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Aja Romano

Aja Romano

Former Senior Culture Writer

    Latest articles by Aja Romano

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    By Aja Romano
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    Culture

    It proves how effortlessly the comedy industry forgives racism.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender is everything fans hoped it would beNetflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender is everything fans hoped it would be
    Culture

    The hugely anticipated remake delivers on the drama, charm, and spectacle of the original.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    An attempt to reckon with True Detective: Night Country’s bonkers season finaleAn attempt to reckon with True Detective: Night Country’s bonkers season finale
    Culture

    What True Detective’s fourth season gets wrong about True Detective.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
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    Culture

    Why “He Gets Us” doesn’t get us.

    By Aja Romano
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
    What does the EGOT even mean, anyway?What does the EGOT even mean, anyway?
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

    What the quest for four major awards tells us about Hollywood, celebrity egos, and ourselves.

    By Aja Romano
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
    4 winners and 3 losers from this year’s Oscar nominations4 winners and 3 losers from this year’s Oscar nominations
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

    The patriarchy is riding high for the 2024 Oscars — but not Charles Melton or the boys of Saltburn.

    By Kyndall Cunningham, Constance Grady and 2 more
    If you want to understand modern politics, you have to understand modern fandom
    Culture

    You don’t just vote for Trump. You stan him.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, whose bizarre tale of abuse ended in her mother’s murder, is the latest free woman at the eye of a media hurricaneGypsy-Rose Blanchard, whose bizarre tale of abuse ended in her mother’s murder, is the latest free woman at the eye of a media hurricane
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
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    We still don’t know how to talk about Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau.

    By Aja Romano

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