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Hypebeast
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci Confirmed to Return for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
Summary The cast of the originalThe Devil Wears Prada—Anne Hathaway,Meryl Streep,Emily BluntandStanley Tucci— are officially returning for the sequel. 20th Century Studios confirmed the news via social media, announcing that the film has begun production and tagging Hathaway and Tucci in the post. The two join Streep and Blunt, who were previously confirmed to reprise their roles. While specific details are yet to be announced, the sequel will reportedly follow blunt's Emily Charlton and Streep's Miranda Priestly. Emily, who has since left Runway as Miranda's assistant, is now a 'high-powered executive' at a luxury group with advertising money that the Runway editor-in-chief 'desperately needs.' The involvement of Hathaway's Andy Sachs and Tucci's Nigel Kipling in the story were not revealed; Andy had left Runway to work for a newspaper, and it remains to be seen whether Nigel stayed at Runway. Original director, writer and producer David Frankel, Aline Brosh McKenna and Karen Rosenfelt will return for the sequel. Stay tuned for the Devil Wears Prada 2hits theaters May 1, 2026.


New York Post
24-06-2025
- Health
- New York Post
NYC restaurants catering to Ozempic crowd with single meatballs, 1-ounce hamburgers and caviar nibbles
It's the tapas of the town. Restaurants across New York City are increasingly adding single, flavor-packed bites to their menus to accommodate customers with shrinking appetites due to weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. According to some surveys, as many as 1 in 8 Americans have tried the drugs. People come in and 'they're not shy about saying they're on Ozempic,' said Max Tucci, the restaurateur behind the buzzy Tucci in NoHo. To better serve such guests, the Italian restaurant recently started offering its caviar-topped arancini in a single portion for $12 — instead of the usual three arancini for $34. 4 Tucci offers an individual serving of its arancini for diners with smaller appetites. People come in and 'they're not shy about saying they're on Ozempic,' said restaurateur Max Tucci. Emmy Park for NY Post Guests can also order a single meatball for $10, instead of the usual $27 portion, which includes three of the signature item, featuring manchego cheese and a Calabrian chili marinara. 'If more people are going through this and they're experiencing this, and their appetites are suppressed, then let's offer them something sweet and simple,' Tucci told The Post of his motivation. It's a win for the restaurant, he added, because it results in less food waste. Clinton Hall, a beer-and-burger joint with several locations in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, is known for its hearty offerings, such as 'The CH Challenge' — a 20-ounce beef patty dressed with bacon, cheese, chicken tenders, crispy onion rings and more for $50. But, it recently introduced a Teeny Weeny Mini Meal for summer that features two 1-ounce beef patties and baby buns. '[Diners are] being a little bit more conscious about their intake,' Clinton Hall's culinary marketing director Gregory Mecane told The Post. This is a playful way 'to serve bold flavor in portions that reflect more and more adults' shrinking appetites.' Other restaurants aren't altering their menus, but they're finding that diners have a bigger appetite for small, luxurious bites. Customers want bold flavor without the food coma. At The Noortwyck in the West Village, an appetizer featuring a single hash brown topped with caviar and crème fraîche for $22 has long been on the menu. But, chef Andy Quinn admits the item's popularity has grown over the past year. 4 Clinton Hall recently added a Teeny Weeny Mini Meal (front) in addition to its big burger offerings. Courtesy Gregory Mecane It could very well 'be attributed to the rise in Ozempic [use],' he told The Post, adding that he's also observed tables ordering fewer dishes than they once did. In Tribeca, the haute Japanese-French restaurants l'abeille recently nixed its five-course menu in favor of a three-course option to accommodate those with smaller appetites. Owner Howard Chang said they've 'noticed people are eating less' perhaps due to weight-loss drugs. He added they're happy to offer single portions of ala carte dishes, such as a squash blossom stuffed with New Caledonian blue prawn and saffron rice. Typically, two come to an order for $48, but those who ask can order just one. 4 The individual hash brown bites with caviar at The Noortwyck have been increasingly popular. Courtesy of The Noortwyck At other popular restaurants, restaurateurs might not acknowledge they're catering to GLP-1 users, but those with smaller appetites will certainly find appealing options. Since it opened in early 2024, the upscale fried chicken joint Coqodaq has been famed for offering a singular chicken nugget topped with Golden Daurenki caviar for $28. At Crevette, an elegant, rose-hued Mediterranean restaurant that opened in the West Village earlier this year from the team behind Dame, the menu is heavy on raw bar offerings. However, there's no three-tiered seafood tower on offer but rather a large assortment of single, thoughtfully conceived bites, such as a chilled mussel with salsa brava for $2 or an individual razor clam with parsley and cucumber for $12. 