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extremely online Nov. 4, 2024

Can We Please Not Politicize Peanut’s Death?How a euthanized Instagram-famous squirrel became a right-wing rallying cry.

By Kate Lindsay

extremely online Nov. 1, 2024

Mama, a Meme Behind YouHow online were you in October?

By Kate Lindsay

boom! Oct. 29, 2024

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 12

A.J., Big Justice, and Rizzler Bring the BOOM! to Jimmy FallonNot sure who the Costco Guys are? You get a DOOM! Here’s everything you need to know about the TikTok father-son duo.

By Alejandra Gularte

the airport! Oct. 19, 2024

All the Sweat Tour Apple Dances, Collected for Your PleasureBrittany Broski’s cameo was cut short in Los Angeles.

By Jason P. Frank

encounter Oct. 9, 2024

Lauren Greenfield Goes Back to High SchoolThe director of ‘The Queen of Versailles’ watched 2,000 hours of teens’ screen time. What she saw shocked her.

By Kate Dwyer

oral fixation Oct. 8, 2024

Drilling Into the Painful Cavities of Celebrity ToothTokDentists online have figured out that one way to go viral is by forensically explaining your favorite famous person’s teeth.

By Emma Alpern

extremely online Oct. 1, 2024

Moo Deng All the Way DownHow online were you in September?

By Kate Lindsay

vice versa Sept. 25, 2024

Ilona Maher Danced Dirty Last NightOn Dancing With the Stars, lifts are for everyone.

By Jason P. Frank

chat room Sept. 17, 2024

TikTok’s Favorite Servers Spread Positivity and Brain RotMissy McIntosh and Marty Miller changed the way the we speak English from their gig at the “burger box,” girl.

By Rebecca Alter

journalism lives! Sept. 13, 2024

Did That Anti–Lady Gaga Facebook Group Really Exist?“Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous” is officially famous.

By Jason P. Frank

track and field and love Sept. 6, 2024

Hunter Woodhall Wins a Gold Medal to Match His WifeRunning straight to Tara Davis-Woodhall after winning the 400-meter T62 at the Paralympics.

By Alejandra Gularte

extremely online Sept. 2, 2024

How Demure Were You in August?See how we round up memes? Very cutesy, very mindful.

By Kate Lindsay

forbidden fruit Aug. 21, 2024

Did Alicia Silverstone Poison Herself on TikTok?Well …

By Anne Victoria Clark

extremely online Aug. 14, 2024

See How We’re Breaking This Down? Very Demure.A mindful, considerate, and cutesy explanation of how Jools Lebron’s favorite new word became TikTok’s favorite new meme.

By Jennifer Zhan

extremely online Aug. 14, 2024

It Ends With Us Drama Starts With Blake Lively and Justin BaldoniAre the movie’s two stars really in a feud?

By Alejandra Gularte

booktok Aug. 9, 2024

Colleen Hoover Picks Her Riskiest, Buzziest, and Most Romantic NovelsThe It Ends With Us author reflects on which of her books warrants a sequel — and which one could use a rewrite.

By Carly Lane

chat room Aug. 8, 2024

Elio Kennedy-Yoon Is Flattered to Be Your ‘Copacabana’ Crush“It’s very meaningful, especially being who I am. I really like that people are seeing a trans person in a cappella.”

By Jennifer Zhan

characters welcome Aug. 6, 2024

Brian Jordan Alvarez Is a TV English Teacher Now, You Guy!He’s graduated from studempt to teachert on FX.

By Rebecca Alter

extremely online Aug. 2, 2024

How Brat Was Your July?All the memes that fell out of the coconut tree this month.

By Kate Lindsay

crunch crunch July 30, 2024

Artistic Gymnastics - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 2

What TikTok Sound Best Exemplifies Olympic Gold?Would you believe ASMR of eating celery?

By Bethy Squires

momtok July 29, 2024

Those Swinging Mormon TikTokers Are Getting a DocuseriesThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives comes to Hulu just in time for Christian Girl Autumn.

By Alejandra Gularte

athletically online July 23, 2024

Meet This Year’s Team of TikTok OlympiansVlogging just as they did in ancient Greece.

By Kate Lindsay

ijbol July 22, 2024

Vice President Harris Holds Campaign Event In Kalamazoo, Michigan

Why Are People Mixing Kamala Harris’s Laugh Into Pop Songs?The official Twitter account for the Harris campaign gave itself a Brat-coded header.

By Bethy Squires

unbothered July 18, 2024

Maren Morris Acknowledges Skirt That Didn’t Meet Her in the MiddleJoking on TikTok about her viral wardrobe malfunction.

By Jennifer Zhan

blind items July 14, 2024

Which Director Was Racist in Front of Julia Fox?We’ve gotten more clues, including that he’s a former actor.

