Netflix’s ‘A Man in Full’ Makes an Epic Novel Feel Small
Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is a massive book, in more ways than one. A 742-page social novel with an iconoclastic Atlanta real estate...
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Under the Bridge: True Story Behind Hulu Crime Drama
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Under the Bridge. On the evening of Nov. 14, 1997, 14-year-old Reena Virk was invited to a party near...
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All The Internet Stars in Abbott Elementary
The latest season of Abbott Elementary is filled with guest appearances from internet stars. Since it premiered in 2021, the Emmy-winning workplace sitcom, set at...
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How Shogun’s Depiction of Seppuku Compares to Real History
Warning: This post contains spoilers for episode 9 of Shōgun. With just one episode to go in the sprawling, action-packed, emotional journey that is FX’s...
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J.B. Smoove on the Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale
Spoiler alert: This piece discusses the Curb Your Enthusiasm series finale. In many ways, Curb wasn’t Curb before Leon Black arrived. That’s a common sentiment...
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What We Learned From Episode 5 of Quiet on Set
On Sunday night, Investigation Discovery released a fifth episode of Quiet on Set, a docuseries that has generated much conversation about what happened behind the...
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A New Netflix Show Makes Andrew Scott the Definitive Ripley
A crucial scene in Ripley, the latest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley, places the eponymous grifter in Rome’s Galleria Borghese....
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The True Story Behind HBO’s ‘The Synanon Fix’ Doc
What happens when a rehab program that is supposed to cure addictions becomes addictive itself? That’s the story of Synanon, an organization that went from...
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The Best Shows on Peacock to Watch Right Now
This list will be updated regularly as titles are added to and removed from Peacock. Peacock may not be as prolific as Netflix or as...
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The Real Family in Hulu’s We Were The Lucky Ones
The author Georgia Hunter grew up hearing that her granduncle kept a fake penis foreskin on hand in case he had to show proof that...
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‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ Makes Reality TV Real Again
Jerrod Carmichael had been a famous comedian for almost a decade, with an eponymous NBC sitcom and a couple of stand-up specials under his belt,...
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Josh Peck and Former Nickelodeon Stars Speak on Quiet on Set
Former Nickelodeon stars have shared their reactions to Quiet on Set, the Investigation Discovery documentary series that explores allegations of unsafe work environments on the...