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OPINION

Jul 16, 2009 8:06 AM CDT

Harry Potter Is Neutering America

At the box office, the chaste rule, writer says

(Newser) - Remember the old teen sex comedies, where hormones ruled and no one talked about their feelings? Hollywood doesn't, ST VanAirsdale writes in Esquire. Today's sexless blockbusters—think the Harry Potter flicks and Twilight—reflect how "our PG-13 imperative has scrubbed mass culture of its libido." The new leading...

31 Things Men Can't Go Without

Apr 8, 2009 1:42 PM CDT

31 Things Men Can't Go Without

(Newser) - There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.

Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
WD-40: "a man's

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Palin: Without Makeup, I'm
Not So Hot

GLOSSIES

Feb 5, 2009 3:35 PM CST

Palin: Without Makeup, I'm Not So Hot

Alaska guv says she loves Carmex, hates 'pathetic' bloggers

(Newser) - “I eat, therefore I hunt,” Sarah Palin tells Esquire in a wide-ranging interview, dishing on motherhood, how to make good mooseburger chili, and life as a supposed MILF: “If only people could see me as I come in from a run early in the morning without a...

Worst Members of Congress

OPINION

Oct 18, 2008 3:33 AM CDT

Worst Members of Congress

Esquire lists the public servants most wasting your money today

(Newser) - The competition for the worst member of Congress title was more like a marathon, Esquire reports; a wide field of people worked over long periods of time to stake their places in this list. Below, the worst of the worst:

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn: Since being defeated in 2006 (and

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Wine for Breakfast?
A Fan Makes His Case

GLOSSIES

Oct 16, 2008 4:17 PM CDT

Wine for Breakfast? A Fan Makes His Case

Perhaps a glass of Merlot should replace your cup of coffee in the morning

(Newser) - The eggs are scrambling, the bacon is sizzling, the toast is, well, toasting. So kick back and pour yourself a glass of red zinfandel, writes Ryan D'Agostino in Esquire. This isn't some sophomore-year-of-college attempt to undo the excesses of the night before, but rather an innovative approach to the day’...

Halle 'Sexier
Now Than I
Used to Be'

COMMENTARY

Oct 8, 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Halle 'Sexier Now Than I Used to Be'

Esquire 's sexiest woman alive ruminates on the honor

(Newser) - After 20-plus years in Hollywood, Esquire picked 2008—the year of her first baby and, incidentally, not the year she played a bikini-clad Bond girl—to dub Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive. “I'll take it,” writes the 42-year-old actress in an acceptance speech that shares a thing...

Esquire
Endorses
Obama ... Kinda

Oct 8, 2008 7:45 AM CDT

Esquire Endorses Obama ... Kinda

He might be unable to define what change means, but Barack's the only horse in the race, say mag's editors

(Newser) - Barack Obama "is the only possible choice to lead the country," says Esquire, though the magazine’s position is less an endorsement of Obama and more a treatise against John McCain. Obama has failed to define his key campaign theme of change “except as all those things...

This Xoogler Might Be the
Next Bill Gates

GLOSSIES

Oct 4, 2008 2:40 AM CDT

This Xoogler Might Be the Next Bill Gates

Former Googlers make ever-widening waves across Silicon Valley

(Newser) - In the past few years, Google has lost some serious firepower to the startup frontier, Luke Dittrich writes in Esquire. With self-styled Xooglers providing the brain power not only for two dozen or so startups, but for the venture-capital firms that fund them, it’s likely “the next big...

How This Tastes to a Vegetarian

GLOSSIES

Aug 31, 2008 12:48 PM CDT

How This Tastes to a Vegetarian

Scribe's first steak in 22 years 'absolutely delicious'—until brain, stomach revolt

(Newser) - The embarrassment for a cow in being a meal for a human one-fifth its size is among the reasons AJ Jacobs doesn’t eat meat. “If my body ended up as brunch for some badger or dachshund, I know I'd be pissed,” he writes in Esquire. But that...

Steak: More Than
Meats the Eye

GLOSSIES

Aug 29, 2008 3:51 PM CDT

Steak: More Than Meats the Eye

Esquire provides the basics, from grades to cooking times

(Newser) - There's more to a mouthwatering steak than meets the eye. So Esquire offers some tips and terms every steak lover should know before a Labor Day meat-fest:

Types of beef: Grass-fed: "Healthier but ... less flavorful than corn-fed." Heritage: "Rare heirloom breeds ... without the hormones or pesticides."

