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A look at what's happening in popular culture, online and otherwise. Expect health, wealth, art, dating, food and more. Plus, what's worth your time in movies and television, and occasionally books and music.
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I Went to See ‘The Drama’ with My Friend Who Survived a School Shooting
Plus: Why is everyone obsessed with Belle Burden’s divorce memoir?
Suzy Weiss
I Can’t Wait for the Kristi Noem Biopic
River Page writes the first scene of the former DHS secretary’s movie. Plus: What’s the drama with Zendaya’s new dark rom-com ‘The Drama’?
River Page
Okay, Millennial Feminism Is Dead: What Comes Next?
Plus: The news avoiders of spring break, Bojangles in NYC, Jeff Ross at his most tender, and more!
Suzy Weiss
Ryan Gosling’s New Film Will Have You Crying Over a Rock
A very messy Oscars. The ‘Mormon Wives’ melodrama. The death of the metaverse. Taylor Sheridan’s new show. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Louis Theroux’s Pointless Manosphere Documentary
Plus: Why are right-wing trolls accusing each other of being trans?
River Page
Should a Woman Have Nine Children? Or None?
Plus: A fashion founder tells me not to try looking like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. The sex politics of the AI elite. Lily Allen’s ex is in a show about…
Suzy Weiss
The Children Are Our Future and They Want to Be Chinese
Plus, why ‘The Traitors’ is the best show on TV, the gay tech mafia, Dunkin’ buckets, and more!
River Page
Can We Stop Trying to Cancel the ’00s?
Plus, why is the internet obsessed with Clavicular? New music from Lana Del Rey. And more!
River Page
‘Wuthering Heights’ Is Delightfully Perverted
Plus: The tech bros are quitting in droves. A new documentary about the Florida man next door. And more!
Suzy Weiss
The Winter Olympics Is the Best Reality TV Show
Plus: Why was everyone naked at the Grammys?
Suzy Weiss
The First Lady Really Doesn’t Care. Do U?
Plus: Kanye West apologizes again, climbing the tallest building in Taiwan, and ‘Bridgerton’ has a dirty conservative secret.
Suzy Weiss
The Post-Post-#MeToo Novel
Plus: The case for canceling your wedding. The Oscar noms. A saucy picture of the Boston Tea Party. And more!
Suzy Weiss
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