Haute Tease

  • The Tonight Show Transition: Ageism versus Popularity

    Well, its official, after no less than the second major late night shake-up in almost as many years, Jimmy Fallon will in fact be taking over NBC’s The Tonight Show from Jay Leno as of 2014. Of course, to call its departing host of more than twenty years anything less than polarizing would be inaccurate, but still, this just feels a bit wrong.

     
  • Defamation Review: Powerful, Dramatic and Poignant from Director Yoav Shamir

    Defamation,” a documentary that explores Director Yoav Shamir’s personal views of Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and Nazi’s, in a world where the only opinions are the traditional hardline views and begs the question of its value in a post-Hitler world.

     
  • Autos, Yachts, Jets: What Determine if a Car Is Luxurious

    The automotive world has numerous vehicles that are considered luxurious. But what makes these cars luxurious, and why do other vehicles not have the same features that will raise them to this level of greatness?

     
  • Une France Acclimatée

    La canicule qui sévit actuellement en France interroge aussi sur les capacités d'adaptation d'un pays moderne face au changement climatique. La France, et les pays du monde, devront nécessairement affronter et gérer un changement précipité.

     
  • Four Dead, Nine Injured in Louisville Mass Shooting: Second Shooting Unfolds Hours Later

    An early morning mass shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky left four dead and nine injured and was followed by a second unrelated shooting on a local community college campus that left one dead.

     
  • Derek Chauvin, Cop at Center of George Floyd Killing, Found Guilty

    Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer charged in the death of George Floyd has been found guilty on all charges after a trial that has captivated the nation and became a lightning rod for the lethal use of force.