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Esther Zuckerman is an entertainment journalist whose work has been published by Vulture, the New York Times, Thrillist, Entertainment Weekly, and Vanity Fair, among others. She is the author of two books: A Field Guide to Internet Boyfriends: Meme-Worthy Celebrity Crushes from A to Z and Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical, and Scandalous Oscar Fashion,

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    Jane Schoenbrun Saw the TV GlowThe We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director is back at Sundance with a haunting new film about the thin line between fiction and reality.
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    How Dicks: The Musical’s Grotesquely Adorable Sewer Boys Were BornThey can do a kickline, eat regurgitated deli meat, and consume human flesh. Here’s how the gross yet endearing stars of the A24 musical were created.
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    Industry’s Marisa Abela Wants to See Yasmin Knocked Down a Peg“I want her to eat a little humble pie, just enough so that she can be sweet.”
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    Little Women’s Maya Hawke on Her Famous Parents and Playing Jo March Her Own WayThe Stranger Things star (and daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke) got some pointers from a costar and fellow Jo—Winona Ryder.
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  10. How Spring Awakening Inspired a Generation of Theater FansIt’s the perfect choice for Rise, a drama about high-school drama.
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