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Ramen, Dumplings & Fiona Apple
Musical meals as solace in difficult times.
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Kirthana Ramisetti
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Our Dream Oscar Nominees
Four choices for movies and performances that should, in a better world, be nominated for Academy Awards.
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Your Next-Level Ministry of Pop Culture Experience Is Here
New exclusive content, chats, trivia events, and more are coming your way in 2025!
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Our 2025 Pop Culture Predictions
From Taylor to Peak TV, we guarantee these all will maybe possibly come true.
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A Dispatch from the Real Schitt's Creek
Reporting from the matchbox town once home to the Rose family
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Thea Glassman
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December 2024

Our Top Reads of 2024
TV writers script the 2024 election, how fictional NYC captured 9/11, what "Schitt's Creek" taught us about love, how to write like Taylor Swift, and…
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I'll Have What She's Having
The first part of our definitive list of the all-time greatest American romantic comedies
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Saul Austerlitz
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Erin Carlson
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The Best Pop Culture Books of 2024
Mean Girls, Judy Blume, stand-up comedy, the Blues Brothers, the tabloid 2000s, and Ted Lasso are among the subjects authors tackled this year. Our…
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'Ted Lasso' Is Life!
An interview with Jeremy Egner, the author of the new "Ted Lasso" book "Believe."
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Saul Austerlitz
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Why Is Nicole Kidman Always on My TV Now?
How embracing the menopausal years is giving some of our greatest actresses the best roles of their lives on the small screen. And how we can still do…
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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
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Rediscovering My Family History Through a Netflix Movie
Staring through the windows of "His Three Daughters."
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Saul Austerlitz
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Pop Culture Secret Santa
Our handpicked book pairings go together as well as milk and cookies.
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