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An academic journal is "investigating" after discovering it published the masturbation fantasies of a notorious Swedish pederast who promotes "boy…
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Producers wanted a "cool" rogue who "felt contemporary." They ended up giving incels and mass shooters a lovable hero of their very own.
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I was disappointed to discover a popular claim about persecution of queer people in postwar America rests on unsteady statistical ground.
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Get a load of the press release to promote YTAM's new single, "James Dean."
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"The End of Men" looks like a laughable cartoon of "Triumph of the Will," but it conceals a dangerous apocalyptic conservative ideology.
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The highly praised 2019 study of pre-1960 violence against gay men leaves out some important facts about twentieth century American media.
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The Discovery+ star uses more than a little fakery to fabricate a disappointing exhibit on the cheap after spending $382,000 for its star attraction.
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A new movie plans to turn the story of the imagined curse of James Dean's wrecked Porsche into a fun horror romp. It's probably not a good idea.
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A miserable year yielded memorable moments in the paranormal, conspiracies, and pseudohistory as a traumatized nation collectively turned to space…
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The showpiece NFT of Dean's death car sold for an absurdly low amount in the red-hot NFT market. A bad PR strategy and poor brand management may be to…
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The long lobbying campaign of a handful of UFO obsessives and crank pseudoscientists is finally paying off.
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Stephen Graham Jones's new novel is a love letter to slasher movies, but its postmodern pastiche barely conceals a nonsensical story.
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