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Every Between Two Ferns Episode, Ranked

 Sorting out the highs and lows of Zach Galifianakis’s absurd chat show. By Pablo Goldstein
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Stop Giving Game of Thrones Emmys Already

 At this point, giving the era-defining series an award feels more like a shrug than a cause for celebration. By Kathryn VanArendonk
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Why You Should Be Reading the X-Men Right Now

 Writer Jonathan Hickman is doing something magical. By Abraham Riesman
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Life After the Hustle: A Former Stripper’s Thoughts on Hustlers

 “I’m not saying the movie made me feel comfortable, but it did make me feel recognized.” By Lily Burana

Friends 25th Anniversary

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    Dan Soder Lands His First HBO Stand-up Special Bo Burnham and Jerrod Carmichael are executive producing.
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    Netflix’s Criminal Is More Thought Experiment Than Crime Procedural Spread across interrogation rooms in four countries, the series presents the notion that police work is basically the same no matter where you are.
  6. emmys 2019
    Do Awards Shows Even Need Hosts Anymore? Comedians Debate Critics Should we just embrace the chaos?
  7. hey google
    I Love This Google Sponcon … I Mean Carly Rae Jepsen Video Hey Google: Play Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Want You in My Room.”
  9. the plot thickens
    Wes Anderson’s New Movie Will Follow a Fanciful French Magazine The French Dispatch has been acquired by Fox Searchlight.
  10. this week in comedy podcasts
    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Raging Waters With Rachel Bloom It’s been a weird week for comedy, so let’s listen to some funny podcasts.
  11. podcasts
    The National Lampoon Radio Hour to Feature All Your Favorite Comedy Babies Cole Escola! Jo Firestone! Brett Davis! Rachel Pegram! Maeve Higgins!
  12. emmy insider
    How Ava DuVernay Made When They See Us, the Year’s Best Miniseries A conversation about When They See Us, filmmaking, television, and American history.
  13. cher!
    Cher Sang ‘Waterloo’ on America’s Got Talent Because We Do Deserve Nice Things A three-minute justification for why Technicolor even exists.
  14. iron bitch
    Let Liv Tyler Go to Space In Ad Astra and Armageddon, Liv Tyler plays the woman left behind. What this essay presupposes is: What if she went to space instead?
  15. movie review
    Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro Made Me Feel Dirty. I Can’t Wait to See It Again. Loro shows how Silvio Berlusconi created a reality-distortion field around him. Sound familiar?
  16. start here
    Want to Try Las Culturistas? Start Here. Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang’s podcast has many great episodes, but this one’s our favorite.
  17. trailer mix
    The Rhythm Section Trailer: British Blake Lively Is Avenging Her Family’s Death This accent work.
  18. trailer mix
    Peaky Blinders Season 5 Trailer: Someone’s Coming for Tommy Shelby’s Crown Premiering on Netflix October 4.
  19. stand-up
    Some Bangin’ News: Nikki Glaser’s Netflix Special Premieres Next Month Watch the first trailer right here.
  20. snl
    Will NBC Finally Do Justice to the SNL Library? There’s reason to be cautiously optimistic that it might.
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    The Paul Hollywood Handshake Is the Absolute Worst Paul’s signature move has gone from a cute gesture to a threat to The Great British Baking Show as we know it. It must end.
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