Culture Pop!
Pamela Anderson reveals intense chemistry with Liam Neeson and hints there’s more behind their surprising relationship.
Alien: Earth Recap: The First Pancake
The Xenomorphs have reached Earth, which seems like a bad thing, but Boy Kavalier sure seems excited to have the Maginot specimens.
Kevin Costner Says Horizon Sexual Harassment Allegations Are ‘Absolutely False’
He calls the allegations a “bold-faced lie.”
Who’s Going to the Love Island USA Reunion?
“We gonna do this in public like how you did,” Olandria airs someone out in the teaser.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Will Live Again As an Anime
The adaptation, Sekiro: No Defeat, will be out on Crunchyroll in 2026.
Frisbee, Seth Meyers’s Dog and Andy Samberg’s Nemesis, Dead at 14
A longtime rivalry is laid to rest.
The Man in the New Boots
“Suddenly I thought I should probably ride a bull. Or, more accurately, I suddenly found that I was going to ride a bull.”
Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream
Nerd has been part of our lexicon for three-quarters of a century, its geeky meaning embodied by some of the most recognizable characters in film and TV, but its origin story is a bit murky.
It pays to be cringe. Lean in.
Has online hate ever been this cruel?
Brendan Abernathy is a singer-songwriter who went viral earlier this year for an earnest performance of his song “married in a year.” The backlash was immediate, and one word popped up over and over again in the comments: “cringe.”
Brittany and Ramtin Arablouei, co-host of NPR’s Throughline, get into the rise of cringe culture: where it comes from, how it’s hurting us, and how leaning into cringe is good for art. And Ramtin talks with Brendan about how to cope with the criticism, and Brendan debuts a new song about his experience. Brendan’s new album is out September 26th.
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With ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Spike Lee puts a hip-hop spin on Kurosawa’s 1963 classic
Lee’s new film centers on a music mogul who faces a moral dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly hold his friend’s son ransom instead of his own: Will he risk it all to save a child who isn’t his?