4 At Coqodaq, the caviar-topped chicken nuggets pack a lot of luxury and flavor into a small package. Evan Sung/COQODAQ The trend seems likely to follow a similar path as the rise of low- and no-alcoholic cocktails. Not too long ago, those who didn't want to imbibe while eating out had limited options at NYC restaurants — typically just iced tea and soda. Now, creative zero-proof cocktails — many with price tags only slightly lower than their boozy brethren — abound. 'We're always evolving. We're always learning,' Tucci said of himself and other city restaurateurs. 'If this is going to become a food trend and we're making money off of it too, then it's worth doing.'


Metro
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Gripping' Spanish thriller with Stanley Tucci quietly added to free platform
A 'distinctive' series about a diplomat hunting down a team of treasure hunters to recover their spoils is now streaming for free in the UK. First hitting screens in 2021, La Fortuna is a Spanish-American adventure drama television miniseries. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, the series marked the acclaimed filmmakers first foray into small screen productions. Based on the 2018 graphic novel El tesoro del Cisne Negro by Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral, the six-parter was also based on an incredible true story. In 1804 the Spanish ship Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes was sunk by the British Navy off the south coast of Portugal during the Battle of Cap Santa Maria. Over two centuries later, in 2007, the Florida-based company Odysseus Marine Exploration reported having discovered a shipwreck, later revealed to be the Senora. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The crew recovered almost 500,000 silver and gold coins from the wreck before transporting them to the United States. But soon after the Spanish government kickstarted a legal battle over what it considered to be illegal looting, with the coins estimated to be worth around $500,000 (£368,000). In the TV show, the story focuses on Alex Ventura (Álvaro Mel), a young diplomat who ends up spearheading efforts to recover the underwater shipwreck of La Fortuna, seized off the coast of Gibraltar by Frank Wild (Stanley Tucci), a treasure hunter. It was teased of the show: 'La Fortuna was known to be carrying gold gathered all over South America to fund the Spanish war effort. Wild and his crew claim to have found it by chance. Now the Spanish government wants it back.' The series also stars Ana Polvorosa as Lucía Vallarta, a civil servant and T'Nia Miller as Susan McLean, a lawyer collaborating with Frank. At the time reviews of the series were mixed from critics and viewers, but many did share they were drawn in by the unique premise. 'There is no puzzle to solve in La Fortuna, no hidden messages, and that relative straightforwardness coupled with the actors' clinic put on by Tucci and Peters is enough to make La Fortuna worth retrieving from the depths of streaming,' Vulture wrote in its review. 'La Fortuna's distinctive story, combined with the standout performances from Tucci and Peters, make the show one we want to stick with,' Decider shared. 'It's a very topical, hot-button issue that the series addresses, intelligently and not without acknowledging that its central controversy has two sides — even if director and co-writer Alejandro Amenábar makes clear which side he's on,' the Wall Street Journal added. Deadline explained the show as 'a strange, soupy hybrid of courtroom drama, Indiana Jones fantasies and an Iberian version of The Office'. Meanwhile fans said it was a 'breath of fresh air worth binging', a 'masterpiece' and even 'the best Spanish series ever'. Speaking to Empire in 2022, Stanley spoke about being drawn to his character, who is described in the first episode as a 'pirate'. What drew you to your character in La Fortuna****, who is actually described in the first episode 'I mean, that's what drew me to him, that he's really complicated,' he said. 'He seems to be one thing, but turns out to be another thing. He's a very complex guy, and those are always great roles to play.' More Trending In real life, a U.S. federal court and a panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the Spanish claim to the contents of La Fortuna. However, they were not returned until 2013, when a court ordered Odyssey Marine to return the coins, which totalled 14.5 tonnes. They are now held in the National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology in Cartagena (Murcia) for cataloguing, study and permanent display. La Fortuna is streaming on ITVX. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: The 7 best 'explosive' Australian thrillers free to watch in UK MORE: Star of iconic ITV sitcom addresses claim she's 'living from couch to couch' MORE: 'Engrossing' ITV thriller from the creator of Line of Duty confirms comeback


