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Lots of people learned a new phrase this week: the "twisties," which is what gymnasts call the mental and physical anomaly Simone Biles experienced during her vault at the women's team final at the Tokyo Olympics. The star of Team USA meant to do…

Exploitation is universally bemoaned in our society. When someone is accused of it, we all sigh and condemn the exploiter. And yet we all still participate, because consumer capitalism has made it impossible not to. We buy fast fashion. We have…

I've been trying to keep an open mind about the Sex and the City spinoff series And Just Like That..., but they're not making it easy! I've barely accepted the fact that they forged ahead with a revival without Kim Cattrall, who played beloved…

It's been an eventful week in women's gymnastics. On Tuesday, Americans awoke to the stunning news that Simone Biles had withdrawn from team competition at the Olympics to prioritize her mental and physical health — a courageous, difficult decision…

It seems every few years since the Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in 1997, six months after the death of rival Tupac Shakur, there's another documentary or book looking into why these two murders are still unsolved. Well, in a few weeks, there will…

Our fists are decidedly clenched. After a quarter century on air, Arthur will end its run in 2022, PBS recently said. The 25th season of the beloved animated children's show will air in the winter of next year, but the show’s Executive Producer…

Piers Morgan is like a yeast infection that just won't go away, no matter how hard you try. He is the nagging itch on humanity, who somehow always remains gainfully employed because the world, despite its seven wonders and occasional triumphs of…

The #MeToo movement has had a storied evolution for almost four years now. Just in its first year, in 2018, the New York Times reported that the movement had seen the demise of 201 prominent men, with 50% of their replacements being women. So in…

Their remix of "Levitating" has dominated the charts for almost a year, which is why Dua Lipa felt she needed to strongly condemn DaBaby for going on a homophobic rant at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami. "I’m surprised and horrified at DaBaby’s…

If you need any proof that no one writes a better script than God, look no further than what Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon A Time in Shaolin has gone through over the last six years. This week, Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, the acting United States Attorney for…

If there was any question as to how utterly absurd our hyper-politicization of everything is in America, look no further than Huntington Beach. Yesterday, a photo outside of a restaurant in the area went viral, depicting a sign that prohibited…

We are finally getting a Black Batman...sort of. Batman Unburied, upcoming Spotify podcast executive produced by The Dark Knight screenwriter David S. Goyer, will be centered on a Batman voiced by Black Panther star Winston Duke. Duke will star as…

Three cheers for Britney Spears' new lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, who's aggressively fighting for her freedom — unlike her court-appointed attorney, Sam Ingham, who spent 13 years doing almost nothing, yet collected a $520,000 annual salary paid by the…

Young Thug has gone pink and punk. In an NPR Tiny Desk Concert that was released earlier today, the rapper premiered a handful of new songs — including an electrifying rock-rendition, aided by Travis Barker, of “Ski,” off of his latest posse album,…

The American women's gymnastic team won silver at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, even after their star athlete pulled out of the competition. Simone Biles shocked the sporting world by withdrawing from the final after it had already started, later…

Early this week, the Los Angeles Times obtained a memo sent by a crisis PR firm to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, outlining what is at stake for the group of journalists behind the Golden Globe Awards. The message served as a warning of…

Let me preface this with one point: DaBaby has no idea what he's talking about. And if you have any common sense, your brain will be frustrated before you're done reading this article. Last night, at Rolling Loud Miami, DaBaby turned a call for…

Skateboarding made its Olympics debut in Tokyo over the weekend, and Gen Z dominated the competition. The men's street medalists are in their 20s, but thrillingly, the women who took gold, silver and bronze are all teenagers. Even more impressive?…

In previous decades, there was a cliched exchange that would happen in television, movies and in the corners of daily life. If you could wish for anything, what would you wish for? The joke-y reply: world peace. It was a smarmy answer because the…