My Interview With John Early, Star of 'Stress Positions'

John Early worries about being pretentious. We talked about that -- and Britney Spears and millennials and his sharp new film Stress Positions -- for Cracked. (Also, there's a lot of conversation about Early's 2023 special Now More Than Ever, which connects to Stress Positions in interesting ways.)

On Britney Spears' 'Crossroads,' 22 Years Later

On February 15, 2002, Crossroads came out. Lots of people made fun of it. 

Much has happened to Britney Spears since then. For years, her one and only movie has languished in obscurity, but it's recently enjoyed a resurgence. (In fact, it comes to Netflix today on its 22nd anniversary.) I wrote about the movie, and our shifting feelings about the pop singer, here.

Justin Timberlake at 40 or: A Look Back at "Cry Me a River"

JT hits the big 4-0 today. On this special occasion, I decided to write about the song that defines his post-NSYNC career. Don't it make you sad about it?

Britney Spears - "Toxic"

Pitch Perfect 3 is meh, but its version of "Toxic" is fun. And now I've had it jammed in my head for days.

Britney Spears - 'Britney Jean' Review

Britney Jean is the first studio album Britney Spears has released in her 30s. (She turned 32 on Monday.) For Playboy, I dissected the record and tried to understand why her sexy music feels so incredibly unsexy. My review is here.