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The Fix Is Already Written
The failures here are structural, which means the repairs are too. The most detailed plan comes from a company that sits with the creators getting hurt.
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How to Disappear an Account
The tools built to protect creators can be aimed at them, because they are built to count rather than to understand.
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The Bully Is Whoever's Winning
The vocabulary of harm is real and it matters. That is exactly why the people who reach for it, and the moment they do, deserve a closer look.
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They Come for You When You're Winning
The toll of being visible online is rarely the thing outsiders picture. It tends to be quieter, and it lands first on the people doing best.
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The Forest Is a Culture Story: Tinsel at Electric Forest 2026
10 artists, one weekend in the Michigan woods, and a magazine's worth of questions about reinvention, craft, and how we gather now.
Hacks Filmed Its Series Finale at the Louvre After Last Year's Heist Made It Seemingly Impossible
The Max comedy shot its series finale at the Louvre after a 2025 heist locked down museum access. Prestige TV just proved it can get into spaces Hollywood films can't.
Obsession Made $100M on a Shoestring Budget—YouTube Horror Just Bypassed Hollywood's Star System
A low-budget horror film starring YouTube creators just made $100 million at the box office—and proved Hollywood's star system is optional for an entire category of genre filmmaking.
Hayden Panettiere Says She Was Groomed to Never Say No—Hollywood's Child Labor System Trained Compliance, Not Boundaries
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Javier Bardem's 7-Minute Cannes Ovation Reminds Everyone Why Film Festivals Still Matter
Cannes regular Javier Bardem was the toast of the Palais on Saturday as “The Beloved” had its world premiere in competition and received a 7-minute ovation. A beaming Bardem went up and down the line of the film’s cast, hugging each one. He also waved enthusiastically to the crowds up in the balcony
James Cameron Wants to Make Avatar 4 and 5 in Half the Time for Two-Thirds the Cost
James Cameron says he's working on making Avatar 4 and 5 in half the time for two-thirds the cost. That's not a production update — it's an admission that even the most successful franchise in cinema can't keep building movies this way.
Kristen Stewart Is 'So Sick' of Making Billionaires Richer—and Her Cannes Absurdist Comedy Is the Creative Freedom She's Fighting For
Stewart's Cannes film with Quentin Dupieux isn't just a career pivot—it's a public rejection of the infrastructure that made her famous.
Seth Rogen Called AI Writing 'Stupid Dog Shit'—and Drew the Line Hollywood's Been Too Careful to Say Out Loud
Seth Rogen pulled exactly zero punches when asked about the supposed threat of AI in Hollywood. The 2x Golden Globe winner called AI-generated content “stupid dog shit” and went as far as to say that people who use AI in their writing “shouldn’t be a writer,” while discussing his and wife Lauren Mil
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Retrospective Arrives After Asian American Artists Built the Canon Institutions Ignored
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Berkeley retrospective documents a legacy Asian American artists sustained for decades—institutions are just now catching up.
The Met's 'Costume Art' Organizes Fashion by Body Type—Because Museums Still Can't Defend It as Art on Its Own Terms
The Met pairs garments with paintings to argue fashion belongs in art history—but organizing by body type reveals how uncomfortable museums still are with the medium standing on its own terms.
Euphoria Season 3 Doesn't Speak to Gen Z Anymore—Because Gen Z Already Left
BBC Culture says Euphoria 'has lost its zeitgeisty edge.' The real problem: the show spent so long in production that the cultural moment it captured no longer exists.
Marilyn Monroe's Centennial Auction Is Selling the Privacy She Never Had
Heritage Auctions is selling Marilyn Monroe's handwritten poetry and personal artifacts for her centennial. The most commodified star in Hollywood is still being monetized through the privacy she never had.