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Would-Be Butcher Tackles Meaty Issues

GLOSSIES

Aug 28, 2008 11:51 AM CDT

Would-Be Butcher Tackles Meaty Issues

Dealing with people as important as wielding cleaver, writer finds

(Newser) - Tom Chiarella had the perfect customer-butcher relationship—the shop near his home gave him good meat and good advice. But he wanted more. He wanted, as he writes in Esquire, to live on the other side of the counter, "to be a guy with answers." So his Indianapolis...

Wagyu: 'the Hummer of Beef'

GLOSSIES

Aug 25, 2008 7:41 PM CDT

Wagyu: 'the Hummer of Beef'

Esquire taste tests extravagant $130-per-pound meat

(Newser) - Wagyu beef, a Japanese tradition catching on in the US, uses cows “bred so that fat corrupts the striations of every muscle,” Tom Junod writes in Esquire. After sampling some at $130 per pound, Junod ponders how Americans can be attracted to such excess. Despite America's ecological awakening,...

Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Glossies

Aug 10, 2008 5:08 AM CDT

Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Throwing a football 'doesn't matter to God'

(Newser) - Tom Brady knows he's a talented quarterback, but he's pretty sure that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. "Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football," he says in the September issue of Esquire. "But that's what society values. That's...

6 Events to Watch in Beijing

Aug 8, 2008 8:00 PM CDT

6 Events to Watch in Beijing

(Newser) - For those who won't watch every Olympic game—and who will?—Esquire has picked a few Olympic highlights to Tivo:

Day 1: Michael Phelps starts his second bid for eight gold medals.
Day 2: Kobe Bryant dribbles and shoots in the Olympics—for the first time ever.
Day 2: US

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In Defense of
American Blood Lust

ANALYSIS

Aug 7, 2008 12:41 PM CDT

In Defense of American Blood Lust

'Inheritance' of nation 'born in blood'

(Newser) - With Cormac McCarthy's ascension "from cult writer to Great American Novelist" and the "primordial joy" of Grand Theft Auto IV as backdrop, Stephen Marche reflects on the central role violence plays in the American mythos in Esquire. "Purification through violence has been created and nurtured by figures...

The 5 Tastiest Absinthes

Aug 7, 2008 12:03 PM CDT

The 5 Tastiest Absinthes

It's not the stuff of legend, but it makes a fine cocktail

(Newser) - Absinthe is back on sale in the US after being outlawed since 1912 because of a compound believed to cause hallucinations, but two brands were approved for sale last year. So Esquire rounded up the five best bottles of absinthe.

Vieux Pontarlier ($65): Absinthe at its finest.

Versinthe ($55): This

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75 Things Every
Man Should Do
Before He Dies

Jul 24, 2008 12:38 PM CDT

75 Things Every Man Should Do Before He Dies

Esquire presents a real man's guide to life before death

(Newser) - On Esquire's 75th anniversary, the quintessential men's mag recommends 75 things every man should do before he dies. A smattering:

Eat wild game you killed, dressed, and cooked yourself.
Acknowledge the accomplishments of others
Make an omelet
Fast for three days, consuming only water
Play a game of rugby

What's With all the Skulls?

GLOSSIES

Jul 5, 2008 10:53 AM CDT

What's With all the Skulls?

Ancient death symbol becomes a favorite modern fashion accessory

(Newser) - Heavy metal and Halloween, make room for haute couture. “What used to be a symbol for borderline-sociopathic tough guys with weird design fetishes—Hells Angels, pirates, Nazis—has become a trope de luxe,” writes Stephen Marche in Esquire. The skull, a symbol of death with deep religious significance,...

Germans Can't See Forest of
US Culture for the Trees

GLOSSIES

Jun 30, 2008 3:20 PM CDT

Germans Can't See Forest of US Culture for the Trees

Media machine distorts view, author finds

(Newser) - German college students aren't impressed with American culture—they're not even sure it exists, author Chuck Klosterman finds at the outset of a teaching stint in Leipzig. "The proliferation of media has made it virtually impossible to tell the difference between a) what information is unilaterally interesting," Klosterman...

Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

Jun 15, 2008 8:26 PM CDT

Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

Esquire picks 5 performances to watch next month

(Newser) - Who will reign in pop culture next month? A dead drug addict and rapper-turned-filmmaker are on Esquire's list of predictions:

Actor John C. Reilly will compete with Will Farrell for jokes in the upcoming laffer, Step Brothers.
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has directed Gunnin' for that #1 Spot, a doc

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