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Sunday, Mar 24

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HBO’s Sublime New Comedy Special Could Only Have Come From One Person

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Five years after his previous HBO stand-up special, Ramy Youssef shies away from nothing.

Saturday, Mar 23

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Is It Possible to Tell an Actually Funny Joke About Women’s Sports? Ask Mo Welch.

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Queer comedian Mo Welch on love triangles in the WNBA, hacky dude jokes, and the day she had to leave pickleball behind.

Wednesday, Mar 20

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She Might Have Inspired One of Netflix’s Biggest Shows. She Died Last Month. No One Wrote About It.

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Why Lisa Lane left chess behind, very soon after she found it.

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Tuesday, Mar 19

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The Kate Middleton Situation Was a Sideshow. Now It’s Changed the Royals Forever.

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She’s not dead. She was in that grocery store. It no longer matters.

Sunday, Mar 17

16

The Trick That Kept Me From Quitting My Job When I Couldn’t Afford To

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Anger is "vital energy," my therapist told me.

Friday, Mar 15

11

Stormy Daniels Is Telling a Different, Darker Story Than She Used To

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A new documentary shows just how much she—and the country—have changed since 2018.

Tuesday, Mar 12

21

Emma Stone’s Best Actress Speech Put Her in an Impossible Situation. Improbably, She Was Ready.

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It wasn't Stone’s fault that her Oscars win felt like a scene from The Curse, but boy, was it awkward.

Monday, Mar 11

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My Fiancé Won’t Let Me Give Birth to My Friend’s Baby

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He's thinking about the money. I'm thinking about being a good friend.

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars Jokes, Ranked, From Best to Most Groanworthy

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The late-night host was certainly better than Jo Koy, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a mixed bag.

Sunday, Mar 3

19

I Pay the Mortgage and Bills. My Wife Should Take Care of Me in Other Ways.

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She says I’m being coercive, but I'm just trying to get what I'm owed.

Saturday, Feb 24

18

One of Our Greatest Actors Just Gave His Best Performance in Decades. Why Is No One Talking About It?

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Even at 80 years old, Robert De Niro just did something new.

Thursday, Feb 22

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How Does Netflix’s Adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender Compare to the Original?

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There are some major differences between Avatar: The Last Airbender’s animated series and new live-action show.

Wednesday, Feb 21

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Sunday, Feb 18

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I’m Dying to Get Back in the Game After My Divorce, but This One Sex Move Is Holding Me Back

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I want to connect with people sexually, but it's just not worth the jaw pain.

Thursday, Feb 15

22

What No One Wants to Tell Women About Divorce

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A serious talk, divorced woman to divorced woman, about how ending things can be just the beginning.

Monday, Feb 12

18

Jon Stewart’s Comedy Style Is Now Hopelessly Outdated. But There’s Something Else He May Have to Offer.

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The world watched Jon Stewart outgrow The Daily Show. Has the world now outgrown Jon Stewart?

Friday, Feb 9

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What Made True Detective’s First Season So Great Is Missing From Night Country. Luckily, Another Detective Drama Has It in Spades.

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Monsieur Spade comes close to reproducing the first True Detective’s narrative texture and density.

Thursday, Feb 8

Help! My Therapist Said I Should Extort My Abusive Father for Ruining My Life.

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I want to do get closure somehow, but is this really the way?

Wednesday, Feb 7

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My Stepdaughter Hates Her Father and Me With a Passion. But She’s Still Angling for His Money.

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She’s skulking around like a cartoon villain, with dollar signs in her eyes!

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I Always Pictured Breastfeeding My Kids. Then My Psychiatrist Recommended Against It.

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I was never taught about the mental health risks of breastfeeding—until I had to live them.

Monday, Feb 5

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Sunday, Feb 4

12

I Love the British Royals, but There’s Some Seriously Spicy Stuff Happening in Another Kingdom

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If you're tired of Harry, Meghan, and King Charles' prostate, grab your popcorn and head on over to Denmark, where things are really heating up.

Wednesday, Jan 31

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Friday, Jan 26

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Tuesday, Jan 23

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Netflix’s Latest True-Crime Hit Proves How Fiction Has Colonized the Way We Think About Reality

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American Nightmare tells the story of Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, who were victimized twice—first by a stranger, then by the police and the media.

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The 2024 Oscar Nominees You Actually Have to Watch—and Where to Stream Them

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Which movies you must watch, which movies you should watch, and which you can totally skip.

Sunday, Jan 21

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On the Day of My Wedding, I’d Never Spent a Second Alone With My Wife. There’s a Surprising Reason Why.

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I met Kerry in prison. I never expected that she'd become the love of my life.