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Money Move
Cardi B’s debut is the album you were hoping for.
Robots Who Read Recaps
Westworld’s second season is even more meta.
Stulman Checks In
Simon & the Whale is a crowd-pleaser with enough personality to keep things interesting.
Games
Is Football Over? Just a few years ago, the NFL was an unassailable empire. Now, suddenly, it’s the fall of Rome.
Brutal Youth
Season two of Search Party is not as surprising, but it’s just as smart.
Every Parent Wants To Protect Their Child. I Never Got The Chance.
To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.
Once I Got The Column, I Had To Live Or Die By It
You could learn a lot at a restaurant table with Liz Smith.
Stick To Your Obsessions Until Everyone Shares Them
Director Guillermo del Toro has always rooted for the monsters. Now he hopes the rest of us are ready to fall in love with one.
What's Less Popular Than Donald Trump?
Pretty much everything Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are doing.
Hillary Clinton: She's Okay What About You?
The surreal post election life of the woman who would have been president.
Uber, But For Melt Downs
Sexual harassment, corporate-espionage charges, taking advantage of drivers: The company that practically courts bad PR has an even greater, more existential dilemma.
First She Marched, Then She Ran
Alexis Frank, a 26-year-old political novice, never considered vying for Congress—until she saw Hillary Clinton lose.
Hollywood's Bank Run
The pitchfork mobs didnt quite make it to Wall Street in 2008. So seven years later, the man who brought you Anchorman decided to give it another go with The Big Short.
Baltimore: A Most Violent Year
Baltimore, the laboratory city.
The GOP Bear Market
Republican billionaires are having trouble generating returns.
The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face On A Box of Clairol
No one knew her secret. Until they did.
The Dying of the White Male Light
The more precarious their political position, the greater their threat.
This Time On, 'Serial'
The building of a podcast empire (and a very-high-stakes second season).
In Conversation: Charlie Kaufman
The singular director and Oscar-winning writer of Being John Malkovich and Anomalisa opens up about puppet sex, the TV shows he can’t get made, and the future of humans as a species.
Sesame Street Is Gentrifying
And the locals aren’t entirely happy about it.
The Attorney General Isn’t Giving In To Fear
The attorney general isn’t giving in to fear.
The Epic Fail of Hollywood’s Hottest Algorithm
When he wasn’t hanging out with Bradley Cooper, or leasing a horse for Kate Bosworth, or negotiating a Golden Globes shout-out from Christian Bale, or bringing a baby wolf to the office, one Hollywood studio head was talking up the sweetest game in town: the chance to invest in movies that couldn’t fail. And plenty of people bought what Ryan Kavanaugh was selling.
How Smart Do You Have to Be to Raise a Child?
The state said a 19-year-old with an intellectual disability wasn’t equipped to look after her baby and whisked the newborn off to another family just after birth - a decision the mother was ready to fight. But how smart do you have to be to raise a child?
What is it About Tory Burch?
The designer pivots into sportswear - and maintains her tennis grip on the American imagination.
Lesley Arfin on Love, Selfishness, and the Art of Oversharing
The Judd Apatow protégée and co-creator of Netflix’s new Love on the art of oversharing.
What Kanye Has in Common With Trump. And Martin Luther King.
What Kanye has in common with Trump. And Martin Luther King.
In Conversation: John Oliver
The Last Week Tonight host swears he’s only kidding.
Uber Drivers Around the World Tell All
Riots, support groups, and psychic-energy vampires.
Why, Exactly, Is Trump Driving Conservatives So Crazy?
The answer has nothing to do with his character.
Meet the Internet's Pimple-Popping Dermatologist
A dermatologist finds fame among those for whom watching a pimple explode recalls the butterflies of a first kiss.