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White House tell-alls age like milk. Why do journalists keep writing them?
Writer-star Richard Gadd denies that Fiona Harvey is the basis for the complicated character.
The blush craze is more than a TikTok beauty trend — it’s a statement.
The controversy over Sabra, a new movie character, explained.
And why you feel bad swearing around your friends’ kids, according to a philosopher.
More of a mathlete than an athlete? A gold medal mindset can help you do almost anything better.
Four winners and six losers from the day.
Officials say Paris will be the “safest place in the world” for the Olympics. Here’s what they’re up against.
The rumors were easy to believe, especially when the potential VP has such terrible ideas about sex.
Get ready to hear [spoiler] saying filthy things.
It’s never too late to pick up a new sport.
4DX — and all these new movie theater formats, from IMAX to ScreenX — explained.
With Kamala Harris’s ascendancy, the series is on everyone’s mind — and the reason it resonates goes deeper than you might think.
Americans are more socially isolated than ever. Here’s how we can reconnect.
Democrats have their first “Brat” candidate. What will it get them?
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
Americans are finally falling in love with the US version of the British reality hit. Fancy that!
From debut character studies to beloved franchises, here are the best books of the last 6 months.
What people project onto the would-be second lady fits a pattern of benevolent sexism about GOP wives.
For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”
The Twisters actor’s career explains a lot about the state of the industry.
The bestseller proves Trump’s VP pick has abiding disdain for absolutely everyone.
Originally marketed squarely at young men, they’re now coming for women’s wallets.
These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you’ll want to leave that to the professionals.
“It’s his brand now.”
The shooting wasn’t staged, but conspiratorial thinking has become widespread in our paranoid age.
Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?
Charges of involuntary manslaughter against the actor have been dismissed, and cannot be refiled. Here’s what happened.
Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts is a convincing argument that the organization shouldn’t exist
“The garden party,” “old money,” and “cool girl” weddings are starting to feel more like dinner parties.
I dove into the scary world of streaming bundles, and now Dolly Parton talks to me while I walk.
Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.
Everyone from Beyonce to Dua Lipa has an album out this year. So why are the charts dominated by male country and rap?
How skorts became cool again, as explained by Challengers and Taylor Swift.
Reckoning with the late author and Nobel Prize winner’s complicity in her daughter’s abuse.
Paris’s bold Olympic promise to clean the River Seine.
The strange ways we do (and don’t) consume glizzies.
Sonny Angels, from TikTok trend to SNL sketch fodder, explained.