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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

    Culture
    How Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin rewrote the book’s ending for a big twistHow Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin rewrote the book’s ending for a big twist
    Culture

    M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie is based on the book A Cabin at the End of the World, and largely follows it — until it doesn’t.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    How Avatar: The Way of Water can make $2 billion and still feel irrelevantHow Avatar: The Way of Water can make $2 billion and still feel irrelevant
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    James Cameron’s sequel is the global smash no one is talking about.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Peacock’s The Traitors should be your new reality TV obsessionPeacock’s The Traitors should be your new reality TV obsession
    Culture

    Traitors feels like a game anyone could win, except for the people Peacock cast.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    What it means to be a “good” Real HousewifeWhat it means to be a “good” Real Housewife
    Culture

    How fans treat Real Housewives like sport.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    M3gan is about how scary a tween girl can beM3gan is about how scary a tween girl can be
    Culture

    There are few things scarier than girls who know too much.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Real Housewife Jen Shah is sentenced to 6.5 years in prisonReal Housewife Jen Shah is sentenced to 6.5 years in prison
    Culture

    The Real Housewives’ spectacle of unearned wealth was all fun and games until Jen Shah defrauded the elderly.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Why M3gan is already a camp horror icon in the makingWhy M3gan is already a camp horror icon in the making
    Culture

    How a beautiful murder doll left us no choice but to stan.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    The Cheesecake Factory knows what you want
    Culture

    Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    3 things to remember about Avatar before you see Avatar: The Way of Water3 things to remember about Avatar before you see Avatar: The Way of Water
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    Avatar came out in 2009. It’s not your fault if you don’t remember every detail.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The White Lotus’s explosive season finale, explainedThe White Lotus’s explosive season finale, explained
    Culture

    Who died (and who survived) at The White Lotus.

    By Alex Abad-Santos