Culture
Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?
His incendiary clips about Israel have brought flak from both sides of the aisle. But what he wants, he says, is to make people listen
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The New Left
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‘Deeply Emotional’: Luigi Mangione’s Friends React to His Guilty Plea
“Luigi is a human being with a circle of longtime friends who know who he is, stay in touch, and care about him deeply,” says a close friend
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People Can’t Stop Buying Diamonds on TikTok: ‘I Feel Like Thanos’
TikTok Shop started as a place where users snagged makeup products, phone cases, and fast fashion. Now, people are dropping cash on gems
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Robby Hoffman Drops Vinyl of Comedy Special, ‘Wake Up’
The audio version of the comedian’s 2025 Netflix stand-up special, which was produced by John Mulaney, is also available as a digital album
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Do We Really Need Another Charles Manson Documentary?
As Conversations With a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes hits Netflix, director Joe Berlinger explains why we keep talking about the most-covered case in true-crime history
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This Hyrox Race Became a Literal Shitshow. Organizers Are Finally Apologizing
Hyrox officials have updated the rulebook after an Australian pro experienced bowel incontinence at a Beijing race — and kept going to win
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‘With Gaza, I Couldn’t Not Speak Out’: Ms. Rachel on Controversy, Fame, and the Future
The children’s YouTuber has drawn outrage and adoration for her work. As her first album, I’m So Happy, drops, she discusses how she’s surviving her newfound celebrity
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Perez Hilton Enters Residential Treatment Program, Family Addresses ‘False Reports’ About His Condition
Hilton’s family said that they expect him to remain in treatment for several weeks
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Bob Mackie, Famed Fashion Designer to Cher and More, Dead at 87
The “Sultan of Sequins” also worked closely with icons like Carol Burnett and Diana Ross
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‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Revival Axed Following Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Exits
Grande previously said she would take a “step back” from public life, and there were reports that Empire Street Productions was actively searching for replacements
- Finishing the Hat
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Kai Cenat’s Runway Show Felt Like 2016 New York in the Best Way
With Vivet’s runway debut, the Twitch star brought his world to Fashion Week and gave skeptics reason to take his ambitions seriously
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A Kansas Cold Case Was a True-Crime Hit. Did True-Crime Media Change Its Ending ?
HBO’s new three-part docuseries ‘A Killer Story’ unpacks one of the state's most notorious cold cases and the woman serving time for a murder she says she didn’t commit
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I’m a Princeton Student. The Story of Its Ties to Slavery and Exploitation Must Be Remembered
A journalism class opened my eyes to the school’s complicated history with slave owners and plantation labor. Now, I want to spread the truth and find a path to reconciliation
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David Foster Wallace on 9/11, as Seen from the Midwest
Suddenly everybody has flags out — big flags, small flags, regular flag-size flags
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Volunteers at the Gates of Hell
Among all the people who came to help at Ground Zero after 9/11, the question always was the same: “How close did you get?”
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