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Staff writer Rebecca Alter thinks her opinions about pop culture are valid, actually. She covers comedy, TV, movies, and celebrities behaving oddly.

  1. rip
    Lance Reddick, The Wire and John Wick Actor, Dead at 60Reddick was found dead of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles.
  2. scrummy
    Alison Hammond Joins The Great British Bake Off As Co-hostThe popular television personality replaces Matt Lucas.
  3. coming soon
    The Other Two Season Three Premieres May FourthTo put it in words that Carey and Brooke Dubek would Google: “Funny gay show new season when watch?”
  4. transatlanticism
    Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon Were Banned From Doing Boston AccentsThe director of Boston Strangler put his stars on a gag order.
  5. ring ring
    The BlackBerry Trailer Is a Very Funny Geek TragedyBored of Silicon Valley success stories? Try a Canadian fail-tale.
  6. ketchup
    Who Is She? Bill Nighy’s Sylvanian Oscars Date Revealed.Everything we know about the Oscar nominee’s leporine plus-one.
  7. cronenbergian
    Grab a Bite With Two Rachel Weiszes in This Exclusive Dead Ringers ClipIf you thought you wanted to be murdered by ONE Rachel Weisz …
  8. f is for fungible
    Not You, Too, Cookie Monster!Cookie Monster is entering the half-baked world of NFTs.
  9. backstage
    Don’t Cancel Jamie Lee Curtis“Cancel me tomorrow! But not tonight.”
  10. oscars 2023
    Michelle Yeoh Calls Best Actress Oscar a ‘Beacon of Hope’Congratulations to a literal stunt queen.
  11. oscars 2023
    David Byrne and Stephanie Hsu’s Oscars Performance Paid Homage to RaccacoonieHot-dog fingers at the Oscars: ✔️
  12. oscars 2023
    Jimmy Kimmel Breaks the Slap Joke Seal in His Oscars Opening Monologue“L. Ron Hubba Hubba!”
  13. beige
    The 2023 Oscars Won’t Have a Red CarpetThe Academy Awards are doing a full gut reno on Hollywood’s most famous flooring.
  14. corncob tv
    I Think You Should Be-lieve ITYSL Has a Season 3 Premiere DateThe Netflix sketch-comedy show is how Tim Robinson buys his house. It keeps his house hot.
  15. the iger files
    Even Bob Iger Has Marvel and Star Wars Sequel BurnoutAnd he’s hinting at raising Disney+ prices.
  16. wahoo!
    It’s a-Here, Mario!Chris Pratt, look how you massacred our boy.
  17. creed is good
    Amazon Considers Creed Anime With Arms Wide OpenMichael B. Jordan to take a jock thing and make it a nerd thing.
  18. vanlife
    Make Reservations for Jeremy Renner’s Renovations Show RennervationsRenner unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.
  19. wildin’ out
    Kathryn Hahn to Play Wild Multiverse Cheryl StrayedNot Little Fires Everywhere. Not Big Little Lies. This is Tiny Beautiful Things.
  20. box office k.o.
    Creed III Sets a Major(s) Box-Office RecordCheckmate.
  21. huh
    TikTok’s Favorite Celebrity Couple Is Kim Kardashian and Michael CeraJust because it never happened doesn’t mean they can’t get back together.
  22. gojo plus
    Who’s on Whose Team in Succession Season 4?All long knives raised against Logan Roy shall falter.
  23. these guys
    Sam Levinson and the Weeknd Allegedly Turned The Idol Into a ‘Rape Fantasy’Reports from crew members say that the Euphoria creator and Canadian pop star have made “troubling” creative decisions.
  24. it’s called fashion
    Okay, TikTok, You Can Calm Down About Aubrey Plaza at the SAG Awards NowJon Gries walks one Eckhaus Latta show and suddenly he’s a stylist.
  25. american sniper
    What Were the RuPaul’s Drag Race Producers Thinking?Release the Spice rap!
  26. everybody loves puppets!
    Tom Cruise Crashed The Lion King to Play PumbaaOf course James Corden is involved in this somehow.
