Bonnie Stiernberg

New York, Seattle, United States

Managing Editor @InsideHook Words at @billboard, @RollingStone, @GlamourMag, @noiseymusic, more. Probably the one who microwaved fish.

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Articles

Take It From a Woman: How to Talk to Women About Music

2 days ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

As someone who loves music more than it’s really possible to accurately articulate, I’ve spent a good chunk of my life chatting with men about my favorite (and least favorite) bands, and I’ve gotta say: fellas, there’s room for improvement. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had men make assumptions about me based on my taste in music, been talked down to about the subject I care about so deeply or cringed at the sexist language used to describe female artists.
The Biggest Unanswered Questions Ahead of "The Bear" Season 4

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

We’re just days away from the fourth season of The Bear dropping on Hulu, and it’s probably been a while since you’ve thought about Carmy, Sydney and the rest of the gang at our favorite Italian beef shop-turned-fine-dining restaurant. Regardless of how you felt about last season — though if you hated it, you’re dead wrong — a lot happened in its 10 episodes.
We Tried the Weird Coke and Beer Combo From "Materialists"

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

In Materialists, Dakota Johnson plays Lucy, a matchmaker who finds herself torn between a wealthy charmer (Pedro Pascal) and her struggling actor ex-boyfriend (Chris Pine). But she also can’t seem to decide between two very-different-yet-delicious-in-their-own-way beverages: Her signature drink order is a Coke and beer. And yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.
Jeremy Allen White's Bruce Springsteen Movie Looks Great

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

When it was first announced last year that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White would be playing Bruce Springsteen in a forthcoming biopic, I was skeptical. I love Jeremy Allen White, and I love Bruce Springsteen, but something about the combination of the two felt…off.
Streaming Viewership Surpassed Broadcast for the First Time

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

We’ve been talking about the decline of streaming services for years now, but it looks like there’s some good news for platforms like Hulu and Netflix. According to Deadline, the latest Nielsen report shows that streaming viewership surpassed that of both broadcast and cable TV combined for the first time in May. More specifically, streaming accounted for 44.8% of viewership via TV screens that month, while broadcast (20.1%) and cable (24.1%) combined for a total 44.2% of overall TV viewership.
Every Wes Anderson Movie Is About the Same Thing. Why Are Some Better Than Others?

2 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

On bad dads, mortality and "The Phoenician Scheme" Warning: This story contains minor spoilers for The Phoenician Scheme. It’s hard to think of a director with a more instantly recognizable aesthetic than Wes Anderson. You know all the tropes: Gorgeous color palettes and intricately designed sets.
It's Time to Retire the Term "Dad Rock"

2 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

As a woman who has seen Wilco more times than I can count, I’ve got an idea: let's dump the meaningless phrase Six years ago, I wrote a piece for this publication called “In Defense of Dad Rock.” It wasn’t a defense of the term itself, but rather the music that often gets unfairly slapped with the meaningless label.
The 10 Best Episodes of "WTF With Marc Maron"

3 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

Earlier this week, Marc Maron dropped a bombshell: WTF, the podcast he’s been hosting since 2009, will come to an end later this year. “Sixteen years we’ve been doing this, and we’ve decided that we had a great run. Now, basically, it’s time, folks. It’s time. WTF is coming to an end,” Maron said on a recent episode. “It’s our decision. We’ll have our final episode sometime in the fall.” It’s difficult to overstate how influential WTF was and how important it was in popularizing podcasts as a medium.
Michael J. Fox Needs Help Finding His "Back to the Future" Guitar

3 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Marty McFly playing “Johnny B. Goode” at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Back to the Future, and it turns out a crucial prop from that iconic scene — the cherry red Gibson ES-345 guitar that Michael J. Fox played as Marty — has been missing for decades. There’s no real indication of what might have happened to the guitar; apparently filmmakers went to look for it in 1989 when they were making the sequel and were unable to track it down.
See/Hear: The Best Movies, TV and Music for June

3 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Bonnie Stiernberg

Welcome to See/Hear, InsideHook’s deep dive into the month’s most important cultural happenings, pop and otherwise. Every month, we round up the biggest upcoming movie, TV and album releases, ask some cool people to tell us what they’ve been into lately, make you a playlist we guarantee you’ll have on heavy rotation and recommend a classic (or unduly overlooked) piece of pop culture that we think is worth revisiting.