Caira Conner

New York

Freelance Writer at Freelance

I laugh during my own jokes.

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Kevin Bacon on 'The Bondsman,' Legendary Roles, From 'Footloose' to 'Friday the 13th,' and What's Next

1 month ago | esquire.com | Caira Conner

Just last year, during the final episode of his podcast, Kevin Bacon gave listeners the chance to ask him (almost) anything. The name of the episode even said so: “Ask Kevin (Almost) Anything.” The very first question was not about love or loss, or acting, or if he and Chris Rock would consider remixing their Vanilla Ice skit from when Bacon hosted Saturday Night Live. It wasn’t about whether he ever feels compelled to say, “Houston, we have a problem,” when something’s amiss at home.
Kevin Bacon Is Afraid of Just One Thing

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Caira Conner

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Just last year, during the final episode of his podcast, Kevin Bacon gave listeners the chance to ask him (almost) anything. The name of the episode even said so: “Ask Kevin (Almost) Anything.” The very first question was not about love or loss, or acting, or if he and Chris Rock would consider remixing their Vanilla Ice skit from when Bacon hosted Saturday Night Live.
Jason Isaacs on ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Tim Ratliff, Future Episodes

2 months ago | esquire.com | Caira Conner

Jason Isaacs does not want to talk about The White Lotus. This is not because he does not revere The White Lotus, or its creator, Mike White—he is a staunch partisan of both. It is because, at present, he has briefly adjourned from acting to become a full-time traveling spokesman for The White Lotus.
Jason Isaacs Wants You to Know This Before ‘The White Lotus’ Finale

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Caira Conner

Jason Isaacs does not want to talk about The White Lotus. This is not because he does not revere The White Lotus, or its creator, Mike White—he is a staunch partisan of both. It is because, at present, he has briefly adjourned from acting to become a full-time traveling spokesman for The White Lotus.
Sports Betting Is a New Nightmare for Tennis Players

Sep 6, 2024 | nymag.com | Caira Conner

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Half of sports fandom — perhaps more than half — is about the joy of hate. You hate entire teams of athletes simply because of the city they play for. You hate their hype, their jerseys, their fans, their coaches, their dominance. In tennis, you hate individuals. You hate their style of play (streaky, pusher, servebot) or their personalities (too boring, too angry, too arrogant).
According to Taylor Townsend, Community in Tennis Is Key

Aug 30, 2024 | thecut.com | Caira Conner

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images Taylor Townsend is having a moment. But the 28-year-old tennis pro’s rise has, in reality, been the stuff of gruel — a slow simmer through criticism and setback, and a climb over mountainous terrain. Her first major victory came this July, when, alongside her partner, Kateřina Siniaková, she won the Wimbledon doubles title, toppling Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski in straight sets to lift the championship trophy.
The Olds of Men’s Tennis Are Lighting It Up at the Olympics

Jul 30, 2024 | nymag.com | Caira Conner

Photo: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images For roughly the span of a single point during his second-round Olympics match on Monday, Rafael Nadal –– 22-time Grand Slam Champion, two-time Olympic Gold medalist –– played like himself. Trapped in no-man’s-land, the impossible swath of court between the baseline and service line, Nadal first returned a Novak Djokovic overhead with his own overhead, and then answered Djokovic’s volley response with a vintage, passing forehand.
Jamie Campbell Bower Is the Best Damn Thing About ‘Horizon’

Jun 27, 2024 | sg.news.yahoo.com | Caira Conner

Vecna, the human-born creature played by the actor and musician Jamie Campbell Bower in season 4 of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is a grotesque figure. He’s the transmogrification of a traumatized little boy who became a disquietingly evil young man. Bower also plays that young man, Henry Creel, with such big-eyed lunacy that it should have been off-putting—inspiring the kind of collective fan revulsion of, say, King Joffrey.
Jamie Campbell Bower Is the Best Damn Thing About 'Horizon'

Jun 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Caira Conner

Vecna, the human-born creature played by the actor and musician Jamie Campbell Bower in season 4 of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is a grotesque figure. He's the transmogrification of a traumatized little boy who became a disquietingly evil young man. Bower also plays that young man, Henry Creel, with such big-eyed lunacy that it should have been off-putting—inspiring the kind of collective fan revulsion of, say, King Joffrey.
Comedian Paul Scheer Discusses His New Memoir, "Joyful Recollections of Trauma"

Jun 14, 2024 | airmail.news | Caira Conner |Paul Scheer |Joyful Recollections

There’s a tendency to think child abuse happens only behind closed doors, hidden by deception or manipulation. Otherwise, surely, someone would put a stop to it. But what comedian Paul Scheer endured wasn’t secret. It was out in the open. When he was three, his parents divorced. Then along came Hunter, his mother’s violent second husband. Hunter threatened Scheer’s life so many times––with his fists, with a pitchfork––that Scheer doesn’t remember when the abuse began.