Zach Schonfeld
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Zach Schonfeld A Digital Search for the Long-Dead Grandmother I Never Knew
You can't find everything on the Internet.
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On the Tenth Anniversary of 'The College Dropout,' We Recall the First Time We Heard Kanye
The College Dropout turns ten years old this week, so we turned to our staff for stories of the first time we heard Kanye.
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Adam Sternbergh Talks 'Shovel Ready,' The Terrifying Dystopian Novel That's 'More Plausible Than People Think'
In a recent conversation, Adam Sternbergh discussed the inspiration for this dystopia, the challenge of getting inside the head of a killer, and the seedy world of televangelists.
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'The Daily Show' Mocks the Hypocrisy of the Davos Forum
Thursday night's Daily Show swiveled right past the latest Bieber affair to take on another scandal of decadence and excess: the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos.
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Is It Time for the Grammys' Third Ever Hip Hop 'Album of the Year'? Yawn
Between nominees Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore, there's a sizable chance the Grammy Awards are about to crown the third ever hip hop Album of the Year
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'The Daily Show' Is Amazed by the Bizarre Details of the Bob McDonnell Scandal
On Wednesday night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart picked apart the stranger details of the corruption scandal dogging former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife.
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What Are Neil Young and Jack White Up To Together?
Neil Young has a new record coming in March, but what's Jack White's involvement?
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'The Daily Show' Handicaps the '2014 Sochi Homophobic Olympics'
Last night's Daily Show handicapped the competitors of the 2014 Winter Olympics—but not in terms of athletic capability.
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On the 30th Anniversary of Bon Jovi's Debut, We Track Down the Guy Who Wrote 'Runaway'
Looking for the guy to credit—or, err, blame—for 30 years of Bon Jovi? Here. We found him.
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'The Daily Show' Blasts Obama's Speech: 'Not Even the Government Trusts the Government!'
In a segment titled "Watchman," last night's Daily Show took on President Obama's latest attempt to assuage national fears about surveillance and NSA overreach.
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Kanye Opens Up to Steve McQueen: 'I Am the First Me'
Kanye doesn't grant interviews often, but when he does, it seems like he's been saving up his most excellent quips, one-liners, and insight for months.
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Beck's New Album Is the Spiritual Follow-Up to 'Sea Change'
Beck's forthcoming album Morning Phase, featured on our 2014 music preview, will be his first studio album since Modern Guilt way back in 2008.
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'The Daily Show' Flips Sexual Harassment on Its Gendered Head
Last night's Daily Show took on the issue of gender inequality and workplace harassment with characteristically sharp humor and irony
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The Wire Oscars: The Best Movies We Sort Of (Not Really) Made Happen
Who needs the Academy? Here are the best movies that we personally had a hand in making (or accidentally stumbled on to the filming of.)
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Jon Stewart: 'Congress Is the Justin Bieber of Our Government!'
On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on "two stories of equivalent weight": the nuclear deal with Iran, and Justin Bieber's antics.
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On Wikipedia's 13th Birthday, Revisit the Wikipedia Pages of 2001
Wikipedia was launched 13 years ago today, a fact you can duly confirm by scouring the Wikipedia page for Wikipedia before your Wifi implodes.
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The 'Daily Show' Tribute to Fox's 'The Five' Is Very, Very Strange
Last night's Daily Show paid tribute to Fox News' rotating talk show The Five. It did so with what is probably one of the strangest Daily Show segments ever.
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Yes, Of Course We Should Seize Jordan Belfort's 'Wolf of Wall Street' Rights Money
Filmgoers can't agree whether The Wolf of Wall Street glorifies or vilifies the bottomless greed it depicts, so here's something we can agree on: Jordan Belfort shouldn't be cashing in on it.
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Jon Stewart Berates Bill de Blasio for Eating Pizza 'à la Trump'
Last night's Daily Show brushed past the Bridgeghazi affair to find the real political scandal dogging the Tri-State Area: how Bill de Blasio eats his pizza.
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Let's Let the Fake Coachella Poster Meme Die
The 2014 Coachella lineup fluttered onto the Internet last Wednesday night. Dozens of "cute" or "amusing" fake Coachella lineups have flooded social media each day since then.
