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How Gorillas Mended Her Broken Hollywood Heart
As television writers become an endangered species, a veteran comedy scribe finds unexpected clarity — and hope — on a pilgrimage through the wilds of Kenya and Uganda.
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Hopping Mad Over Bad Bunny as Super Bowl LX Performer? I Can Get You Good Odds He Wears a Maxi Dress
But at +175, a ball gown simply won't pay out.
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Ye’s Apology Is Not Nearly Enough
An apology without meaningful, sustained change is simply a pause until his next cycle of hate begins.
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I Played a Tribute Show for Bob Weir. It Was Heartbreaking and Healing
The drummer and vocalist for the jam band Eggy pays tribute to the Grateful Dead icon who died Saturday.
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Does Hollywood Have a Sibling Love Triangles Obsession?
Both 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' and 'My Life With the Walter Boys' released new seasons this year, with Prime Video dropping another movie, 'Tell Me Softly,' centered on the trope.
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I Wrote ‘Dude, Where’s My Car’ 25 Years Ago. It Would Never Be Made Today.
In 2000, the author was a young screenwriter writing broad, crude humor to sell into a marketplace that valued it. Then offers dried up. Today, he's quit Hollywood to become a therapist.
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Redford, Keaton and the Twilight of the Gods
The recent deaths of the icons cast a mournful light on a fading generation of actors who once redefined what movie stars could be — complex, messy, and all too human.
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How Hollywood Failed Silicon Valley and the World
You can blame tech bros for the ongoing chaos, but Tinseltown could have offered them another path.
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How Legacy Media Fumbled the Charlie Kirk Shooting
The aftermath of the shooting exposed how little traditional journalists understand the platforms shaping online radicalization and real-world violence: “Too many outlets don’t employ reporters who truly live online.”
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Nate Bargatze’s Boys & Girls Clubs Emmys Bit Was Not as Bad as You Think
For starters, Bargatze and CBS were never going to stiff the very nonprofit they basically dedicated the show to.
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No, Hannah, That Wasn’t Brave (Guest Column)
True courage would have meant calling for peace, for coexistence, for the humanity of both Israelis and Palestinians, even if it risked boos instead of applause, writes Israeli activist Hen Mazzig.
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‘With Love, Meghan’ Sticks to Original Recipe in Season 2 (Unfortunately)
Season one of the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series should’ve served as a taste test; instead, the host and executive producer’s lack of substitutions makes for an equally bland second season.
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