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After Britney Spears was released from her conservatorship, some of her fandom latched on to a new theory: What if she had never been freed at all?

The Canadian, biracial, Jewish, middle-class, former child actor has reshaped rap, pop, and the masculinity wars.

The Manson Family murders weren’t a countercultural revolt. They were about power, entitlement, and Hollywood.


Swifties had extremely mixed feelings about her romance with the 1975 lead frontman.


House of Hammer is the latest entry in the Armie Hammer true crime scandal.


On the Vanderpump Rules finale, the cameras finally capture Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix at the most dramatic moment of their lives.

The UK is about to experience its first coronation in 70 years. Here’s what you need to know.


Why everyone suddenly cares about the stars of the yet-to-be-released rom-com Anyone But You.


Swifties are losing it over the pair’s breakup, but we never really knew them to begin with.


Countersuing an optometrist for a ski slope collision is basically Gwyneth Paltrow’s White Lotus audition.


The Jason Sudeikis-Olivia Wilde breakup changed the way watching Ted Lasso feels.



Remember when Hollywood feuds were fun? This one is extremely not.


“Will Smith practices selective outrage,” says Rock in his new Netflix comedy special.


Constance Grady looks back at the sexual and gendered mores of the late ’90s and 2000s, one pop culture phenomenon at a time.

In the biggest tabloid love triangle of the 2000s, there was never a right kind of woman to be.


Netflix’s new Pamela Anderson documentary is a clever meta commentary on the wronged-woman reevaluation trend.


Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes prove we still love a classic tabloid drama.


The press is the villain but there are no heroes in Prince Harry’s new memoir.


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


The three-episode first volume trods extremely familiar ground.


Season five of “The Crown” is somehow both too accurate and too distorted for the royal family’s supporters.


Why Johnny Depp and Amber Heard accused each other of domestic violence.


George Clooney and Julia Roberts are the stars of Ticket to Paradise. They’re not the only boldface names of the ’90s back in a mid-budget film.


The theories surrounding Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, Midnights, explained.

Xi Jinping versus the stans.

So your favorite rapper turned out to be a bigot, or: The art vs. the artist, Ye edition.


A new court filing alleges physical violence against his children for the first time.


Cheating hasn’t changed. But post Me Too, our reactions have.

Marilyn Monroe was an artist. Her magnum opus was her own image.


Don’t Worry Darling features a Harry Styles love triangle, a possible feud, and maybe some spit. And that’s just behind the scenes!


10 questions about the queen’s funeral, asked and answered.


Your guide to the endlessly convoluted Broadway musical drama.


The pure satisfaction of the term “nepotism baby.”


The former Nickelodeon star burns her bridges in her new memoir.


Miller is on the cusp of massive fame, but their hedonistic spate of aggression may be their undoing.

From surprise albums to Beychella to “Break My Soul”: Behind the singer’s 10-year journey to cultural dominance.


Disco and house music are as American as hip-hop and rock ’n’ roll. But Americans have never fully embraced that idea.

How Tom Cruise went from superstar to laughingstock and back again.

