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A few weeks ago at the end of a dispiriting workday, I dragged my husband to an outdoor show headlined
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Lifestyle influencer Nara Smith, the couture-clad queen of tradwives, really wishes people would stop calling her a tradwife. She’s rejected
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The first time Samantha R. went to Burning Man, it was on a whim. She hadn’t read much about it
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Jimmy Kimmel’s opponents in the Trump administration really don’t seem to understand how late-night’s relationship with political campaigns works. If
Read moreThe “Ted Lasso” problem Ted Lasso can’t see
Nothing beats a cheerful holiday episode in the summertime, am I right? “Ted Lasso” stans know exactly what I mean.
Read moreThe Oscars is shaping up for a showdown
Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and
Read moreAs Hollywood courts influencers, movie critics are getting squeezed out
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Read moreThe complicated yearly renegotiation of being a queer NFL fan
The NFL’s regular season is back this week, and these days the game barely leaves. When I was a kid,
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Donald Trump was a busy man when the film “Starship Troopers” debuted to largely confused audiences in 1997. Then 51,
Read moreThe rock critic who changed the way I listen to music
“A great new sound reaches us, always, as a miraculous gift.” The rock critic Dave Marsh, now of blessed memory,
Read moreMariska Hargitay and the quiet death of the award-show roast
The news that Mariska Hargitay will host this year’s Primetime Emmys didn’t inspire many posts in the usual social spaces,
Read more“GTA VI” leaks draw more scrutiny than Epstein files
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Read more“Chronovisor” makes literacy the key to another world
When people talk about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, no one ever seems to discuss what it would’ve been like
Read more“Idiocracy” is still a worthless artifact 20 years later
Mike Judge has always had a soft spot for dimwits. Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their
Read moreMy library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
In June, I became briefly preoccupied with the question of what kind of reader I intended to be that summer.
Read moreHarry Styles is the antidote to MAGA’s counterfeit masculinity
I walked into Manhattan’s Rawhide one night with four blond supermodels on my arm, and we danced until we were
Read moreMAGA has entered its arcade era
The White House has found a new way to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda: retro video games. There is, unfortunately
Read moreIsaac Mizrahi’s “Unzipped” shows why flawed artists matter
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to
Read moreThis disarming Agatha Christie show has great chemistry
Formally speaking, the fall TV season hasn’t existed for years. Not that I’m complaining about our year-round release carousel —
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