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Brit Marling spent the summer of her junior year at Georgetown University interning at Goldman Sachs, an investment firm that this very publication once called “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.” She ended that summer with a cushy job offer — only to reject it and, …
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Following a year-long US tour, Trevor Noah is releasing his long-awaited Netflix comedy special this month — and the first trailer arrived on Monday, just hours after the special was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Trevor Noah: Where Was I premieres Dec. 19 and marks Noah’s fourth comedy special …
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In the final episode of Squid Game: The Challenge, the three finalists swapped their green tracksuits for button-downs and devoured a steak dinner on a triangular-shaped table, much like the dining hall featured in Netflix’s scripted drama Squid Game. Instead of a deadly knife fight, the two final contestants, Player …
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Despite the controversy that preceded Squid Game: The Challenge — including allegations that the reality competition based on the hit South Korean series was “rigged” — Netflix has opted to give the show a second season. Ahead of the airing of today’s season finale, where one of the 456 contestants …
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It starts not with a bang, but a lack of Wi-Fi. The internet goes down, which means no social media, no email, no communications with the outside world, and — because this is a Netflix movie about worst-case scenarios — no streaming. Then satellites are knocked out, which kills any …
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It’s the most exciting time of Charles Melton’s career — and he’s spent much of it asleep. “There’s a lot of gratitude. I also never knew I was capable of taking so many naps in one day,” Melton says. “I’m just sleeping.” Oh, don’t get him wrong: The past few …
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