
Alex Abad-Santos
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos


A Barbie aficionado and certified doll expert explains why life in plastic has suddenly become so fantastic.


The exisKENtial crisis of Barbie.


A vindication of the rights of Steve Brady.


The Bear is a show about opening a restaurant. It’s also a fantasy about nourishing talent.


HBO knows you don’t like The Idol. But it didn’t shorten the season because of it.


In season two, the Max series learns to laugh at itself, and at Charlotte.


A sharp, canny dark comedy is hiding in this new show from Euphoria’s Sam Levinson and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye.


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The Flash is really about bad decisions.
In Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy has a “protect trans kids” flag in her room and her dad has a trans flag on his uniform.