By Anne Victoria Clark

chat room July 12, 2024

Boman Martinez-Reid Turns TikToks Into Reality-TV Epics“I want people to feel like they’re watching TV when they’re watching me.”

By David Mack

it girl’s it girl July 9, 2024

The DIY Pop StarAliyah’s Interlude is fashioning a music career by skipping the typical TikToker-to-singer pipeline.

By Zoë Haylock

extremely online July 8, 2024

This Is Going to Ruin the TourDo the internet’s biggest moments from last month deserve that hawk tuah or nah?

By Kate Lindsay

cults June 5, 2024

Miranda Derrick Calls Dancing for the Devil ‘One-Sided’She rejects the TikTok cult label, as shown in the new Netflix docuseries.

By Bethy Squires

rumors i’m pregnant? June 5, 2024

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - March 27, 2024

Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga Support Each Other’s Non-PregnanciesGaga has, however, come down with a case of election fever.

By Bethy Squires

extremely online June 4, 2024

Show Me to Me, Please: How Online Were You in May?Send it to me, Rachel.

By Kate Lindsay

the coppolas May 29, 2024

"Megalopolis" Photocall - The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Romy Mars, Singing Coppola, Likes the Internet Putting Her in Her PlaceBeing a Coppola comes with with an innate shrug toward attention.

By Jason P. Frank

the algorithm May 19, 2024

Pavement Gets Their First Gold Record, Thanks to TikTokHarness your hopes on just one platform. Because we know a platform is only made for one.

By Bethy Squires

the law May 7, 2024

TikTok Sues the U.S. GovernmentFirst Amendment, get to work.

By Jason P. Frank

celeb beefs May 5, 2024

Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team 2024 Livery Reveal

Need Help Understanding the Kendrick/Drake Beef? TikTok Is Here for YouDon’t worry, WitckTok has weighed in.

By Bethy Squires

tortured puthets department May 4, 2024

Charlie Puth, a Should-Be-Bigger Artist, Announces New SingleHe claims that someone was giving him a “sign” to release a new song called “Hero.”

By Alejandra Gularte

the industry May 2, 2024

TikTok and Universal Music Group Finally Made UpA new licensing agreement will bring Ariana Grande, BTS, and hundreds of others back to the app.

By Justin Curto

scrootnoo May 1, 2024

Us: How Online Were You in April?Carrie: Big is moving to Paris.

By Kate Lindsay

bazinga Apr. 30, 2024

A Fancy Article and a Scholarship for a Baby

Is Old Sheldon Going on Young Sheldon?The two Sheldons teased the cameo on TikTok, ahead of the series finale in May.

By Alejandra Gularte

dance dance revolutions Apr. 29, 2024

Jojo Siwa Would Like the ‘Karma’ Dance to Be a Thing, If You Could HelpStick an arm out, manically fist-pump with the other one, and that’s what it’s all about.

By Jason P. Frank

tiktok ban Apr. 28, 2024

TikTok Maker Bytedance Says It Will Fight US Ban

6 Companies That Should Buy TikTokWe have some bad suggestions.

By Bethy Squires

the law Apr. 24, 2024

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Into LawByteDance, with nine months to sell the company, vows to fight the measure in court.

By Zoe Guy

the industry Apr. 11, 2024

Wait, Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok?It’s unclear why her songs since 2019, released under UMG, have returned.

By Justin Curto

hurt/comfort Apr. 10, 2024

2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Arrivals

The Hottest New Release on BookTok Is (Checks Notes) 1984?Andrew Scott tortures Andrew Garfield, for all the recovering tumblr girlies.

By Bethy Squires

extremely online Apr. 2, 2024

Yapping and Yearning: How Online Were You in March?Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.

By Kate Lindsay

happy easter Mar. 31, 2024

Memes Is RisenShoutout to TikTok’s Jesus (Taylor’s Version), you’re really putting in the work.

By Bethy Squires

the industry Mar. 8, 2024

Universal Music’s Fight With TikTok Is Screwing Indie Artists“Some of us will not be able to recover from this.”

By Justin Curto

extremely online Mar. 1, 2024

Are You an Elite Employee?How online were you in February? You should know this, too …

By Kate Lindsay

extremely online Feb. 23, 2024

Who’s Gonna Dramatize TikTok’s Zola?The Reesa Teesa drama is sending Donald Glover to Atlanta, while one of the Safdies is on the phone with A24.

By Zoë Haylock

r.i.p. Feb. 16, 2024

‘The Icon, the Diva’ Teresa Smith, TikTok’s @Queenzziel0cthevoice, Has Died@Queenzziel0cthevoice gained online fame in August 2023 when her playful and eccentric TikTok duets of pop songs began going viral.

By Kate Lindsay

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