The Rise of CliffsNotes Cinema
Oversimplified literary remakes miss the point of the works they are adapting.
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Why Justin Bieber Played YouTube Onstage for Thousands of People
The pop star transformed the normal act of browsing your laptop into something interesting—and unsettling.
The New Age of Performance Anxiety
With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.
Where Did ‘Let Them’ Come From?
Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.
Robert Redford Was as Real as It Gets
The late actor’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent.
Fifty Years After History’s Most Brutal Boxing Match
The Thrilla in Manila nearly killed Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
A New and Dangerous Kind of Fame
Charlie Kirk was a content creator—a job that shapes how people now talk about and experience politics.
The Invention of Judd Apatow
How a kid from Long Island willed his way to the top of American comedy
Nate Bargatze Had One Joke
The Emmys host wanted to make the ceremony fun, but his big idea didn’t work.
The Emmys Speech That Captured the Hollywood Slog
One of the night’s most unexpected winners made a case for sticking with it.
Inside the Very Expensive, Extremely Overwhelming, Engineered Fun of Theme Parks
Roller coasters are bumping against the limits of physics and the human body to keep their riders entertained.
Is This the End of the Dictionary?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
For Those About to Mock
Forty years after Spinal Tap, history’s most hapless band turns it up to 11 one last time.