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Culture Archive

Archives for January 2015

Culture
4 times cops helped graffiti artists4 times cops helped graffiti artists
Culture

They may always be enemies. But sometimes, cops and taggers have been on the same side.

By Phil Edwards
Technology
Netflix Says Its Subscribers Love the Shows It Makes -- So It’s Going to Make a Lot MoreNetflix Says Its Subscribers Love the Shows It Makes -- So It’s Going to Make a Lot More
Technology

Reed Hastings will celebrate by streaming Sony’s “The Interview,” starting this Saturday.

By Peter Kafka
Science
The Vox guide to getting hugeThe Vox guide to getting huge
Science

Do protein powders and supplements really work?

By Julia Belluz
Culture
How Sleater-Kinney became one of the last great rock bandsHow Sleater-Kinney became one of the last great rock bands
Culture

10 years after their last album, Sleater-Kinney is back.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
Obama’s tech team hopes to make this the most interactive State of the Union everObama’s tech team hopes to make this the most interactive State of the Union ever
Culture

A new State of the Union website will present personalized pop-up facts as the president gives his speech.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
American Sniper’s huge weekend at the box office is a new milestone for Clint EastwoodAmerican Sniper’s huge weekend at the box office is a new milestone for Clint Eastwood
Culture

It could become the actor and director’s biggest hit ever — give or take an orangutan.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Listen to Martin Luther King’s speeches and some songs they inspiredListen to Martin Luther King’s speeches and some songs they inspired
Culture

The speeches themselves are, of course, incredible, and the songs remind us that music, too, can capture the need for protest and the feelings of hope that King’s speeches created.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
How Martin Luther King’s faith drove his activismHow Martin Luther King’s faith drove his activism
Culture

Though aspects of King’s legacy are debated, his commitment to a radical type of love is beyond dispute.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
Lena Dunham has heard all of your criticisms of Girls. She just doesn’t care.Lena Dunham has heard all of your criticisms of Girls. She just doesn’t care.
Culture

In a brilliant sequence, the writer/director tackles the most persistent barbs lobbed against her show.

By Emily St. James
Culture
TV’s best shows mostly exist because of crappy sitcom rerunsTV’s best shows mostly exist because of crappy sitcom reruns
Culture

How network hand-me-downs help cable networks build a financial cushion to support daring programming.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The future of Fox might look a lot like TV’s pastThe future of Fox might look a lot like TV’s past
Culture

New presidents Dana Walden and Gary Newman look to fill the fourth-place networks with big hits, like the new Empire.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Lifetime’s biopic of Whitney Houston is actually a movie about Bobby BrownLifetime’s biopic of Whitney Houston is actually a movie about Bobby Brown
Culture

The movie is soapy, and barely about the woman in its title.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
This newspaper had the perfect response to this year’s all-white slate of Oscar nomineesThis newspaper had the perfect response to this year’s all-white slate of Oscar nominees
Video
The Oscars’ horrible lack of diversity, explained in 2 minutesThe Oscars’ horrible lack of diversity, explained in 2 minutes
Play
Video

Around 94% of Oscar voters are white.

By Estelle Caswell and Emily St. James
9 things I wish people understood about Lyndon Johnson
Features

He saw the limits of presidential power, he was a genuine liberal, and more.

By Julian E. Zelizer