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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

    Culture
    What happens when The Real World turns you into an “Angry Black Woman”What happens when The Real World turns you into an “Angry Black Woman”
    Culture

    Real World: Homecoming is a second chance for the seminal series, and for New Orleans castmate Melissa Beck.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Selling Sunset is fantastical, absurdist office dramaSelling Sunset is fantastical, absurdist office drama
    Culture

    Selling Sunset and the irresistible allure of Barbie-on-Barbie pettiness.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    How Disney found itself in the middle of a culture warHow Disney found itself in the middle of a culture war
    Culture

    Ron DeSantis’s political theater isn’t about changing the company — it’s about clout.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    Everything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicistEverything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicist
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    The probability that we’re all living in the multiverse, and why that idea is so appealing.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Morbius sucks the fun out of the vampire storyMorbius sucks the fun out of the vampire story
    Culture

    Jared Leto’s latest asks, “What if vampires just wanted to study all the time?”

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Morbius links up with a Spider-Man foe in his movie’s two credits scenesMorbius links up with a Spider-Man foe in his movie’s two credits scenes
    Culture

    You’ll be shocked by this MCU crossover ... if you didn’t see the trailer for Morbius.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Oscar Isaac gets to be a hero, dork, and Egyptian god in Moon KnightOscar Isaac gets to be a hero, dork, and Egyptian god in Moon Knight
    Culture

    Marvel’s newest Disney+ series operates as a metaphor about mental illness.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    A night of chaos: 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2022 OscarsA night of chaos: 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2022 Oscars
    Culture

    Beyoncé, Bruno, and the beef between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Aja Romano and 2 more
    Culture
    There should be more movies like The Lost City, even if it isn’t perfectThere should be more movies like The Lost City, even if it isn’t perfect
    Culture

    The action rom-com turns Channing Tatum into the damsel in distress.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Deep Water is a movie for the mean and hornyDeep Water is a movie for the mean and horny
    Culture

    Deep Water asks the deep moral question: Can a drone engineer be sexy?

    By Alex Abad-Santos