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The Noise Around Swarm Is Deafening

 The first episode’s sex scene opened an entire can of discourse worms. We’re still trying to sort them out. By Tirhakah Love
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If Only Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella Were Worse

 Neither good nor so bad it’s good. By Jackson McHenry
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The Uncomfortable Dissonance of Swarm’s Faux Documentary

 Despite a standout central performance, the penultimate episode rings hollow in a show heretofore luxuriating in ambiguity. By Nicholas Quah
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Which Hymenopteran Toxic-Femininity Cult Is Right for You?

 A hive only has one queen. By Bethy Squires

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  2. stars on stars on stars
    Adam McKay Has Organized His Next Celebrity Hangout His movie Average Height, Average Build will star Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Danielle Deadwyler.
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    Stop the Violence! Selena Gomez Calls Truce With Hailey Bieber “I’ve always advocated for kindness and really want this all to stop.”
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    Move Aside, Elle Woods … Gwyneth Paltrow Has Arrived Her testimony in the ski accident trial was, like, totally great television.
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    Gwyneth Paltrow’s Time on the Stand Is Finally Here She maintains that she was the one hit on the green slope that fated afternoon. The plaintiff’s lawyer, meanwhile, did a solo show of the incident.
  7. did nothing cancel?
    Arrested Development Is Staying on Netflix After All There’s still some money in that banana stand.
  9. the law
    The Elvis Estate Has Trust Issues Priscilla Presley is fighting for control of her daughter’s estate.
  10. celebrity divorces
    Reese Witherspoon and Husband Jim Toth Split Who will get custody of the NFTs?
  11. vulture lists
    8 Books With All the Band Drama of Daisy Jones & the Six The ’70s music scene has enough tumultuous romances and drug-fueled antics to stock a library shelf.
  12. the venice bitch is back
    The Most Lana Del Rey Lyrics on Ocean Blvd, Ranked For the basic bitches and American whores.
  13. bey hive meet killer bees
    Overanalyzing Every Beyoncé Reference in Swarm X is to Beyoncé as Y is to Ni’Jah.
  14. it's you
    You Finally Get to See Joe Goldberg’s End Season five will be its last.
  15. next month on late night
    Roy Wood Jr. to Get Behind the Daily Show Desk at Last Followed by The Daily Show correspondents Jordan Klepper, Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan, and Michael Kosta.
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    The Spine Collector For five years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? A trap? Or a complete waste of time?
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