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Arts And Culture
Risk Week
If You Don’t Play, You Can’t Win
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Sabrina Imbler
October 25, 2024
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Risk Week
What Do You Risk In Revisiting A Piece Of Culture You Once Loved?
By
Kelsey McKinney
October 24, 2024
266
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‘Anora’ Gets Lost In Its Own Excess
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Israel Daramola
October 18, 2024
44
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No One Needed The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show To Come Back
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 17, 2024
92
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NBA
Why I Own An Unremarkable 1990 Mark Jackson Basketball Card
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Dan McQuade
October 11, 2024
115
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Who Owns An Idea?
By
Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 11, 2024
90
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‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Is Like A Wildlife Cam But For Old Dudes Who Rock
By
Rachelle Hampton
October 9, 2024
57
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‘The Tall Guy’ Is Richard Curtis At His Pre-Hollywood Best
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Soraya Roberts
October 8, 2024
63
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The Best Films At The 2024 New York Film Festival
By
Israel Daramola
October 4, 2024
26
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Defector At The Movies
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Soraya Roberts
October 4, 2024
350
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Israel Daramola
October 2, 2024
42
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When Quiet Luxury Gets Loud
By
Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 2, 2024
226
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‘Megalopolis’ Is Both Ingeniously Stupid And Stupidly Genius
By
Israel Daramola
September 30, 2024
257
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In Rumaan Alam’s ‘Entitlement,’ Money Comes At The Expense Of Everything Else
By
Rachelle Hampton
September 25, 2024
31
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Music
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By
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 20, 2024
22
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Arts And Culture
‘Nightbitch’ Is About A Woman Clawing Back Her Time
By
Soraya Roberts
September 19, 2024
77
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Israel Daramola
September 17, 2024
28
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What Exactly Happened With The Fruity Pebbles?
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Rachelle Hampton
, and
Kelsey McKinney
September 17, 2024
159
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Music
A Washed American’s Guide To The Boundless Underworld Of Brazilian Funk
By
Billy Haisley
September 13, 2024
61
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Life's Rich Pageant
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By
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David Roth
September 13, 2024
264
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By
Israel Daramola
September 10, 2024
190
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Nicholas Russell
September 9, 2024
77
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Rich Homie Quan Got To The Top Of The Mountain
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Israel Daramola
September 6, 2024
32
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Writing Is An Act, Not An Aesthetic
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Rachelle Hampton
September 6, 2024
125
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Adam Sandler Lets Us Love Him
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Soraya Roberts
September 6, 2024
150
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