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Tanya Pai

Tanya Pai

Former Director of Newsroom Standards and Ethics

    Latest articles by Tanya Pai

    Culture
    Lifetime’s new Full House movie is as terrible as you thinkLifetime’s new Full House movie is as terrible as you think
    Culture

    Here are 14 “facts” it taught us about the show.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    True Detective season 2 wasn’t all bad. Here are 7 redeeming moments.True Detective season 2 wasn’t all bad. Here are 7 redeeming moments.
    Culture

    A look back at the things that kept us watching week after week.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    4 great lessons on confidence from Mindy Kaling4 great lessons on confidence from Mindy Kaling
    Culture

    Mindy Kaling’s upcoming book includes an excellent explanation of how to be confident.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    One Direction releases first post-Zayn single. Who’s Zayn, again?One Direction releases first post-Zayn single. Who’s Zayn, again?
    Culture

    The boy band and their former member both announced big news this week.

    By Kelsey McKinney and Tanya Pai
    Culture
    True Detective’s orgy scene is one of the smartest things it’s done so farTrue Detective’s orgy scene is one of the smartest things it’s done so far
    Culture

    Let’s examine the show’s tortured relationship with sex.

    By Tanya Pai
    Movies
    Clueless turns 20: 6 way existential lessons it taught usClueless turns 20: 6 way existential lessons it taught us
    Movies

    Twenty years ago this week, a little film named Clueless hit theaters and changed pop culture forever.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    True Detective’s biggest problem right now is that it’s unwilling to have any funTrue Detective’s biggest problem right now is that it’s unwilling to have any fun
    Culture

    Why so serious, show? Would it kill you to throw a pizza onto a roof or something?

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    Harry Shearer, voice of Mr. Burns, will return to The Simpsons after all. Eeexcellent.Harry Shearer, voice of Mr. Burns, will return to The Simpsons after all. Eeexcellent.
    Culture

    The actor who voices Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and others will return for the 27th and 28th seasons.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    6 things Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell’s A Deadly Adoption taught us about Lifetime movies6 things Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell’s A Deadly Adoption taught us about Lifetime movies
    archives
    The other reason Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover is a milestoneThe other reason Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover is a milestone
    archives

    She’s the oldest woman ever to appear solo on the magazine’s cover.

    By Tanya Pai