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Unbelievable Is the Most Feminist Crime Show I’ve Ever Seen

 The quiet but sturdy feminism of Netflix’s remarkable true-crime drama. By Jen Chaney
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Remembering Ric Ocasek, the Magic Man of American New Wave

 Ocasek’s songwriting and oddball frontman style gave the band its boundless appeal. By Jen Chaney
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Friends Is a Gen X Show. Why Don’t We Ever Call It That?

 Baby boomers created it. Millennials and Gen Y kept it popular. But Friends will always be about Gen X. By Jen Chaney
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New York’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer Runs a Podcast on Park Avenue

 Zibby Owens’s Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books “moves product” like nothing else. By Hillary Kelly

Friends 25th Anniversary

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  3. A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends Writer’s Room By Saul Austerlitz

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  1. after the final rose
    So, Did All of Bachelor in Paradise’s Couples Get a Happy Ending? Kind of.
  2. theme songs
    Close Your Eyes and Let the Mariah Carey Mixed-ish Theme Song Wash Over You The elusive chanteuse strikes again.
  4. bachelor nation
    Peter the Pilot Is Your Next Bachelor He’s the windmill-sex guy.
  5. remakes
    The ‘Old Town Road’ Director Calmatic Is the New House Party Director He’s gonna take his horse to the New Line classic.
  6. investigations
    Studio Finds No Inappropriate Behavior in Afton Williamson Rookie Investigation The results of an internal investigation have been released.
  7. disputes
    Nick Carter Says He’s Getting a Restraining Order Against Younger Brother Aaron “We were left with no choice but to take every measure possible to protect ourselves.”
  9. the law
    Tekashi 6ix9ine Snitches on Gang Members in Court Testimony “I knew I had a formula,” he said. “That’s what people liked.”
  10. the streaming wars
    Parks and Rec Is Leaving Every Other Platform for NBC’s Streaming Service No more Hulu. No more Netflix.
  11. late night
    What It’s Like to Launch a Late-Night Show With Lilly Singh Talking A Little Late with head writer Sean O’Connor.
  12. from the archives
    Is Friends Still the Most Popular Show on TV? Why so many 20-somethings want to stream a 20-year-old sitcom about a bunch of 20-somethings sitting around in a coffee shop.
  13. hidden treasures
    Someone Just Found John Milton’s Copy of Shakespeare, Which Is Absolutely Nuts This is a big f*cking deal.
  14. theater
    Alia Shawkat Will Spend 24 Hours Performing One Scene Onstage 100 Times BAM’s The Second Woman restages a scene from Opening Night, again and again and again.
  15. vulture lists
    Every Conan Without Borders International Special, Ranked The late-night host is often at his best when he leaves the country.
  16. party reports
    We Simply Won’t Stand for Jim Carter’s Downton Abbey Hair Erasure Anymore Just look at those follicles.
  17. hopeless bleak despair
    Sean Spicer Takes the Spice Girls’ Name in Vain on Dancing With the Stars No one’s forcing you to watch.
  18. late night
    What to Expect From A Little Late With Lilly Singh She’s not like other late-night hosts.
  19. they'll be there for you
    Celebrate Friends’ Anniversary With These 13 New Behind-the-Scenes Stories These newly unearthed gossip tidbits and alternate-universe moments could’ve altered the show’s DNA as we know it.
  20. lover
    Taylor Swift Will Be Headlining Her Own Tay-Chella Instead of Touring Lover Fest will take place over two weekends, across the country.
  21. health
    Alex Trebek Plans to Undergo Another Round of Chemotherapy After Cancer Relapse “I lost about 12 pounds in a week.”
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