Los Angeles Times
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
On his travel show, Conan O'Brien is on a treasure hunt for the unexpected
If we had planned it better (and had the budget for it), this interview with Conan O'Brien would been better suited to happen in Vatican City rather than a Zoom room. Our conversation coincided with the start of the papal conclave, the hush-hush assembly of cardinals who gathered to elect a successor to Pope Francis, and O'Brien can't help but reference the event when explaining his slight delay: 'Sorry, it took me a second to figure out there was a passcode to get into this secret room,' he says. 'It felt like I was joining a conclave.' 'I think you and I should put our own vote in,' he continues. 'Why can't they listen to us? Are you paying attention? Are you rooting for somebody?' 'I'm not rooting for anyone except Stanley Tucci,' I tell him, referring to the actor's turn as a shrewd and calculated cardinal in last year's 'Conclave.' 'I love that you want Tucci. I love that you blurred the line between reality and drama.' (As we know by now, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first U.S.-born pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Sorry, Tucci.) Absorbing the scene outside St. Peter's Basilica alongside thousands of visitors from around the world is the sort of thing O'Brien and his crew might revel in on his Max travel show 'Conan O'Brien Must Go.' The series, which will conclude its three-episode second season on Thursday, plays like a video postcard of silly and enlightening adventures as O'Brien travels around the world to meet with fans and experience different cultures. It carries on the tradition from his talk show era of international getaways and blends it with his podcast 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.' After venturing to Norway, Ireland, Thailand and Argentina in the show's debut season, the second landed him in Spain, where hijinx included cuddling with actor Javier Bardem and doing Spanish voice-overs, and New Zealand, where he got lessons from one of Aotearoa's leading cultural advisors and attempted to break a haka world record with filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi. It culminates with this week's finale, which was filmed in Austria. At this moment, he's not on the go. He is beaming in from his home in Pacific Palisades, which he recently returned to after months of living in a hotel while smoke remediation and other restorative measures took place in the wake of January's wildfires. 'We were so lucky, crazy lucky,' he says. 'We live far enough so that we don't have that thing where you walk out your front door and it looks like you're on the moon.' It's one reason why the season is truncated: 'Initially we were going to do four [episodes], but between my parents passing away and the Oscars and the fires, we just were like, 'We could do three.' I hope it doesn't feel too short to people, but this is what we could do this time around.' O' Brien discussed standout moments from this season of 'Conan O'Brien Must Go,' which has been renewed for a third season, his plans for his Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and making his feature film debut. You cuddled with Javier Bardem. You did Spanish voice-overs. You dressed as Freud. You went to the snow globe museum. What moment stood out for you from these trips? You can't cuddle with Javier Bardem and wipe it from your memory. Be you man, be you woman — I don't care which. It doesn't matter. He crosses over all gender barriers. It was really fun to be in these ridiculous pajamas. A highlight with him is, there's a scene where we're eating together in a restaurant and we're doing improv together. I've done improv with all the best improvisers in entertainment, he's as good as anybody. I loved being on the hill where Julie Andrews did 'The Sound of Music.' And one of our writers, Jose Arroyo, wrote — obviously, you can't do that song — this song about how we can't do the song, which I loved and it's one of the things I love to do, is come close to the thing. Like on the Oscars, do a musical number called 'I won't waste your time' — I love doing the thing and making it about not doing the thing. I have to say, [dressing up as] Freud was a standout, because I think I went a little insane. Sometimes when you put me in makeup and dress me up, I become the thing that I'm pretending to be. And doing the haka [a traditional dance form of the Māori people] in New Zealand