entertainment culture
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12 Podcasts With the Best Listener Communities
Some podcasts have fans, and some podcasts have super fans. A show has to be really great to entice its listeners to join its Patreon and subreddit, buy its merch and attend its live events. These are fans who self-identify as members of the podcast’s community, taking on names like “Thought Leaders,” “Spoon Nation,” or…
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25 of the Best Boring Movies
Social media movie discourse is at it again. This time around, I’m being horrified by posts from younger moviegoers who freely admit to fast-forwarding through movies to skip past “the boring parts” (like, you know, the dialogue scenes), or even to watching them at double speed. Let’s talk about attention spans…and how we ain’t got ‘em…
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35 Movies That Are Basically Perfect
Some of the very best movies of all time have flaws that aren’t terminal, but that are nevertheless prominent: a questionable performance, a problematic element, an ending that doesn’t quite land. That’s fine: a film that takes risks is generally preferable to one that’s technically proficient but dull, and a movie can be great without…
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Now You Can Add Music to Your Instagram Carousels
If you want to add music to an Instagram post, the app is happy to oblige. If you want to add music to a carousel, tough luck—no tunes for you. At least, that was Instagram’s old policy. Now, everyone can add music to their multi-photo posts, thanks to none other than Olivia Rodrigo. The singer…