This week, while watching Mark Zuckerberg answer congressional questions about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I noticed that most of the tweets about it on my timeline referenced The Social Network in some way. Even though Zuckerberg and Facebook are in the news on a near-daily basis and this scandal has raised all
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In yet another testament to how quickly Scandal moves, the series finale is only an hour long. That’s right: There’s just one hour left of Scandal, a single 45-minute installment of television to wrap up what feels like at least a thousand dangling plot threads. As if to allay any
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Elena Ferrante’s series of Neapolitan novels combine the history of a complex female friendship with the history of postwar Italy … but what if they just didn’t? Speaking at a conference in Italy, Sarah Doole, the director of global drama at FremantleMedia, which is co-producing the upcoming adaptation of Ferrante’s
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Will Ferrell was reportedly taken to the hospital in Orange County last night after another car side-swiped the SUV he was riding in, casuing it to flip over. TMZ reports that the comedian and two other passengers riding in the chauffeur-driven car were hospitalized, though Ferrell has now been released
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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami opens with about as fine a welcome as you could ask for: striking 35mm footage of the disco icon during her 2009 world tour, some 60 years old and stalking the stage in a gold skeleton mask and a billowing midnight-blue cape. It would appear
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Lena Waithe continues raking up awards for Master of None’s “Thanksgiving” episode. On Thursday night, Waithe was awarded GLAAD’s Outstanding Individual Episode award for the episode showing her character Denise’s coming out. Waithe used her speech to discuss unity within the queer community. “A lot of people ask me why
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Teens! Those coming-of-age rapscallions! Whether they’re on the hunt to find out if their friend is really dead or just trying to get through high school in one piece, the young-adult experience is rife with dramatic opportunities for television. Yes, some teen shows are far more relatable than others —
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The queen has returned to her throne. After a year of radio silence (save for some features), Minaj has released two new solo songs at once, “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li.” And for the three-peat, she’s also hopped on Young Thug’s new song, “Anybody.” These are her first new lead songs
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