with thousands and thousands of people. I thought we were just going to do it once. As we're doing it, I'm finding out in real time — because, you know me, when I do something, I do it 110% whether it's going on 'Hot Ones' or dancing the haka, I will put all the dials to 11 — so when I start dancing, I'm going all out and I've got Taika and I've got this whole crowd with me. Then I realized they're not stopping. They're doing it over and over and over again and you can't stop because you're in a stadium. When that was done, I felt like I needed to go to the hospital. When you come up that hilltop in the lederhosen, I just thought, 'What would Martin Short have to say about these shorts?' Oh my God, you're right. Marty Short would have 1,000 jokes about my legs: spam, freckles, pale. He would just be an immediate encyclopedia. I have to make sure that that episode does not air in Toronto, because I think he goes to Toronto for the summer. A moment that killed me was at the snow globe museum when you asked about that life-size doll on the shelf, and the woman said it's her father. But that wasn't the best part. When you asked what his best advice for her was, and she said, to 'f— around as much as possible as long as you're not married.' What's fun is it reminds me of that thing that I've learned over and over and over again, and it's one of the things that the travel show takes advantage of, and remotes [on location segments] in general take advantage of: You're always on the hunt for a mistake. You're always on the hunt for someone to say something you don't expect. I couldn't in a million years script what she said. The doll is so creepy that's peeking out the window. I think one of the things that I really love about the travel show is I'm curious about other cultures. I'm curious about other people. I'm kind of on a mission to show Americans as humble and willing to be laughed at. But the ultimate treasure is someone saying something awkward or weird that I wasn't expecting to me; once I get one of those, I'm like Gollum with the ring. I'm like [imitates Gollum voice], 'Yes, yes, I can go back to my cave now,' and just 'my precious, my precious.' 'Conan O'Brien Must Go' is essentially work trips. But how would your family describe your traveling persona? I would say my wife, Liza, is the one who wants to be at the airport while they're still building the plane. If she could, she'd be there days in advance. She's the one who takes the lead on, 'Here's where we're staying; I got a guide for this, I got a guide for that.' She is very organized about those things, which is a luxury. On the flight, I don't sleep that much. My goal is show up in a country and get on their sleep schedule immediately — that I'm religious about. If that means I have to get a coffee enema, I'm getting a coffee enema. I'm going to do whatever I have to do, to stay up and get on their time zone. I love to just wander. This is where my wife and I disagree — and it will be, eventually, the thing that destroys our marriage — is that she wants to go to the place that has the very best food. 'Oh, it's been written up in all these food magazines.' I don't care about that. I want to go to the place where you sit outside and you see everybody. I love a tourist trap. The show has been renewed for a third season. Are you in the process of narrowing down the places you'll visit? Yes, we're in the process of looking through [locations]. Are you worried about the Trump tariffs? What this will mean of how you're received or what's possible? It's possible. I went to Haiti during Trump's first term, after he called them a 's—hole country.' We went there and, at one point, there was a group of men who seemed very hostile; our interpreter said, 'They're not happy. They know you're American and they're not happy about you being here.' My instinct is always to go toward the thing and not just, 'Get in the van and let's get out of here.' With my interpreter, we showed them clips of who I am and what I do. We looked at about three minutes of 'Conan' clips, and they're like, 'OK, he's harmless. He seems to have no dignity, so let's leave him alone.' But it's a changing world. We're in a moment right now where we seem to have a leader or a government that's terrified of the outside world and wants to say, 'OK, let's build a moat and America first.' My instinct is known. I mentioned it in the Twain award speech, but now more than ever, we need to be out there representing our country in a positive way and trying to spread positivity. I'm hoping that we won't be affected by it, and if we are, if we encounter a hostility, if we encounter difficulty, that will be part of the show. And if it's not particularly funny, the show can allow for me making an attempt to bridge a gap or make a friend. Speaking of your speech for the Mark Twain Prize, have you found a spot for the award now that you're back in your home? I'm weird about awards. I tend to put them in a