  27. adventures of davey zazz
    Warner Bros. and New Line to Forge More Lord of the RingsWhy not turn The Hobbit into five movies? or ten?
  28. mcu-sical
    Disney Is Making the Fake Captain America Musical a RealityHow annoyed is Julie Taymor right now on a scale of one to ten?
  29. doing something unholy
    And Just Like That … to Re-Reunite Carrie and AidanAnd it looks like Sam Smith will also make an appearance.
  30. she’s reba!
    Reba McEntire Is Joining The Voice, Y’allA single mom who works too hard, who loves her kids and never stops, with gentle hands and the heart of a fighter, she’s a … mentor?
  31. disney adults
    Bob Iger’s First Order of Business: Get Rebel Wilson MarriedThe prodigal Disney CEO is whipping the company into shape by facilitating celebrity Rebel Wilson’s engagement.
  32. podcasts
    This Month in Comedy Podcasts: Finally With Grace and JoeRounding up our favorite comedy-podcast episodes of the month.
  33. rebecca is a food critic now
    Cardi B and Offset’s McDonald’s Meal Made Me Glad to Be SingleFrom the top, make it drop, that’s some dry-ass burger.
  34. last night on late night
    Jack Whitehall Shares a Manscaper With His CavapooThe Clifford the Big Red Dog star found a small red pube.
  35. memento mickey
    Disney Defrosts Walt’s Corpse for Its 100th AnniversaryHis non-cryogenic, undead hologram has people asking a lot of questions already answered by said hologram.
  36. web series
    Maria Bamford and Her Intrusive Thoughts Are Making a Web SeriesAnd she needs your help!
  37. yawn solo
    Harrison Ford Isn’t Anxious. You’re Just Boring.In a searingly honest confessional, the 80-year-old actor came out … as not having social anxiety.
  38. not-so-happy trails
    Kevin Costner Is Quiet Quitting Yellowstone and Taking the Show Down With HimWhen Kevin Costner closes a door, Matthew McConaughey opens a window.
  39. chat room
    M3gan’s Brian Jordan Alvarez Welcomes Our AI Overlords“Be M3gan. Be more M3gan.”
  40. sundance 2023
    As Seen at SundanceThe talk of the ski town at this year’s film festival.
  41. coming soon
    Save the Date for Party Down Season 3Soup R’ Crackers? In this climate?
  42. crane family reunion
    He’s Still Listening: Frasier Is Getting a Paramount+ RevivalAnders Keith has been cast as Niles and Daphne’s son, David.
  43. sundance 2023
    Sundance, Day Four: Joey Soloway’s House Party and a Missing Dakota JohnsonSaying good-bye to Sundance with rubber ducks, queer horror filmmakers, and a bottle of tequila.
  44. park city confidential
    Sundance, Day 3: Zooming With Judy Blume and Mothering With Mia GothInfinity Pool is creepy, the Judy Blume documentary is fun, and the Meredith Marks party has gossip.
  45. park city confidential
    Sundance, Day Two: FBI Cover-Ups and White Claw Police RaidsFrom a Real Housewife’s boutique to Rupi Kaur’s pita-chips poetry. Also: a documentary.
  46. park city confidential
    Sundance Returns with Cannibalism Comedy and the Indigo Girls[Indigo Girls Voice] We went back to the mountains and found some pretty good Armie Hammer jokes.
  47. we come to this place
    Do Any of Netflix’s 2023 Movies Know When a Movie Feels Like a Movie?Netflix’s latest “save the dates” reel of upcoming original features looks mighty suspicious.
  48. edelwhy
    Do Re Mi Fa So Anyway the Von Trapps Are Prestige-TV-Dramafying ThemselvesBaron von Trapp’s great-great-grandson would like the show to star Meryl Streep … as Maria’s daughter-in-law.
  49. sundance 2023
    22 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at Sundance 2023From Cat Person (starring Cousin Greg) to the new Nicole Holofcener to an Ottessa Moshfegh–Anne Hathaway collaboration and more.
  50. surprise bitch
    Romance Novelist Susan Meachen Explains Why She Un-Unalived HerselfShe’s so much happier now that she’s undead.
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