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Wait, was that Kamala Harris emerging from a record store brandishing a vinyl copy of the Grateful Dead’s Live/Dead? No, it was actually Charli XCX’s Brat. No, hold on, it was Frank Zappa’s One Size Fits All. Or maybe it was Nirvana’s Nevermind or GZA’s Liquid Swords? All those answers …

In a news photo circulated two weeks ago, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Untook turns driving a Russian-made limo in Pyongyang, North Korea. The sight of two dictators tooling around was unsettling — but also ripe for a particular type of mockery. Soon after the photo appeared, a meme began …

It’s always a cultural event when a celebrity is arrested, but often enough, people are willing to forgive someone who has starred in great movies, dazzled as a pro athlete, or recorded favorite hit singles. Justin Timberlake, however, can no longer trade on his history with ‘NSync or his peak …

It is, in fairness, an irresistible TikTok. The scene opens with the action already underway, as if a bystander has just started recording an escalating drama. A man is suspended in a camping hammock, but it’s not outdoors — it’s fastened to the overhead poles inside a bus, more or …

Right now, as I write this, it’s clear that something is very, very wrong within the Royal Family. To recap: following a hastily issued announcement back in January that she would be having abdominal surgery, the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has not been seen in public, prompting wild speculation …

It’s just a fact that, for all their wonder and whimsy, Roald Dahl‘s children’s books can be terrifying. The heroine of Matilda, abandoned to a strict school by uncaring parents, must survive the cruelties of the headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. Unlike the friendly giant of the title, the other giants in …

In the closing weeks of 2023, the first four songs from Playboi Carti’s forthcoming album were delivered as promised and on time — no small feat for any artist right now, but even more impressive given Carti’s track record. The Atlanta rapper’s previous album, 2020’s Whole Lotta Red, was shrouded …

Last month, a smirking Kevin James broke the internet. Over the past few days, an image of Eric Stonestreet is going for second place on the podium. A promotional image of Stonestreet embodying his hilarious character Cameron ‘“Cam” Tucker in the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family has begun to circulate …

“My name is Kevin Hart and I WORK HARD!!!” reads the Twitter bio of comedian Kevin Hart. You can’t deny the hustle: Hart consistently ranks among the highest-paid comedians, collaborates with big names on high-profile movie projects and, through his two separate production companies, maintains a dizzying number of partnerships …

Human sexuality is vast, diverse and ever-shifting. Yet in the mid-2010s, the internet began to move toward something like consensus on an erotic behavior that has traditionally been outside the mainstream: choking. Public figures like President Obama and Pope Francis received countless Twitter replies from people exhorting them to “choke …