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One of the greatest takeaways from 2017—if, indeed, any such takeaway could be considered “great”—is that real life can be much more frightening than anything Hollywood could ever conjure. Maybe that’s one way to explain the public’s rabid fascination with all things true crime-related. From podcasts like Serial to docuseries like Making a Murderer, audiences…

Utopianism rests upon a single, fundamental truth: that we can be better than we were before. But what if we can’t? What if we’re stuck in a loop, slave to new innovations that only amplify hate, human flaw, and social fragility? In the techno-dystopian wheelhouse that is Charlie Brooker’s darkly imaginative anthology series, Black Mirror,…

Yes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is in theaters and that’s all you really need to know. Well, that and the fact that it made a lot of money and has been surprisingly divisive amongst fans. (Maybe.) Now you're all caught up. Let’s just get on with things, shall we? Everyone Loves The Last Jedi,…

Last week, KFC ran out of chicken in the UK and Ireland. No, really. Also, some Instant Pot cookers are overheating and melting. But considering this all happened in the same week as former Donald Trump campaign aide Rick Gates decided to plead guilty and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, those items definitely…

In a presidency defined more by its unrestrained racial acrimony than its respect for the office, Donald Trump’s latest offense will likely register as little more than a footnote. During a ceremony on Monday honoring Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, Trump set his sights on Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed to be…

A year ago, the Nintendo Switch looked like a Hail Mary from a legacy game company that desperately needed a win. A hybrid machine—part living-room console, part handheld— that turned the Wii U’s kinda-portability into a success? Well, it could work…maybe. Now, of course, the Switch feels like an inevitability. It has already outsold the…

In the final moments of SMILF’s debut episode, its strapped-for-cash, do-anything heroine Bridgette auditions for a small role in a PSA about post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans. Curious as to how she staged such a tear-inducing performance, she casually tells the director, “I was sexually abused by my dad, which also causes PTSD. So I…

Within hours of Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech last week, the internet had somehow transformed the moment from the capstone of an exceptional career in entertainment to the launch of a new political ascendant: President Winfrey. #Oprah2020 surged on Twitter. Quinnipiac University tweaked their polls to pit Trump against Winfrey. Etsy sellers began rolling out…

The new season of Queer Eye, released on Netflix today, begins with two pilgrimages, one physical and one spiritual. After traveling to the small town of Gay, Georgia (yes, seriously), cast member Bobby Berk opens up about being ostracized from his church at a young age. “Once everyone there found out,” he says, “they completely…

It’s early-mid June, which means the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the perennially-at-a-crossroads, very-important-and-yet-somehow-not-important-at-all videogames showcase, is returning. As has been the case for the past few years, the press conference proceedings that mark the largest news-drivers of the event begin today, with Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks holding conferences today and Sony, Nintendo, and everyone else following…