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The Old Taylor Is Back on Lover and the Best She’s Been in Years

 Lover finds Swift getting back to the business of writing aching, universal love songs, and business is good. By Craig Jenkins
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Let’s Talk About the Mindhunter Season Two Finale

 It’s a story about failure, but it’s still a story about hoping the hero will catch the bad guy. By Kathryn VanArendonk
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Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks Come Full Circle on ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’

 At this point, both Swift and the Chicks have fairly complicated relationships with country. By Jewly Hight
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Is Succession a Comedy?

 The Roys’ lives might be tragic, but their whole world is laughable. By Kathryn VanArendonk

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    What Dreams Are Made Of: Hilary Duff Returns for Disney+ Lizzie McGuire Sequel Crazy as it seems.
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    Taylor Swift Says She’s All In for Election 2020 The singer is “really remorseful for not saying anything” in 2016.
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    The Great British Bake-Off Returns to Netflix on August 30 For the first time, episodes will stream on Netflix three days after they air in the United Kingdom.
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    This Way Up Is an Amiable But Aimless Exploration of Recovery The British series starring Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan is at its best when facing ugly emotions rather than hiding them with humor.
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    Good Eats Is Still Great TV Alton Brown’s seminal cooking show returns, and it’s more or less the same as it was.
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    In On Becoming a God in Central Florida, the Real Pyramid Scheme Is America Kirsten Dunst’s new Showtime series centers on a subculture desperate to transcend the financial burdens and repetitious obligations of American life.
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    A$AP Rocky Ghosts Donald Trump After Returning From Sweden “Rocky hasn’t even called us.”
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    Catching Up on The Affair’s 4 Seasons of Wild Drama The Showtime drama has never lacked for twists and turns, so here’s a refresher on where each character stands going into the fifth and final season.
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