closet. This one's a little strange because it's Mark Twain and he's bare-chested. It's like, what? Why can't he put on a shirt? I might buy a little shirt for him, a little white suit. I'll do something. I'll figure it out. I don't like a bare-chested Mark Twain, I'm sorry. I think it stops right at the nipple. You always look like you're having fun. Does the work you do now gratify you any differently than it did when you were starting out? I've been thinking about it a lot, and it's not that I didn't like what I did before, but you have to meet whatever age you are. You have to meet wherever you are in your life. When I started in 1993 behind a desk in that format, I loved it. It was terrifying at times and there were a lot of difficulties and we almost didn't make it, but I loved going in there and living in Studio 6A; then I loved the different iterations of the show over the years, and even the brief time I was doing 'The Tonight Show.' But then I got to a point where it became clear to me, 'I've done this for 28 years. I need to go and explore these other things.' Because you can't stay still. You have to, for lack of a better word, evolve. And there was a nice series of events — trying the podcast, which is now almost six years old, and realizing: Oh my God, I've talked to these people before for a total of seven minutes at a time and then I would have to throw to commercial, and the band would play. Now I'm talking to them for 45-50 minutes and it's magical. That, of course, led to the travel show — also the previous travel shows had shown me that I had a real wanderlust. When you're at a talk show desk, the idea of going to Geneva and getting into an altercation with somebody at a chocolate bunny factory just sounds amazing. I was doing that even before I had time to do it on the TBS show. And now being able to do it at Max affords us the ability to do it with drones. I love the open of our show because it's sets just the right tone so solemn and self important and and also vicious towards me. All of that makes me really happy. How about deciding to act in 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You'? Did it feel like you were pushing yourself out of your element? I was definitely pushing myself out of my element. When I said yes to the Oscars, it was, 'You get one life, try these things.' 'Legs' happened because [the film's writer and director] Mary Bronstein contacted me; she had a script and she said, 'Please read the script. It's an A24 script.' Adam Sandler also called me on behalf of the Safdies [Josh Safdie is a producer on the film] and said [launches into his Sandler impersonation], 'Buddddy, buddddy ... read the script.' I read the script and loved it. I have no aspirations to be an actor. I tried to talk to Mary Bronstein; I said, 'You could get a real actor.' And she was like, 'I'm telling you, I envision you doing this.' To her credit, she was tough. She said, 'I'm going to come out to L.A. and I'm going to work with you.' And she trained me. It was like a 'Rocky' montage. She would work with me. She would ask me, 'Who is this character? Let's dive deep on this character. Let's rehearse these lines.' Then on set, she is such an impressive person, Mary. And I have to say, who isn't in love with Rose Byrne? When I heard Rose was doing it, I was a little intimidated because I think she is a stellar actor. I realized all my scenes are with Rose, and they can get pretty intense. I don't want to let her down. I have to be a good scene partner for Rose Byrne. I was scared. And there's no audience. It's not my show. It's not me being me. I'm a very different person. I even look different. I saw the film and I think they did an amazing job. I'm so proud of Rose and Mary. The night before your first day of shooting, could you sleep? Do you get stage fright? I could sleep, but I will tell you ... it was shot on a location in what might actually be a therapist's office; very small room on the Upper West Side. There's a lot of fussing around. Then everyone leaves the room and they shut the door, and it's just me with Rose; and you hear way down the hall, 'Action!' And the first time around, I was in my head. I knew it wasn't good. But to her credit, Mary came back in and she was like, 'Great, great, great.' And she said the subtlest thing. She didn't say, 'Conan, what the hell! I've made a mistake.' She just said, 'On this next one, just a little more this way.' I realized, 'Oh, you get a couple of chances.' She gave me a good note. By the second time, third time and the fourth time, I just wasn't thinking about it. I was not in my head. I was just doing it. You're returning to host the Oscars; this time you have a little bit more runway. Do you have a sense of when you'll start prep? You really can't get the room together and fully up until early January, just because that's when you have the budget to really bring the writers in and everything. We need to wait to see what comes out — what's the narrative? Who are the players? But I know me, I will start the process before we officially start the process. One idea is that I have radical facelifts now, so that people when I walk out in the next calendar year as the Oscar host, I want there to be an audible gasp from the audience, like, what has he done? I mean, I've got injections, fillers, things are pulled back, things are misaligned. Hairline is down, eyebrows are gone. Or you can come out as Freud. And psychoanalyze all the movies on a Freudian level. Hey, you've got good ideas. If you want in, I'll get you in. You can give us some ideas.