Ben Stiller had achieved all the success a person could want, and more. He got a dream job at twenty-four writing for Saturday Night Live only to leave it after four episodes, co-created The Ben Stiller Show, directed Reality Bites, starred in There's Something About Mary and became Gaylord Focker and Derek Zoolander and the Dodgeball guy, stole his scenes in a seminal Wes Anderson film, cowrote and directed and starred in Tropic Thunder. It was a pretty amazing run. And there was a clarity to it all. He worked hard, pursued satisfying projects, and repeated the things that worked. He made Ben Stiller movies. He was always ascending. Then, starting with cancer, he got the crap pounded out of him for a few years. His career, his marriage, his parents, his own mortality—the underpinnings of his whole life cracked, and nothing seemed clear at all anymore. And what does a person do then?
Ben Stiller had achieved all the success a person could want, and more. He got a dream job at twenty-four writing for Saturday Night Live only to leave it after four episodes, co-created The Ben Stiller Show, directed Reality Bites, starred in There's Something About Mary and became Gaylord Focker and Derek Zoolander and the Dodgeball guy, stole his scenes in a seminal Wes Anderson film, cowrote and directed and starred in Tropic Thunder. It was a pretty amazing run. And there was a clarity to it all. He worked hard, pursued satisfying projects, and repeated the things that worked. He made Ben Stiller movies. He was always ascending. Then, starting with cancer, he got the crap pounded out of him for a few years. His career, his marriage, his parents, his own mortality—the underpinnings of his whole life cracked, and nothing seemed clear at all anymore. And what does a person do then? The ABC show has sparked a major debate online. These polished, pulled-together options also happen to feel fantastic underfoot. I know that Tom Holland is making the media rounds to support his new movie Uncharted, but I finally—finally—saw his latest turn in the MCU this weekend so I'm still thinking of him as our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. And not to get all spoiler-y on you (I mean, it is in the trailers), but the crux of the webslinger's recent journey is his desire to return to anonymity. He's been thrust into the limelight and he wants out. Which brings me to the outfit from designer Todd Snyder (put together by stylist Law Roach) that Holland wore to visit NYC IRL a few days ago. Because one look at it and you know that unlike Peter Parker, Tom Holland is ready to be seen. Up to 50% off the cast iron pots, pans, and Dutch ovens you've been dying to add to your kitchen top shelf. The only thing louder than Mötley Crüe's music was the band's partying. I am truly so tired of hearing about Parental Rights™. Over the past few months, the fights about what parents don't want their children to learn have reached a near-deafening fever pitch in this country. There's been pushback against students learning the role race has played in America's history; that evolved last week and resulted in an Indiana school counselor sending home a permission slip that allowed children to be dismissed from lessons about Black History Month and Valentine's Day. There's also the cross-nation push to ban books that discuss race or sexuality or world events like the Holocaust in a way that might make a parent uncomfortable. And now a new amendment to Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill (dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill) could put LGBTQ lives at risk. |
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