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Anne Hathaway Is Pregnant at 43—and the Internet Is Out for Blood
Forty-something women are at their peak financially and emotionally. If they are capable of getting pregnant too, it’s cause for celebration—not an…
Kara Kennedy
Arthur Brooks: Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk
Teen drinking has plummeted. So have dating, marriage, childbearing, and other leaps into adulthood. What looks like prudence may signal a dangerous…
Arthur Brooks
Great Americans: Lil Peep, Gen Z’s Own Kurt Cobain
He put two things together that weren’t supposed to go—emo music and trap rap—and helped make a new, raw style from them, and he did it without the…
Suzy Weiss
Parenting from Prison. Plus. . .
‘Toy Story 5’ is all about fathers. Two drinks with the new OpenAI adviser who thinks ‘destabilizing shit might go down.’ Douglas Murray recommends a…
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Why We All Want the Same Things
Luke Burgis on the one theory that explains Knicks fans, froyo lines, and maybe even Anthropic. Plus: I meet the AI millionaires.
Suzy Weiss
‘Toy Story 5’ Is a Love Letter to Fathers
From an industry that usually portrays dads as fools or tyrants comes something rare: a portrait of fathers as tender, flawed, frightened, and…
Liel Leibovitz
The Hottest New After-School Activity? Mah-Jongg.
Mah-jongg–themed birthday parties, Mah-jongg summer camps and inflatable mah-jongg floats for the pool: The tile game has officially hit the tween…
Doree Lewak
Arthur Brooks: The Knicks Just Made the Case for Sports Fandom
New Yorkers poured into the streets after the Knicks’ title run, embracing strangers in shared joy. Social science suggests that instinct is good for…
Arthur Brooks
Welcome to Christian Boot Camp. Plus. . .
Niall Ferguson will make you love soccer. Trump’s tourism czar says foreigners believe ‘bullshit’ ideas about America. Why Olivia Rodrigo should believe…
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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Is a Dud
In an era primed for a great UFO movie, the film arrives with impeccable timing and almost nothing interesting to say.
Will Rahn
Olivia Rodrigo Murdered Her Love Songs
It was supposed to be about a happy relationship—but when her heart got broken, she rewrote her lyrics for a generation cynical about love.
Kat Rosenfield
The Return of the Roast, with Jeff Ross
Why do we love being mean to each other?
Suzy Weiss
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