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American Sports Fanaticism Was Born in the <i>Great Gatsby</i> Era Wikimedia Commons

American Sports Fanaticism Was Born in the Great Gatsby Era

Sports became a U.S. obsession in a time when underground gamblers like Arnold Rothstein—the inspiration for Gatsby's World Series fixer Meyer Wolfsheim—ruled.

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on <i>America's Next Top Model</i> The CW

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on America's Next Top Model

In honor of the beloved reality show's 10th birthday, a conversation with Rhonda Loverude, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on hegemonic heterosexuality in ANTM

This Is <i>Mad Men</i> on Drugs, and It's Weird AMC

This Is Mad Men on Drugs, and It's Weird

Our roundtable discusses the seventh episode of the sixth season.

<i>Game of Thrones</i> Finally Takes Some Mercy on Its Viewers HBO

Game of Thrones Finally Takes Some Mercy on Its Viewers

Leeches, libations, and a dropped dagger: Our roundtable on "Second Sons," the eighth episode of the HBO series' third season.

Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is <i>Fargo</i>-Level Good CBS Films

Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is Fargo-Level Good

Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a '60s folk singer using biting humor—and great tunes.

<i>Doctor Who</i>'s Latest Big Mystery Wasn't Much of a Mystery at All BBC

Doctor Who's Latest Big Mystery Wasn't Much of a Mystery at All

As the season finale once again showed, the "Who-is-Clara-really" storyline didn't feature real character progression—just recycled sci-fi tropes and sexist overtones.

SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes NBC

SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes

Sendoffs for Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen. A wedding for Stefon. Cameos by Amy Poehler and Jennifer Garner.

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