Wednesday, February 11, 2026 |
|
|
You might have thought ICE was solely targeting Latino Americans for detention. And, let's be clear, they are definitely being targeted. But in a recent column, Charles P. Pierce comments on the detainment of a white man from Ireland. If that news comes as a shock to you, just remember that a few months ago the president slapped a $100,000 application fee on H-1B visas for exceptionally talented people, which made an anti-immigration statement to countries around the world. He's picking fights with everyone. No one is safe. You can read Pierce's take below. – Chris Hatler, deputy editor |
|
|
I guess federal agents can't hit their quotas by primarily targeting people accused of Existing While Brown, so the system is being turned on itself. |
Seamus Culleton owns a plastering business hereabouts. Of course, he's caught up having a bit of trouble running it from his present residence in an ICE prison in El Paso. He is also now a test case, at least partly because he's a white European man caught up in a despicable policy aimed primarily at people accused of Existing While Brown. The system is cracking up. It is being overwhelmed with victims of the administration's lunatic quota system. Judges are complaining. Prosecutors are quitting by the carload. Seamus Culleton got caught up in a system that is being turned on itself. |
|
|
Valentine's Day is, somehow, just a few days away—which means if you haven't snagged a gift yet, the pressure is on. The good news? Last-minute doesn't have to look last-minute. If you've got Amazon Prime, you've got a fighting chance, because two-day shipping can turn a looming romantic deadline into a perfectly timed doorstep save (assuming the delivery gods are feeling generous before that big dinner reservation).
So what's worth adding to your cart when time is short? Start with the classics that never miss: a great box of chocolates, an adorable stuffed animal, maybe a sophisticated and sexy candle. Then level up with gifts that have built-in quality time, like a Lego bouquet you can build together, or plan an at-home couple's spa-night kit with luxe self-care staples. Bottom line: Don't panic. |
|
|
We met James Van Der Beek in 1998, as the title character in the WB drama Dawson's Creek. The Creek, as you called it when you explained why you were busy on Wednesday nights, blew up out of the box, helping The WB find its teen serial lane along with shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Felicity, and later Charmed and Smallville. Like the characters on the rest of those shows, the kids on The Creek had superpowers, and theirs was the coolest of all: they talked like wise, insightful grownups who'd read a lot of books. You may not be able to slay vampires or do witch shit with your sisters or be a developing Superman, and you would certainly never have Keri Russell's hair, but you could talk like a thesaurus and come off like you understood more than you did, like the kids on The Creek did. Dawson Leery's superpower was an enthusiasm for film and a wide vocabulary. James Van Der Beek had that jawline and that hair and that name, but he also had that real and palpable intelligence. He was the heartthrob who made you want to go to the library. |
|
|
 Tuesday, February 10, 2026 |
|
|
This is not a drill: Nicolas Cage is about to play Spider-Man. It's real. It's happening. And Esquire has the exclusive first look at Cage as the web-slinger. This spring, Prime Video and MGM+ will debut the TV series Spider-Noir, which will star the Oscar-winning actor as a 1930s detective who also happens to wield superpowers. "For me, this character was 70 percent Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny," Cage told us of his take on Spidey. My only problem with this is that I can't watch it right now. Until then, you can (and should) read Anthony Breznican's first look at Spider-Noir below. —Brady Langmann, senior entertainment editor |
|
|
In this first look, Nicolas Cage plays a super-powered private eye who is lured into trouble by Li Jun Li's femme fatale.
|
The Nicolas Cage-starring TV show, which will air this spring on MGM+ and stream on Prime Video, will be presented in black and white that mimics the monochromatic look of 1940s crime classics. But it also will be shown in a version that looks more like the colorful panels of the Marvel Comics that serve as its inspiration. For this exclusive first look at the show, Esquire is also displaying both formats at once. In this story, we display the full-color version, and speak to showrunner Oren Uziel and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller about all the different ways they've taken Spider-Man's Marvel Universe and refurbished it as a 1930s detective tale. The other half of this first look is our interview with Cage, where you can see how Spider-Noir looks in luminous grayscale. |
|
|
Presidents' Day sales are upon us, so think hard for a moment about what you actually need to buy. All the flashy promos flooding your inbox make it easy to forget the practical items you might already have on your list: fresh running shoes, a lightweight jacket for spring, and maybe a tech upgrade or two. After digging through hundreds of sales, we narrowed down the 15 places you should be shopping.
Many of our favorite clothing brands are offering end-of-season sales, which we've rounded up here. You'll find standout deals below from editor favorites like Patagonia, Vuori, and Hoka. We've also highlighted some of the best discounts on furniture and home decor at retailers like Amazon, Article, and Wayfair. Best of all, we secured you an Esquire-exclusive Saatva mattress discount. |
|
|
The most salacious story out of the Winter Olympics is allegations that ski jumpers are using penis fillers to increase their size, necessitating bigger suits and generating more lift. (Yes, lift.) This is only possible because we're living in a golden era of body modification. Want more testosterone? Pay a visit to your local med spa. Craving thicker hair on your head? There's a pill for that. Squarer jawline? Fuller calves? Surgeries for both have increased in the past few years. Even the penis can be customized these days. You can make it longer, harder, wider. You can even inject it with fillers, like what people put in their cheeks to make them plumper.
Naturally, athletes are using penis modifications to try to get a competitive advantage. But many men are turning to them for a much more obvious reason. For our series The Secret Lives of Men, we interviewed Rick (a pseudonym), a cybersecurity CEO from Alabama. He underwent the PhalloFILL procedure in 2023. He says the pain was worth it. Evidently, sex with his wife of almost 30 years has never been better. |
|
|
|
|
|
