Natalie Portman: The Accidental Geopolitical Weapon By the time most passports have collected three sad visa stamps, Natalie Portman has already rewritten the foreign-policy syllabus. Born in Jerusalem, passport-stamped in Washington, educated at Harvard, Oscar-polished in Los Angeles, and now—because the world insists on tidy narratives—drafted into the culture wars of half a dozen capitals….
As the planet tilts toward its next geopolitical migraine, Jessica Chastain has become the unlikely Swiss Army knife of global soft power—compact, versatile, and sharp enough to cut through the fog of war, pandemic, and whatever fresh chaos the algorithm served us this morning. While diplomats argue over seating charts at summits nobody watches, Chastain…
Carmelo Anthony Retires, Planet Keeps Spinning (Just Faster in Some Time Zones) By the time the news pinged phones from Lagos to Lisbon, Carmelo Anthony had already posted a sepia-toned farewell video whose background piano was so tastefully somber it could score a UN climate report. The 19-year000 veteran—who logged more frequent-flyer miles than most…
Christopher Guest, the man who taught the world that mockumentaries could be both devastatingly funny and uncomfortably accurate, has become something of a global patron saint for anyone who’s ever sat through a team-building exercise or watched a national leader try to play the ukulele on television. While his name rarely trends alongside geopolitical flashpoints,…
