Belinda Luscombe

New York

Editor-at-Large at TIME

really good speller; reallt bad typist, writes about people for big mag with red border, asks too many questions, even when not working. Author, Marriageology.

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Articles

Why Isn't Mike Birbiglia More Famous?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Belinda Luscombe

Mike Birbiglia in Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 20. Credit - Lanna Apisukh for TIMEFor a lapsed Catholic, comedian Mike Birbiglia sure loves a good confession. His standard joke format begins with an observation, goes somewhere surprising, and ends with an admission.
Jennifer Pritzker

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Belinda Luscombe

Credit - Courtesy Pritzker“For as long as my family's been in this country, they've always engaged in some kind of philanthropic activity, even before they got the big money,” says Jennifer Pritzker, a scion of the wealthy Pritzker family, whose members include the current governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker, former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and several other billionaires.
Tina Fey Is a Marriage Realist

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Belinda Luscombe

Will Forte and Tina Fey in <i>The Four Seasons</i> Credit - Francisco Roman—NetflixThere’s an exchange in the new miniseries The Four Seasons that will land with a lot of long-married women. Tina Fey’s Kate and her husband Jack, who’s played by Will Forte, are running late for an obligation, and Jack mentions that he hasn’t eaten all day. An exasperated Kate observes under her breath how nice it would be to be married to an adult who could meet his own needs.
Tina Fey Is a Marriage Realist

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Belinda Luscombe

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What Tina Fey's 'The Four Seasons' Gets Right About Marriage

1 month ago | time.com | Belinda Luscombe

There’s an exchange in the new miniseries The Four Seasons that will land with a lot of long-married women. Tina Fey’s Kate and her husband Jack, who’s played by Will Forte, are running late for an obligation, and Jack mentions that he hasn’t eaten all day. An exasperated Kate observes under her breath how nice it would be to be married to an adult who could meet his own needs.
Farewell to Skype, the Technology That Changed My Life

1 month ago | time.com | Belinda Luscombe

Shortly after my mother’s 89th birthday I called her landline via Skype. It was our last such communication ever. Don’t worry, mom’s fine. Skype, however, is as dead as the dire wolf. Deader, probably, because nobody is trying to figure out how to bring Skype back. My mother was born before humans discovered how to use antibiotics and she’s still going. Skype was born in 2003 and only just made it past 20 years.
Vedika Bhandarkar Believes We Can Solve the Water Crisis in Our Lifetime

1 month ago | time.com | Belinda Luscombe

On May 1, Gold House unveiled its annual A100 List, recognizing the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders across industries. See the full list here. Of all the problems the world faces, providing enough water for drinking and sanitation is among the most solvable. Everybody agrees that humans need water. Nobody is morally opposed to providing it. The technology exists to bring water to most places. The earth has enough drinkable water, currently, to meet its needs.
What 100 Days of Foreign-Aid Cuts Looks Like to Those Still in the Field

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Belinda Luscombe

Dessamba Adam Ngarhoudal, 25, a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse brings a Sudanese refugee to the malnutrition teams at the MSF mobile hospital at the Touloum refugee camp in the Wadi Fira province, Chad, on April 8, 2025. Credit - Joris Bolomey–AFP/Getty ImagesOne of the first acts of the first 100 days of President Trump’s Administration was an executive order that led to a large-scale cutback in American spending on foreign aid.
Snoop Dogg's TIME100 Interview on Music, Doggyland, and More

2 months ago | time.com | Belinda Luscombe

This story is part of the 2025 TIME100. Read Hoda Kotb’s tribute to Snoop Dogg here. Maybe it’s the constant intake of weed, or surviving in some mean streets, but Calvin Broadus—known to his associates as Dogg and the rest of the world as Snoop—is a very peaceable guy. His mother gave him that nickname Snoopy after noticing the similarities between her son and the happy-go-lucky puppy in the Peanuts cartoons and she nailed it. He hands out hugs, even to reporters he’s just met.
It's Snoop Dogg's World Now

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Belinda Luscombe

Snoop Dogg photographed in Los Angeles on Mar. 14 Credit - Adrienne Raquel for TIMEThis story is part of the 2025 TIME100. Read Hoda Kotb’s tribute to Snoop Dogg here. Maybe it’s the constant intake of weed, or surviving in some mean streets, but Calvin Broadus—known to his associates as Dogg and the rest of the world as Snoop—is a very peaceable guy.