Vince Mancini

Newsletter

Jonathan the Tortoise, a Crypto Death Hoax, and the Search for Jonathan's True Age

The reports of Jonathan the Tortoise's death have been greatly exaggerated. But is it possible that reports of his true age have been greatly underestimated?

Newsletter

Top Chef Weirdness: Why Isn't Sieger Bayer on Last Chance Kitchen?

Two years after David Murphy, something weird has happened on Last Chance Kitchen once again.

Newsletter

Top Chef Power Rankings Week 6: Smoke My Whole Hog

If I wanted to see a pig on a spit I'd call your mother.

Newsletter

Revisiting HBO's 'Tiger,' Two Car Crashes Later

A timeline of us pretending Tiger Woods didn't have a substance problem.

Newsletter

Top Chef Power Rankings Week 5: Dry Boys Assemble

Our first unpredictable elimination of the season!

Newsletter

'The Drama' is Good and Funny and You Should See It.

A24's latest, with Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, is a good old-fashioned farce, with "American characteristics."

Newsletter

Top Chef Power Rankings, Week 4: Show Us Your Okra Face

Ayy, if I wanted a "yeasted hoe cake" I'd call ya mutha. Ay, if I wanted a salty potlikker I'd call ya mutha. Ay, maybe ya mutha should start a restaurant.

Newsletter

The Toddler Dad Movie Revue: 'Hoppers'

Sympathy for the corrupt, bulldozing mayor? In *this* economy?

Newsletter

Top Chef Power Rankings, Week 3: Welcome to the Black Purée

Tom is gettin' grumpy!

Newsletter

Catching Up with Katherine Heigl (and Other Quick Hits)

Katherine Heigl's Big Dog charity, giggle dribble, Dune 3, and a new low in the infiltration of AI slop.

Newsletter

Top Chef Power Rankings, Week 2: Diarrhea Vision Quest, with Ed Currie

Shit your way to enlightenment with the redneck hot sauce man.

Newsletter

Oscars Recap: Great Host, Bad Bits, Terrible Sound, and Shockingly Little Politics

Give me all of the Conan O'Brien movie sketches, but maybe upgrade the microphones before next year.