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Tucci In Italy' On Disney+ And Hulu, Where Stanley Tucci Eats His Way Through Italy Yet Again
Tucci In Italy is more or less a continuation of Stanley Tucci's CNN travel series Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. He continues to visit different regions of his ancestral home, talking to chefs and other people who contribute to the food culture of a particular region. In the five episodes in this season of the show, Tucci visits Tuscany, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Abruzzo and Lazio. Opening Shot: A windy mountain range that yields white marble. Stanley Tucci walks on a ridge and quotes Michelangelo: 'I saw the angel in the marble, and I carved until I set it free.' The Gist: In Tuscany, Tucci starts with Florence, the city many think is Italy's food and culture capital. He tries lampredotto, which is essentially beef intestines, which Florentines often eat on a roll for breakfast(!). Then goes to Dalla Lola, a restaurant specializing in peasant recipes that Florence's working class used to make and eat all the time, including a dish called 'fake tripe.' He then travels to Colonnata, known for its impeccable marble, but also one of the best places to get lardo, which is aged pork fatback. He then goes to Maremma, 'the 'Wild West' of 'Italy's Wild West,' visiting with cattle ranchers called Butteri, who manage herds of free-range cattle that produce low-fat, very tender steaks, which Tucci helps the lead buttero grill. Back in Florence, Tucci eats at an Asian-influenced restaurant that adheres to the city's arcane restaurant rules as far as sourcing of ingredients are concerned, but definitely goes a different way than the usual. Then he goes to Siena, where he observes the mass feasts that happen all over the city during the twice-per-year Palio di Siena. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? As we mentioned, Tucci In Italy is pretty much a continuation of the 2021-22 CNN/BBC series Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. It's very much in the vein of other food-oriented travel shows, like Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown or Taste The Nation With Padma Take: Despite a couple of years' break and a switch of networks, Tucci In Italy doesn't try to give us anything more than the previous show did, which is Stanley Tucci walking through various places in Italy, where his family was from and where he lived for a time when he was a kid. He is his usual wry and erudite self, enjoying all sorts of food, speaking Italian to the people that are featured in a segment, and muses about the marriage of food and culture in his voice overs. What we thought about all this four years ago, when the original show debuted, really hasn't changed: Tucci isn't quite as personable a narrator as Bourdain or Lakshmi is, and he tends to observe rather than connect with the people he talks to. He definitely can lead towards pretentiousness at times. But he also shows so much passion for his family's homeland, and a fascination with each region's food culture, especially restaurants and dishes that go against the norms of what a tourist might eat when he or she goes to Italy on vacation. So, if there are moments where, for instance, he seems a bit detached when the owner of a local marble mine talks to him about the history of mining in his town, we're figuring he's just thinking about the food he's going to be eating later. Sex and Skin: None, except for sexy shots of Shot: An overview of thousands of people sitting at long tables for the communal dinners during the Palio de Star: In a show like this, the director of photography is the sleeper star, because of all the inviting scenery they shoot. In this episode, the DP is Matt Ball. Most Pilot-y Line: Tucci says 'Wow' a lot when he eats something he loves, though at times we wish he said something like, 'Damn, that's good!' or something equally enthusiastic. Our Call: STREAM IT. Stanley Tucci isn't exactly the most relatable or warm presence as a travel host, but he is thorough, and Tucci In Italy is a good continuation of the journey through the country that he started on CNN in 2021. Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn't kid himself: he's a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Fast Company and elsewhere.