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When The L Word went off the air in 2009, it was the only show of its kind. There was no one else depicting queer sexuality or the beauty and drama of wome

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Movies

The Women Who Made You Sob With Queen & Slim Explain That ...

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Queen & Slim. About halfway through my screening of instant Oscars bait Queen & Slim, I had come up with an endin

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TV Shows

Reese Witherspoon Is Completely Miscast In The Morning Show

Warning: This story contains minor spoilers. In the first episode of The Morning Show, a viral moment turns plucky small-town field reporter Bradley Jackso

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Movies

She Said/She Said: Did Jack Dawson Really Have To Die In...

Whether you think Titanic is the greatest cinematic love story ever told or an overwrought melodrama, you are probably aware of the Jack Did/Didn’t H

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Movies

Vanessa Hudgens Says The Knight Before Christmas Is A Co...

Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Whitehouse are sitting on the floor in the living room of a charming century home in Bracebridge, Ontario, unwrapping Christmas or

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Emmy Awards

Schitt’s Creek’s Annie Murphy On Her “Truly Bonker...

It’s the most glamorous night in television and the cast of Schitt’s Creek, the little Canadian show that could, who are nominated for four Emmys (incl

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Entertainment

Joker Is A Dangerous Film — & It’s Bringing Out Th...

Joker had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday. In the days since, the takes have been coming in hot. On Twitte

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Movies

Amy Jo Johnson On Going from Power Rangers & Felicit...

Amy Jo Johnson is covering her face with her hands while she tells me about the recent email she accidentally sent Felicity Huffman. It’s the day after t

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Entertainment
Wunmi Mosaku Defends Sweetness In The Belly Co-Star Dako...
Days before I sit down with Wunmi Mosaku, a BAFTA winner you may recognize from Luther, ahead of the TIFF premiere of her new movie, Sweetness in the Belly
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Entertainment
It’s The Year Of The Woman At TIFF
If you’ve been paying any attention to the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival lineup, you may have noticed a glaring difference in this year’s sc
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Entertainment News
We Asked J.Lo & Yes, The Cast Of Hustlers Are Friends IRL
There’s a scene in Hustlers in which Jennifer Lopez, wearing nothing but a bikini and a fur coat, engulfs Constance Wu into the lining of her jacket. The
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Entertainment
The Buzziest Movies at TIFF 2019
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Entertainment
The Come-Up: Sabrina Carpenter on Ghosting, Grieving & Growing Up
World, meet girl. Sabrina Carpenter is putting her Disney days — and her teens — behind her with a new album and a new outlook.
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Big Little Lies
How Big Little Lies Did Bonnie A Major Disservice By Ign...
Spoiler alert: Bonnie Carlson is Black. Considering Zoe Kravitz portrays the character on Big Little Lies, this should be obvious, but it doesn’t seem li
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TV Shows
Know Your Schitt! A Guide To The Cast & Characters Of Schitt'...
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TV Shows
The Come-Up: Storm Reid Is Taking Hollywood By, Well, Storm
Feeling euphoric as she makes her prestige TV debut, the 15-year-old has Oprah sending her Bitmojis and is Black Hollywood's "little sis."
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Entertainment
Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein & Kaitlyn Dever Play “Who’s...
A spoon is missing. Booksmart’s Kaitlyn Dever is ready to give up on her lunch because of the rogue utensil, and her co-star, Beanie Feldstein, is set on
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Entertainment
Beyoncé Didn’t Invent Marching Band Entrances, But Taylor Swift’s...
There’s a single frame from Taylor Swift’s Billboard Music Awards performance that has gone viral. In it, Swift stands confidently in a sparkly pink, s
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Entertainment
The Limitless World Beyoncé Built For Blue Ivy Carter — & For Us All
When Beyoncé was seven, she was competing in and winning talent shows. There’s a grainy clip on YouTube of her confidently belting “Home” from T
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Movies
The Perfect Date Shows Just How Badly Rom-Coms Still Tre...
Warning: The Perfect Date spoilers ahead. Romantic comedies are full of tropes. It’s part of why we love them. There’s comfort in knowing there will be
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Books & Art
After Isn't Sexy – It's Proof YA Has A Sex Problem
“I am a moth to his flame, and he never hesitates to burn me.” If you’ve read Anna Todd’s After, you know it’s full of lines like this one — li
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Beauty
Why The Child Ear-Piercing Policy At Claire's Is Under Fire Right...
There are thousands, perhaps millions, of people across North America whose ears are pierced because they sat in a chair at Claire’s, nervously clinging
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Books & Art
The Best YA Books Written By Black Women That You Haven't Read Yet
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Music
He Created *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys — He Was Also The Ultimate Co...
There’s a moment in the Lance Bass–produced documentary about boy-band puppeteer and notorious conman Lou Pearlman that’s more heartbreaking than any
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Entertainment
If Yara Shahidi Seems Perfect, It's Because She Has To Be
The actress and activist reflects on the perils of being a poster child for Gen Z and, well, anything
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