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The period of time from the mid-20th century up until right now has often been called the “Information Age.” It’s defined by the massive amount of technological progress over the last century, which has brought anything and everything we could ever want right to our fingertips. News, pop culture, weather, porn—if we desire it, we can have it at the speed it takes to type in a request on our phones.

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When they take the microphones behind a DJ booth at the New York Young Republican Club party, Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan have a less-than-captive audience. The event’s headliner, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, has just finished speaking and is on his way to the bar to make margaritas, setting off a small stampede of young conservatives.

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As a result of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) sudden implosion on Friday, a bevy of companies have started releasing filing information, sending out calls for help, and putting holds on their company’s payroll systems. Businesses like Roku, Vox Media, and Etsy are among them.

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The top headlines made by the 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg on Mar. 4, 2002, were that Denzel Washington had joined Sidney Poitier as the only Black winners of the Best Actor prize (for Training Day), and that Halle Berry had become the first Black woman to take home Best Actress (for Monster’s Ball). Those historic successes, consequently, helped overshadow one of the most wrongheaded outcomes in the production’s history—which also... Читать дальше...

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The Academy Awards are known for several things. (Glamour! Speeches! Scandal!) But if “What are the Academy Awards known for?” had been a Family Feud survey prompt, there’s one thing that certainly would not make the board: getting it right.

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It’s hard to blame anyone who’s feeling a little skeptical toward Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves; the last time Hollywood tried to adapt the fantasy tabletop game into a film series, the results were almost supernaturally awful. Even so, anyone who loves D&D would do well to roll the dice again on this new adventure. Unlike its predecessor, this one’s a certified crowd-pleaser—even for those among us who’ve never glimpsed a character sheet. Читать дальше...

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During his 1604 voyage to the Gulf of Maine, Samuel de Champlain sailed north along the coastline. Leaving the principal expedition to explore the Maine coast in a smaller boat, Champlain cruised past the many islands, coves, and reefs. While the land he saw from the water was forested with pine and firs, he was impressed by the towering cliffs with summits void of trees. Читать дальше...

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On Feb. 26, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best actress, and the big award of the night, best motion picture cast. That’s a record-breaking four acting wins for one film at the ceremony. Combine that with the top prizes at the Producers Guild and Directors Guild Awards, and Oscar domination is all but guaranteed.

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Netflix tries to steal back some eyeballs from one of its biggest online video-streaming competitors with Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, a documentary about the creation and travails of the internet’s pre-eminent X-rated emporium. Viewers hoping for salaciousness or titillation, however, will be sorely disappointed by Suzanne Hillinger’s feature (March 15), which eschews nudity (much less hardcore material) to an almost disingenuous degree in favor of a skin-deep and saggy look at the 21st-century porn wars. Читать дальше...

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The mismanagement and neglect by board members overseeing Fox News, revealed in a flood of texts, emails and sworn depositions, is likely to lead to shareholder lawsuits that could topple some Fox News insiders from their lucrative perches.

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Life is Beautiful—or, if you’re practicing Italian, La Vita È Bella—may be one of the most obvious Oscar-bait movies of all time. In fact, the Italian Holocaust tragicomedy probably informed a lot of the 21st century’s most Oscar-thirsty films. It’s a bittersweet, laugh one minute, sob the next movie about the power of family. But it’s so heartwarming. I won’t hear otherwise!

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The new adaptation of Daisy Jones and The Six is a big fat lie. Why? The answer is in the title. While there certainly is a Daisy Jones (Riley Keough)—you can’t make the show without the lead—the second half of the title isn’t true. While the original band in the book that the show is based on has six members, this new series completely erases one of the main characters from the novel.

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After leading the Tennessee state senate as it passed laws this year banning gender-affirming care for minors and all-ages drag performances, Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally (R) faced charges of hypocrisy earlier this week when he was caught leaving admiring comments on nude Instagram photos of a gay Knoxville man.

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When he signed an executive order on Wednesday making Minnesota a refuge state for all those seeking gender-affirming care, Gov. Tim Walz spoke of those behind the bans instituted in other states.

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Not since the great Roxxxy Andrews wig reveal of 1822 has a RuPaul’s Drag Race lip sync seen a move so unexpected, so explosive, and so brilliantly executed, that it decided the outcome of the entire performance before it was over. Sure, there have been undeniably incredible, surprise stunts pulled on the main stage, but it’s hard to recall them years later. Typically, we’re treated to a death drop here, or a taint-ripping split there. But... Читать дальше...

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The right-wing activist who calls herself “Iowa Mama Bear” pleaded guilty Friday to making a false report of sexual abuse against the family of her former business partner. Kimberly Reicks, 40, will be sentenced later this month for just one of the two counts she faced under a deal with prosecutors, according to the Des Moines Register.

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A GOP strategist who accused CPAC leader Matt Schlapp of sexual misconduct and defamation in January is himself now the target of a sexual battery claim—though charges were never filed and he tells The Daily Beast a recording exists that clears his name.