working For Erdogan Hijacked American Right-Wing Media — And Rudy Giuliani’s Brain
A doll representing the image of Fethullah Gülen is seen hanging from a light post on the first anniversary of the failed 2016 coup attempt in Istanbul. Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer and former Republican mayor of New York who has been amplifying misinformation to Republican President Donald Trump, has more than just one favorite online […]
21 Moments From Children's Movies That Devastated Our Tiny Hearts
21 Moments From Children’s Movies That Devastated Our Tiny Hearts No matter how many children’s movies made us giggle or screech with joy, it’s the sad and scary moments that have stuck with us through adulthood. Squints tricking Wendy into a poolside smooch was hilarious, but Charlotte dying peacefully while Wilbur is left to care […]
Review: ‘Watchmen’ Is an Audacious Rorschach Test
Many a superhero origin story involves exposure to a volatile substance — something dangerous, radioactive, caustic — that can be powerful if mastered, ruinous if uncontrolled. In HBO’s “Watchmen,” beginning Sunday, that fissile storytelling material is history: specifically, America’s legacy of white supremacy. The first episode begins with the 1921 riot in Tulsa, Okla., in […]
I Never Knew I Needed Liam Payne to Sing Jay Sean's "Down," but Now I Demand a Full Cover
In case you needed any further proof that Liam Payne has the voice of an angel, he just kindly served it up on a silver platter. The 26-year-old star recently partook in Elle magazine’s Song Association video series, which challenges participants to belt out song lyrics based on various one-word prompts — each in less […]
HBO's Watchmen Is Poised to Be a Giant Hit, but That Doesn't Mean Season 2 Is Coming
HBO’s adaptation of Watchmen isn’t the first time the dark, meta-critical take on the superhero genre has been adapted for the screen, but it’s definitely the buzziest version. The “remixed” version of the famous graphic novel, which debuts on Sunday, Oct. 20, is not a direct adaptation but rather a new story that takes place […]