Kristy Puchko

Joined: Feb 19, 2014

Kristy is a New York-based entertainment journalist whose work has appeared on Vanity Fair, Time Out New York, Vulture, Pajiba, Spinoff Online, and Cinema Blend. She's also a co-host of the movie review video podcast Popcorn and Prosecco. When she's not falling down rabbit holes of research, she's playing board games, jamming out karaoke style, or advocating the glories of some cartoon show you aren't watching but should be.

15 Female Explorers You Should Know

Known as the "sea of trees," Japan's Aokigahara forest has a grim history.

15 Eerie Facts About Japan’s Suicide Forest

Betty White at a Los Angeles Zoo event in 2015.

15 Amazing Facts About Betty White

The Hope Diamond is beautiful—and some also believe it's cursed.

16 Supposedly Cursed Objects and Places

15 Facts About 'The Muppet Christmas Carol'

'Tis the season to be jolly, joyous, and watch 'The Muppet Christmas Carol'—the first Muppet movie made without Jim Henson.

15 Facts About Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

Before the artist created ‘The Starry Night,’ he dedicated himself to the surreal and beautiful wonder of ‘Sunflowers.’

10 Towns That Seem Straight Out of a Storybook

While the world's biggest cities have spent centuries competing over the tallest towers and grandest innovations, these lovely towns have held on to their quaint houses and curious designs.

Georges Seurat. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86. The Art Institute of Chicago. Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.

15 Facts About A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

At first glance, Georges-Pierre Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte seems a warm portrait of a sunny day in a lovely park. But a closer look at the Neo-Impressionist's most famous work reveals much more.

Faye Dunaway as notorious gangster Bonnie Parker and Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow in 'Bonnie & Clyde' (1967)

10 Notorious Female Gangsters

Though organized crime tends to be a boys' club, there have been a slate of deadly women who have broken into its ranks.

14 Facts About Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'

You’ve seen it on everything from socks to 'The Simpsons' to cocktail napkins, but how much do you really know about Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'?

11 Fascinating Facts About Denzel Washington

Since making his acting debut in 1977, Denzel Washington has appeared in more than 50 movies, where he has awed audiences and garnered critical acclaim by delivering one powerful performance after the next. But there’s much more to the man than his movies

Rotten Tomatoes' editor-in-chief Matt Atchity and senior editor Grae Drake in 2016.

8 Fresh Facts About Rotten Tomatoes

Find out more about how Rotten Tomatoes has become the premier destination for movie and TV reviews online.

Star Trek was a key influence in Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel, Station Eleven.

11 Facts About Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel’s ambitious and acclaimed 2014 novel, 'Station Eleven,' whisks readers around the globe and across decades, exploring the before and after of a fictional pandemic that eradicates the world as we know it.

Jackie Collins at her home in Beverly Hills, California in 1995.

Lady Boss: 10 Facts About Jackie Collins

Before there was 'Sex and the City' or 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Jackie Collins was delivering unapologetically raunchy tales of glamour and seduction with a treasure trove of erotic novels.

9 Juicy Facts About the McDonald's Big Mac

You can probably recite the ingredients (and the original jingle) by memory, but how much do you actually know about the iconic Big Mac from McDonald's?

15 Facts About Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes’s 'Flowers for Algernon' is a poignant science-fiction novella that has won critical acclaim and popularity around the globe.