Twenty-five years on, Jim Carrey’s Grinch is everywhere again. Here’s why millennial nostalgia turned a strange 2000 film into a holiday classic.

You know that feeling when you’re bored, but you want to describe it in a philosophically complex kind of way? It’s like you’re too jaded to be entertained but too alive to be asleep. It’s not quite ...

Everyone has been mispronouncing Denzel Washington’s name — all thanks to his mom. The actor spoke to Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday about the moniker’s correct pronunciation as they discussed all the NFL ...

You’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. The breakfast photo is the ur-text of the narcissistic internet, a bit of content that no one else is ...

Suppose you were to ask Andrew McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark the inspiration behind 2023’s “Bauhaus Staircase,” OMD’s most recent and likely final studio album. In that case, it’s ...

Many of us feel compelled to say yes to things that make us miserable. Yes to work that is not our job. Yes to taking on jobs when we’re at home or on vacation. Yes to boring, unnecessary meetings or ...

Typically, telling someone to "shut up" is perceived as rude or aggressive. The abruptness of the phrase often shocks people, adding tension and awkwardness to the conversation. It can also make the ...

We often get asked to do things we don’t want to do, in both our personal and professional lives, yet knowing how to say no in a delicate way can be difficult. The phrases nice people use to politely ...

As an accessibility driver at New York City’s JFK airport, Melissa Jackson spends all day cheerily ushering other people toward the kinds of dream vacations she’ll never experience herself. The ...