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AP Images Crime, Death, and Heathers: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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HBO Revenge on the Nerds: Why It's So Cool to Laugh at the Tech World Now
Silicon Valley may usher in a new, overdue era of satire and cynicism about startup culture.
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Casey Rodgers / AP Murder Ballads and Teenage Dreams: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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Why Selfies Sometimes Look Weird to Their Subjects
It's not your face; it's how your brain works.
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HBO Veep's Tony Hale: 'We Need to Stop Putting Politicians on Pedestals'
The actor shares what he's learned about Washington from playing the veep's devoted bag man.
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Fox Creepy Crushes, Fictional QBs: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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Kevin Wolf / AP The Fictional Places That Attract Real-Life Tourists
Hang with hobbits, brunch with Bond, and try not to shoot your eye out.
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AMC Hashtags and Dollar Signs: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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YouTube What J. Lo's Naked Men Reveal About Pop Music's Naked Women
Jennifer Lopez's new video tries to critique music videos' rampant objectification of women by getting guys to undress instead. Is she successful?
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Warner Bros. Veronica Mars: Still the Patron Saint of Teenage Misfits
Veronica Mars, the movie based on the TV series of the same name, is the ultimate high school-reunion fantasy—a nostalgic blast for fans who felt empowered by the young private eye.
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Columbia Records Revisiting Beyoncé: Could 'Jealous' Be Its Most Important Song?
Three months after its release, it's clear that Beyoncé's latest album contains one of her most startling messages yet: Maybe she's wrong.
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The CW Veronica Mars: One of TV's Realest Depictions of Wealth Inequality
The canceled teen-detective drama, which returns as a Kickstarter-funded movie Friday, asked tough questions about money and power that are still relevant today.
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Paul A. Hebert / AP Oscar Madness, Auto-Tune Sadness: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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Yes, the Fed Makes Comic Books
They're like Superman, but for financial literacy.
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HBO Cool Girls and Bad Men: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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Darron Cummings / AP The Gender Gap in Olympics Coverage: Narrower This Year!
Researchers say NBC spent proportionally more time showing female athletes at Sochi than at previous Games.
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Natacha Pisarenko / AP Frozen's Anthem, Barbie's Sex Life: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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Rick Bowmer / AP A Brief History of Sexism in TV Coverage of the Olympics
Years of research show that prime-time coverage of the Games gives male athletes more screen time and speaking opportunities—especially in the Winter Olympics.
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Elise Amendola / AP When, Exactly, Does Watching a Lot of Netflix Become a 'Binge'?
Two episodes? Four? Crowdsourcing a new definition for a popular buzzword
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Patrick Semansky / AP Out Athletes, Olympic Outrage: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing
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